Between February 19 and May 14, 2026, Eater Austin updated eight major category lists — including the Eater 38, Best Steakhouses, Best Burgers, Best Brunch, Best Lunch, Best Patios, and the Heatmap. Tracking additions and removals across all eight lists simultaneously shows which restaurants expanded their Eater footprint this spring and which contracted. The metric is net list appearances: active placements gained minus placements lost during the full spring refresh cycle.
net Eater Austin list appearances (spring 2026 cycle) · February 19 – May 14, 2026
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Tzintzuntzan
Described as an upscale Mexican brunchería from the team behind Fonda San Miguel, Tzintzuntzan was added to both the Best Brunch and Best Patios lists during the spring cycle — the only restaurant to land on two lists for the first time in a single update window.
+2 lists (Best Brunch, Best Patios); net: +2★ - 2
Jeffrey's
Jeffrey's was added to the Eater 38 in the spring update and is also named in the Best Steakhouses guide as a classic steakhouse in Clarksville, giving it two active list appearances by the end of the cycle.
+1 list (Eater 38); 1 existing list (Best Steakhouses); net: +1↑ - 3
Franklin Barbecue
Franklin Barbecue was added to the Eater 38 in the spring 2026 update, one of three restaurants to join the canonical list this cycle.
+1 list (Eater 38); net: +1↑ - 4
Paprika ATX
Paprika ATX was added to the Best Lunch list in February and the Eater 38 in April, then rotated off the Heatmap in May — moving through three distinct list categories in roughly 90 days. As of the May 7 Heatmap update, it remained on the Eater 38.
+2 lists (Eater 38, Best Lunch); −1 list (Heatmap); net: +1↑ - 5
Hestia
Hestia is cited by name in the Best Steakhouses update as a wood-fired meat destination and holds a position on the Eater 38; it was neither added nor removed during the spring cycle.
2 active list appearances (Eater 38, Best Steakhouses); net: 0→ - 6
LeRoy & Lewis
LeRoy & Lewis was removed from the Best Steakhouses list this spring while retaining a named spot on the Best Burgers list, where its Michelin-starred smoked brisket patties are highlighted.
1 active list appearance (Best Burgers); −1 list (Best Steakhouses); net: −1↓ - 7
Casa Bianca
Casa Bianca was among the three restaurants rotated off the Eater 38 in the spring 2026 update, with no compensating addition to any other list recorded in the cycle.
−1 list (Eater 38); net: −1↓ - 8
Austin Rotisserie
Austin Rotisserie was rotated off the Eater 38 in the spring 2026 update, with no addition to any other list in the cycle.
−1 list (Eater 38); net: −1↓ - 9
Red Ash Italia
Red Ash was rotated off both the Eater 38 and the Best Steakhouses list during the spring cycle — the largest single-cycle list loss in this dataset.
−2 lists (Eater 38, Best Steakhouses); net: −2↓