Guidebook for Austin

Karen
Guidebook for Austin

Food Scene

Awesome, homemade and local! Great breakfasts with specialty pancakes, including gluten-free options. Wonderful seasonal lunch selections. Healthy, tasty and very Austin!
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Kerbey Lane Cafe - Southwest
4301 W William Cannon Dr
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Awesome, homemade and local! Great breakfasts with specialty pancakes, including gluten-free options. Wonderful seasonal lunch selections. Healthy, tasty and very Austin!
The Oasis is a big restaurant overlooking Lake Travis. They even have their own shopping area. It's the best place on the lake to watch the sunset! The often have live music. The food is pretty good but on the pricey side. You're paying the big bucks for the awesome view. Sometimes we just go for appetizers, dessert and a sunset.
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The Oasis On Lake Travis
6550 Comanche Trail
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The Oasis is a big restaurant overlooking Lake Travis. They even have their own shopping area. It's the best place on the lake to watch the sunset! The often have live music. The food is pretty good but on the pricey side. You're paying the big bucks for the awesome view. Sometimes we just go for appetizers, dessert and a sunset.
The best tacos in town! They are only open for breakfast and lunch. All locations close at 3:00. This is the closest one to me so if you need a taco fix and want original tacos with local ingredients this is the place for you! There is also a Tacodeli on Spyglass which is downtown by the greenbelt. That's the original location and the most Austin-like setting. It's my favorite!!
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Tacodeli Gracy Farms
12001 Burnet Rd
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The best tacos in town! They are only open for breakfast and lunch. All locations close at 3:00. This is the closest one to me so if you need a taco fix and want original tacos with local ingredients this is the place for you! There is also a Tacodeli on Spyglass which is downtown by the greenbelt. That's the original location and the most Austin-like setting. It's my favorite!!

Drinks & Nightlife

Okay, I am not a nightlife person but my 30 year-old daughter says this is the best place for country dancing in North Austin.
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Wild West Cedar Park
401 E Whitestone Blvd
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Okay, I am not a nightlife person but my 30 year-old daughter says this is the best place for country dancing in North Austin.
6th Street is famous for live music and night life.
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West 6th Street
West 6th Street
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6th Street is famous for live music and night life.
My 23 year old son says Rainey Street is the place to go for craft beer and nightlife. He says it's more upscale than 6th street.
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Rainey Street Historic District
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My 23 year old son says Rainey Street is the place to go for craft beer and nightlife. He says it's more upscale than 6th street.
If you want a real country dance hall head out to the Broken Spoke!
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Broken Spoke
3201 S Lamar Blvd
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If you want a real country dance hall head out to the Broken Spoke!

Parks & Nature

Zilker Park is everyone's favorite!! They have hiking, soccer, sand volleyball, Barton Springs natural Pool, the river, canoeing, kayaking, stand up and paddle, a playground, a train, botanical gardens, a science and nature center and it's all walking distance and on a street with great food and live music!
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Parque Metropolitano Zilker
2207 Barton Springs Rd
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Zilker Park is everyone's favorite!! They have hiking, soccer, sand volleyball, Barton Springs natural Pool, the river, canoeing, kayaking, stand up and paddle, a playground, a train, botanical gardens, a science and nature center and it's all walking distance and on a street with great food and live music!
Hamilton Pool is not too far from Austin and has a waterfall that comes down into a natural pool and a nice easy hike to the Pedernales River along a beautiful creek with a great view.
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Reserva Natural Hamilton Pool
24300 Hamilton Pool Rd
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Hamilton Pool is not too far from Austin and has a waterfall that comes down into a natural pool and a nice easy hike to the Pedernales River along a beautiful creek with a great view.

Arts & Culture

Great Museum of Texas history!
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Museo de Historia del Estado de Texas Bullock
1800 Congress Ave
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Great Museum of Texas history!
It's an outdoor sculpture garden near Zilker Park. The art is amazing!
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
605 Azie Morton Rd
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It's an outdoor sculpture garden near Zilker Park. The art is amazing!

Sightseeing

It's the State Capitol! You can tour the building, enjoy the grounds, marvel at the architecture and maybe even sit in on an open meeting.
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Texas Senate
1200 Congress Ave
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It's the State Capitol! You can tour the building, enjoy the grounds, marvel at the architecture and maybe even sit in on an open meeting.
This is where thousands of Mexican Free-tailed bats stay and every night they fly out from under the bridge. It's a must see event!
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Congress Avenue Bridge
Congress Avenue
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This is where thousands of Mexican Free-tailed bats stay and every night they fly out from under the bridge. It's a must see event!

Shopping

Okay, it's a mall. But, it is so close to my house that, why not?!
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Lakeline Mall
11200 Lakeline Mall Dr
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Okay, it's a mall. But, it is so close to my house that, why not?!
If you like funky, this is the resale store for you!!! This is an Austin original and they have the funkiest clothes on campus. It's down by the University of Texas and you can have a great time going through the racks and racks of retro, cool, funky and sometimes hilarious clothing.
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Buffalo Exchange
2904 Guadalupe St
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If you like funky, this is the resale store for you!!! This is an Austin original and they have the funkiest clothes on campus. It's down by the University of Texas and you can have a great time going through the racks and racks of retro, cool, funky and sometimes hilarious clothing.

Essentials

HEB is your one stop grocery store. They have anything you might need. It's also in a shopping plaza with a few good lunch stops like Torchy's Tacos, Verts, Daily Juice and Panda Express.
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H-E-B plus!
14028 US-183
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HEB is your one stop grocery store. They have anything you might need. It's also in a shopping plaza with a few good lunch stops like Torchy's Tacos, Verts, Daily Juice and Panda Express.