Guidebook for Austin
Food Scene
Love the Italian breakfast sandwiche with an Aranciata for breakfast. The gelato is tempting!
80 locals recommend
Dolce Vita
Love the Italian breakfast sandwiche with an Aranciata for breakfast. The gelato is tempting!
Coffee, baked goods, and WiFi. Eventually, everyone in Hyde Park walks by.
197 locals recommend
Quack's 43rd Street Bakery
411 E 43rd StCoffee, baked goods, and WiFi. Eventually, everyone in Hyde Park walks by.
It's a special luxury to walk to Asti for a fine meal and a bottle of wine...and then stumble home.
91 locals recommend
ASTI Trattoria
408 E 43rd StIt's a special luxury to walk to Asti for a fine meal and a bottle of wine...and then stumble home.
Neighborhood Tex-Mex! For breakfast, I always get the Rancheros only because I'm tired of the Migas, but if you've never had Migas, get them because it's an Austin thing. Get the caldo for lunch.
96 locals recommend
Julio's Cafe
4230 Duval StNeighborhood Tex-Mex! For breakfast, I always get the Rancheros only because I'm tired of the Migas, but if you've never had Migas, get them because it's an Austin thing. Get the caldo for lunch.
Vino Vino
4119 Guadalupe StNicely lit wine bar with a nice menu of medium and small plates.
This is a totally awesome university coffee house Christmas-lit wonderland. 24-hours? Seems like it. Yummy neighbors are Milto's, Rudy's BBQ, BurgerTex, and Conan's.
176 locals recommend
Spider House Ballroom
2906 Fruth StThis is a totally awesome university coffee house Christmas-lit wonderland. 24-hours? Seems like it. Yummy neighbors are Milto's, Rudy's BBQ, BurgerTex, and Conan's.
Vegetarian and vegan fare. For the money, I'd rather eat meat, but my veggie friends seem to like it.
146 locals recommend
Mother's Cafe
Vegetarian and vegan fare. For the money, I'd rather eat meat, but my veggie friends seem to like it.
A Metro Rail Station with a nice bar and nearby Korean food. Get here on the #801 NB at Triangle Station. Visit the Eastside like Cisco's or Yellow Jacket Social Club at Plaza Saltillo Station .
39 locals recommend
Crestview Station
A Metro Rail Station with a nice bar and nearby Korean food. Get here on the #801 NB at Triangle Station. Visit the Eastside like Cisco's or Yellow Jacket Social Club at Plaza Saltillo Station .
Convenient access to the Eastside. Visit the Yellow Jacket Social Club, Rio Rita, Cisco's, Liberty, Takoba, Eastside Showroom, and more!
53 locals recommend
Plaza Saltillo Station
Convenient access to the Eastside. Visit the Yellow Jacket Social Club, Rio Rita, Cisco's, Liberty, Takoba, Eastside Showroom, and more!
This is the main bus downtown. The entire downtown is within walking distance. You can also transfer to B-Cycle Bikeshare here and ride around Lady Bird Lake.
Republic Square Station (SB)
This is the main bus downtown. The entire downtown is within walking distance. You can also transfer to B-Cycle Bikeshare here and ride around Lady Bird Lake.
Catch Metro Rail here to return to Hyde Park. Get off at Highland Station and transfer to the #7 SB to Dolce Vita. Or get off at Crestview Station and catch Metro Rapid 801 SB to Hyde Park Station.
15 locals recommend
Downtown
209 E 4th StCatch Metro Rail here to return to Hyde Park. Get off at Highland Station and transfer to the #7 SB to Dolce Vita. Or get off at Crestview Station and catch Metro Rapid 801 SB to Hyde Park Station.
Essentials
A very convenient place to get almost everything you need. It's a lovely walk and quick bike ride.
291 locals recommend
Fresh Plus Grocery
1221 W Lynn StA very convenient place to get almost everything you need. It's a lovely walk and quick bike ride.
24-hour Super Store. Looks far, but it's less than 15 minutes walk. Enough said.
