ACL Music Festival is barreling around the corner — Friday, Oct. 6-Sunday, Oct. 8 + Friday, Oct. 13-Sunday, Oct. 15 — and we're already dreaming about the eateries on the 2023 ACL Eats list.

This year's event has a lot of changes in store.

For the first time in ACL history, cocktails will be available for purchase at general admission bars throughout the park, including the Barton Beach Club Tiki Bar, which will also serve poke bowls from Poke-Poke. Nonalcoholic bar Bar None will also make an appearance.

Another festival first is ACL Sweets, an area dedicated to fulfilling your sweet tooth, including a cotton candy vending machine, plenty of ice creams and popsicles to choose from, and a pancake food truck.

With 50+ food vendors signed on — compared to 39 last year — ACL takes its food scene seriously. Plus, with 25+ market vendors on board, this year's festival is a veritable shopping destination.

Warning: reading this list might make you hungry. Newcomers are marked with🔥.

JuiceLand founder Matt Shook says he attends every single ACL Festival. | Photo by Gaby Deimeke for ACL Fest 2021

ACL Eats:

Austin’s Pizza
Blenders & Bowls
Brotherton’s Barbecue 🔥
Burro Grilled Cheese
Chi’lantro
Come & Take It Fresh Squeezed
Cuantos Tacos 🔥
East Side King
Flyrite Chicken
Four Brothers Venezuelan Kitchen
Happy Chicks
Hawk’s Hot Chicken 🔥
Homie Fries
Huckleberry 🔥
JuiceLand
Kababeque
Koko’s Bavarian
Lambas Indian Kitchen
Lonesome Dove
Mama Fried
Micklethwait Barbecue
Mmmpanadas
Nacho Dady & Tenders
Nervous Charlie’s
Pelons Tex Mex
RedFin Seafood Kitchen 🔥
Salt & Time 🔥
Shake Shack
Shawarma Point
Show Me Pizza 🔥
Skull & Cakebones
Southside Flying Pizza
Steamies Dumplings 🔥
Taco Bronco
The Cavalier Party & Tots
The Original Black’s BBQ
Tiny Pies
Underdog 🔥
Wholly Cow Burgers

Popsicles will be readily available from GoodPop and Picolé. | Photo by Gaby Deimeke for ACL Fest 2021

ACL Sweets:

Amy’s Ice Creams
Bananarchy
Candy Cloud World 🔥
GoodPop
Holla Mode 🔥
JP’s Pancake Company 🔥
Mister Softee 🔥
Picole 🔥
Sno-Beach
Tiff’s Treats
Tiny Pies

Can't get enough ACL content? Check out our guide to every Austin artist performing this year, or compare last year's eats with our 2022 ACL Eats guide.