Apr 17, 2025 | 12:45 pm
The buzz of a new restaurant is part of what makes it so beautiful, so we like to let Austin diners tell us which ones they’ve been enjoying. Readers will now pick the new Austin restaurant they’re most excited about for the Best New Restaurant category of the2025 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards.
Our judges, including last year’s winners, looked at every new Austin-area restaurant since we last voted in March of 2024, and chose the 16 strongest contenders. Those new restaurants will now go head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament voted on by readers.
Voting is open now at this link. People may vote once per round, through four rounds of competition. Round one ends at 11:59 pm on April 21…