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Ranch 616

<p><strong>The Burger:</strong> Ranch 616 is a South Texas–style diner that skews south of the border. The Chili and Fritos burger is quite the Tex-Mex mix: it's an eight-ounce beef patty stuffed with crunchy corn chips, homemade chile con carne, <em>pico de gallo</em>, and tomatillo <em>crema</em>. But it's the Framed Burger that takes the prize. It's filled daily with different fixings—Maytag blue, cremini mushrooms, jalapeño peppers—on the short-order cook's whim. And it's worth stopping by on performance nights for live country by Lucas Hudgins & the First Cousins. This is Austin, after all.</p> <p><strong>Best Sides:</strong> The Texas Gulf Coast crab-and-fish cake and the fried fruit pies with Mexican vanilla ice cream.</p>