Your Guide to Austin!

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Your Guide to Austin!

Food scene

Influenced by the culinary traditions of Northern and Southern Italy, Red Ash features craft Italian cuisine. This is one of our favorite restaurants in the city and you will not be disappointed!
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Red Ash
303 Colorado St
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Influenced by the culinary traditions of Northern and Southern Italy, Red Ash features craft Italian cuisine. This is one of our favorite restaurants in the city and you will not be disappointed!
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Located on Austin’s vibrant South Congress Avenue, Neighborhood Sushi serves high-quality sushi and Japanese-inspired dishes in a casual and beautiful setting. Happy hour-and-a-half will offer food and beverage specials on weekdays 4:30-6 pm throughout the entire restaurant.
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Neighborhood Sushi
1716 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Located on Austin’s vibrant South Congress Avenue, Neighborhood Sushi serves high-quality sushi and Japanese-inspired dishes in a casual and beautiful setting. Happy hour-and-a-half will offer food and beverage specials on weekdays 4:30-6 pm throughout the entire restaurant.
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Aba is a Mediterranean restaurant originating from Chicago’s historic Fulton Market District. Aba, meaning father in Hebrew, incorporates Chef CJ Jacobson’s lighter style of cooking with influences from the Mediterranean, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece. The bar program, crafted by Liz Pearce, showcases rare Mediterranean-inspired wines and spirits. It has an incredible atmosphere with great music, a beautiful finish out through the space, and an extraordinary outdoor patio! Definitely book in advance!
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Aba
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Aba is a Mediterranean restaurant originating from Chicago’s historic Fulton Market District. Aba, meaning father in Hebrew, incorporates Chef CJ Jacobson’s lighter style of cooking with influences from the Mediterranean, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece. The bar program, crafted by Liz Pearce, showcases rare Mediterranean-inspired wines and spirits. It has an incredible atmosphere with great music, a beautiful finish out through the space, and an extraordinary outdoor patio! Definitely book in advance!
LAMAR - Translated from the Japanese word “house,” the original Uchi is located in a refurbished South Austin bungalow. Award-winning Chef Tyson Cole’s signature non-traditional take on Japanese food has delighted Austin’s diverse dining crowd as well as visitors from across the country and around the world since 2003. Uchi is consistently known as the best sushi spot in Austin and is always a favorite among locals and visitors!
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Uchi
801 S Lamar Blvd
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LAMAR - Translated from the Japanese word “house,” the original Uchi is located in a refurbished South Austin bungalow. Award-winning Chef Tyson Cole’s signature non-traditional take on Japanese food has delighted Austin’s diverse dining crowd as well as visitors from across the country and around the world since 2003. Uchi is consistently known as the best sushi spot in Austin and is always a favorite among locals and visitors!
EAST SIDE - The Counter Cafe is a unique 21st-century authentic American diner focused on serving up the finest of fresh local and organic food in a familiar diner setting. They are proud to offer high-quality, down-home diner creations with a gourmet twist. By cooking with natural & organic ingredients & locally-sourced products, when available, they celebrate the food awakenings of the Counter culture revolution at the new and improved Counter Cafe, one of Austin’s iconic diners! At the Counter, quality is their promise, and local food, global love is their motto!
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Counter Cafe
1914 E 6th St
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EAST SIDE - The Counter Cafe is a unique 21st-century authentic American diner focused on serving up the finest of fresh local and organic food in a familiar diner setting. They are proud to offer high-quality, down-home diner creations with a gourmet twist. By cooking with natural & organic ingredients & locally-sourced products, when available, they celebrate the food awakenings of the Counter culture revolution at the new and improved Counter Cafe, one of Austin’s iconic diners! At the Counter, quality is their promise, and local food, global love is their motto!
The Buzz Mill is an incredible local spot!! If you go, you must get the Honey Badger with Oat Milk. It's become an obsession of ours and part of our morning routine! It is a 24-hour spot that provides coffee, food, and spirits! It's also a very cool community-driven brand that's sole purpose is to cultivate the community around it...From building gardens, cleaning rivers to creating a place where people can interface with their community in new ways. When you shop here you are helping the local community!
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The Buzz Mill
1505 Town Creek Dr
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The Buzz Mill is an incredible local spot!! If you go, you must get the Honey Badger with Oat Milk. It's become an obsession of ours and part of our morning routine! It is a 24-hour spot that provides coffee, food, and spirits! It's also a very cool community-driven brand that's sole purpose is to cultivate the community around it...From building gardens, cleaning rivers to creating a place where people can interface with their community in new ways. When you shop here you are helping the local community!
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Just off of South Congress, in a low-slung mid-century building from the fifties that was once known as the Pig Stop, Vinaigrette ATX nestles in the shade of one of the oldest Live Oaks in town. With intersecting gables, a beautiful bright green tile wall that echoes the lush outdoors, sustainably harvested wood flooring, and custom galvanized window walls, the space is bright and uplifting both in and out. One of our customers called it “a happy greenhouse for humans”
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Vinaigrette
2201 College Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Just off of South Congress, in a low-slung mid-century building from the fifties that was once known as the Pig Stop, Vinaigrette ATX nestles in the shade of one of the oldest Live Oaks in town. With intersecting gables, a beautiful bright green tile wall that echoes the lush outdoors, sustainably harvested wood flooring, and custom galvanized window walls, the space is bright and uplifting both in and out. One of our customers called it “a happy greenhouse for humans”
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Situated on a sunny corner of South Congress Avenue, June’s offers breakfast, brunch, and grab-and-go pastries & coffee by morning, with an all-day bistro menu late into the evenings. The food is complemented by a frequently changing wine & bar program. The restaurant has a petite patio, ideal for people watching and hanging with your pup. The classically styled interior features a vintage jukebox, cozy banquette seating, and a long marble bar.
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June's
1722 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Situated on a sunny corner of South Congress Avenue, June’s offers breakfast, brunch, and grab-and-go pastries & coffee by morning, with an all-day bistro menu late into the evenings. The food is complemented by a frequently changing wine & bar program. The restaurant has a petite patio, ideal for people watching and hanging with your pup. The classically styled interior features a vintage jukebox, cozy banquette seating, and a long marble bar.
