Hello and welcome to Austin and CTX Community Thread! This thread is for REFers that live and work in the Central Texas area or those who are visiting. Come talk, relax, and hang out. We'll try to organize meet-ups as well. If you find yourself in town, or interested in the city in general, come on over and say hi. Forgive me for shamelessly copying this thread from that other website.
Upcoming CTX-ERA Meet-ups:
Suggest something
Past CTX-ERA Meet-ups:
None yet, this is a new forum, after all. ;)
Austin Mini-Guide
This is just the tip of the iceburg, Visit Austin is a pretty decent city guide.
Events
It's generally not hard to find events. There's always something going on every weekend.
Austin.gov events calendar
Do512.com
General Attractions and Fun Stuff
We have lots and lots to do here. This is a small list of some of the highlights.
6th Street - Rainey Street
The Drag
South Congress
Texas State History Museum
Paramount Theater
Bats on Congress Bridge
Alamo Drafthouse Theaters
Pinballz Arcade
In addition, we've got a bunch of cool stores all over the place for all your interests.
Parks, Wildlife and Outdoors
Central Texas has some beautiful parks and outdoor areas. Here's a handful.
Zilker Park
Lady Bird Lake
Hamilton Pool
Barton Springs Pool
McKinney Falls State Park
Mount Bonnel
San Marcos River
Conventions and Festivals
Austin hosts a lot of conventions and festivals every year. The list would be huge if I listed them all, but here's some of the bigger ones.
SXSW
Austin City Limits
Fantastic Fest
Rooster Teeth Expo
Ikkicon
Food
We sure do love our food here in Austin and Central Texas. We've got everything from Tex-Mex to asian fusion, and everything in between! We also have some damn good BBQ, but let's try not to start a fight with DFW-ERA.
Tex-Mex/Mexican
Arguably, our most known for food. We have tacos. Lots and lots of tacos. If you're looking for something more classy, Fonda San Miguel is the way to go.
Fonda San Miguel
La Condesa
Trudy's
Chuy's
Tyson's Tacos
Tacodeli
Torchy's Tacos
Tacodeli > Torchy's
BBQ
CTX ain't no slouch with BBQ, even though we might not as famous as the rest of Texas. The Salt Lick and Franklin are the two best. One's got a long drive, the others got a long line. ;)
The Salt Lick
Franklin's
La Barbecue
Rudy's
Stubb's
Micklewait Craft Meats
Asian
We've got a lot of great Asian restaurants, all over town!
Uchiko
Ramen Tatsu-ya
Michi Ramen
Pho Dan
Din Ho
Ka-Prow
Ichiban
Fusion
Probably most famous in food trucks, Austin has some amazing fusion eating. Some of it sounds weird, but it's quite amazing.
Koriente
Chi'Lantro
East Side King
Kemuri Tatsuya
Thai Kun
American and Pub Fare
We've obviously got a lot of bars. Here's some that actually have good food, too.
Swift's Attic
Old School Bar & Grille
Blackstar Coop
B.D. Riley's
Moonshine Grill
Eureka
Bangers
Easy Tiger
Lucy's Fried Chicken
Frank
Burgers
Some old-school hamburger places coupled with some more modern hip stuff.
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
Top Notch Hamburgers (and Fried Chicken)
Hut's Hamburger's
P. Terry's
Mighty Fine
Wholly Cow
Shake Shack
Hat Creek
Pizza
Austin has no good Pizza places. Sorry.
Just kidding. Pinthouse Pizza is good.
Via 313
Home Slice Pizza
Brick Oven Restaurant
Little Deli
East Side Pie
Italian
Mandola's Market
Carmelo's
Siena
Steak
Perry's
Estância Churrascaria
Dessert and Donuts
Tiff's Treats
Gourdough's Donuts
Mrs. Johson's
Fine Dining
We've got our fair share of fine dining, too. Here's a few that come to mind.
Barley Swine
Congress
Roaring Fork
Suggestions for anything are welcome! Tried a new restaurant? Got some activity or place that you think other CTX-REFers would like? Think I'm overlooking something obvious? Let me know. I'll try to keep the OP updated as best as I can.
Thanks for reading, and stay weird, ACTX-ERA!
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