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The letters and numbers in parentheses indicate map number.
E= Southeast | F= 5th/6th/7th | N= North | R= Rosewood | S=South
A & A Pawn (E-111) 1138 Airport, 928-1337. More than 50 years of higgling, haggling, and bartering has resulted in an impressive selection of jewelry and tools.
Antiques/ThriftAndy Castillo Thrift (F-111) 2510 E. Seventh, 477-4615. Andy Castillo is an Austin treasure, and he comes with his own treasure chest. "Over 40 years of accumulations" tumble out of his two-story house, and over 60 years of accumulated stories enthusiastically tumble off his lips.
Buenas Marcas (S-21) 1305 E. Cesar Chavez. Good prices on name-brand used televisions and other appliances.
Carnales Incorporated (S-80) 2412 E. Cesar Chavez, 385-7623. Would-be community-based nonprofit Carnales Incorporated hopes to open a gym for local youth and introduce programs for the elderly, but find themselves short on cash. In the meantime, they host an ad-hoc weekend flea market on their lot.
Cash America Pawn (F-98) 2321 E. Seventh, 476-0377.
Doc Holliday's Pawnbrokers & Jewelers (F-8) 805 E. Sixth, 472-3200.
EZ Pawn (R-81) 1166 Airport, 928-3947.
EZ Pawn (S-14) 900 E. Cesar Chavez, 478-8366.
Goodwill Industries Store (E-71) 836 Airport, 389-3277.
Johnnie's Antiques (F-14) 911 E. Sixth, 477-8509. Call for appointment.
REMAR USA (S-22) 1408 E. Cesar Chavez, 482-0797. Sofas, kitchenware, clothing, and books are all available at this yard-sale looking thrift store run by the Christian Outreach Ministry.
Scott's Pawn Shop (F-83) 2120 E. Seventh, 477-4720. Owners claim that before banks opened in East Austin, Scott's was considered the area's main financial institution. They take precautions against stolen goods and have a tool section larger than Sears'.
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Acapulco Video & Audio Tapes (F-75) 2009 E. Seventh, 482-0215. One-stop shopping at its finest. Music (ranchero, mariachi, norteno...); clothes (boots, hats, Western shirts, and belt buckles the size of license plates); and food (cocktail de camaron, elotes, pescado frito; five-gallon jars of aguas frescas with eight flavors daily). Oh yes, and Spanish language videos.
Audio/VideoBlockbuster Video (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 453-1636.
Discoteca Sanchez (S-90) 2711-C E. Cesar Chavez, 320-0210. The front door says it all: "Gran Variedad de Musica en Espanol." Plus videos, magazines, Spanish-language Harlequins and a small selection of, ahem, sultrier stuff.
Maldonado's Record and Video Shop (F-87) 2207 E. Seventh, 478-0020. Legendary Eastside record shop, offering a broad selection of conjunto, Tejano, and tropical music. Because as Henry says (and Beverly does too), Sin Music No Hay Vida.
Music Mania (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 451-3361. For nine years this East Austin institution has been offering the largest selection of rap, soul, and R&B in town, as well as weekend in-store performances by up-and-coming R&B artists. Out-of-town record collector geeks flock here for great vinyl deals as well.
Severene XV (E-77) 777 Shady Ln. #15, 389-1771. "In the interest of a better society we offer to Austin's musical aspirants a private sound studio with analogue feel and digital quality reproduction." Those idealistic artists.
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Airport Florist (N-48) 3848 Airport, 476-4871. Conveniently located for that last minute "Welcome Home" gift.
Cards/GiftsAquallos Mission Florist (S-27) 1622 E. Cesar Chavez, 478-9002. In business 24 years, this tiny shop sells flowers, religious articles, and serves as a travel agent of sorts for church bus trips to Mexico.
Custom Cards (R-51) 1717 E. 12th, 236-8686. Special designs for business cards and flyers. Deejay service, too.
David Kurio Floral Designs (N-78) 4302 Airport, 467-9947. The aroma in this small, clean floral shop is as lovely as the arrangements within.