Josephine House of Austin - The sister restaurant to Austin's fine-dining institution Jeffrey’s, offering breakfast, lunch, brunch, happy hour, dinner & Monday night steak frites. The Clarksville cottage features a small marble bar for coffee or cocktails, intimate tables in the dining room, shady nooks on our patio, and a grassy front lawn for lounging. Serving an eclectic daily menu featuring the best locally sourced products. Reservations are recommended.
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Josephine House
1601 Waterston Ave
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Josephine House of Austin - The sister restaurant to Austin's fine-dining institution Jeffrey’s, offering breakfast, lunch, brunch, happy hour, dinner & Monday night steak frites. The Clarksville cottage features a small marble bar for coffee or cocktails, intimate tables in the dining room, shady nooks on our patio, and a grassy front lawn for lounging. Serving an eclectic daily menu featuring the best locally sourced products. Reservations are recommended.
Clark’s is a small chic West Austin neighborhood spot with a great raw bar, house-baked sourdough, fresh fish, lobster rolls, pan-roasted hamburgers, and tasty libations.
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Clark's Oyster Bar
1200 W 6th St
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Clark’s is a small chic West Austin neighborhood spot with a great raw bar, house-baked sourdough, fresh fish, lobster rolls, pan-roasted hamburgers, and tasty libations.
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Perla's has one of Austin's prettiest oak-shaded patios and a comfortable airy dining room featuring a huge saltwater fish tank, poured concrete oyster bar, and an amazing ambiance!
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Perla's
1400 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Perla's has one of Austin's prettiest oak-shaded patios and a comfortable airy dining room featuring a huge saltwater fish tank, poured concrete oyster bar, and an amazing ambiance!
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The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.
1305 W Oltorf St
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EAST SIDE - Central Machine Works Brewery is located in the vibrant East Side community on E. Cesar Chavez. Before opening as a brewpub in 2019, it was formerly known as Capital Machine Works- a metal fabrication shop that produced a variety of custom parts starting with airplanes in WWII (1940-2016). The repurposed airplane hanger was designed to embrace the building’s history while creating a welcoming space for our community. With an open concept Beer Hall and expansive Beer Garden, CMW offers a full-service bar, an in-house kitchen with rotating seasonal options, and a variety of events!
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Central Machine Works
4824 E Cesar Chavez St
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EAST SIDE - Central Machine Works Brewery is located in the vibrant East Side community on E. Cesar Chavez. Before opening as a brewpub in 2019, it was formerly known as Capital Machine Works- a metal fabrication shop that produced a variety of custom parts starting with airplanes in WWII (1940-2016). The repurposed airplane hanger was designed to embrace the building’s history while creating a welcoming space for our community. With an open concept Beer Hall and expansive Beer Garden, CMW offers a full-service bar, an in-house kitchen with rotating seasonal options, and a variety of events!
EAST SIDE - Jacoby’s Restaurant & Mercantile is a Transparent, Value Driven, Vertically Integrated, Ranch-to-Table dining experience located in East Austin on the Colorado River. They are family-operated with simple, southern, and rustic roots. They have amazing southern-style food with the best strawberry cake we have ever had! It's a family recipe! Their Mercantile is wonderful too, filled with vintage and modern one-of-a-kind pieces sourced from all over!
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Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
3235 E Cesar Chavez St
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EAST SIDE - Jacoby’s Restaurant & Mercantile is a Transparent, Value Driven, Vertically Integrated, Ranch-to-Table dining experience located in East Austin on the Colorado River. They are family-operated with simple, southern, and rustic roots. They have amazing southern-style food with the best strawberry cake we have ever had! It's a family recipe! Their Mercantile is wonderful too, filled with vintage and modern one-of-a-kind pieces sourced from all over!
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Matt's El Rancho
2613 S Lamar Blvd
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Lucky Robot is the first sustainable sushi restaurant in Texas. Not only does it have delicious food but it is a pioneer in the responsible sustainable restaurant model. They source their poultry, beef, and pork from local farms and cooperatives using sustainable and regenerative ranching practices. The farms they work with hold their partners and ranchers to the highest environmental, sustainability, and ranching practices.
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Lucky Robot
1303 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Lucky Robot is the first sustainable sushi restaurant in Texas. Not only does it have delicious food but it is a pioneer in the responsible sustainable restaurant model. They source their poultry, beef, and pork from local farms and cooperatives using sustainable and regenerative ranching practices. The farms they work with hold their partners and ranchers to the highest environmental, sustainability, and ranching practices.
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - In pizza they trust! Over the years, Home Slice has evolved from a scrappy local mom-and-pop pizzeria into an iconic Austin landmark. They vow, humbly and with devotion, to make the world a better place through pizza. Opening in 2005, Home Slice Pizza is an independent neighborhood pizza joint serving authentic NY-style pizza—by the slice or pie. They offer their homemade, hand-tossed, bona fide pies for either dine-in or carry-out.
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Home Slice Pizza
1415 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - In pizza they trust! Over the years, Home Slice has evolved from a scrappy local mom-and-pop pizzeria into an iconic Austin landmark. They vow, humbly and with devotion, to make the world a better place through pizza. Opening in 2005, Home Slice Pizza is an independent neighborhood pizza joint serving authentic NY-style pizza—by the slice or pie. They offer their homemade, hand-tossed, bona fide pies for either dine-in or carry-out.
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Hi Sign Brewing
730 Old Bastrop Hwy
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Their irresistible food is prepared in-house daily from freshly sourced ingredients for quality you can taste. They believe the best standards and future of quality sourcing is regenerative farming. So they teamed up with Force of Nature to bring you 100% grass-fed, regenerative beef & bison. Everything on their menu is amazing!
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Hopdoddy Burger Bar
1400 S Congress Ave
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South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Their irresistible food is prepared in-house daily from freshly sourced ingredients for quality you can taste. They believe the best standards and future of quality sourcing is regenerative farming. So they teamed up with Force of Nature to bring you 100% grass-fed, regenerative beef & bison. Everything on their menu is amazing!
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Two Hands Hospitality is a group of community-focused Australian restaurants. Serving breakfast through dinner, they fuel your lifestyle with fresh, delicious food, cocktails, and coffee. Some incredibly fresh great food and an easy walkup coffee and smoothie window.
Two Hands
South Congress Ave (SOCO) - Two Hands Hospitality is a group of community-focused Australian restaurants. Serving breakfast through dinner, they fuel your lifestyle with fresh, delicious food, cocktails, and coffee. Some incredibly fresh great food and an easy walkup coffee and smoothie window.

