Austin Guide by Area The Texas Capitol (landmark)

Town Lake (landmark)

Barton Springs/Zilker Park (landmark)
S. Congress
Deep Eddy Cabaret (bar, west of central)
Jo’s Coffee (coffee)
Home Slice (food -- pizza)
2nd Street District (Downtown)
Uncommon Objects (shopping)
La Condesa (food/bar, go for HH (5-7pm M-F))
Tesoros (shopping)
Lamberts (food – fancy bbq)
Allens Boots (shopping)
City Hall (landmark – can’t miss it when walking)
Hotel San Jose (hotel/bar)
Mulberry Wine Bar (bar – wine/beer)
Amy’s Ice Cream (food -- ice cream)
Enoteca Vespaio (food – great Sunday brunch)
East Side
New Bohemia (shopping)
Progress Coffee
Perla’s (food – oysters/seafood)
HOPE Farmer’s Market (Sunday 11am-3pm, in its
Bats on S. Congress bridge at dusk
first year, more local artists/crafts than produce)
(landmark/event)
Rio-Rita (bar)
Gueros Taco Bar (food – Tex-Mex)
Shangri-La (bar)
Nueva Onda (food –breakfast tacos!)
Long Branch Inn (bar)
Curra’s (food – interior Mexican, off SoCo)
The Scoot Inn (bar)
Continental Club (bar/venue)
The Good Knight (bar/food)
El Chile Café y Cantina (food)
S. 1st
El Chilito (food)
Torchy's at the Trailer Park (food -- Baja Shrimp
Eastside Café (food)
and Fried Avocado tacos)
Bennu Coffee (coffee – 24 hours)
New Brohemia (shopping – brother store to New
Bohemia)
Misc. BBQ (all my favorites are in Lockhart, TX)
The well know places in Austin are: The Salt Lick,
S. Lamar
The County Line, Rudy’s, Stubb’s, Iron Works
Alamo Draft House (movie w/ food and
I prefer Rudy’s on this list
beer/wine)
Maudi’s TEX-MEX (food – tex-mex)
Tips
Uchi (food)
Pick up an Austin Chronicle and a Tribeza (they are
The Highball (bar/bowling)
everywhere). You will probably end up with a
The Broken Spoke (bar – Country)
Chronicle because of its SXSW insert anyways.
P. Terry’s (food)
Both publications will list events and areas to
check out in Austin.
Downtown/Central
Whole Foods headquarters (A Carnival of Food)
If you want to try dinner at any of the restaurants
Waterloo Records (shopping/landmark)
above, I would highly recommend getting a
Book People (shopping)
reservation as soon as you can.
Counter Cafe (food)
Hut’s Hamburgers (food)
Travel in a pedi-cab when you are downtown and
Frank (food)
need to get somewhere that is too far to walk.
Lustre Pearl (bar)
The pedi-cab drivers work for tips only – fast, fun,
Clive Bar (bar)
and affordable transportation.
Don’s Depot (bar -- Old Country)