Guidebook for Austin

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Guidebook for Austin

Food Scene

Great tacos, really good corn tortillas. Don't be a wuss. Get it on corn. Migas Especial for breakfast. Fish taco for lunch.
314 locals recommend
Veracruz All Natural Food Truck
2505 Webberville Road
314 locals recommend
Great tacos, really good corn tortillas. Don't be a wuss. Get it on corn. Migas Especial for breakfast. Fish taco for lunch.
Local coffee shop with good simple food. Great patio.
379 locals recommend
Cenote
1010 E Cesar Chavez St
379 locals recommend
Local coffee shop with good simple food. Great patio.
Secret coffee kiosk.
127 locals recommend
Flat Track Coffee
1619 E Cesar Chavez St
127 locals recommend
Secret coffee kiosk.
Fancyish and delicious Vietnamese cuisine.
426 locals recommend
Elizabeth Street Cafe
1501 S 1st St
426 locals recommend
Fancyish and delicious Vietnamese cuisine.
The fried chicken from Memphis!
50 locals recommend
Gus’s Fried Chicken
117 San Jacinto Blvd
50 locals recommend
The fried chicken from Memphis!
Indian food. Good for take out.
121 locals recommend
G'Raj Mahal
73 Rainey St
121 locals recommend
Indian food. Good for take out.
Argentinean food.
143 locals recommend
Buenos Aires Café
1201 E 6th St
143 locals recommend
Argentinean food.
The best of the best sushi.
688 locals recommend
Uchi
801 S Lamar Blvd
688 locals recommend
The best of the best sushi.
Sushi and yakitori
309 locals recommend
Uchiko
4200 N Lamar Blvd
309 locals recommend
Sushi and yakitori
Totally fabulous restaurant.
374 locals recommend
Odd Duck
1201 S Lamar Blvd
374 locals recommend
Totally fabulous restaurant.
Pretzels & beer. Best bread in town. Great turkey & avo sandwich. Also known for having Pappy Van Winkle's bourbon on hand.
358 locals recommend
Easy Tiger
1501 E 7th St
358 locals recommend
Pretzels & beer. Best bread in town. Great turkey & avo sandwich. Also known for having Pappy Van Winkle's bourbon on hand.
Very healthy food. Always open.
75 locals recommend
Koriente
621 E 7th St
75 locals recommend
Very healthy food. Always open.
Acclaimed Ramen shop. Renegades.
502 locals recommend
Ramen Tatsu-Ya
1234 S Lamar Blvd
502 locals recommend
Acclaimed Ramen shop. Renegades.
It is a yummy legend! Super fun. Always busy.
791 locals recommend
Home Slice Pizza
1415 S Congress Ave
791 locals recommend
It is a yummy legend! Super fun. Always busy.
A snazzier French garden and bar spinning vinyl. You won't find a more romantic place and your date will think you are super hip.
522 locals recommend
Justine's
4710 E 5th St
522 locals recommend
A snazzier French garden and bar spinning vinyl. You won't find a more romantic place and your date will think you are super hip.
Open 24 hours, taste the grit of E. Austin. Total scene. Food, meh?
38 locals recommend
Las Cazuelas Mexican Restaurant
1701 E Cesar Chavez St
38 locals recommend
Open 24 hours, taste the grit of E. Austin. Total scene. Food, meh?
Avocado margaritas. Austin mainstay.
200 locals recommend
Curra's Grill
614 E Oltorf St
200 locals recommend
Avocado margaritas. Austin mainstay.
Hottest thing in East Austin right now. Great food, super cool -- a hidden gem. Charred octopus a fave. As is the burger.
397 locals recommend
Launderette
2115 Holly St
397 locals recommend
Hottest thing in East Austin right now. Great food, super cool -- a hidden gem. Charred octopus a fave. As is the burger.
Lines beckon and shady picnic tables await at this popular bbq trailer. The grill just keeps getting bigger at La Barbecue.
421 locals recommend
La Barbecue
2401 E Cesar Chavez St
421 locals recommend
Lines beckon and shady picnic tables await at this popular bbq trailer. The grill just keeps getting bigger at La Barbecue.
Truly fancy schmancy. Beautiful decor. Good, smallish, expensive food.
99 locals recommend
Juniper
2400 E Cesar Chavez St
99 locals recommend
Truly fancy schmancy. Beautiful decor. Good, smallish, expensive food.
From Trailer to Brick and Mortar - it's all the rage! And who wants to wait for trailer food anyway?
132 locals recommend
Paperboy
1203 E 11th St
132 locals recommend
From Trailer to Brick and Mortar - it's all the rage! And who wants to wait for trailer food anyway?
everyone knows about the awesomeness
35 locals recommend
Las Trancas Taco Stand
1210 E Cesar Chavez St
35 locals recommend
everyone knows about the awesomeness
Haven't been here yet but it sure is a close place to go for a cocktail and food. They put lots of money in the design and it has a rooftop bar. Lots of TVs going round the clock.
48 locals recommend
EastSide Tavern
1510 E Cesar Chavez St
48 locals recommend
Haven't been here yet but it sure is a close place to go for a cocktail and food. They put lots of money in the design and it has a rooftop bar. Lots of TVs going round the clock.
Housemade chocolates, and the pasta.
48 locals recommend
Intero Restaurant
2612 E Cesar Chavez St
48 locals recommend
Housemade chocolates, and the pasta.
Coffee (brew) and Beer (the other brew) and Rosen's Bagels with Acme Lox!
183 locals recommend
Wright Bros. Brew and Brew
500 San Marcos St
183 locals recommend
Coffee (brew) and Beer (the other brew) and Rosen's Bagels with Acme Lox!
Finally a good salad and rotisserie on the East Side.
55 locals recommend
Lou’s
1900 E Cesar Chavez St
55 locals recommend
Finally a good salad and rotisserie on the East Side.
Acclaimed Ramen shop. Renegades.
502 locals recommend
Ramen Tatsu-Ya
1234 S Lamar Blvd
502 locals recommend
Acclaimed Ramen shop. Renegades.
Best is close to home. Get Migas taco on corn tortilla. supplement with coffee and sweet treat at the coffee trailer in the Long Play parking lot.
31 locals recommend
Granny's Tacos
1401 E 7th St
31 locals recommend
Best is close to home. Get Migas taco on corn tortilla. supplement with coffee and sweet treat at the coffee trailer in the Long Play parking lot.