Diana's Flower Shop (F-114) 2614 E. Seventh, 477-6133. Specializing in weddings and sweet-15s, this flower shop offers customized arrangements and citywide delivery. After 12 years in business, Diana proclaims "I'm the owner; my mom's the boss." As if that wasn't enough family, Diana's father and brothers run the cleaners next door.
Pitchforks & Tablespoons (N-30) 2113 Manor, 476-5858. This sister store of the Eastside Cafe asks the proverbial question: "How does your garden grow?" and then proceeds to answer it with their stock of gardening tools, books, and plot-related gifts. The large herb and vegetable garden behind the cafe is used over the summer months for morning garden classes for children.
Shelby's Gifts... Etc. (N-19) 2001 Airport, 478-0918. Shelby's has been in business for 10 years and offers jewelry, greeting cards, infant wear, beer, cigarettes, incense, and an assortment of other gift ideas.
The Back Door (E-91) 3202 Lyons, 926-1709. Coming soon! Mexican import shop run by the same people who own Mi Tienda. Virtually all the papier-mâché, leather, and wood crafts are made by friends and family in Mexico.
Town Lake Florists & Bridal Boutique (S-85) 2609 E. Cesar Chavez, 477-0972. Chavez Street petal-pusher with a matrimonial bent.
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Adelita Secrets (F-22) 1211 E. Seventh, 457-8121. Lingerie. Call for an appointment, and don't tell Victoria.
Clothing/AccessoriesCelebrations Bridal &Tuxedo (F-37) 1405 E. Seventh, 457-1228. Specializes in the particulars of Hispanic weddings, everything from kneeling pillows to symbolic coins.
D'Abril Brides (S-87) 2708 E. Cesar Chavez, 482-0068. Bridal gowns, alterations, and invitations from a small Chavez storefront.
Fashion Nails (N-19) 2001 Airport , 472-2761.
Marisol's Boutique (F-107) 2501 Diaz, 322-9057. Dresses and tuxes for weddings, quinceañeras, and other fine occasions.
Payless Shoesource (F-89) 2301 E. Seventh, 472-8616.
Sally Beauty Supply (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 467-0012.
Simply Fashions (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 459-6387.
Stage & Screen Beauty Supply (F-4) 910 E. Fifth, 708-1850. Everyone from film crews to make-up artists to drag queens love the selection at this warehouse east of I-35. Books and classes are available here as well. makeup@eden.com
Sunny's Wigs (N-19) 2001 Airport, 474-5268. Need new hair, more hair, or a totally different style of hair? Stop on by. Wigs surround you from wall to wall. So much hair, so little time....
Tiny's Boots N Things Unique (N-49) 3823 Airport, 476-1277. The appropriately named Tiny is a small white-haired whippersnapper who has sold all manner of boots and belts and things made of cow and snake since 1959.
Weiner's (E-114) 1144 Airport, 926-6167.
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A-1 Food Market: "A Friendly Store" (E-45) 3501 E. Seventh, 385-1423. Convenient and friendly.
Convenience StoresCapital Food Stop (F-93) 2314 E. Seventh, 457-1155. Gas, Cigs, and Bluebell!
Charlie's Food Store (R-31) 1326 Rosewood. Rudy Malveaux, a UT graduate and musician, is reviving this old neighborhood grocery as a community resource, sponsoring charitable fundraisers and parties for children with good report cards.
City Star Shell & Food (S-40) 31 N. I-35, 476-1776.
Delwood Chevron (N-65) 3735 N. I-35, 474-7778. Full-service convenience store and self-service gas.
Double R Grocery (E-119) 1149 Airport, 928-3597. Groceries, gas, and check cashing.
Ebun Grocery (N-16) 2915 E. MLK, 236-0899. Standard convenience store fare and some staple groceries, too, with cheap, cheap snacks and too many flavors of soft drinks to choose from.
Eddie's Grocery (R-66) 1402 Cedar, 472-1235. A few of the old neighborhood convenience stores on the Eastside still keep their doors open to walk-in customers. Eddie keeps iced 40-ouncers in buckets, but there's a humming ice cream cooler full of after-school snacks, too.
