East Austin is an incredibly diverse area with a creative community atmosphere and a major emphasis on supporting local business and living sustainably. You can find bungalows with hip cocktail bars on every corner. The food scene is eclectic and you’re bound to discover some of the city’s best street art! Whether you’re looking to rent or own, there are a variety of new properties popping up all the time.
Eat and Drink the Local Way
The Eastside food scene can be overwhelming for noobs. Whether you’re into BBQ, Asian, Southern Style, gastro pubs, or anything else. East Austin also offers a myriad of kitschy and cool bars and breweries. You really can’t do wrong by wandering down East 6th Street or Cesar Chavez and popping into any and every spot you see.
What to Do?
Funky Park
The Sparky Pocket Park is an outdoor art gallery where these sculptures were built by Berthold Haas. There’s so much to see in the little details with little trinkets in the holes.
Join the Circus
Bat City Circus is a welcoming area to people new and experienced in aerial arts. This studio offers classes for people of all levels. As a new learner, they will take you through the different skills including silks, trapeze, hoop, and other skills. By the end of your class, you’ll have learned a fun new skill.
Go Bouldering
Like rock climbing, but on a smaller surface, the Austin Bouldering Project is a large gym with different courses of all levels to challenge yourself. In addition to bouldering, they have yoga and other fitness classes. Bed Bug Exterminator Austin
Listen to Austin Local Music Scene
Austin is famous for its music scene, and the Texas Music Museum honors that with exhibits about the history of Austin, Texas music. Explore the unique traditions and flavor of Texas music, and learn one or two new things along the way.
Shopping
While strolling through the Eastside, keep your wallet handy. You never know when you might encounter that perfect painting to hang in that accursed blank space in your living room. You might fall in love with a pair of Hey Murphy earrings at Olive or discover a dress that you wear fabulously at eco-friendly Raven + Lily located at 1007 S Congress Ave Unit 120, Austin, TX. Experience the magical world of Soul Studio, Austin’s first public natural dye studio, and showroom. And Take Heart totally has you covered for trinkets. Guys, don’t count yourselves out either.
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