The Mod Pad's Guide to Austin

Jake
The Mod Pad's Guide to Austin

Essentials

New, latest-tech flagship of the HEB stores. Pharmacy, music venue, electric car charging ports, and the cheapest gas in the area.
1667 locals recommend
H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd
1667 locals recommend
New, latest-tech flagship of the HEB stores. Pharmacy, music venue, electric car charging ports, and the cheapest gas in the area.
Cheapest gas in town.
24 locals recommend
H-E-B Fuel
1801 E 51st St
24 locals recommend
Cheapest gas in town.
Experience Aveda Products - Spa Services
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Austin
6001 Middle Fiskville Rd
Experience Aveda Products - Spa Services
For our Business Travelers, this is a very efficient office/store, convenient to other "errands".
Staples Ship Center
1201 Barbara Jordan Blvd
For our Business Travelers, this is a very efficient office/store, convenient to other "errands".

Shopping

Proximity to the grocery, and basic selection with good prices.
53 locals recommend
Twin Liquors
1801 E 51st St
53 locals recommend
Proximity to the grocery, and basic selection with good prices.
The Rodeo Drive of Austin. Not a mall, but a venue of high-end shopping (versace, apple, Neiman Marcus, H&M, etc.) and food from local coffee & pizza to international cuisine.
768 locals recommend
The Domain
11410 Century Oaks Terrace
768 locals recommend
The Rodeo Drive of Austin. Not a mall, but a venue of high-end shopping (versace, apple, Neiman Marcus, H&M, etc.) and food from local coffee & pizza to international cuisine.
The re-developed Mueller Airport is now home to the full spectrum of shopping, from HEB Grocery, tacos, sushi, pizza, Greek, German, French, burgers, Emergency Medical Services, clothing, parks, and the Dell Children's Museum.
Mueller Market District
The re-developed Mueller Airport is now home to the full spectrum of shopping, from HEB Grocery, tacos, sushi, pizza, Greek, German, French, burgers, Emergency Medical Services, clothing, parks, and the Dell Children's Museum.
High end grocery and liquor. Imports and specialty foods. Great place to explore inventory, eat at the deli, and find things you didn't know you needed. One of my favorite places.
Specs #60
5775 Airport Blvd
High end grocery and liquor. Imports and specialty foods. Great place to explore inventory, eat at the deli, and find things you didn't know you needed. One of my favorite places.

