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Culture
Coffee shop, bar, and pool Cabana Club will open in time for summer
The east Austin project combines work and play with a new pool, restaurant, coffee shop, and coworking space all in one.
June 20, 2024 04:48 PM
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Laura Figi
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Culture
Your Austin summer bucket list
Remember making these when you were a kid? Here’s an adult version — now all you need to do is cross off your list.
June 19, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Business
5 a-mews-ing Austin businesses inhabited by cats
Got kitty fever? Here’s where you can find feline friends in Austin’s business scene.
June 17, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Food
A history of James Beard winners and semifinalists in Austin
There are 62 Austin James Beard Award winners and semifinalists from years’ past — let’s get to know them a little bit ahead of the 2024 awards.
June 10, 2024
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Laura Figi
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Live
29 tacos to try in ATX
Decide where to eat, then you can help us decide which restaurants should be on our Austin taco bracket to determine the top tacos in the city.
June 7, 2024
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Laura Figi
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Food
Trio of local businesses opening in place of closed spaces
Radio Rosewood, OKO, and Radius Butcher & Grocery will soon open in the former spaces of Try Hard Coffee, Ah Sing Den, and Salt & Time, respectively.
June 6, 2024
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Laura Figi
An overhead shot of wonton chips, several colorful chips, edamame, chicken karaage, rice noodles and wings from Loro.
Restaurants
Skip reservations at these 8 Austin restaurants
Tired of the restaurant reservation culture in ATX? We’ve got dinner plans for you.
June 3, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Food
Gabriela’s Group opens Seareinas sister restaurant in Riverside
The group behind Taquero Mucho and Revival Coffee debuted its newest concept, La Seareinita, a sister restaurant to northeast Austin counterpart Seareinas.
May 29, 2024
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Laura Figi
three margaritas with salt and tahin on the rims, two pink drinks with flowers as garnish and one frozen green drink with a dehydrated lime
Food
Cheers: We’re celebrating Drink Up Week — here’s how to join us
We’ll be toasting to the bountiful beverage industry across Austin, TX from Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26, 2024.
May 24, 2024
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Monica Garske
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Bars
New pop-up tiki bar takes over Fairmont Austin’s rooftop
The Broken Coconut transformed the Downtown hotel’s seventh floor into a tropical paradise.
May 22, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Travel and Outdoors
How to spend a long weekend in Austin
Here’s a play-by-play for the perfect three-day weekend.
May 22, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Pack your bags, aka your wallet and appetite, and try these 15 international cuisines within Austin city limits.
June 25, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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City
CapMetro BikeShare launches this summer in Austin
A new fleet of 100% electric-assist bikes will operate under a new name with a fresh look.
June 25, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Travel and Outdoors
Swim into this history of Deep Eddy Pool
We’re diving into the deep end of history about Texas’ oldest swimming pool, which has been keeping Austinites cool for over a century.
June 24, 2024
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Laura Figi
A veranda reading "Casa de Luz" shrouded by greenery.
Food
Local vegan staple Casa de Luz will open a new location in east Austin
Casa de Luz Este will have a similar focus to its sister kitchen and open inside mixed-use wellness development Casa Este.
June 24, 2024
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Laura Figi
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Arts
Step into a magical fairyland at Zilker Botanical Garden
Austinites can live out their enchanted fantasies at Woodland Faerie Trail this summer.
June 21, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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Culture
Go to dinner with strangers in Austin with Timeleft
Ditch the phone screen for an evening and meet up with locals like you for a fun-filled social experience.
June 21, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal
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City
What is the Downtown Austin Space Activation program?
Downtown pop-ups could get easier for small businesses, nonprofits, and artists with the Downtown Austin Space Activation program.
June 20, 2024
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Laura Figi
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Theatre
5 plays to see this summer at Austin theaters
Sit back and enjoy the show.
June 19, 2024
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Morgan O’Neal