Austin, Texas
Day Trips from Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Coffee Shops in Austin
Many Austin-area coffee shops pair with the city's extensive food truck scene to serve up a rotating roster of breakfast and lunch fare, including Mexican fare from Veracruz All Natural and new-school barbecue from LeRoy and Lewis.
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Breakfast and Weekend Brunch Spots in Austin, Texas
Not only is breakfast the most important meal of the day, it’s also the most enjoyable one, and boy does Austin know how to make a mean breakfast.
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I live in Austin. Visitors to Austin tell me that the city felt like a conversation they didn’t know they needed—easy, warm, and a little wild. Mornings began with birdsong over Barton Springs, and nights ended beneath string lights and guitar chords drifting across South Congress. I remember thinking, “This city doesn’t ask you to change—it just lets you be.”
What stayed with me were the textures: the velvet hush of a bookstore corner, tacos wrapped in wax paper and laughter, the soft pulse of music echoing off murals at dusk. I wandered from lakefront trails to tucked-away cafes, from vintage shops to open-air patios, and I left feeling loosened, brightened—like something in me had opened up again.
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Whether you’re dreaming of live music nights, spring-fed swims, artful bites, or quiet walks under live oaks, these guides gather the rhythms of Austin that made me feel at once at home and wide awake. It’s soulful, sun-dappled, and always a little magic.
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