Guidebook for Austin
Food Scene
Their Fried Fish Tacos on a flour Tortilla are the best we've ever had and I've lived in San Diego, L.A., and been many other places that had great fish.
It's right around the corner- a two minute walk to Taco Paradise.
The Barbacoa and Pastor are also really good. You can also get a cold Corona or Tacate and they have an excellent salsa bar.
At $3.75 you can't go wrong- 1 is enough. We have however gone 3 times in a row before.
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Taco Joint
2809 San Jacinto BlvdTheir Fried Fish Tacos on a flour Tortilla are the best we've ever had and I've lived in San Diego, L.A., and been many other places that had great fish.
It's right around the corner- a two minute walk to Taco Paradise.
The Barbacoa and Pastor are also really good. You can also get a cold Corona or Tacate and they have an excellent salsa bar.
At $3.75 you can't go wrong- 1 is enough. We have however gone 3 times in a row before.
Awesome food trailer rated best bánh mì in Austin.
60 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Saigon Le Vendeur
2601 E 7th StAwesome food trailer rated best bánh mì in Austin.
This is a food trailer located on South Lamar in front of Gibson's bar. They have AMAZING burgers, sandwiches and creative specials. They also have great vegetarian options and salads. Couldn't recommend this place more and Gibson's has a classy but laid back bar inside and a laid back 2nd floor patio outside where you can have a great drink and a smoke.
http://www.lukesinsideout.com
http://gibsonstreetbar.com
28 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Lucy's Retired Surfers Bar & Restaurant
506 West AveThis is a food trailer located on South Lamar in front of Gibson's bar. They have AMAZING burgers, sandwiches and creative specials. They also have great vegetarian options and salads. Couldn't recommend this place more and Gibson's has a classy but laid back bar inside and a laid back 2nd floor patio outside where you can have a great drink and a smoke.
http://www.lukesinsideout.com
http://gibsonstreetbar.com
Drinks & Nightlife
Great music all the time. Authentic Austin at it's best. Friendly cool crowd.
815 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Continental Gallery
1313 S Congress AveGreat music all the time. Authentic Austin at it's best. Friendly cool crowd.
Best Movie theater in America with amazing food and drinks that are themed to match movies.
https://drafthouse.com/austin/theater/south-lamar
770 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar
1120 S Lamar BlvdBest Movie theater in America with amazing food and drinks that are themed to match movies.
https://drafthouse.com/austin/theater/south-lamar
Great bar, classy inside, cool deck outside where you can drink and smoke. Luke's Inside excellent food trailer will make you a burger worth killing everyone you know for.
http://gibsonstreetbar.com
http://www.lukesinsideout.com
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Gibson Street Bar
1109 S Lamar BlvdGreat bar, classy inside, cool deck outside where you can drink and smoke. Luke's Inside excellent food trailer will make you a burger worth killing everyone you know for.
http://gibsonstreetbar.com
http://www.lukesinsideout.com
http://www.threadgills.com
When John Morthland in the L.A. Times made that prophetic statement, it sounded good to me, so let's take it a bit further and claim to the 1930's through 1960's in Austin as the theme of the original Threadgill's on North Lamar Blvd. The big, new shiny one downtown sits next door to the site of the late, great Armadillo World Headquarters and contains a large portion of memorabilia from the musical hey-day of Austin in the 1970's. The juke box holds 100 albums of artists who played the 'Dillo and the piano hanging from the ceiling was played by artists as diverse as Count Basie and Commander Cody, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles and Captain Beefheart.
64 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Threadgill's World Headquarters
301 W Riverside Drhttp://www.threadgills.com
When John Morthland in the L.A. Times made that prophetic statement, it sounded good to me, so let's take it a bit further and claim to the 1930's through 1960's in Austin as the theme of the original Threadgill's on North Lamar Blvd. The big, new shiny one downtown sits next door to the site of the late, great Armadillo World Headquarters and contains a large portion of memorabilia from the musical hey-day of Austin in the 1970's. The juke box holds 100 albums of artists who played the 'Dillo and the piano hanging from the ceiling was played by artists as diverse as Count Basie and Commander Cody, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles and Captain Beefheart.
