It probably helps that Austin is growing like that due to the tech influx. For the restaurants I mean. Usually it is the areas those businesses are fleeing from that take the hit like Minneapolis etc. It definitely looks like a cool town! You had me at tacos and BBQ!
For sure, huge influxes of money/people are coming in because so many companies are moving and incorporating there. I'm afraid it's going to turn into another Los Angeles eventually but, for now, it's a really nice moderately sized city. I still think about the tacos I had the first day I was there. : )
I haven't had a really good taco in a while. I do enjoy Condado and Local Cantina, but we don't have anything like that near us. There is a place in a nearby town called "Proper Taco", but it really didn't live up to the hype for me. Apparently, there is a local food truck that makes some amazing tacos and tamales, but I haven't had the chance to try it yet. Plus, "amazing" is subjective in a midwest town of less than 50,000 people!
We have a fairly large Latino population here in St. Paul (my wife is half-Mexican) but I've NEVER had tacos as flavorful as the ones I had in Austin. They were next level. Food trucks have come a long way, the quality can be very surprising.