Archive for Austin Bars
Wimberley Valley Winery
Austin is very fortunate to have so many wineries within a few hours from downtown. The Wimberley Valley Winery is only about an hour drive Southwest from Austin. While the winery has been around since 1983 in April they opened their new tasting room. The building was previously the home for the large tanks and [...]
Saint Arnold Brewery
The first keg departed the Saint Arnold Brewery in 1994 making them the oldest craft brewery in the state of Texas. The brewery is located in Houston in a old HISD food service building that was built in 1914. They have tours Monday through Saturday and have very large space for you to bring lunch [...]
Master Pancake Theater, Austin
What better place to watch a movie than the Alamo Draft House and what better way to watch movies like Forest Gump, Titanic, Mad Max and Twilight than with comedic commentary through out the movie. Along the lines of the well known Mystery Science Theater 3000, Master Pancake Theater puts a new spin on the [...]
Contigo, Austin
I stopped by Contigo last night for the first time. According to their website the grand opening is May 7th but as is often the case they have been open for almost two weeks. As (bad) luck would have it an unusual May cold front blew into Austin leading to most people abandoning their otherwise [...]
Austin Yelp Pub Crawl
If you didn’t know, it’s Yelp Drink’s Week in Austin. Check out the link here. To celebrate this discounted goodness Yelp put on a pub crawl. I now understand why it’s called a crawl as that likely would have described my walking ability had I stuck it out to the end. The lineup was: The [...]
SXSW 2011 Auditorium Shores
SXSW brings tons of great music to Austin at many great venues. One of the most scenic is Auditorium Shores which looks back on the city of Austin as the sun sets. We didn’t get to Auditorium Shores until about 30 minutes before The Strokes went on for Saint Patrick’s day and ran into a [...]
Austin Water 2 Wine
Water 2 Wine has taken your normal wine drinking experience and given it a unique spin by providing you the keys to the winery and letting you become the vintner. You make your own batch of wine, create custom labels, bottle it, and best of all, taste the fruits of your labor. By having you [...]
NXNW Oktoberfest 2010
The Oktoberfest celebration is in its 9th year at North by Northwest and is now a Austin tradition with German brews, classic German food and German music. It was a family and dog friendly event with great NXNW beer and food grilled on the spot. It was my first year but it was a lot [...]
The Best Wurst Permit Renewal
In case you have not heard The Best Wurst who has operated at the corner of San Jacinto and 6th street since 1993 is in jeopardy of losing their permit to operate in that location due to the desire of Parkside restaurant to occupy the area. Not quite a David versus Goliath but it is [...]
SXSW 2010 Pictures
Most people either love or hate SXSW. Like a tsunami of technology, film and music South By Southwest 2010 came and went engulfing Austin in a whirlwind of events and parties that challenged even the most experienced and tireless party goers. Between the Interactive, Film and Music thousands of people descended upon the city pumping [...]