1667 locals recommend
H-E-B
5808 Burnet Rd24-hour Super Store. Looks far, but it's less than 15 minutes walk. Enough said.
Super nice specialty market. There's often live music on the back deck weekend evenings. A 15-minute walk if you can figure out how to walk past the Insane Asylum and find the "hole" in the fence.
765 locals recommend
Central Market
4477 S Lamar BlvdSuper nice specialty market. There's often live music on the back deck weekend evenings. A 15-minute walk if you can figure out how to walk past the Insane Asylum and find the "hole" in the fence.
Just a neighborhood stop n' rob. Convenient hours and location. Gas station. Free air pump for bikes!
Pronto Food Mart
4301 Duval StJust a neighborhood stop n' rob. Convenient hours and location. Gas station. Free air pump for bikes!
Drinks & Nightlife
Punk / Goth / Pirate bar and pizza parlor. The music usually forces me to take the pizza to go, but it's pretty good pizza so I keep coming back.
37 locals recommend
The Parlor
4301 W Guadalupe StPunk / Goth / Pirate bar and pizza parlor. The music usually forces me to take the pizza to go, but it's pretty good pizza so I keep coming back.
If you walk down Duval on game day or catch the #7 SB at Dolce Vita, stop here for beer and cheeseburgers. Nearby are Double Dave's Pizza and the Crown and Anchor Pub.
12 locals recommend
The Posse East
2900 Duval StIf you walk down Duval on game day or catch the #7 SB at Dolce Vita, stop here for beer and cheeseburgers. Nearby are Double Dave's Pizza and the Crown and Anchor Pub.
Everything Else
This post office is also the location of the nearest bus stop. Use Google Maps to figure out how to use our great neighborhood bus service to get to and from downtown. I do it all the time!
39 locals recommend
United States Postal Service
4300 SpeedwayThis post office is also the location of the nearest bus stop. Use Google Maps to figure out how to use our great neighborhood bus service to get to and from downtown. I do it all the time!
Get here by taking 656 NB or 5 NB from the post office. The Flying Saucer (bar), Mandola's (Italian), Maudi's (Tex-Mex), and more. It's also the Triangle Rapid Bus station which will get you far.
25 locals recommend
Residences at The Triangle
4600 W Guadalupe StGet here by taking 656 NB or 5 NB from the post office. The Flying Saucer (bar), Mandola's (Italian), Maudi's (Tex-Mex), and more. It's also the Triangle Rapid Bus station which will get you far.
Hook-em Horns! Get here by taking the 656 or 5 SB from the post office. A 12-minute ride.
238 locals recommend
The University of Texas at Austin
2515 SpeedwayHook-em Horns! Get here by taking the 656 or 5 SB from the post office. A 12-minute ride.
Another nearby Metro Rail Station at the site of the Austin Community College expansion. Get here on the #10 NB across 45th St. from the Flag Store.
16 locals recommend
Highland Station
Another nearby Metro Rail Station at the site of the Austin Community College expansion. Get here on the #10 NB across 45th St. from the Flag Store.
Arts & Culture
Consider buying a ticket to any show that's playing. Grab a meal in the hood before or after and walk to the theater. You'll feel like you've done something cool.
26 locals recommend
Hyde Park Theatre
511 W 43rd StConsider buying a ticket to any show that's playing. Grab a meal in the hood before or after and walk to the theater. You'll feel like you've done something cool.
Shopping
You will need to walk to this unexpected place to see for yourself. Random and varied selection of beer and stuff bricked into a maze of a store bedazzled abundantly by international flags. Weird!
26 locals recommend
Hyde Park Market
4429 Duval StYou will need to walk to this unexpected place to see for yourself. Random and varied selection of beer and stuff bricked into a maze of a store bedazzled abundantly by international flags. Weird!