"ALC feels like a classic steakhouse you’d expect to find in small-town Texas, complete with guitars hanging from the walls and carved wooden cowboys and horses scattered about the dining room. Just head to a quiet strip mall near 12th and Lamar—boots and hat optional. It’s old-school and relaxed, with a pretty standard menu of steaks and chops that arrive with picture-perfect grill marks that look like they were drawn on with a ruler and a Sharpie. The best part is you don’t need to make a reservation days or weeks in advance like many of the other steakhouses in Austin." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs