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Back to the Trailer Park--for a Tasty Austin Meal

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Real Estate Broker/Owner

You don't have to pull out your polyplastic-interwoven aluminum framed folding chair to enjoy the latest trends in trailer parks.   Austin's newest trailer parks provide picnic tables and umbrellas for comfortable seating while you consume a wide variety of good eatsoutdoors--served from an array of airstream trailers and other mobile carriages strewn about vacant lots in a modern day circling of the wagons.  Westward Ho?  NO.. most of these culinary camps are in South and Central Austin Texas and serve some great grub. 

I had the pleasure recently of trying Gourdough's.  It's an airstream beached in a vacant lot with a few other restaurants-on-wheels on South Lamar.  Interestingly enough, this lot offers a spectacular Downtown Austin skyline view befitting the priciest South Austin condos...especially at night.  Gourdough's serves "big fat donuts with a variety of fillings, from the savory (fried chicken and honey) to the diabetic-coma-inducingly sweet (marshmallow with chocolate fudge icing, all dipped in actual fudge)".  I had fresh strawberries and cream cheese frosting on mine.  It was awesome and completely fatteningly tasty.

So trailer parks, long a staple of South Austinlife (sorry I couldn't resist), have come back in vogue with a new found respect--not for living in, but for dining out and soaking up a true Austin experience.   And, they are convenient to many Austin condo projects and Central Austin neighborhoods. 

 

Comments (1)

Andy Chaudoir
Professional Inspection Services - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown, TX
Your Home Inspection Connection in Central Texas

Hello Jeff - we'll have to check this out the next time we're down that way.  Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.

Mar 26, 2010 11:01 PM