Drinks & Nightlife

A WALL FULL of local beer taps. Pizza artfully crafted to compliment the beer (and not ONE that I haven't liked!). The Tap Jockies depth of knowledgeable is as impressive as the selection. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.
175 locals recommend
Pinthouse Pizza
4729 Burnet Rd
175 locals recommend
A WALL FULL of local beer taps. Pizza artfully crafted to compliment the beer (and not ONE that I haven't liked!). The Tap Jockies depth of knowledgeable is as impressive as the selection. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.
Don't buzz by too fast, you will miss it! And you DON'T want to do that. Everything is local-sourced, and beyond awesome. Beers, wines, alcohol, food (try all the pizzas). Exceptional. Parking across the street, you will be towed if you park on the side of the building (owned by another business).
89 locals recommend
King Bee Lounge
1906 E 12th St
89 locals recommend
Don't buzz by too fast, you will miss it! And you DON'T want to do that. Everything is local-sourced, and beyond awesome. Beers, wines, alcohol, food (try all the pizzas). Exceptional. Parking across the street, you will be towed if you park on the side of the building (owned by another business).
THE Gay Bar for the over 30 crowd (you know, over the gay hill old). Muscle Bears. Fun.
7 locals recommend
The Iron Bear
301 W 6th St
7 locals recommend
THE Gay Bar for the over 30 crowd (you know, over the gay hill old). Muscle Bears. Fun.
Tour, drink, hang out. One half mile from The Mod Pad.
37 locals recommend
The Austin Winery
440 E St Elmo Rd
37 locals recommend
Tour, drink, hang out. One half mile from The Mod Pad.
ZAGAT Rated Top 10 Wine Bars in Austin New Location at Mueller Feature French & Italian wines, cheese plates, and burgers.
86 locals recommend
Vino Vino
4119 Guadalupe St
86 locals recommend
ZAGAT Rated Top 10 Wine Bars in Austin New Location at Mueller Feature French & Italian wines, cheese plates, and burgers.
Rated "Best Bet for Raw Oysters" in Austin Known for Mac & Cheese Rated one of the Best 10 Wine Bars in Austin
42 locals recommend
Apothecary
4800 Burnet Road
42 locals recommend
Rated "Best Bet for Raw Oysters" in Austin Known for Mac & Cheese Rated one of the Best 10 Wine Bars in Austin
Sunday Brunch, Saturday night Karaoke Underground, pizza to keep you going!
72 locals recommend
Knomad Bar
1213 Corona Dr
72 locals recommend
Sunday Brunch, Saturday night Karaoke Underground, pizza to keep you going!
The Pub Crawl - THE Alternative to 6th Street Bars. The Brewery Shuttle Service will transport you & 4 guests. Call for reservations 512-662-3232. Alcohol allowed in the cab between locations.
Electric Cab of North America
5011 East Cesar Chavez Street
The Pub Crawl - THE Alternative to 6th Street Bars. The Brewery Shuttle Service will transport you & 4 guests. Call for reservations 512-662-3232. Alcohol allowed in the cab between locations.
Casual Irish Pub. Guinness with fish & chips to Shepherd’s pie.
51 locals recommend
B.D. Riley's Irish Pub at Mueller
1905 Aldrich St
51 locals recommend
Casual Irish Pub. Guinness with fish & chips to Shepherd’s pie.
Craft beer and Micklethwait Craft Meats. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.
73 locals recommend
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
3220 Manor Rd
73 locals recommend
Craft beer and Micklethwait Craft Meats. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.
Hard-to-find craft beers
31 locals recommend
WhichCraft Beer Store
1900 Simond Ave
31 locals recommend
Hard-to-find craft beers
Best Brewery Tour stop.
87 locals recommend
Austin Beerworks
3001 Industrial Terrace
87 locals recommend
Best Brewery Tour stop.
Is your evening in need of a hard reboot? If you can gain access to this seeming "computer store," you’ll find a speakeasy worthy of a bootlegger. Requiring a code that you’ll either have to steal from someone leaving or find through internet sleuthing, once you gain entrance to this bar you’ll find nary a floppy disk. Instead, the Red-Headed Stepchild awaits, the shadow twin to Repair Co. Boasting cleverly named drinks, and the special allure of light rum-infused milk with shots of cereal, this speakeasy takes a strange mash of influences and makes them the creepiest of cools.
15 locals recommend
Floppy Disk Repair Co.
119 E 5th St
15 locals recommend
Is your evening in need of a hard reboot? If you can gain access to this seeming "computer store," you’ll find a speakeasy worthy of a bootlegger. Requiring a code that you’ll either have to steal from someone leaving or find through internet sleuthing, once you gain entrance to this bar you’ll find nary a floppy disk. Instead, the Red-Headed Stepchild awaits, the shadow twin to Repair Co. Boasting cleverly named drinks, and the special allure of light rum-infused milk with shots of cereal, this speakeasy takes a strange mash of influences and makes them the creepiest of cools.
German Beir Garten and bowling alley. Old School. Paper score cards.
21 locals recommend
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
21 locals recommend
German Beir Garten and bowling alley. Old School. Paper score cards.
German comfort food and craft beers. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.
53 locals recommend
Easy Tiger Linc
6406 N Interstate 35 Frontage Rd
53 locals recommend
German comfort food and craft beers. Listed by Eater Austin as a top pick for craft beers.

