The West Campus neighborhood is located to the west of the University of Texas at Austin’s main campus north of downtown. It’s a bustling area filled with student housing, historic homes, restaurants, bars, bookshops, and music venues. Here are just a few of our choices for the Best of West Campus. Bordered to the east…
Once a sparse stretch of pavement peppered with a few strip malls and honky-tonks, South Lamar has evolved into a bona fide entertainment district. New development is springing up seemingly every day, from condos to bars, restaurants to coffee shops. But we’re not here to shake our heads at change and bemoan the way things…
Austin is a city that is in love (maybe obsessed?) with brunch. Almost every restaurant in town offers some kind of weekend brunch menu. There are nearly 300 options in the downtown neighborhood alone! With so many to choose from, we thought it may be helpful to narrow the field. So here is our list…
Memorial Day weekend, it’s the official kickoff to summer. Here are some great happenings in and around Austin this extended holiday weekend.
Austin’s noted slogan “Keep It Weird” reaches new heights in October as Halloween in Austin approaches. Austin’s 6th Street becomes an adult Halloween Party in the streets Halloween night. But the festivities aren’t relegated to a single night or street, Halloween has become a week long bacchanal all over the city. Austin is home to…
For many long time Austinite’s Eeyore’s Birthday is both an eccentric Austin tradition and a celebration of spring. The final Saturday of April brings Austin it’s absolutely weirdest and longest running free festival. When: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 Hours: 11 am to dusk Where: Pease Park Omar Mousa, Austin based media producer & cinematographer, chronicles…
Between the UT Austin campus and the neighborhood known as West Campus lies “The Drag” — a stretch of Guadalupe Street running from Martin Luther King Blvd to 29th St. It has long been a popular retail destination boasting funky clothes shops, hip furniture stores, and plenty of places to eat and drink. Although most…
Two beautiful lakes are a big part of greater Austin. Though it’s widely known as the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin is also River City. Below Lake Travis and Mansfield Dam, Lake Austin runs southeast to Enfield Road and the Tom Miller Dam. There begins Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) which runs…
After a day exploring Austin or playing on the lake, nothing beats a great food and drink stop, by road or boat, at one of the Best Lake Austin Waterfront Restaurants. Need a boat to get around? Check our Lake Austin Boat Rentals. Abel’s on the Lake Abel’s on the Lake is a prime spot…
Because arcade games are just better with a drink in your hand, here’s our list of the Best Austin Arcade Bars. Buffalo Billiards Over 22,000 square feet of pool, shuffleboard, foosball, pinball, & darts, Buffalo Billiards serves up games in a big way. A real piece of “Wild West” history is located on Austin’s historic…