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Shopping across Austin, TX.
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Mozart's Coffee Roasters
Austin
Mozart's sits right on the edge of Lake Austin, where a sprawling multi-level wooden deck overlooks the water and the boats drifting past — the kind of place where people linger over coffee and a slice of cake well past dark. Come for the lake view and the late hours, but know that weekends draw a crowd, and around the holidays the patio lights up with a popular synchronized music-and-light show.
Culinary Dropout
Austin
Culinary Dropout brings a gastropub sensibility to the Domain in north Austin, with a sprawling indoor-outdoor space where you'll find elevated comfort food—their pretzel bites with provolone fondue are something of a signature—alongside a full bar. Expect a lively, social atmosphere with games like ping-pong and bocce, plus regular live music that makes it as much a hangout as a dinner spot.
Waterloo Records & Video
Austin
Waterloo Records is one of Austin's enduring independent record stores, a North Lamar fixture where the staff knows the local scene and the stock runs deep across new and used vinyl and CDs. It's as much a music hub as a shop—in-store performances are a regular part of the rhythm here, so it's worth checking the calendar before you stop by.
Kick Butt Coffee
Austin
Kick Butt Coffee sits inside the Airport Boulevard complex on the north side of Austin, blending a coffeehouse with a bar and a small live-music stage—so a cup of coffee in the morning can give way to a band and a drink by night. Expect a casual, slightly punky local hangout where the crowd and the soundtrack shift depending on the hour you stop in.
Santorini Cafe
Austin
Santorini Cafe is a Greek spot on North Lamar that doubles as a coffee shop and casual gathering place, with a menu leaning into Mediterranean staples alongside espresso drinks. It's the kind of place that hosts live music and events, so depending on when you stop in you might catch more than just a quiet lunch.
Lazarus Brewing Co. East 6th
Austin
Lazarus Brewing Co. on East 6th pulls double duty as a brewery and coffee shop, so you can swing in for a pour-over in the morning and stay through to a pint of their house-brewed beer at night. The space leans into Austin's casual east-side vibe, with a menu of tacos and tucked-away patio seating that makes it easy to settle in for a while.
Chez Zee American Bistro
Austin
Tucked along Balcones Drive in northwest Austin, Chez Zee is a longtime neighborhood bistro where American comfort cooking meets an unhurried, slightly dressed-up mood—often with live piano drifting through the dining room and a shaded patio out back. It's best known for its brunch and its glass case of house-made cakes and desserts, the kind of place locals return to for a slow weekend meal or a slice of something sweet.
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
Austin
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches sits on Manor Road in East Austin, pairing a working brewery with a bakery turning out kolaches—the pillowy Czech-Texan pastries, both the fruit-filled sweet kind and the sausage-stuffed savory ones locals call klobasniky. Come morning it runs like a coffee shop and bakery; by afternoon and evening it shifts into a relaxed taproom, so it's as easy to start your day here as it is to wind it down.
Cafe Monet Art and Clay Studio
Austin
Tucked into a South Lamar shopping center, Cafe Monet is a paint-your-own-pottery and clay studio where you pick a bisque piece off the shelf, settle in at a table, and glaze it however you like before they fire it for you. It's a low-key, hands-on stop that works equally well for a rainy afternoon, a kid's outing, or a casual evening of making something with friends.
Emo's Austin
Austin
Emo's is a longtime fixture of Austin's live music scene, originally a grungy Red River club before relocating to this larger South Austin space on East Riverside. You'll find a no-frills, music-first room that hosts touring acts across rock, hip-hop, country, and indie, with a standing general-admission floor that puts you close to the stage.
Meanwhile Brewing
Austin
Meanwhile Brewing sits on a sprawling South Austin lot off Promontory Point Drive, where the brewery's own beers share space with a rotating lineup of food trucks, a coffee program, and a big outdoor area built for lingering. You'll notice the scale first — it's as much a gathering ground for live music, dogs, and weekend crowds as it is a place to drink, with plenty of room to spread out under the trees.
New World Deli
Austin
A longtime neighborhood fixture just north of the UT campus, New World Deli serves up generous sandwiches, soups, and breakfast in an unfussy, order-at-the-counter setting that draws a steady mix of students and locals. You'll notice the laid-back, no-frills vibe right away — it's the kind of place built for a casual lunch rather than a scene, though it occasionally hosts live music and events.
