Guidebook for Austin

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Guidebook for Austin

Drinks & Nightlife

Brewpub and pizza house - local!
175 locals recommend
Pinthouse Pizza
4729 Burnet Rd
175 locals recommend
Brewpub and pizza house - local!
1/2 off bubbles on Saturdays
42 locals recommend
Apothecary
4800 Burnet Road
42 locals recommend
1/2 off bubbles on Saturdays
Chicken shit bingo on Sunday afternoons
166 locals recommend
Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon
5434 Burnet Rd
166 locals recommend
Chicken shit bingo on Sunday afternoons
Get the Frito pie and a local IPA
24 locals recommend
Billy's On Burnet
2105 Hancock Dr
24 locals recommend
Get the Frito pie and a local IPA
A nice place for a fancy cocktail or three.
155 locals recommend
drink.well.
207 E 53rd St
155 locals recommend
A nice place for a fancy cocktail or three.
Our closest really nerdy beer bar. Good on a sunny afternoon. We will walk if there if the weather is nice.
131 locals recommend
Draught House Pub & Brewery
4112 Medical Pkwy
131 locals recommend
Our closest really nerdy beer bar. Good on a sunny afternoon. We will walk if there if the weather is nice.

Essentials

All your groceries in this central Texas institution.
1667 locals recommend
H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd
1667 locals recommend
All your groceries in this central Texas institution.
Our local food co-op.
337 locals recommend
Wheatsville Food Co-Op
3101 Guadalupe St
337 locals recommend
Our local food co-op.
This grocery store has an amazing, winding produce section, good beer, wine, and cheese selection, and a focus on local and imported foods. Restaurant & entertainment on premises, too.
765 locals recommend
Central Market
4477 S Lamar Blvd
765 locals recommend
This grocery store has an amazing, winding produce section, good beer, wine, and cheese selection, and a focus on local and imported foods. Restaurant & entertainment on premises, too.

Food Scene

Delicious, upscale interior Mexican food
162 locals recommend
Fonda San Miguel Restaurant
2330 W N Loop Blvd
162 locals recommend
Delicious, upscale interior Mexican food
Our neighborhood coffee shop
60 locals recommend
Monkey Nest Coffee
5353 Burnet Rd
60 locals recommend
Our neighborhood coffee shop
Austin staple. I like the Independent or an extra trashy trailer park.
1075 locals recommend
Torchy's Tacos
2809 S 1st St
1075 locals recommend
Austin staple. I like the Independent or an extra trashy trailer park.
Kind of pricy, but delicious small plates of global-fusion foods. I love the smokey mezcal tacos.
90 locals recommend
The Peached Tortilla
5520 Burnet Rd
90 locals recommend
Kind of pricy, but delicious small plates of global-fusion foods. I love the smokey mezcal tacos.
Compadres Taco Truck is located here!
18 locals recommend
Shell
1901 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
18 locals recommend
Compadres Taco Truck is located here!
Serious grease bomb, but good joint for southern food like chicken and waffles.
208 locals recommend
Lucy's Fried Chicken
2218 College Ave
208 locals recommend
Serious grease bomb, but good joint for southern food like chicken and waffles.
It's a worker-owned brewpub and beer co-op! Ice cream and other specials are almost always worth getting.
132 locals recommend
Black Star Co-op
7020 Easy Wind Dr
132 locals recommend
It's a worker-owned brewpub and beer co-op! Ice cream and other specials are almost always worth getting.
Honestly, I think this restaurant is kind of over-rated, but a lot of visitors LOVE it. Definitely go to this location over the one on South Congress.
780 locals recommend
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
1400 S Congress Ave
780 locals recommend
Honestly, I think this restaurant is kind of over-rated, but a lot of visitors LOVE it. Definitely go to this location over the one on South Congress.
Pretty good Vietnamese food.
13 locals recommend
Pho Thaison
2438 W Anderson Ln
13 locals recommend
Pretty good Vietnamese food.
Our favorite Thai restaurant. We like the som tam, larb, and the red curry.
89 locals recommend
Titaya's Thai Cuisine
5501 N Lamar Blvd
89 locals recommend
Our favorite Thai restaurant. We like the som tam, larb, and the red curry.
Pretty much the only Chinese restaurant worth going to in Austin.
13 locals recommend
Asia Cafe
8650 Spicewood Springs Rd
13 locals recommend
Pretty much the only Chinese restaurant worth going to in Austin.
This is some pretty good barbecue without the hassle and wait of Franklin or the drive out to the Salt Lick.
126 locals recommend
Stiles Switch BBQ
6610 N Lamar Blvd
126 locals recommend
This is some pretty good barbecue without the hassle and wait of Franklin or the drive out to the Salt Lick.
French/Belgian-inspired restaurant with a good beer selection.
74 locals recommend
Hopfields
3110 Guadalupe St
74 locals recommend
French/Belgian-inspired restaurant with a good beer selection.
A cool coffeeshop/bar/entertainment space with a beautiful courtyard.
176 locals recommend
Spider House Ballroom
2906 Fruth St
176 locals recommend
A cool coffeeshop/bar/entertainment space with a beautiful courtyard.
Okay Tex Mex, but GREAT Mexican martinis.
72 locals recommend
Trudy's Texas Star
409 W 30th St
72 locals recommend
Okay Tex Mex, but GREAT Mexican martinis.
Eat here while you can. This is ground zero for gentrification in Austin.
90 locals recommend
Cisco's Restaurant
1511 E 6th St
90 locals recommend
Eat here while you can. This is ground zero for gentrification in Austin.

