Guidebook for Austin

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Guidebook for Austin

Food Scene

Great outdoor patio in the back! Excellent food, coffee, and New York style ambiance.
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Blue Dahlia Bistro
1115 E 11th St
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Great outdoor patio in the back! Excellent food, coffee, and New York style ambiance.
Amazing African food- half their menu is vegan/vegetarian, the other half is meaty. Favorites: plantains, black-eyed peas, cabbage. It's a food truck in "Kenny Dorham's Backyard", a local outdoor hangout that doubles as a music venue, sometimes-outdoor-market, bar, and community space.
Wasota African Cuisine
1112 East 11th Street
Amazing African food- half their menu is vegan/vegetarian, the other half is meaty. Favorites: plantains, black-eyed peas, cabbage. It's a food truck in "Kenny Dorham's Backyard", a local outdoor hangout that doubles as a music venue, sometimes-outdoor-market, bar, and community space.
AMAZING Columbian food. Try the arepas, and don't miss the guava empanadas! It's a food truck in "Kenny Dorham's Backyard", a local outdoor hangout that doubles as a music venue, sometimes-outdoor-market, bar, and community space. It usually takes a little while for them to make your food, but if you can stand the wait, it's well worth it.
Artessano
1211 E 6th St
AMAZING Columbian food. Try the arepas, and don't miss the guava empanadas! It's a food truck in "Kenny Dorham's Backyard", a local outdoor hangout that doubles as a music venue, sometimes-outdoor-market, bar, and community space. It usually takes a little while for them to make your food, but if you can stand the wait, it's well worth it.

Essentials

This is a bar/restaurant/upscale mini-market. Huge beer selection on tap, great wines and delicious food. Our favorites are the vegan breakfast tacos, the "Radio" tuna salad sandwich, and the hatch green chili burger, but they've got lots of good stuff. It's open early and late, and is always a hipster scene.
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Quickie Pickie
2027 E Cesar Chavez St
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This is a bar/restaurant/upscale mini-market. Huge beer selection on tap, great wines and delicious food. Our favorites are the vegan breakfast tacos, the "Radio" tuna salad sandwich, and the hatch green chili burger, but they've got lots of good stuff. It's open early and late, and is always a hipster scene.

Drinks & Nightlife

The Mohawk is not only the place that we first met, it's also one of the best music clubs in town. It's about a 12 minute walk from our house, in the Red River Music District (downtown).
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Mohawk Austin
912 Red River St
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The Mohawk is not only the place that we first met, it's also one of the best music clubs in town. It's about a 12 minute walk from our house, in the Red River Music District (downtown).
Cheer Up Charlie's is our favorite bar/hang-out/music venue. It's queer owned and very queer-positive, but attracts a mixed crowd of anybody who loves good cocktails and a relaxed atmosphere. Great outdoor seating area, and on some nights you can catch bands there.
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Cheer Up Charlies
900 Red River St
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Cheer Up Charlie's is our favorite bar/hang-out/music venue. It's queer owned and very queer-positive, but attracts a mixed crowd of anybody who loves good cocktails and a relaxed atmosphere. Great outdoor seating area, and on some nights you can catch bands there.
Local dive bar beloved by the neighborhood- just about 2 short blocks from the house. (3 minute walk.) Small, dark, and cozy.
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Longbranch Inn
1133 East 11th Street
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Local dive bar beloved by the neighborhood- just about 2 short blocks from the house. (3 minute walk.) Small, dark, and cozy.
Fun all-day (and evening/nighttime) spot to hang out, drink beer, play board games, and catch up with friends.
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Rio Rita
1203 Chicon St
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Fun all-day (and evening/nighttime) spot to hang out, drink beer, play board games, and catch up with friends.
Super fun bar and venue to catch local country bands. Great for two-stepping. Everybody welcome- it's a good mix of young folks, some older folks, straight, gay, whatever. Nobody's gonna give you the side eye for dancing with whoever you wanna dance with. Definitely try to catch local act FingerPistol for some great classic country covers and fun originals that is sure to get you off your feet and onto the dance floor.
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The White Horse
500 Comal St
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Super fun bar and venue to catch local country bands. Great for two-stepping. Everybody welcome- it's a good mix of young folks, some older folks, straight, gay, whatever. Nobody's gonna give you the side eye for dancing with whoever you wanna dance with. Definitely try to catch local act FingerPistol for some great classic country covers and fun originals that is sure to get you off your feet and onto the dance floor.