El Aguacate (S-67) 2027 E. Cesar Chavez, 476-3577. Neighborhood market with a drive-through window and a rolling taco shack outside.
Fria's Grocery (S-38) Navasota & Holly. A quaint rustic-style neighborhood grocery that sells everything from soda to diapers.
Govalle Food Store (E-102) 1116 Airport, 926-4961. Like an incredibly well-stocked next-door neighbor, this petite grocery is the place to go for friendly chit-chat and a cup of sugar.
Ike's Pik & Go (E-109) 1135 Airport, 928-4105. Drive-through liquor.
J's (N-67) 3807-A N. I-35. Reasserting the tenet that drive-thru convenience is real convenience. Three lighters for a buck and "the best beer selection in town."
Joe's Grocery (E-85) 919 Springdale, 385-0008. New Urbanists could do backflips around Joe's family-owned convenience/grocery store nestled in the belly of this neighborhood. Regular customers have been driving, walking, and biking to the store for 12 years.
Kwik Food Mart (N-37) 2601 Manor, 474-0847. We are convinced that the Eastside convenience stores beat the hell out of everybody else in town for selection and variety of flavors in the imbibational department! Kwik Food only confirms it with about a billion different flavors of bottled beer and tea and soft drink.
Kwik Food Mart (R-45) 1425 E. 12th, 473-8215.
Major Brand Gas Station/ Malik's Food Mart (N-29) 2101 Manor, 322-9214. The beverage selection here is overwhelming, the staff is friendly, and damn! That drive-thru is handy when your Eastside party is starting to go dry....
Metro Mart (F-86) 2150 E. Seventh, 477-6183. This store may wear the sign of an impersonal convenience store, but to the regulars who swing in three or four times a day, it's a neighborhood oasis.
Monarch Food Mart (N-69) 1402 E. 38 1/2, 478-4492. "Hello, buddy..." The friendliest convenience store in town not to mention a large selection of import beers and funky snackins.
Pay-N-Takit (F-92) 2214 E. Seventh, 926-2216. Walk-up liquor store with Happy Hour specials, M-F, 5-7.
Quick 7 (E-47) 4600 E. Seventh, 385-1233.
Quick Stop Grocery (R-73) 1197 Hargrave, 476-3853.
Quik Stop (S-31) 1702 E. Cesar Chavez, 476-2980.
Quikie Pickie (R-18) 1208 E. 11th, 479-0136. You gotta love that name.
Quix Food Store/Shell Station (E-74) 863 Airport, 385-0821.
RS Food (R-23) 1219 Rosewood, 320-0082. Like Harry Truman's infamous "S" (and one of our editor's not-so-famous "X") the RS stands for nothing. Absolutely nothing. That just cracks us up.
Stop N Get (S-92) 2731 E. Cesar Chavez, 474-2920. Gas, beer, pork rinds, and other essentials.
Stop n' Tote (F-104) 2719 E. Fifth, 499-0477. Drive-through convenience store.
Super Smokes (R-86) 1805 Airport.
Tejas Ice House (S-29) 1646 E. Cesar Chavez. The patio's always packed and the beer is always cold at this popular Cesar Chavez watering hole.
Texaco Food Mart (N-5) 1901 E. MLK.
Texaco Gas-Food Mart (S-26) 1621 E. Cesar Chavez.
Texas Ice House (S-15) 913 E. Cesar Chavez, 322-9330. Convenient convenience store.
The Corner Store (N-48) 3842 Airport, 472-4397. Convenient to the airport for those last-minute gas fill-ups before returning the rental.
Tom's Quickstop (N-21) 2204 Airport, 472-6018. Beer, beer, and more beer.
Urban Market (R-53) 1905 E. 12th, 474-6906.
Wells Mini Market (R-39) 1918 Rosewood, 477-8134. Serving the Boggy Creek and DeWitty area for the past two decades.
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Airport Appliance (E-75) 1008 Airport, 385-1664. Offering good deals on washers, dryers, refrigerators, and stoves for the past eight years.
HomeAustin Lumber Company (F-101) 2415 E. Fifth, 476-5534. One place you're guaranteed to get board....