Everything Else

Find your pharmacy here.
37 locals recommend
CVS
1701 Briarcliff Blvd
37 locals recommend
Find your pharmacy here.
Austin staple
Atomic Tattoo & Body Piercing
8401 Burnet Rd
Austin staple
Local chain with good massages
Halina European Day Spa & Salon
Local chain with good massages
Tiny dessert faction, cake ball edition.
Austin Cake Ball
5310 Burnet Rd
Tiny dessert faction, cake ball edition.
Tiny dessert faction, cupcake edition.
84 locals recommend
Hey Cupcake!
4209 Airport Boulevard
84 locals recommend
Tiny dessert faction, cupcake edition.
Tiny dessert faction, pie edition.
23 locals recommend
Tiny Pies
5035 Burnet Rd
23 locals recommend
Tiny dessert faction, pie edition.
Tiny dessert faction, cookie edition.
Kellie's Baking Co.
5245 Burnet Rd
Tiny dessert faction, cookie edition.
Our neighborhood nail salon.
Luxe Nails & Spa
5310 Burnet Rd
Our neighborhood nail salon.
Get your hair cut!
Slate Hair Salon
1417 W 51st St
Get your hair cut!
Get your hair cut!
Ritual Salon
4800 Burnet Rd
Get your hair cut!

Shopping

It's like a museum of modern, 1970's furniture
7 locals recommend
Uptown Modern
5111 Burnet Rd
7 locals recommend
It's like a museum of modern, 1970's furniture
Quirky, secondhand goods
16 locals recommend
Top Drawer Thrift
5312 Burnet Rd
16 locals recommend
Quirky, secondhand goods
Austin souvenirs
46 locals recommend
Atown
5502 Burnet Rd
46 locals recommend
Austin souvenirs
Used books courtesy of the Austin Public Library system
Recycled Reads
5335 Burnet Rd
Used books courtesy of the Austin Public Library system
Mexican imports and gardening pots with great service.
Miguel's Gallery and Garden
5209 Burnet Rd
Mexican imports and gardening pots with great service.
Antiques and vintage goods.
Gypsies Antiques
5202 Burnet Rd
Antiques and vintage goods.
Vintage goods.
Ledbelly
5202 Burnet Rd
Vintage goods.
Thrift store.
Savers
5222 Burnet Rd
Thrift store.
Women's clothing boutique.
SPRING FROST Boutique
5101 Burnet Rd
Women's clothing boutique.
Fancy jewelry store. $$$$$$!
Korman Fine Jewelry
5011 Burnet Rd
Fancy jewelry store. $$$$$$!

Entertainment & Activities

Our local burger joint with beer and a playground
32 locals recommend
Hat Creek Burger Company
5902 Bee Cave Road
32 locals recommend
Our local burger joint with beer and a playground
Our local branch of the Austin Public Library.
7 locals recommend
Yarborough Branch, Austin Public Library
2200 Hancock Dr
7 locals recommend
Our local branch of the Austin Public Library.
A totally and completed unbiased account of the story of Texas!
593 locals recommend
Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 Congress Ave
593 locals recommend
A totally and completed unbiased account of the story of Texas!
It's a beautiful building with frequent tours. The grounds are lovely and kid-friendly.
1119 locals recommend
Texas Senate
1200 Congress Ave
1119 locals recommend
It's a beautiful building with frequent tours. The grounds are lovely and kid-friendly.
Cool little neighborhood park. Farmer's market in the hangar on Sundays at 10 am.
220 locals recommend
Mueller Lake Park
4550 Mueller Blvd
220 locals recommend
Cool little neighborhood park. Farmer's market in the hangar on Sundays at 10 am.

Sightseeing

Revolving and permanent exhibits. Recently we had Gone with the Wind and Alice and Wonderland exhibits.
127 locals recommend
Harry Ransom Center
300 W 21st St
127 locals recommend
Revolving and permanent exhibits. Recently we had Gone with the Wind and Alice and Wonderland exhibits.
Austin really isn't the best town to view internationally-acclaimed art, but we have a good little university gallery here.
644 locals recommend
The Blanton Museum of Art
200 East Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
644 locals recommend
Austin really isn't the best town to view internationally-acclaimed art, but we have a good little university gallery here.
I like the hippy button collection.
240 locals recommend
LBJ Presidential Library
2313 Red River St
240 locals recommend
I like the hippy button collection.