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Taxi - Yellow Cab, ATX Co-op Taxi
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Austin Live Music info click here>
Grocery Stores:
HEB - S. Congress and Oltorf / E. 7th and Pleasant Valley / Red River and 40th
Central Market (HEB’s Whole foods) - Lamar and 38th / S. Lamar and Westgate
Trader Joe's Downtown - 3rd & Seaholm
Whole Foods Downtown - W. 6th & Lamar and E. 5th & Brushy
2nd Street Market Downtown - 201 San Jacinto
Fresh Plus- 1221 West Lynn & West Campus
Mike's Bikes and Tours also recommends these fine establishments:
Downtown:
Flamingo Cantina - Reggae, live music on 6th St. near Red River
Casino El Camino - Cool bar & huge burgers, with patio, on 6th St. near Red River
Jackalope - dirty 6th dive bar with food
The Parish - live music - E 5th St and Brushy-( Eastside now)
Marinara Miracles- late night scratch Italian at Valhalla- 710 Red River
Mort Subite - Non-local Belgian beer bar 2nd & Congress
Veracruz Tacos - At the Line - Congress and Cesar Chavez
Cooper’s BBQ- 2nd & Congress
Parker’s Jazz Club- Warehouse dist- 117 W 4th St.
South:
Continental Club - South Congress live music legend
Continental Gallery - intimate, cool upstairs live jazz & funk
C- Boy's Heart n Soul - live music down the street on SoCo
The ABGB - live music, award-winning brew house and farm to table food + pizza!
St. Elmo Brewing - a bit south, with food truck
El Meson - Interior Mexican food on S. Lamar
Curra's Grill - Interior Mexican food, avocado margaritas on Oltorf
Chuy's - quirky tex-mex on Barton Springs Rd, good happy hour
Matt’s El Rancho - classic Tex-Mex on S. Lamar, great patio
Near UT -
Crown and Anchor Pub - UT pub n grub, patio
Sholtz Beer Garden - Oldest beergarten in the US (1866), live music
Spider House - live music, coffee, cocktails, patio
Hoover’s - southern cooking on Manor Rd.
Eastside -
The Cavalier- southern gastro pub dive bar, killer vibes on Webberville Rd.
Taco Bronco - ridic tacos at Saddle Up/Micklewaith’s on Rosewood
Zilker Brewing - Brewery on E. 6th, patio
The White Horse - hipster honky-tonk, dancing on E. 6th St.
Cherrywood Coffeehouse - NOLA/TX style food/coffee on E. 38 1/2 St.
Yellow Jacket Social Club - patio n fun people on E. 5th
BBQ -
Terry Black’s - on Barton Springs Rd. - SOUTH
Micklethwait Craft Meats - 1309 Rosewood @saddleup EAST
LeRoy and Lewis- @ Cosmic Coffee on S. Congress SOUTH
Brown's - S. Lamar and Mary @ Corner Bar SOUTH
La Barbecue - E. Cesar Chavez EAST
The Salt Lick - out in Driftwood, TX - old school hill COUNTRY
BEST OF LISTS -
Food Best of 2023- https://www.thrillist.com/eat/austin/best-restaurants-austin
Food trailers- www.austinchronicle.com/first-plates/year:2021/trailers
BBQ - www.thrillist.com/eat/austin/local-bbq-experts-in-austin-picks-for-best-barbecue
Tacos - https://austin.eater.com/maps/best-tacos-austin
Tex-Mex - Best of - https://do512.com/p/tex-mex-austin
Indian - Best of - http://austinot.com/indian-food (G’raj Mahal has moved!)
Murals and street art (not food) - https://austin.com/guide-to-the-best-austin-street-art-graffiti-murals-and-more-2021-edition/