Austin Pipe and Supply Co./Austin Metal and Iron Co. (S-2) 1000 E. Fourth, 477-4640. Since 1913, serving all your scrap iron and metal needs.
Castrejon Appliances (S-58) 1909 E. Cesar Chavez, 499-0399. Buy, sell, and trade new and used appliances.
Eagle Hardwood Plywood Supply (E-61) 813 Airport, 385-2016. Mostly wholesale to cabinet makers for the past 10 years, some retail.
East End Lumber Company (F-96) 2235 E. Sixth, 472-5441. Oh that golden lumber.
Economy Supply Co. of Austin (E-49) 4708 E. Seventh, 385-9160. An Austin business for more than 50 years, this wholesale/retail plumbing supplier specializes in faucet, toilet, and hot water heater repair parts.
Elegante (F-17) 1000 E. Sixth, 457-1164. Tables crafted from mesquite, armoires to die for, and funky lamps are just some of the Mexican-imported goodies at Elegante, formerly known as Frontera.
Gifford-Hill Concrete (E-60) 801 Airport, 385-3950. Manufactures concrete pipe.
Habitat for Humanity RE-Store (S-7) 310 Comal, #101, 478-2165. Great prices on everything you need for that repair or renovation, and your money goes to a good cause: building affordable housing.
Home Choice Lease or Own (N-67) 3909 N. I-35. All the modern comforts and conveniences including the astounding Laz-E-Boy sofa.
J & F Carpets/J & F Carpet Cleaning (E-41) 3301 E. Seventh, 385-6656; 385-5444. J & F are all over the carpet business. Not only do they sell carpeting cheap out of their packed tin-roof barn, but they also clean and install both commercial and residential carpets. Free estimates. 26 years in Austin, 10 in this location.
Jack McKay's Lumber (F-54) 1645 E. Sixth, 478-3424.
Nelson's Specialty Supply Inc. (F-11) 1021 E. Seventh, 478-6468. Parts for major appliances; specialty is heating and air-conditioning.
Rent America (F-118) 2795 E. Seventh, 476-4661. Appliances, TVs, and furniture for rent.
Rent-A-Center (E-112) 1144 Airport, 926-1025. In these days of Las Vegas marriages and quickie divorces, you might want to consider renting a wedding ring. They got 'em by the week or the month.
Splinter Group Lumber Yard (E-25) 250 Springdale. Why not buy your Idaho Timber from a retailer with a sense of humor?
Ted's Trees (E-100) 1118 Tillery, 836-9011. The idea of purchasing a live oak seems strange. It seems like one should earn the right to lie in the shade of this wonderful tree -- through a lifetime of good deeds. Ted sells them a lot cheaper than that.
Texas Discount Furniture & Bedding (F-76) 2009 E. Seventh, 474-1344. Discount furniture. Plastic-wrapped lamps and patio furniture on 90-day layaway; mattresses packed in a tin-roofed barn.
Texas Office Production & Supplies (F-7) 1100 E. Fifth, 472-1340. This warehouse of gently used and new office equipment, supplies, and furniture is still TOPS among students, home office-ers, and bargain hunters looking to explore and buy.
Texas Redwood Lumber Co. (E-38) 3300 Gonzales, 385-5334. Specialty lumber company gets their cedar, yellow pine, red pine, and giant redwood from managed growth lumber farms.
Three Points Appliance (F-110) 2506 E. Seventh, 482-9349. Another East Austin site that has appeared on MTV. They sell all used appliances, stoves, washer/dryers, fridges, etc.
Travis Tile Sales (N-49) 3811 Airport, 478-8705. Retail tile sales since 1954.
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C&M Liquors (R-55) 1215 Chicon, 477-3875.
LiquorEastside Liquor (R-83) 1199 Airport, 926-2216. Used to be the Pay-N-Takit. Now it's the Eastside. They got what you need for Friday night. Plus a very cool sign!
J&J Drug (R-14) 1131 E. 11th, 472-5328. If alcohol is your drug of choice. It's a liquor store.