Entertainment & Activities

A good time, followed by roaming the streets sampling the street meat trailers.
153 locals recommend
Esther's Follies
525 E 6th St
153 locals recommend
A good time, followed by roaming the streets sampling the street meat trailers.
The Rodeo BBQ Cook-offs Triathlons
15 locals recommend
Travis County Expo Center
7311 Decker Ln
15 locals recommend
The Rodeo BBQ Cook-offs Triathlons
Local hidden gems and pub crawls Group Beer Bike activities A Sunday Funday must
Hipside Peddler
700 Shady Lane
Local hidden gems and pub crawls Group Beer Bike activities A Sunday Funday must
Tours, tubing and tube rentals (with front door pickup), Party Bus Rental
ATXcursions
2000 Gunter St
Tours, tubing and tube rentals (with front door pickup), Party Bus Rental
Cruise the city and enjoy a some facts, stories and local craft beer.
Bike and Brew ATX
1710 East 2nd Street
Cruise the city and enjoy a some facts, stories and local craft beer.
Small, classic Drive-In from the 1950s and 60s, complete with snack bar. 30-50 spaces, depending on size of vehicles, and also has space for pedestrian viewers ($5 per head). Enter under the water tower. Next to Rooster Teeth Productions. Mueller houses of a group of sound stages in Austin, one of which was used by Mike Judge to film "Idiocracy" in 2005.
45 locals recommend
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-in
2015 E M. Franklin Ave
45 locals recommend
Small, classic Drive-In from the 1950s and 60s, complete with snack bar. 30-50 spaces, depending on size of vehicles, and also has space for pedestrian viewers ($5 per head). Enter under the water tower. Next to Rooster Teeth Productions. Mueller houses of a group of sound stages in Austin, one of which was used by Mike Judge to film "Idiocracy" in 2005.
Dinner and a movie, with a bar downstairs. Not cheap, but great food and a fun way to watch a movie.
220 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mueller
1911 Aldrich St
220 locals recommend
Dinner and a movie, with a bar downstairs. Not cheap, but great food and a fun way to watch a movie.
"Eat, drink, party, play." What more could anyone want?
60 locals recommend
Pinballz Arcade
8940 Research Blvd
60 locals recommend
"Eat, drink, party, play." What more could anyone want?
LONGEST & FASTEST ZIPLINE IN TEXAS
160 locals recommend
Lake Travis Zipline Adventures
14529 Pocohontas Trail
160 locals recommend
LONGEST & FASTEST ZIPLINE IN TEXAS

Getting Around

Always have the best experiences here. Quick, easy access, good selection. Skip the Airport Fees. They pick you up also.
Hertz
911 W Anderson Ln
Always have the best experiences here. Quick, easy access, good selection. Skip the Airport Fees. They pick you up also.

Everything Else

Cavern "accidentally" discovered while building I-35. Beautiful!
129 locals recommend
Inner Space Cavern
4200 S I-35 Frontage Rd
129 locals recommend
Cavern "accidentally" discovered while building I-35. Beautiful!
Small, classic Drive-In from the 1950s and 60s, complete with snack bar. 30-50 spaces, depending on size of vehicles, and also has space for pedestrian viewers ($5 per head). Enter under the water tower. Next to Rooster Teeth Productions. Mueller houses of a group of sound stages in Austin, one of which was used by Mike Judge to film "Idiocracy" in 2005.
45 locals recommend
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-in
2015 E M. Franklin Ave
45 locals recommend
Small, classic Drive-In from the 1950s and 60s, complete with snack bar. 30-50 spaces, depending on size of vehicles, and also has space for pedestrian viewers ($5 per head). Enter under the water tower. Next to Rooster Teeth Productions. Mueller houses of a group of sound stages in Austin, one of which was used by Mike Judge to film "Idiocracy" in 2005.

Parks & Nature

Mueller Lake & Hiking Trails
Jaw-dropping beauty. The park has a capacity limit, which fills up fast in hot weather (waiting lines), but worth the morning trip.
588 locals recommend
Hamilton Pool Preserve
24300 Hamilton Pool Rd
588 locals recommend
Jaw-dropping beauty. The park has a capacity limit, which fills up fast in hot weather (waiting lines), but worth the morning trip.
Great views, a nice lake, hiking trails, dog friendly, food & drinks available on the perimeter. A fun sunny day!
220 locals recommend
Mueller Lake Park
4550 Mueller Blvd
220 locals recommend
Great views, a nice lake, hiking trails, dog friendly, food & drinks available on the perimeter. A fun sunny day!