{"id":398244,"date":"2026-08-05T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398244\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:10:26","slug":"top-notch-named-texas-best-local-fast-food-spot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398244\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Notch named Texas\u2019 best local fast-food spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody loves the big dogs, the national chains that come in handy during a quick lunch break, but sometimes it just takes a hometown favorite to truly hit the spot, and a new report from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/news\/favorite-fast-food-every-state-8\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">FinanceBuzz<\/a> recently named an iconic &#8217;70s-style drive-thru as the tastiest local fast food spot in the Lone Star State.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FinanceBuzz didn&#8217;t provide a methodology for choosing the fast-food favorites, but it said its ultimate picks are among the most beloved fast-food destinations across the country. The personal finance website claims that the fast-food industry feeds nearly 32% of Americans every day.<\/p>\n<p>The capital city staple is beloved for its nostalgic classics \u2014 jalape\u00f1o burgers, fried chicken, shrimp, hand-dipped onion rings and fried pies. The burger joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/top-notch-dazed-confused-hutto-17854528.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">opened a second location<\/a> in Hutto in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topnotchaustin.com\/s\/order?location=6P54EJNAW9FNS&amp;item=1737\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Top Notch<\/a> is also known for its live music and car show events.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant has been a staple in Austin since 1971. It served as the backdrop of that legendary &#8220;Alright, alright, alright&#8221; scene that helped launch McConaughey&#8217;s illustrious career. Roughly 60% to 70% of the menu has remained the same since Top Notch first opened, according to general manager\u00a0Jarett Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The No. 1 priority here other than making great food is to try and capture that same culture that it had back in 1971,&#8221;\u00a0Austin told MySA\u00a0in March. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everybody loves the big dogs, the national chains that come in handy during a quick lunch break, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1112,1113,820],"class_list":["post-398244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysafood","tag-mysahillcountry","tag-mysastaff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}