Getting Around

Around the block from your guesthouse. Sweet folk. Great bike rentals. Yummy coffee at Flat Track!
10 locals recommend
Cycleast
1619 E Cesar Chavez St
10 locals recommend
Around the block from your guesthouse. Sweet folk. Great bike rentals. Yummy coffee at Flat Track!

Everything Else

Small convenience store. Great wine, beer, and kombucha selection. Essentials too.
26 locals recommend
Bread Basket Holly
1514 Holly St
26 locals recommend
Small convenience store. Great wine, beer, and kombucha selection. Essentials too.
Bars bars bars. El Naranjo interior Mexican food. Bangers beer & brats. Crafthouse beers from Texas.
212 locals recommend
Rainey Street Historic District
212 locals recommend
Bars bars bars. El Naranjo interior Mexican food. Bangers beer & brats. Crafthouse beers from Texas.
You might have to go here while in town on business. :)
290 locals recommend
Austin Convention Center
500 E Cesar Chavez St
290 locals recommend
You might have to go here while in town on business. :)
The flagship Whole Foods. Upper patio is delightful.
1332 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
525 N Lamar Blvd
1332 locals recommend
The flagship Whole Foods. Upper patio is delightful.
Saturday mornings this is the place to be.
81 locals recommend
SFC Farmers' Market Downtown
422 Guadalupe St
81 locals recommend
Saturday mornings this is the place to be.
Place where politicians must breakfast if you want the East Side vote. Fried bacon.
86 locals recommend
Joe’s Bakery & Coffee Shop
2305 E 7th St
86 locals recommend
Place where politicians must breakfast if you want the East Side vote. Fried bacon.
Extreme butchery for your bbq needs, salumeria & restaurant. Great scene in a funny strip mall turned gourmet shop.
151 locals recommend
Salt & Time
1912 E 7th St
151 locals recommend
Extreme butchery for your bbq needs, salumeria & restaurant. Great scene in a funny strip mall turned gourmet shop.

Sightseeing

The lake and the hike & bike trail.
71 locals recommend
Lady Bird Lake Boardwalk
Lady Bird Lake Boardwalk
71 locals recommend
The lake and the hike & bike trail.

Parks & Nature

1533 locals recommend
Zilker Metropolitan Park
2207 Barton Springs Rd
1533 locals recommend
Jumping in spring fed 68 degree water! People watching! Iconic Austin!
2454 locals recommend
Barton Springs Municipal Pool
2201 William Barton Dr
2454 locals recommend
Jumping in spring fed 68 degree water! People watching! Iconic Austin!
Spring fed pool but with less "nature" at your feet - a paved pool with water changed every other day. Do you laps in the morning!
322 locals recommend
Deep Eddy Municipal Pool
401 Deep Eddy Ave
322 locals recommend
Spring fed pool but with less "nature" at your feet - a paved pool with water changed every other day. Do you laps in the morning!
High up over the river. Good view. Short hike to get there.
1082 locals recommend
Mount Bonnell
1082 locals recommend
High up over the river. Good view. Short hike to get there.
53 locals recommend
McKinney Roughs Nature Park
1884 State Hwy 71
53 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

644 locals recommend
The Blanton Museum of Art
200 East Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
644 locals recommend
593 locals recommend
Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 Congress Ave
593 locals recommend

Essentials

It's close and all the neighborhood shops there.
1667 locals recommend
H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd
1667 locals recommend
It's close and all the neighborhood shops there.
1332 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
525 N Lamar Blvd
1332 locals recommend