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orangecat92

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Ah yes, nighthawk.   Old uncle loved to take me to the one on 290, probably 20 to 30 years ago.    That and Lubys 290 were his favs.   At nighthawk, He loved to buy the off the menu item, Frisco burger, and catfish.  Fun story he always told. He saved a woman’s life one time at nighthawk.  She was choking and he did Heimlich on her. 

 

 

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TornACL

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Close your eyes. Throw a rock. You'll hit a bar. Walk into the bar next door to that one, because the first place probably won't serve you after you just threw a rock at their bar. 

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LebongJames

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For reals though.

Bars and restaurants in downtown and surrounding areas are unlimited it really depends on what vibe or cuisine you are looking for.

New restaurants:

Red Ash - Italian 

Suerte - hip Mexican not Tex Mex

Lin Asian Bar 

All of those are on the more expensive side.

Bars:

Really depends on the weather. A lot of Austin’s bars have a better atmosphere if you can hang on the deck or patio.

People from out of town seem to like the Rainey St area a lot. Bunch of bars in old bungalow houses.

Unless you are looking for more of a dive bar

Casino El Camino - great bar and excellent burger

ABGB on South Lamar is a great brew pub. Has won multiple gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival.

I could type for days but got tired.

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I thought Rainey Street was fun the last time I was there (December).

Zilker Brewing was solid, and the Scoot Inn was a good time too (none of these places are on Rainey Street, but not far either).

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I drive Uber/Lyft in my spare time and all the tourists like yourself love Rainey after starting the night at Whisler's on the East side. Maybe dinner at Salty Sow or Sour Duck before (or something on S. Lamar like Loro or Uchi).

I like different places because bachelor/bachelorette parties all over Rainey sounds fun but they're not as much to me. So I can't really recommend, but those are what are popular on whatever websites are sending people agendas for short trips here.

With more details might could put together a better rec.

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ROT is June 13-16.  If you don't know what that is, think of early Halloween where old dudes get to play dress up in full "bad ass biker dude" regalia and ride Harleys.  It's the only time of year where doctors willingly hang out of dudes who hogs cost more than the doublewides they call home.  Downtown will be loud and obnoxious.  

Other than that, Yelp is your friend for restaurants.  And depending on how old you are and who you like to hang with, the bar scene choices are those on the east side, on Rainey, West 6th, or dirty 6th where you get to hang out with  clueless tourists, dregs of society (or we call them homeless and wannabe gangbangers) & college kids.

Spend the day on a paddle board on Town Lake.  If you have a car, drive to the Oasis for sunset drinks and mediocre dinner.  

Stroll down S. Congress to buy shit for friends and loved ones.  Take pics of tourist shit.

See the bats fly out from under S Congress bridge at sunset, although in June, the bats may come out when dark.

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Patches

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Let me give a little more information to this:

I am coming to town for the school principal convention. Our group is made up of 35-45 year olds. We are looking for good places to grab a drink at night or to get breakfast/lunch during the day. I appreciate the Chili’s reference, but I think we can find one of those if need be.

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I'm guessing you'll be at the convention center and you said staying in a condo on 4th street.  Everything around the convention center sucks except for Moonshine.  The lobby bar and rooftop pool bar at the Fairmont (across from convention center) have good eye-candy, but otherwise are just hotel bars.  Half your group is gonna want to get Iron Works bbq for lunch one day, just go along with it.  It's not good, but it's not bad.  One day after the convention, walk immediately to the southeast of the convention center to Rainey Street.  All kinds of great day drinking to be done there.  Gets a little bit of a shitshow after dark, but you're group sounds young enough-they may enjoy that.  Not many good restaurants down there (Emmer & Rye is very much the best one by far), but great outdoor bars.  some people in your group that don't know Austin are going to be told to go to Sixth Street.  Just let them go, don't join them. Everybody has to learn the fucking hard way.  There's two great hidden bars on East 4th/5th Street (Floppy Disk Repair/Red Headed Stepchild/Joe Biden's hangout) & another one owned by a poster on Surly called The Good Life Bar.  Both are just a few yards from your condo.  

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5 hours ago, Patches said:

Let me give a little more information to this:

I am coming to town for the school principal convention. Our group is made up of 35-45 year olds. We are looking for good places to grab a drink at night or to get breakfast/lunch during the day. I appreciate the Chili’s reference, but I think we can find one of those if need be.

lots of sarcastic replies but the previously mentioned oilcan harry’s is really your best bet.  kind of a weird name but hey, austin is (used to be) weird.  and it’s right on 4th street and the people are very friendly; place has a good vibe.  give it a chance.

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9 hours ago, Patches said:

Let me give a little more information to this:

I am coming to town for the school principal convention. Our group is made up of 35-45 year olds. We are looking for good places to grab a drink at night or to get breakfast/lunch during the day. I appreciate the Chili’s reference, but I think we can find one of those if need be.

I don’t think you should be so flippant here. Given your demographic, there is no better spot than the Chili’s at 45th and Lamar.

Not just any Chili’s. That one.

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5 hours ago, futureman said:

lots of sarcastic replies but the previously mentioned oilcan harry’s is really your best bet.  kind of a weird name but hey, austin is (used to be) weird.  and it’s right on 4th street and the people are very friendly; place has a good vibe.  give it a chance.

Yep, you haven't done Austin until you've done Oil Can Harry's. 

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