Antonelli's Cheese Shop - Hyde Park
Austin
Antonelli's Cheese Shop has anchored the Hyde Park neighborhood as a dedicated cheesemonger, where the staff cut to order from a case of domestic and imported wheels and are happy to walk you through a tasting before you commit. Beyond the counter, they run cheese classes and build boards for events, so it's worth stopping in even if you're just curious about what's good that week.
Fast Friends Beer Company
Austin
Fast Friends Beer Company sits along the I-35 frontage in south Austin, pairing its own house-brewed beers with a from-scratch pizza menu and a coffee program that makes it as easy to drop in for an afternoon cup as a pint. Hours skew toward the afternoon and evening, so it's better suited to a late lunch or after-work visit than an early-morning stop.
Lazarus Brewing Co. Airport Blvd.
Austin
Lazarus Brewing Co.'s Airport Boulevard spot folds a working brewery, an in-house coffee roastery, and a kitchen into one room, so the same counter that pours house-brewed beer also pulls espresso and turns out tacos. It opens early enough for a morning coffee and stays open late, which makes it as easy to drop into for a weekday breakfast as for an evening pint.
Hi Sign Brewing
Austin
Tucked into East Austin's Shady Lane, Hi Sign Brewing pulls double duty as a working brewery and a daytime spot where the doors open at 9 a.m. for coffee and laptop-friendly tables before the taproom crowd arrives. You'll notice the easygoing, industrial-leaning space lends itself equally to a morning work session and an afternoon pint.
Nomadic Beerworks
Austin
Tucked into a Woodbury Drive suite in South Austin's 78704, Nomadic Beerworks is a neighborhood brewery and taproom that keeps unhurried afternoon-into-evening hours, opening at 3 PM. Expect a low-key spot to settle in over a pint rather than a sprawling beer hall — the kind of place that rewards stopping by midweek when it's quiet.
Walter's Tavern
Austin
Set on South Congress, Walter's Tavern wears a lot of hats—coffee in the morning, cocktails and wine later, with a beer garden and a stage for live music—so it tends to shift in character depending on when you wander in. It's the kind of all-day spot that suits the SoCo stretch, where browsing the shops and lingering over a drink go hand in hand.
Southern Heights Brewing Company
Austin
Tucked into a light-industrial stretch of East Austin off Techni Center Drive, Southern Heights Brewing Company is the kind of neighborhood taproom where the beer is made on-site and the vibe leans low-key rather than scene-y. Plan ahead on your visit, since its hours run short and skip the start of the week—worth a check before you head over.
Central District Brewing
Austin
Central District Brewing sits on Red River Street in the heart of downtown Austin's entertainment district, a working brewery that pours its own beers alongside coffee in a space that doubles as an event venue. Come for a pint after exploring downtown, or settle in earlier in the day when the quieter hours make it easy to find a seat.
CRAFT
Austin
Tucked into the light-blue building at the back of the Canopy arts complex on Springdale Road, CRAFT is a small studio-shop in East Austin's creative corridor, where art-making and home goods share the same space. Worth noting before you go: it keeps narrow hours, currently opening only on Wednesday afternoons, so plan that visit around the middle of the week.
Whip in
Austin
A South Austin institution that began as a convenience store and grew into something harder to categorize, Whip In pairs a deep selection of craft beer and wine with a kitchen turning out Indian-inflected dishes—naan sandwiches, curries, and the like. Expect to walk in for a six-pack and end up staying for a plate of food and, some nights, live music in the back.
PopStroke
Austin
PopStroke pairs two professionally designed putting courses with a full bar, casual food, and a walk-up ice cream window, so a round here tends to turn into an evening rather than a quick game. The setup leans family-friendly by day and more of a social, drinks-in-hand crowd as the night goes on, with the putting greens lit for later play.
The Austin Winery
Austin
Tucked into the warehouse-lined St. Elmo district of South Austin, The Austin Winery is an urban winery and tasting room where the production happens right alongside the bar — so the first thing you'll notice is that you're essentially drinking in the middle of the operation. Hours are limited and it leans toward evenings, so plan on an afternoon-into-evening visit rather than a quick midday stop.