Sightseeing
Super cool, great place to take pics and a unique experience
207 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Parque de Graffiti en Castle Hill
1008 Baylor StSuper cool, great place to take pics and a unique experience
https://www.yelp.com/biz/cathedral-of-junk-austin
110 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Cathedral of Junk
4422 Lareina Dr https://www.yelp.com/biz/cathedral-of-junk-austin
Parks & Nature
It's 5 feet from the back door and you have private access. We have a private key coded gate. Have a beer or 6 and sit at a picnic table right on the water. You can walk for 2 minutes and rent Kayaks or bikes and take advantage of 6 miles of trails and nature. That's why we live there.
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Lady Bird Lake
Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike TrailIt's 5 feet from the back door and you have private access. We have a private key coded gate. Have a beer or 6 and sit at a picnic table right on the water. You can walk for 2 minutes and rent Kayaks or bikes and take advantage of 6 miles of trails and nature. That's why we live there.
http://austinot.com/austin-greenbelt-guide
There are multiple greenbelts in Austin, but the Barton Creek Greenbelt is so beloved that locals commonly refer to it as “the Greenbelt,” as if it were the only one. Located in south-central Austin, the Barton Creek Greenbelt contains 12.68 miles of gorgeous trails, with the main trail spanning about 7 miles. This particular greenbelt is considered one of the top hiking trails in Texas.
But this area is not only for hiking. One of the city’s most prized attractions, the Barton Creek Greenbelt is filled with mountain biking trails and beautiful limestone bluffs for rock climbing. And when there’s enough water in the creek, there are several swim
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Barton Creek Greenbelt
3755 South Capital of Texas Highwayhttp://austinot.com/austin-greenbelt-guide
There are multiple greenbelts in Austin, but the Barton Creek Greenbelt is so beloved that locals commonly refer to it as “the Greenbelt,” as if it were the only one. Located in south-central Austin, the Barton Creek Greenbelt contains 12.68 miles of gorgeous trails, with the main trail spanning about 7 miles. This particular greenbelt is considered one of the top hiking trails in Texas.
But this area is not only for hiking. One of the city’s most prized attractions, the Barton Creek Greenbelt is filled with mountain biking trails and beautiful limestone bluffs for rock climbing. And when there’s enough water in the creek, there are several swim
Arts & Culture
Mexic-Arte Museum
The Mexic-Arte experience begins before you walk in the door, with its north wall lined with murals that celebrate Latino figures and iconography. That mission to showcase traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art and culture continues inside the historic building, with wooden planked floors that squeak pleasingly underfoot. Mexic-Arte's curators comfortably straddle a commitment to old and new, with an annual exhibition devoted to emerging talent and an all-inclusive back gallery space devoted to community projects.
• 419 Congress Ave, +1 512 480 9373, mexic-artemuseum.org, adult $5, student/senior $4, under-12 $1, free on Sundays. Open Mon-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat
83 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Mexic-Arte Museum
419 Congress AvenueMexic-Arte Museum
The Mexic-Arte experience begins before you walk in the door, with its north wall lined with murals that celebrate Latino figures and iconography. That mission to showcase traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art and culture continues inside the historic building, with wooden planked floors that squeak pleasingly underfoot. Mexic-Arte's curators comfortably straddle a commitment to old and new, with an annual exhibition devoted to emerging talent and an all-inclusive back gallery space devoted to community projects.
