Last year I finally made it to Austin, a city often compared to my favorite quirky city.
While I don’t think the cities are that similar beyond the surface, I do think Austin has its own quirky vibe, good food, and an appreciation for craft beer. I enjoyed my stay in Austin and am excited to be returning soon.
Austin in Photos
Downtown has a mix of historical grandeur and modern architecture. It’s very easy to explore on foot if you start early, before the heat of the day.
Since I was visiting friends, I got the locals’ perspective on best food. Breakfast tacos are amazing and would surely be my downfall if I lived in Austin. And there are quite a few famous chefs making their mark in the city like Top Chef contestant Paul Qui at East Side King.
And the barbecue… oh, the barbecue. We were actually headed to a different barbecue place and happened to drive by the famous Franklin’s Barbecue. Shockingly, the line inside was short, and the line indicated they had not run out of food. A miracle? Fate? I got to eat at Franklin’s and didn’t even wait 30 minutes. Sure, it was a week’s worth of salt, but it was totally worth it.
At least I made up for it with a healthy option at Sala and Betty on my last day. I was very happy to discover this
The only Austin brewery I got to visit on this trip was Hops & Grain. Their space is cool, and I hope to take advantage of the board games they offer next time. It seemed like they had at least a dozen beers to sample, and three of them were IPAs that lived up to my high expectations.,
Even though the food and drink was the main attraction on this trip, I did manage to get a little culture at The Contemporary Austin Laguna Gloria.
I found some of Austin’s famous “weirdness” in my friend’s neighborhood about 10 minutes from downtown. I’m sure there is much more to discover of Austin’s quirky side… this is just what I came across on my morning run.
I’m returning to Austin soon.
What’s your favorite thing about Austin? Please share suggestions for me to do, see, eat, drink in the comments!
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Austin, the musical capital of the world is an amazing place. The food also yummy and so are your pictures(looks wonderful).
The meat in the US always seem so juicy. Great pic collection by the way. Recently read about tips on traveling to latin america. Was good too.
The meat in the US always seem so juicy. Great pic collection by the way. Recently read about tips on traveling to latin america. Was gud too.
Beautiful photos! The breakfast tacos sound yum.
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I still haven’t been to Austin, but I hear that the similarities to Portland are pretty strong, so it’d be fun to get there and see it for myself. (Hope you’re well! It’s been forever.)
What day and time did you go to Franklins? Glad you enjoyed the city!
you captured beauty of Austin and foods are looking so yummy and definitely it will be so tasty.
Great post. I try to take in some craft beer in every U.S. city that I visit and Austin looks amazing.
I like this blog. thanks for the blog. it was very informative and the pictures are captured very beautifully.
these are amazing beauty of austin and food is looking so delicious.
Some day , i will be here and testing some delicious food and talking all about it . Work on new, it make for me. Thanks!! THETRAVELCHICA
Austin is a great place to visit. I have been there a few times, and I agree breakfast tacos are excellent. I also recommend visiting Banger’s Sausage House and Beer Garden. Not only is the beer awesome (on tap) but also delicious house-made sausages. They use all types of meat, even wild game. With live entertainment, beer on tap and sausages, it is a great visit.
I love travel pics very much. thanks for sharing amazing photos.
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Awesome photos. Really brings this great city to life. This is one of the most fun places to go in Texas and you’ve done it justice. Thanks!
wow! That place is looking so beautiful and you captured awesome photos of that beautiful place
Another awesome post by TheTravelChica!!! My sister is simply going to fall in love with you if I show her your blog. Which I might but before I do that I might trouble her a bit!!! Cheers and have a lovely week!
the musical capital of the world is an amazing place. The food also yummy and so are your pictures(looks wonderful).
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Great photography! thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for nice and wonderful post. i like food
So Darcee my girlfriend wants to explore Austin but I have no desire…is that weird? I am born and raised I New Orleans and it just seems like a pretentious hipster wanna-be New Orleans rip off to me.
I keep trying to read more and see if there are things there that may interest me but besides Jacob’s Well outside of town, I just don’t seem to see much that differs from the original NOLA.
any advice?
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Hi! I haven’t been to Austin yet but I will be in August! I plan to book my vacation through hotels.com or hotelsdifferently.com where I could customize my itinerary. I did some research and I plan to include Lake Travis in my itinerary as well as the Oasis Tower. My friend has been there and she just keep on talking about the breathtaking, panoramic views of the lake and surrounding hill country. I saw them in pictures and I just can’t wait to see it personally!
Austin has been on my bucket list for several years now and as soon as I get back to the States I am going – hopefully during the music fests, not to mention I can’t wait to try the street food scene and enjoy some great meals.
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Austin is so much fun! We’ve been exploring for two years now since we moved here with my husband’s job and there is so much to back up Austin’s city slogan, “Keep Austin Weird”. My favorite place so far, though, is the Cathedral of Junk. It is 60-100 TONS of ‘stuff’ in a guy’s backyard that is an art sculpture. It still stands even after legal battles with the neighborhood. LOL! We always travel with the kids (I blog about it) and our own backyard in Austin has been so much fun!
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Looks like an awesome place to visit! I love the photo taken at dawn. Thanks for sharing.
looks amazing pictures !