Millpond Liquor (E-114) 1144 Airport, 928-0305. They've been keeping Friday nights funky for nearly 25 years.
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Academy (N-72) 4103 N. I-35, 453-7261. Life's not about winning or losing, it's about how you are outfitted when you are doing it.
Sports/OutdoorsActive Athlete (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 206-0909. Every stripe (Adidas), schwing (Nike), and swooosh (Reebok) for your active feets.
Austin Outdoor Gear & Guidance/ Wilderness Supply (N-62) 3411 N. I-35, 473-2644. Like Whole Earth Provision Co. without the frills, this merged venture (with Wilderness Supply from 29th & Lamar) gets you ready for the great outdoors with everything from kayaks and backpacks to lip balm and dehydrated beef stroganoff. Rentals sales and instruction. Probably one of the biggest shops in Texas. Wilderness tours and instructions are also provided.
Fishermans Bait House (E-9) 3600 Red Bluff. This little old house-turned-bait shop is the perfect place to pick up live minnows and crawfish.
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Ar-Mar Jewelry (F-117) 2609-B E. Seventh, 476-2850. Small second-story jewelry shop.
VarietyCentro de Orientacion Acuario (F-26) 1105 E. Sixth, 322-9297. Selling herbs, candles, "good-luck perfumes" and more.
Classical Glass Neon (E-20) 5011 E. Cesar Chavez, 389-0050. Classical Glass custom-makes neon signs and refurbishes old signs for individuals and businesses -- eclectic atmosphere with chickens and puppies out front.
D'Westie's City General Store (F-116) 2605 E. Seventh, 474-6819. A combination general store and curio shop, D'Westie's City General caters to needs both spiritual and practical. In addition to batteries, Tootsie Rolls, and cigarettes, you'll find herbs, candles, powder, 35-cent mojo wish beans, John the Conqueror root, and Dr. Pryor's Alleged Hot Foot Powder brand incense. As owner Richard West puts it, his products are used "for things, against things, to draw things, to move things away." Indeed.
Dollar Deal$ (N-67) 3909 N. I-35, 450-0880. For sheer visual stimulation, it's hard to beat a dollar store. Why, we'd pay just about a dollar to browse. This "Best of Austin" winning discount mart has one of the most surreal selections of knock-off toys in River City.
Dreamer's (N-61) 3405 N. I-35, 469-0539. Over 10,000 adult videos for rent and sale with a variety of categories (backdoor, oral, gangbang... all the classics) for those with individual tastes. Plus a friendly and professional staff. Open 24 hours.
Eckerd Drugs (R-5) 1105 N. I-35, 476-2681.
El Porvenir Panaderia Y Yerberia (S-75) 2217 Santa Rita, 469-0581. El Porvenir is a genuine neighborhood treasure. It's a Mexican bakery and herb shop that specializes in spiritual fare. Get empanadas, good luck candles, santos, loteria or a consultation with a local curandero.
Everything $.99 & Up (E-112) 1144 Airport, 926-0790. Goo-gas, doodads, thingumajigs, doohickeys, gizmos, widgets, and lots of hootenanny -- all under a buck.
Family Dollar Store (F-118) 2765 E. Seventh, 472-3526. Low-price general store.
Green & White Grocery (F-20) 1201 E. Seventh, 472-0675. Love potions, law-stay-away candles, ceramic snakes in rings of garlic, yohimbe, death statues, root beer, and soap. What more do you need?
In God We Trust (S-75) 112 Mildred, 494-8856. "Anything Grows" says the sign out front, and it just might at this small nursery selling bedding plants and hanging baskets. 9-6 Tues-Sun, March-August only.
Piñata Party Palace (S-66) 2023 E. Cesar Chavez, 322-9150. The most colorful block on the eastside, the palace specializes in confetti, cascarones, and literally hundreds of piñatas.
Walgreens (E-116) 1144 Airport, 929-7085.
Watkins Products (F-36) 1401 E. Seventh, 478-7751. Step into this retail/wholesale place and time warp back to a bygone era of liniments, salves, and cure-alls. Same location since 1976, offering bottles of spices, flavorings, medicines, and cleaning supplies.
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