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Food Scene

Sorry, Google maps has this great coffee shop in the wrong wrong place. It is actually very close to our house, near the corner of Poquito and MLK. A 2 minute walk. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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Bennu Coffee
2001 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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Sorry, Google maps has this great coffee shop in the wrong wrong place. It is actually very close to our house, near the corner of Poquito and MLK. A 2 minute walk. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Eat very good food outdoors. All the best tattoos show up here. Our favorites: Breakfast Burrito $3.50 is an entire meal. Great drinks "refrescos" esp. watermelon and horchata.
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El Chilito
2219 Manor Rd
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Eat very good food outdoors. All the best tattoos show up here. Our favorites: Breakfast Burrito $3.50 is an entire meal. Great drinks "refrescos" esp. watermelon and horchata.
Close by, comfortable seating, casual atmosphere. They also make sandwiches/pannini
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Thunderbird Coffee
2200 Manor Rd
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Close by, comfortable seating, casual atmosphere. They also make sandwiches/pannini
Posh and excellent restaurant. Enjoy the garden and the chickens in the lot next to the restaurant. All the eggs come from their chickens. A famous restaurant in Austin for high quality dining.
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Eastside Café
2113 Manor Rd
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Posh and excellent restaurant. Enjoy the garden and the chickens in the lot next to the restaurant. All the eggs come from their chickens. A famous restaurant in Austin for high quality dining.
If you like meat you should not miss Hoover's. Easy walk from our house to some say the best barbecue. They also have excellent salads and fine desserts.
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Hoover's Cooking
2002 Manor Rd
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If you like meat you should not miss Hoover's. Easy walk from our house to some say the best barbecue. They also have excellent salads and fine desserts.
Our very own local pizza and it is delicious. An easy bike and a longer walk but well worth it. Lots of innovative flavors.. not just your typical pizza.
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East Side Pies
1401 Rosewood Ave
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Our very own local pizza and it is delicious. An easy bike and a longer walk but well worth it. Lots of innovative flavors.. not just your typical pizza.
This is a cool backyard outdoor restaurant with a bar inside. Tucked away toward the back of the block. Live music there some nights in the enclosed yard.
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The Vortex
2307 Manor Rd
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This is a cool backyard outdoor restaurant with a bar inside. Tucked away toward the back of the block. Live music there some nights in the enclosed yard.
Hopping place. Lots of space indoors and outdoors. Good prices on lunch and tasty food. Not just a study hall like some places around UT; this place is usually alive. Music on weekend nights.
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Cherrywood Coffeehouse
1400 E 38th 1/2 St
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Hopping place. Lots of space indoors and outdoors. Good prices on lunch and tasty food. Not just a study hall like some places around UT; this place is usually alive. Music on weekend nights.
It's a drive but we go there once a week. Incredible food for reasonable prices. Wonderful music on Thurs. Fri, Sat and sometimes Sunday evening. Truly central and the best playground for kids.
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Central Market
4477 S Lamar Blvd
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It's a drive but we go there once a week. Incredible food for reasonable prices. Wonderful music on Thurs. Fri, Sat and sometimes Sunday evening. Truly central and the best playground for kids.
Another cool coffee shop.
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Wright Bros. Brew and Brew
500 San Marcos St
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Another cool coffee shop.
Good food and good desserts. Pleasant back covered patio. Lots of new places along 11th street. Revitalized.
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Blue Dahlia Bistro
1115 E 11th St
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Good food and good desserts. Pleasant back covered patio. Lots of new places along 11th street. Revitalized.
My favorite place to go for a Thai pearl drink aka bubble tea aka tapioca pearls in a drink. Lots of students hang out here -- has a friendly happy atmosphere. It's close. Just west on MLK.
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CoCo's Cafe
1910 Guadalupe St
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My favorite place to go for a Thai pearl drink aka bubble tea aka tapioca pearls in a drink. Lots of students hang out here -- has a friendly happy atmosphere. It's close. Just west on MLK.
A nice bike ride from our house to the best outdoor/indoor coffee house. Hard to say why but this place is special, quirky, open minded, creative, comfortable. Unique. Sells spirits, too.
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Spider House Ballroom
2906 Fruth St
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A nice bike ride from our house to the best outdoor/indoor coffee house. Hard to say why but this place is special, quirky, open minded, creative, comfortable. Unique. Sells spirits, too.
If you are a coffee devotee, aficionado, gourmand, don't miss this place. The coffee is extraordinary and all fair trade. But if all you need is good coffee go to Bennu's. Not extra pricey.
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Fair Bean Coffee
2210 South 1st Street
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If you are a coffee devotee, aficionado, gourmand, don't miss this place. The coffee is extraordinary and all fair trade. But if all you need is good coffee go to Bennu's. Not extra pricey.
Southern Mexican food. Better than most and less touristy than Guerros... Tho Guerros has fine music sometimes.
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Curra's Grill
614 E Oltorf St
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Southern Mexican food. Better than most and less touristy than Guerros... Tho Guerros has fine music sometimes.

