Now that it’s basically the holiday season, it’s time to start thinking about gifts. Whether shopping and buying gifts is a chore or fun for you, head out and multitask Austin’s best cafes, markets, and restaurants with shops, all of which bring together the best of both worlds: food for you and gifts for them. Find presents and dine at Louisiana-French cafe and grocery Epicerie, browse through books at BookPeople while sipping on coffee, and others.
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The Best Austin Stores With Restaurants
Multitask at the city’s best cafes, restaurants, and markets with shops

Epicerie
The charming cafe and grocery serves up Louisiana-French dishes while also stocking great retail products such as soaps, jams, candles, towels, and bottles of wine. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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First Light Books
The Hyde Park contemporary bookstore includes a cafe serving up coffee; wines; snacks like cheeses and meats; and sandwiches. Orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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Spread & Co.
The cheese-centric cafe reopened in Cherrywood, now with a larger focus on retail goods alongside its sandwiches and daytime food plates. This includes lots of edible goods like cheese (naturally), condiments, snacks, cookware and servingware, candles, and much more. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Dai Due
The butcher shop and restaurant sells its amazing house-made condiments, like jalapeno hot sauces, seasonings, and mustards, alongside local coffee and honey, cookbooks (including owner and chef Jesse Griffiths’s own tomes), and soaps. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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CoffeePeople
Caffeine up while shopping for books at the downtown Austin bookstore BookPeople while armed with baked goods and sandwiches from the cafe. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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Walton's Fancy & Staple
Grab a plate of hearty food and a cup of coffee while browsing succulents, flowers, and candles at the downtown deli. Orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar
The Eater Austin-award winning Central East Austin bookstore offers, well, a wonderful sprawling selection of books alongside great wines and grazing boxes. Orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Wee’s Cozy Kitchen & Royal Blue Grocery
It’s a lovely one-two stop — the downtown location of the Austin boutique market mini-chain Royal Blue is a great destination for edible and dry product gifts while also enjoying fantastic Malaysian food from Wee’s. Orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
After or before or even during your brunch or dinner at the Govalle Texan restaurant, pop into the next-door Mercantile where you can find goods like home decor, jewelry, candles, and even glass and plateware from the restaurant itself. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.
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Maaribu
The home goods store includes a cafe at the South First location and a bakery truck at the Guadalupe location, both slinging gluten-free baked goods like cookies, scones, cupcakes, and other desserts. Takeout orders can be placed in person or online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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Kendra Scott
The notable jewelry designer’s flagship shop on South Congress is rounded out by a full-on cafe. Sips & Sweets serves up coffee, wine, frosés, and pastries from local women's businesses like Tiny Pies, La Patisserie, and Cookie Rich. Orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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Tiny Grocer
The shelves of the boutique market on South Congress and the new Hyde Park location are full of every possible food-related gift around, from pantry items, cocktail syrups, and bitters, to housewares, plus the deli slings sandwiches, breakfast items, and salads, along with coffee and vegan soft serve. Takeout orders can be placed in person or online; there are outdoor dine-in areas.
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LeRoy & Lewis [Restaurant]
The lauded Austin barbecue spot’s Garrison Park restaurant has room for an entire retail store featuring products by LeRoy & Lewis, such as dry rubs and merchandise. Orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.
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