• 419 Congress Ave, +1 512 480 9373, mexic-artemuseum.org, adult $5, student/senior $4, under-12 $1, free on Sundays. Open Mon-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat
Set at the south corner of the University of Texas campus, the Blanton Museum of Art blends in beautifully with the classical architecture, and the effect carries over into the museum's interior. The ground-floor atrium houses Teresita Fernández's permanent wall installation, "Stacked Waters" – 950m of shimmering stripes of blue. Close your eyes, and you'd swear you could hear the Mediterranean lapping softly, but you'll want to keep them open to take in the Blanton's impressive collection. The two-storey main building includes wings devoted to European paintings (with an emphasis on Renaissance and Baroque art), modern American and Latin American Art, and contemporary art. One of the premie
644 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
El Museo de Arte Blanton
200 East Martin Luther King Junior BoulevardSet at the south corner of the University of Texas campus, the Blanton Museum of Art blends in beautifully with the classical architecture, and the effect carries over into the museum's interior. The ground-floor atrium houses Teresita Fernández's permanent wall installation, "Stacked Waters" – 950m of shimmering stripes of blue. Close your eyes, and you'd swear you could hear the Mediterranean lapping softly, but you'll want to keep them open to take in the Blanton's impressive collection. The two-storey main building includes wings devoted to European paintings (with an emphasis on Renaissance and Baroque art), modern American and Latin American Art, and contemporary art. One of the premie
The Harry Ransom Center has ruffled a few feathers over the years – Britons have accused the archive of poaching their national treasures – but there's just no arguing with the scope of the HRC's stunning holdings. The collection includes some 36m manuscripts, making unlikely neighbours of Lord Byron, Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Mamet and Robert De Niro. (A forewarning: though materials are readily available to researchers, appointments are required.) The first-floor gallery rotates materials from the archive – recent shows include a retrospective on futurist Norman Bel Geddes and a photographic history of basketball – while permanent exhibits include a complete Gutenberg Bible, the first-e
127 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Harry Ransom Center
300 W 21st StThe Harry Ransom Center has ruffled a few feathers over the years – Britons have accused the archive of poaching their national treasures – but there's just no arguing with the scope of the HRC's stunning holdings. The collection includes some 36m manuscripts, making unlikely neighbours of Lord Byron, Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Mamet and Robert De Niro. (A forewarning: though materials are readily available to researchers, appointments are required.) The first-floor gallery rotates materials from the archive – recent shows include a retrospective on futurist Norman Bel Geddes and a photographic history of basketball – while permanent exhibits include a complete Gutenberg Bible, the first-e
You won't find Mondo's name on its Hyde Park storefront, just its distinctive serpentine insignia, which seems rather fitting for the gallery arm of the Austin-born-and-bred Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, regularly named the "coolest movie theatre in America". The Alamo also boasts the coolest design shop in town, commissioning collectible one-sheets by the likes of Olly Moss and Tim Doyle, but the gallery space (opened in spring of 2012) puts them in their rightful context as works of art. 4115 Guadalupe St, no phone number, mondotees.com, free. Open Tue-Sat, noon-6pm and by appointment.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Mondo Gallery
You won't find Mondo's name on its Hyde Park storefront, just its distinctive serpentine insignia, which seems rather fitting for the gallery arm of the Austin-born-and-bred Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, regularly named the "coolest movie theatre in America". The Alamo also boasts the coolest design shop in town, commissioning collectible one-sheets by the likes of Olly Moss and Tim Doyle, but the gallery space (opened in spring of 2012) puts them in their rightful context as works of art. 4115 Guadalupe St, no phone number, mondotees.com, free. Open Tue-Sat, noon-6pm and by appointment.
Essentials
Thom's Market is your neighborhood store for everything from Taco Deli Breakfast Tacos to Zico Coconut Water to Green Cart Fresh Sandwiches - we have it all. We also have a great selection of wine and beer, fresh fruit, chips, snacks, and so much more.
http://thomsmarket.com
26 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Thom's Market - Riverside
160 E Riverside DrThom's Market is your neighborhood store for everything from Taco Deli Breakfast Tacos to Zico Coconut Water to Green Cart Fresh Sandwiches - we have it all. We also have a great selection of wine and beer, fresh fruit, chips, snacks, and so much more.
http://thomsmarket.com