Essentials

Fiesta is an easy bike and a moderate walk away. Enormous produce and international food section. Feels like a Mexican supermercado. Fun place to shop. Map a bit off, enter from 38th St.
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Fiesta Mart, LLC
3909 N I- 35 Service Rd
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Fiesta is an easy bike and a moderate walk away. Enormous produce and international food section. Feels like a Mexican supermercado. Fun place to shop. Map a bit off, enter from 38th St.
If I was looking for a good lunch place, I'd go to Wheatsville. Outdoor seating. Full sized, locally owned, coop grocery and deli. (More interesting -- and worthy-- than Whole Foods - my opinion!)
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Wheatsville Food Co-Op
3101 Guadalupe St
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If I was looking for a good lunch place, I'd go to Wheatsville. Outdoor seating. Full sized, locally owned, coop grocery and deli. (More interesting -- and worthy-- than Whole Foods - my opinion!)

Everything Else

Large City park with a swimming pool open in summer and tennis courts open year round. Also has a skate board half pipe. Nice trail for walking and picnic tables. Easy walk or bike from our house.
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Patterson Neighborhood Park
4200 Brookview Rd
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Large City park with a swimming pool open in summer and tennis courts open year round. Also has a skate board half pipe. Nice trail for walking and picnic tables. Easy walk or bike from our house.
This is the best State Park within an hour drive from Austin and well worth the trip. Good trails down to the Pedernales (pronounced Perd-n-alice), good swimming in the river in summer.
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Штатный парк водопадов Педерналес
2585 Park Rd 6026
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This is the best State Park within an hour drive from Austin and well worth the trip. Good trails down to the Pedernales (pronounced Perd-n-alice), good swimming in the river in summer.
Oh so amazing gigantic boulder. Takes about 30 mins to walk up. About 1.5hr drive thru Fredricksburg. And plenty of other trails. Blistering hot in summer; but always a wonder and a delight.
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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
16710 Ranch Rd 965
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Oh so amazing gigantic boulder. Takes about 30 mins to walk up. About 1.5hr drive thru Fredricksburg. And plenty of other trails. Blistering hot in summer; but always a wonder and a delight.
Want to take a short hike to a beautiful cavern/amplitheater swimming hole? So beautiful. Call first to make sure the swim is open. Walk trail to Pedernales river after the swim. County park gem!
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Заповедник Хамильтон-Пул
24300 Hamilton Pool Rd
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Want to take a short hike to a beautiful cavern/amplitheater swimming hole? So beautiful. Call first to make sure the swim is open. Walk trail to Pedernales river after the swim. County park gem!
Like plants? Trees? This is a great place to learn about gardening and enjoy gardens -- especially low water plants and gardening in harsh climates.
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Центр дикорастущих цветов Леди Бёрд Джонсон
4801 La Crosse Ave
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Like plants? Trees? This is a great place to learn about gardening and enjoy gardens -- especially low water plants and gardening in harsh climates.
The quickest way to the hike and bike trail is straight down Chestnut, which becomes Pleasant Valley. Or you can catch the trail anywhere along the river, aka Lady Bird Lake. Great way to see Austin
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Lady Bird Lake Trail
Lady Bird Lake Trail
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The quickest way to the hike and bike trail is straight down Chestnut, which becomes Pleasant Valley. Or you can catch the trail anywhere along the river, aka Lady Bird Lake. Great way to see Austin
Ignore the map! Best place to start the trail is at Barton Springs Pool. Many miles of good trails for walking or biking. If there is water in the creek you can stop to swim anywhere along the trail
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Бартон-Крик Гринбелт
3755 South Capital of Texas Highway
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Ignore the map! Best place to start the trail is at Barton Springs Pool. Many miles of good trails for walking or biking. If there is water in the creek you can stop to swim anywhere along the trail
If you have time to wander around the campus at UT you will find all sorts of interesting places -- art museums, natural history museum. And if you can, take the tour up the tower. Amazing views.
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Университет Техаса в Остине
2515 Speedway
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If you have time to wander around the campus at UT you will find all sorts of interesting places -- art museums, natural history museum. And if you can, take the tour up the tower. Amazing views.
A beautiful, and in the process of being restored, urban trail along an intermittent creek. Lots of fossils, lots of beautiful trees. In places you are in a wild canyon in the middle of the city.
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Shoal Creek Trail
Shoal Creek Trail
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A beautiful, and in the process of being restored, urban trail along an intermittent creek. Lots of fossils, lots of beautiful trees. In places you are in a wild canyon in the middle of the city.
The greatest place to swim! A natural pool of spring water, 1/4 mile long. 68 degrees. Perfect for a hot summer day. Check to make sure the pool is open-- closes once a week for cleaning.
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Barton Springs Municipal Pool
2201 William Barton Dr
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The greatest place to swim! A natural pool of spring water, 1/4 mile long. 68 degrees. Perfect for a hot summer day. Check to make sure the pool is open-- closes once a week for cleaning.