Sightseeing

Walking and running Town Lake Trail (as the locals call it) is one of the highlights of Austin! It's a must for anyone visiting and a great way to see the beauty of the city. You can do a few miles or the entire loop will be around 10 miles.
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Lago Lady Bird
Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail
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Walking and running Town Lake Trail (as the locals call it) is one of the highlights of Austin! It's a must for anyone visiting and a great way to see the beauty of the city. You can do a few miles or the entire loop will be around 10 miles.
Whether you’re looking to sip on the best dang martini money can buy, catch a live show, or shopping until you drop South Congress Shopping District offers something for everyone! If you’re new to visiting SOCO, this district is incredibly walkable from retailer to retailer. There is plenty of complimentary street parking located directly along South Congress, and scooters or rideshare options are available.
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Via South Congress
South Congress Avenue
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Whether you’re looking to sip on the best dang martini money can buy, catch a live show, or shopping until you drop South Congress Shopping District offers something for everyone! If you’re new to visiting SOCO, this district is incredibly walkable from retailer to retailer. There is plenty of complimentary street parking located directly along South Congress, and scooters or rideshare options are available.
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Barton Springs Municipal Pool
2201 William Barton Dr
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Texas Senate
1200 Congress Ave
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Shopping/Retail

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Allens Boots
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Maufrais
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