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#### Restaurants / Hey Foodies, check out some of the best from Austinites!

- Blacks BBQ on Barton Springs
- ATX Cocina
- ABA
- 888 Pan Asian
- Bagels at Nervous Charlies
- Bakery/Brunch at Swedish Hill 
- Chili at Texas Chili Parlor 
- Coffee at Thunderbird and
- Civil Goat
- Easy Tiger Bakery and Beer
- Garden 
- Elizabeth Street Café 
- Fusion at Chi’Lantro 
- Juan in a million
- Kerbey Lane Café
- Hula Hut
- Lamberts 
- Mediterranean at Aba
- New American at Josephine’s
- Red Ash
- Pasta at Patrizi’s and
- Mandola’s
- Steak at ALC Steakhouse
- Oysters at Clark’s Oyster Bar 
- Southern comfort food at
- Hoover’s 
- Sway
- Red Ash
- Tacos at Rositas al Pastor 
- The Grove
- The Peacock
- Vegan eats at Rebel Cheese and Wheatsville Co-op
- The Oasis on Lake Travis (picture above)
- Lick Honest Ice Cream
- Amy’s ice cream

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#### Golf

- Falconhead Golf Club (less than 30 min west of Hotel Viata).  Reach out to Mike Coleman to discuss plans.

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#### Be an Austinite / Keep Austin Weird

- Sunset cruise (or walk) on Lady Bird Lake with Bat Watching at Congress Bridge
- Electric Bike City Tour, Hike-and-bike trails along the lake downtown 
- UT Tower 
- Stevie Ray Vaughan statue
- Waterloo Records & Waterloo Greenway
- Best Murals for pics - “My Butter Half”, “I love you so much”, and Greetings from Austin
- Austin City Limits (ACL Live @ Moody Theater) or any live music venue 
- South Congress – shopping and walking 

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#### Hey, History Buffs...

- The Capital of Texas, State Capital Building
- The Bullock Texas State History Museum
- LBJ Presidential Library 
- The Driskell Bar and Hotel, built in 1886 (Named one of the 10 Best Hotel Bars in America by USA Today and The Best Bar in Texas by Southern Living

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#### Deep in the Heart of Texas / Day Trips from ATX

- Lake Travis
- Fredericksburg
- Barton Springs
- Texas Hill Country and LBJ Ranch Tour (National Park)
- Gruene Hall, Texas’ Oldest Dance Hall 
- Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, book online time for hiking trip
- Texas BBQ Trails, BBQ until sell-out 
- Luckenbach, where everybody is somebody

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#### Texas Hill Country Wine Enthusiasts

- Williams Chris Winery
- Signor Winery
- Pedernales Cellars
- Hill Country Wine Shuttles 

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#### Distillery Tours

- Treaty Oak Distilling
- Dripping Springs Distilling – Small Batch Vodka
- Deep Eddy Vodka Tasking Room 
- Half Day Hill Country Brewery & Distillery Shuttle Tower