Guidebook for Austin

Colleen
Guidebook for Austin

Food Scene

This is one of my favorite restaurants in town. It is a butcher shop and supper club, but has fantastic options for everyone (including vegetarians!). Prices are fantastic for the quality - you're looking at $20ish entrees that will almost certainly provide leftovers, and much cheaper options if you go tapas style or for lunch/brunch!
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Dai Due
2406 Manor Rd
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This is one of my favorite restaurants in town. It is a butcher shop and supper club, but has fantastic options for everyone (including vegetarians!). Prices are fantastic for the quality - you're looking at $20ish entrees that will almost certainly provide leftovers, and much cheaper options if you go tapas style or for lunch/brunch!
One of the best food trucks in town! It's also in a food truck park with a great BBQ truck, and the bar next door is lovely to stop in for a drink!
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DEE DEE - Northern Thai Street Food
4204 Menchaca Rd
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One of the best food trucks in town! It's also in a food truck park with a great BBQ truck, and the bar next door is lovely to stop in for a drink!
24 hour, with delicious coffee minus the snobbery.
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Bennu Coffee
2001 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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24 hour, with delicious coffee minus the snobbery.
This is a fantastic tapas style restaurant! Owned by the same folks as Contigo (which is also amazing, but more well known!).
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Last Straw
1914 E 6th St
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This is a fantastic tapas style restaurant! Owned by the same folks as Contigo (which is also amazing, but more well known!).
This is an amazing food truck court! T-Loc's is my favorite, and there are also great Venezuelan, Poke and other food trucks!
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T-Loc's Sonora
5000 Burnet Rd
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This is an amazing food truck court! T-Loc's is my favorite, and there are also great Venezuelan, Poke and other food trucks!
Secret amazing bakery...need I say more?
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Tous Les Jours
6808 N Lamar Blvd
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Secret amazing bakery...need I say more?
Another gorgeous food truck park! This one and the biscuits and gravy food truck are my favorite, and the coffee truck makes their own vanilla syrup!
Booty Loco's
4209 Airport Boulevard
Another gorgeous food truck park! This one and the biscuits and gravy food truck are my favorite, and the coffee truck makes their own vanilla syrup!
This is a fantastic breakfast spot, though the coffee is mediocre!
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Paperboy
1203 E 11th St
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This is a fantastic breakfast spot, though the coffee is mediocre!
Best fish tacos in town! The juices, etc. are amazing too.
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Veracruz All Natural Food Truck
2505 Webberville Road
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Best fish tacos in town! The juices, etc. are amazing too.
Another amazing food truck, but with somewhat strange hours! Check before you go!
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Ceviche7
502 W 30th St
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Another amazing food truck, but with somewhat strange hours! Check before you go!
One of my favorite date restaurants!
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Mongers
4119 Guadalupe Street
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One of my favorite date restaurants!
An amazing and super popular date spot!
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Launderette
2115 Holly St
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An amazing and super popular date spot!
Local chain, so amazing!
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Lucy's Fried Chicken
2218 College Ave
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Local chain, so amazing!
Some of the best and cheapest Mexican in town!
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El Borrego De Oro
3900 S Congress Ave
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Some of the best and cheapest Mexican in town!
This is a bakery, restaurant, and bar. They have the best bread in town! A little pricey, but 100% worth it.
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Easy Tiger
1501 E 7th St
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This is a bakery, restaurant, and bar. They have the best bread in town! A little pricey, but 100% worth it.
This is an amazing, but pricey restaurant. The raw fish, oysters etc. are some of the best you'll find anywhere, but they have the best happy hour in town! Their drinks and bar menu become half off, making it way more affordable.
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Parkside
301 E 6th St
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This is an amazing, but pricey restaurant. The raw fish, oysters etc. are some of the best you'll find anywhere, but they have the best happy hour in town! Their drinks and bar menu become half off, making it way more affordable.
This place is amazing. They have a cool little bar (it's only open on weekend nights, though the rest is always open) with super cheap food and drinks, and so many things to explore. It's also a great place for photos (a model friend of mine did a photo shoot there once!). And it's free to get in!
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J. Lorraine, TX. Ghost Town Austin
14219 Littig Rd
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This place is amazing. They have a cool little bar (it's only open on weekend nights, though the rest is always open) with super cheap food and drinks, and so many things to explore. It's also a great place for photos (a model friend of mine did a photo shoot there once!). And it's free to get in!

Drinks & Nightlife

Boozy milkshakes and icecream...
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Prohibition Creamery
1407 E 7th St
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Boozy milkshakes and icecream...
If you like sour beers, this is the place for you.
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Jester King
13187 Fitzhugh Rd
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If you like sour beers, this is the place for you.

Arts & Culture

This is also known as graffiti park, and the best place to go if you'd prefer artistic to cutesy! And it's free! But parking is a little challenging, so come prepared to circle for a bit.
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HOPE Outdoor Gallery
741 Dalton Lane
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This is also known as graffiti park, and the best place to go if you'd prefer artistic to cutesy! And it's free! But parking is a little challenging, so come prepared to circle for a bit.

Parks & Nature

This is Austin's version of a nude beach! Nudity is encouraged, but not required. ;)
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Hippie Hollow Park
7000 Comanche Trail
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This is Austin's version of a nude beach! Nudity is encouraged, but not required. ;)

Essentials

Always convenient. They have a parking garage, & validate for 1 hour!
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Trader Joe's
211 Walter Seaholm Dr
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Always convenient. They have a parking garage, & validate for 1 hour!
The cheaper, less prepared food grocery store I go to!
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H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd
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The cheaper, less prepared food grocery store I go to!

Getting Around

They're just getting reasonable public transit in Austin, so this doesn't run super late. It's a good way to get to E 6th or downtown for going out (then you can take a rideshare hope - Fasten is my personal preference).
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MLK Station Stop 2
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They're just getting reasonable public transit in Austin, so this doesn't run super late. It's a good way to get to E 6th or downtown for going out (then you can take a rideshare hope - Fasten is my personal preference).

Shopping

This is a great place to pick up beer and/or cigarettes. They have one of the best craft beer selections in Austin!
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MLK Food Store
2915 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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This is a great place to pick up beer and/or cigarettes. They have one of the best craft beer selections in Austin!
If you like craft spirits, beer, or good wine this place is amazing. They've never guided me wrong, and their selection is well curated and extensive!
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The Austin Shaker
1199 Airport Blvd
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If you like craft spirits, beer, or good wine this place is amazing. They've never guided me wrong, and their selection is well curated and extensive!