A local’s guide to the best bars in Austin

  • · The Wheel
    · Gibson Street Bar
    · Murray’s Tavern
    · Lala’s (Christmas Year-Around!)
    · Mean Eyed Cat
    · DuMont’s Down Low
    · Sign Bar
    · DrinkWell
    · Nickel City
    · Garage
    · The Roosevelt Room
    · Whisler’s
    · Half Step
    · Haymaker
    · Clive
    · The Skylark Lounge
    · The Liberty
    · Drinks Lounge
    · Kitty Cohen’s
    · Shangri-La
    · The Aristocrat Lounge
    · The Rustic Tap
    · Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
    · Codepedent Cocktails + Coffee
    · Radio Coffee & Beer
    · Cosmic Coffee

  • · Lavaca Street Bar
    · Little Woodrow’s
    · Pluckers Wing Bar
    · B.D. Riley’s
    · Jack & Ginger’s
    · Buford’s
    · Aussie’s

  • · Pinthouse [Pizza] Brewing
    · Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
    · The Austin Beer Garden Brewing (ABGB)
    · Scholz Garten
    · South Austin Beer Garden
    · Austin Beerworks (ABW)
    · Central Machine Works
    · Easy Tiger
    · The Brewtorium
    · Sour Duck Market
    · Lazarus Brewing Co.
    · Jester King Brewery
    · Live Oak Brewing Company
    · St. Elmo Brewing Comany
    · Meanwhile Brewing

  • · B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub
    · Draught House Pub
    · The Brewtorium
    · Baker St. Pub

  • · Tiki Tatsu-Ya

Overall Picks

  • 1618 Asian Fusion

    Filet Mignon Green Curry (red bell pepper, yellow onion, eggplant, white mushroom, kaffir leaf, coriander, lemongrass)

  • Loro

    Malaysian Chicken Bo Ssam (yellow curry-yuzu vinaigrette, thai herbs)

  • Taco Flats

    Pirata (grilled jack cheese, refried black beans, beef fajita, grilled onion, cilantro)

  • La Barbecue

    Fatty Brisket

  • VIA 313

    Half: The Carnivore (Smoked Pepperoni, Natural Casing Pepperoni, Ham, Sausage, Bacon), Half: The Cadillac (Gorgonzola, Fig Preserves, Prosciutto di Parma, Parmesan, Balsamic Glaze)