The Draft Shack — Restaurant in Austin

Just to be clear, this is a small "shack" looking decoration on the first floor INSIDE the Whole Foods Domain location. I used to eat/drink here quite a bit; the multiple salad / picked+olives / hot food & BBQ bars (on the far side of the store) provide great food and the shack provides a nice variety of beer & wine (to be consumed on prem of course - but you can buy a bottle, drink a glass there, then have them cork it to take home). You can basically take anything from store shelves, pay for it there, and eat it at a table. Staff is super helpful and will make sure you get good drink samples. I'm not a brewery aficionado, but their on-tap selection appears to be mostly (or only?) local and flights of 4 are available. Can't say enough good things about this arrangement - oh but...

It feels on the expensive side for what you get, but then again it is outside Whole Foods, so I suppose that makes sense.

Order at the trailer's counter, and they'll bring your food to you. There's also a schedule posted on a sign of when they have live music playing outside in their seating area.

Seoul Fried Chicken Sandwich ($8): It's a bit on the small side, but the chicken is crispy and good.

Ssam Sandwich ($9): This one is a more reasonable size for the price, but it doesn't really work as a sandwich in my opinion. The fatty pork belly is rubbery, and doesn't readily break apart when you bite. Add in the fact that the saucy sandwich is on the verge of overflowing as-is when it comes out, and it's a giant mess. That said, after I got a fork and deconstructed it, I thought it was...

Great beer selection in a convenient, casual location! I've come here for a few happy hours and we've typically brought our drinks upstairs to look out over the store or parking lot, but this time we stopped for drinks after dinner and actually grabbed a table by the bar. The funny thing is that while they designed the bar area wonderfully, I found that it felt more like drinking at a grocery store to me (probably because I found myself staring at the wine displays just outside of the bar area during our conversations) and I actually prefer sitting upstairs (the store and parking lot are surprisingly beautiful and fascinating to watch from above). I'll go back to sitting...