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6th St is a great place to get a drink and listen to some live music. It's a hangout of University of Texas (U of T) students, so it's always a lively atmosphere.

6th St really turns on around 7pm but livens up around 10:30/11 and doesn't stop until well into the night.

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100 W 6th St
Austin, TX

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Spoetzel Brewery: Shiner Bock (http://www.shiner.com)

Description

The mecca for anyone who has ever sampled Shiner beer. You can enjoy Shiner Bock, Hefeweizen, Lite, Summer, etc. It's an interesting tour and a magical place.

It's also an hour and a half waaaay outside of Austin, but well worth the ride.

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603 E Brewery St
Shiner, TX
(361) 594-3383

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State Capitol (http://ltgov.state.tx.us)

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Quite a beautiful capitol right in the middle of Austin. Tours are given at least every hour and you go all through the capitol.

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1400 Congress Ave
Austin, TX
(512) 463-2000

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Warehouse District

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The Warehouse District is a much, much more subdued area than 6th St. It's for the 30+ crowd and has some great restaurants and lively bars.

Typically bar patrons are business casual, but that doesn't mean they can't get a little wild and enjoy a great beer.

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100 W 4th St
Austin, TX

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Cedar Street Courtyard

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Nice open air bar in the middle of the warehouse district. Always some good, mellow music playing.

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208 W 4th st
Austin, TX

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Ginger Man (http://www.gingermanpub.com)

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Excellent bar in the warehouse district of Austin. Nearly 100 beers on tap, most of which I didn't know.

Try the Live Oak beer family (from Austin).

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304 W 4th St
Austin, TX

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Hilton Austin

Description

Downtown Austin, two blocks from 6th st

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500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX

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Black's Barbecue

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Yet again, it's a good ways outside of Austin (about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on traffic). But, it's the best barbecue that I've ever eated.

The brisket is amazing as is the sausage. Though, truth be told, the ribs went down quite easy too.

This is in a one-horse town--Lockhart. They've got a nice city hall, but that's about it.

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215 N Main St
Lockhart, TX
(512) 398-2712

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Cafe Java

Description

Fantastic breakfast place on the other side of the river in Austin. Great pancakes, etc.

Don't let the trailer park parking lot fool you.

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11900 Metric Blvd Ste K
Austin, TX
(512) 339-7677

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Iron Works Barbeque

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Excellent and authentic barbeque two blocks outside of downtown Austin.

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100 Red River St
Austin, TX
(512) 478-4855

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Jazz

Description

Located on 6th St, this is one of my favorite "drunk food" places at the end of the night. They have lite jazz throughout the night.

Generally I either get a po-boy or jambalya or something else, after many, many Shiner Bocks.

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214 E 6th St
Austin, TX

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Trulucks (http://www.trulucks.com)

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Excellent seafood and a large wine list in the warehouse district.. Try the snapper.

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400 Colorado St
Austin, TX

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