A local's city guide to Austin, Texas, including the best restaurants, bars, live music and things to do.
Locals eat more than barbecue and tacos. We have a thriving dining scene, particularly restaurants that fuse those flavors with other kinds of cuisine, such as Korean or Japanese.
Things inevitably get crazy during the Austin City Limits Music Festival and South by Southwest. But don’t blame us locals; many leave town during that time to escape the crowds.The bats Even locals who have lived in Austin all their lives are still wowed by the sight of about 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats soaring into the night sky. The bats emerge in a lengthy streak from the Ann W. Richards South Congress Bridge at about dusk, typically from March to October, attracting viewers to the bridge and to the Austin American-Statesman Bat Observation Center below. You probably won’t get a great photo with your phone, but you will witness an unforgettable spectacle.
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