Austin Blog Spotlight > Apartment Food Hobos

We are always looking for cool Austin Blogs. Why? Because we need stuff to read at work. It’s easy to read a blog without your boss noticing, but it’s hard to kick back in your cubicle with the latest issue of HUSTLER and remain inconspicuous.

I fell in love with the Apartment Food Hobos blog the minute I stumbled across it. The Hobos are two mysterious and poverty-stricket humans living in an apartment and trying to eat like kings on a budget. They also share my love for El Chilito and Burger Tex. They were kind enough to answer a few of my rambling questions. Here goes..

AUSTIN OUTSIDER: You guys are very mysterious, using only your intitials and revealing very little private information on your blog. Do you do this because you feel you need to protect your identity superhero-style? Are blog-crazed stalkers making your life difficult?

APARTMENT FOOD HOBOS: We both have some other projects on the internets and kinda wanted to keep Apartment Food Hobos and our supremely goofy hobby separate.

OUTSIDER: What made you decide to start a blog? Aren’t blogs for dorks?

HOBOS: Blogs aren’t for dorks, blogs just re-affirm your sincere commitment to becoming a generational cliché.  We deal with the self-loathing every time we post.

We started it because we were really broke but were still trying to have nice dinners.  It was a statement of optimism.  JRW is an expert on cinema, trash cinema, and cinema sewage – and I was creating meals to tie into the “themes” of the movies we were watching.  The next logical step was telling the whole universe about it via the internet.  I can assure you that it feels extremely wacky to take photos of your food every night before you eat it.

OUTSIDER: El Chilito! Although I loved it before reading your articles, I have become an addict after some of your recommendations. Are you guys responsible for the recent much-longer lines at the place?

HOBOS: Isn’t that weird?  Its like the whole world discovered it at the same time. It’s great to see real people that share your community kicking back with a burrito or two. The staff is nice, the menu has gotten so gnarly.  Whenever we eat there we sheepishly admit to each other that we could probably never move from Austin just because we’d miss those kind of moments.  Lets be honest, none of us are ever going to taste anything that good outside of Austin so it’s pointless to ever have a burrito or taco anywhere else again.

I shed a single teardrop for Taco Shack, which has totally lost the taco wars.

OUTSIDER: In your opinion, what’s the most underrated restaurant in Austin? And the most overrated?

JRW:  I’m pretty done with Romeo’s.

KJJ: We try not to skew our blog to restaurant reviewing.  I will tell you that if you are in need of a quick fix, Co-Cos on the drag has a really stellar tofu curry. Apparently its Taiwanese. Two of the best restaurants we’ve eaten at in Austin are Aquarelle and Uchi.  Why be half-assed? Take a knife and carve the names of those restaurants into your wrists.

OUTSIDER: Everybody is always talking about who has the best burger and it’s usually between Hutts and Casino El Camino. But since you guys are the experts, can you lay the issue to rest. Officially, what is the  best burger in Austin?

KJJ: I am far from an expert on burgers.  I was a vegetarian for almost my entire life until I moved to Texas and was corrupted by BBQ.  Every time I eat a burger I enjoy it for 10 minutes then I want to kill myself out of guilt. I enjoy the veggie burger from Burger Tex.

JRW: As for me, the idea of being a vegetarian always sounds so appealing, and I’ll hear the strains of a Propaghandi song off in the background, calling me towards vegetarianism… but then I’m pulled back to ever-loving reality by the tractor beam of Burger Tex, ready to ride the BT Express with the conductor, Larry, punching my one-way ticket to COMAVILLE.  Plus, they bake their own bread there. What does Casino El Camino do, huh? Riddle me THAT! (Actually, Casino’s burgers are pretty rad, too)

KJJ: The Austin Outsider should blow the lid off the dramatic story

For more ranting about food, visit Apartment Food Hobos.