The Only Place to Find True Chili Is at a Real Texas Chili Parlor

CityEats is a series that digs in to what locals eat, and why. What would Guy Clark say about all the Californians, the Bay Area refugees, building skyscrapers stacked like toy blocks in downtown Austin? Waterloo used to be a sleepy town; now the Austinites all live in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Marfa. What would Guy Clark say to the tallest condo building west of the Mississippi? It isn’t the same Austin anymore. It hasn’t been the same Austin since a Starbucks replaced Les Amis. Maybe Austin hasn’t been the same since the day they closed down the Armadillo.