Healthy eaters: Skip the corner diner and head straight for the buffet at this pub. All offer carving and omelet stations and all-you-can-eat fruit, breads, salads, and ice cream sundaes. Read more.
More than just a bike store, this JP spot hopes to help eliminate war by promoting peaceful rides and donating used bicycles. Volunteer, take a class, or just buy a bike from this feel-good shop. Read more.
Union,CT: 50's style roadside diner with a side of books. Patrons can take home one, from one of the many bookshelves lining the walls. Random tip: beware of giant moose roaming the grounds -IFC Staff
Is a collection of the weird and disturbing and includes such traditional freak show fair as a Fiji mermaid and a frog with teeth, shrunken heads, a preserved two headed cow, and a fortune teller.
Head here Tuesdays, they're slinging $1 beef/chicken tinga tacos and$3 draft beer every week.
Order the Jameson/iced tea "Little Dipper", your Carl Sagan-esque opportunity to ask the bartender to Big-size it. Read more.
Get away from the hustle and bustle that is Austin for a few hours and enjoy some BBQ (or super hearty veggie sides). Mapquest organizes a free BBQ bus every year at SXSW. - Erica Swallow
This casual Rainy Street suds spot's got a chandelier made out of wine glasses and a stone-accented patio. Score $2 domestics & $3 import/drafts during 5-7pm happy hour. Read more.
Quite simply, the coolest sports bar that you will ever visit. Check out the great food truck in the back!
It's March in Austin, so you're going to be sweaty. Ditch the computer bag and freshen up before heading out for the night. They have lockers and showers available. - Royal Frasier
This seafood mecca serves lobster rolls coated in house-made mayo with (bonus!) a side of drawn butter. A must try! Read more.
The food is great, nice staff -- great atmosphere. Try the purple salsa if you dare -- seriously, it's the hottest stuff you will ever put in your mouth. - Christina Warren
Tasty sweets such as the Michael Jackson (chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting) and 24 Carrot (carrot cake with cream cheese top). Read more.
Wanna get around town like the true nerd that you are? Hit up SegCity right on 6th St. and roll around Austin in true geek fashion. - Royal Frasier