Sightseeing

When in Rome... go see the Texas Capitol! We're about 8 blocks away, it's about a 15 minute walk.
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Texas Senate
1200 Congress Ave
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When in Rome... go see the Texas Capitol! We're about 8 blocks away, it's about a 15 minute walk.
6th Street has two sides: "East 6th"- technically they both have East 6th addresses, but the east part the street refers to the several blocks starting a block east of I-35, stretching for 5-6 blocks further east- and the more traditional 6th street west of I-35, locally known as "Dirty 6th". "East 6th" is the hipster area of town, with a million bars for laid back drinks, fancy cocktails, patio dwelling, people-watching, and fun. You can walk to this side from our place in about 8-10 minutes. The other side, "Dirty 6th", is the part west of I-35 and stretching 5-6 blocks west, ending around Congress Ave. (About a 15-minute walk.) This is the part of town that most resembles Bourbon Street in New Orleans- every Thursday-Saturday nights, the street is blocked off to vehicular traffic and turns into an open-air hanging out, people-watching festival. The street is lined with bars, tattoo parlors, and other touristy spots. You'll hear live music pouring out of most of the bars, and it gets pretty rowdy after midnight. If you find yourself down there, definitely check out Voodoo Doughnut, a 24-hour donut shop you will not soon forget!
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East 6th Street
East 6th Street
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6th Street has two sides: "East 6th"- technically they both have East 6th addresses, but the east part the street refers to the several blocks starting a block east of I-35, stretching for 5-6 blocks further east- and the more traditional 6th street west of I-35, locally known as "Dirty 6th". "East 6th" is the hipster area of town, with a million bars for laid back drinks, fancy cocktails, patio dwelling, people-watching, and fun. You can walk to this side from our place in about 8-10 minutes. The other side, "Dirty 6th", is the part west of I-35 and stretching 5-6 blocks west, ending around Congress Ave. (About a 15-minute walk.) This is the part of town that most resembles Bourbon Street in New Orleans- every Thursday-Saturday nights, the street is blocked off to vehicular traffic and turns into an open-air hanging out, people-watching festival. The street is lined with bars, tattoo parlors, and other touristy spots. You'll hear live music pouring out of most of the bars, and it gets pretty rowdy after midnight. If you find yourself down there, definitely check out Voodoo Doughnut, a 24-hour donut shop you will not soon forget!

Parks & Nature

This is a MUST-DO in Austin. It's a huge swimming hole in the middle of the city- the pool has a natural bottom, cement sides with concrete walkways around it, a great diving board, and huge grassy banks with both shade and sun for lounging, reading, and enjoying nature. The 200-meter by 50-meter pool is fed by a cold spring, so it's always a brisk 68 degrees, which is most welcome in the dog days of summer. The people-watching alone is worth it. Do yourself a favor and make sure you get to this place, if there's ONE outdoor thing you do in town.
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Barton Springs Municipal Pool
2131 William Barton Dr
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This is a MUST-DO in Austin. It's a huge swimming hole in the middle of the city- the pool has a natural bottom, cement sides with concrete walkways around it, a great diving board, and huge grassy banks with both shade and sun for lounging, reading, and enjoying nature. The 200-meter by 50-meter pool is fed by a cold spring, so it's always a brisk 68 degrees, which is most welcome in the dog days of summer. The people-watching alone is worth it. Do yourself a favor and make sure you get to this place, if there's ONE outdoor thing you do in town.
This is a great hiking area, where, in the spring and sometimes into the summer, you can hike down to a few natural swimming holes. It's close to Barton Springs pool and Zilker Park.
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Barton Creek Greenbelt
3755 South Capital of Texas Highway
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This is a great hiking area, where, in the spring and sometimes into the summer, you can hike down to a few natural swimming holes. It's close to Barton Springs pool and Zilker Park.