Austin Campus Restaurants

This totally vegan-friendly Chinese restaurant feeds the homeless, scores of students and questionable adults wearing backpacks, all while protesting the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Pretty amazing scene.

Looking for some fun to get you through the middle of the week? Check out Jax on Wednesdays for trivia with Geeks Who Drink. Food and beverage specials are guaranteed, as well as fist fights over levels of pop-culture intellect.

Crave has student-friendly prices and is located on the south end of the drag by the Austin campus. Sate your craving for sushi, classic Thai dishes and curry.

Wander a few blocks into West Campus for a wide selection of beer, good American food and flavor, plus a great deck. It's group-friendly inside and out, and dog-friendly outdoors.

Probably one of the most glorious hidden gems just north of campus. Sao Paulo serves quality Brazilian cuisine on the cheap. The fruit salad tossed with poppy seed dressing is unreal. Go ahead and treat yourselves to two extra Mike's Hard Lemonades tonight.

This Guad stop holds some street cred other than its bomb pizzas and juicy gyros. If it wasn't for this teeny-tiny Greek eatery, your favorite Austin-based band, Explosions in the Sky, would have never made it onto the "Friday Night Lights" soundtrack! The quartet's inception had to happen somewhere...

Yum. Behind the drag off 24th, Juicy Tart has great yogurt and some serious toppings--day and night.

How a small business occupying a cutesy West Campus abode on one of the busiest streets in the 'hood is able to bake enough cupcakes to pay rent is beyond me. But a cupcake done right is muy importante and worthy of thy chump change.