With bingling downtown district, Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill, or simply Moonshine, as it & # 39; s often called, is really one of the starts of Austin & # 39; s culinary scene. With its gourmet take on comfort food favorites, Moonshine offers a unique dining experience.
The lively outdoor bar and patios are a great option for a fun night out socializing with friends, whereas the interior dining room and adjacent stone house the second oldest building in Austin, in fact, and said haunted offer a quaireer, more intimate option.
But the wait is definitely worth it from the custom cocktails to the delicious appetizers the corn dog shrimp is a house favorite to the incredible entrees and sinful desserts, dining at Moonshine is always a memorable experience.
The jalape hanger steak and broiled rainbow trout with cornbread stuffing are two of the most poplar entrees. And while may may sound simple, the chef really adds a gourmet flare to everything he prepares, making souther staples like macaroni and cheese, or fried sweet potatoes a truly extra meal. In addition to cosmopolitan twist try the horseradish crusted salmon or the cornflake fried chicken salad for an exciting and unexpected flavor experience Moonshine also offers an exceptional brunch buffet, including mouth-watering and other breakfast favorites like sticky buns, omelets, and an incredible cappuccino bundt cake.
But Moonshine has a much greater history in Austin than that last years as a restaurant. One of the buildings that enterprises the restaurant, called the Sunday House, was built in the 1850s by a German settler, and many of its features are still original . The building has served as home to several years Sunday House in Austin a Sunday House being a place where visitors from surrounding farmlands and rural areas could stay the night when traveling into the city over the While Sunday Houses used to be quite common there are still dozens to be found in surrounding towns like Fredericksburg the Sunday Houses of Austin have historically been torn down over the years, making the one at Moonshine a very special piece of Austin & # 39; s history and culture.
Today, the Sunday House is most small used dining area for parties and events, and some of the patrons and locals for the more-than 150-year-old building is haunted. Regardless of whether or not piece of Austin & # 39; s history is home to spirits of lives long since lost, Moonshine is created its own place in Austin & # 39; s history as one of the city & # 39; s most restructured and beloved restaurants, and the experience of dining there already certain to linger in the mind of any patron.
