It’s Easter weekend! Between services with family and egg hunts, carve out time to check out some rad live music. This weekend, we recommend not one, but two exceptional folk acts and an indie rock band waiting to break out. Enjoy the weekend, Happy Easter, and listen local!
Nightlife
Austin’s Speakeasy Secrets (Shhh): Milonga Room
Milonga Room recreates 1920s prohibition era, set in Argentina The rapidly developing east side of Austin is filled with just about everything you want in plain … [Read More]
Farm to Table
Gastromonique Brings Spring Farm to Your Table
Spring peppercorn beef, chard cobb, and beet and goat cheese (Credit: Gastromonique) The first time I met Chef Monique Santua of Gastromonique was at a friend’s … [Read More]
Food & Drink
Try Your Wine Before You Buy at Utopian Shift in Austin
Wine bottles and a boxed await at Utopian Shift, waiting to be taste-tested before purchase Do you ever go on a wine-buying mission and find yourself standing in front of the shelves, frozen with indecision? In these moments, the options are usually to … [Read More]
Austin’s Speakeasy Secrets (Shhh): Here Nor There
Here Nor There (Credit: Travis Hallmark) I heard about a speakeasy called Here Nor There in passing. The entrance was hidden. You needed to make a reservation on an app to get in. You could become a member for an annual fee. They served some of the best … [Read More]
Lazarus Brewing Cultivates Community Alongside Coffee, Tacos, and Beer
Guest article by Ken Pishna When Christian Cryder left Montana behind to open a brewery on East Sixth Street in Austin, he wanted to build a community around four key ingredients: coffee, beer, tacos, and joy. Lazarus Brewing Company was born on Christmas … [Read More]
Scholz Garten Stands Strong in Austin After More Than 150 Years
Having grown up in Austin in the 1980s, I often feel a rush of mixed feelings when I frequent familiar parts of town that look almost unrecognizable. In the ever-changing, always hip city of Austin, there is a comforting nostalgia when you run across that rare … [Read More]