Arts & Culture

Our neighborhood library is a gem. Next door is the Carver Museum of African American HIstory. Check out the incredible quilt in the library. And all the wonderful books and DVDs.
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Carver Branch, Austin Public Library
1161 Angelina St
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Our neighborhood library is a gem. Next door is the Carver Museum of African American HIstory. Check out the incredible quilt in the library. And all the wonderful books and DVDs.

Sightseeing

Go all the way down Chestnut (which becomes Pleasant Valley) or down Chicon to get to Fiesta Gardens and the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. A Treasure!
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Парк Эдварда Рендона старшего на пляже Фестиваль в городском парке Таун-Лейк
2101 Jesse E. Segovia St
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Go all the way down Chestnut (which becomes Pleasant Valley) or down Chicon to get to Fiesta Gardens and the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. A Treasure!
The Congress Ave. bridge where Congress crosses Town Lake is the bat hub of Texas. Go just at dusk in most seasons to see millions of bats fly out like wreaths of smoke.
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Congress Avenue
Congress Avenue
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The Congress Ave. bridge where Congress crosses Town Lake is the bat hub of Texas. Go just at dusk in most seasons to see millions of bats fly out like wreaths of smoke.

Drinks & Nightlife

Austin's Home of the Blues!
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Antone's
305 E 5th St
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Austin's Home of the Blues!
World famous home of rock and roll and roots music--and the infamous "hippie hour" on Tuesdays at 7.
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The Continental Gallery
1313 S Congress Ave
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World famous home of rock and roll and roots music--and the infamous "hippie hour" on Tuesdays at 7.
Intimate room with ATX's finest singer-songwriters, roots musicians, and eclectic bands. Free happy hours with world-class acts.
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Saxon Pub
1320 S Lamar Blvd
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Intimate room with ATX's finest singer-songwriters, roots musicians, and eclectic bands. Free happy hours with world-class acts.
Because a good dive is hard to find...
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Skylark Lounge
2039 Airport Blvd
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Because a good dive is hard to find...
Sophisticated dive for soul, R&B (old-school), and jazz. Check out the hippest bathrooms around upstairs in the lounge.
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C-Boys Heart and Soul
2008 S Congress Ave
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Sophisticated dive for soul, R&B (old-school), and jazz. Check out the hippest bathrooms around upstairs in the lounge.