Best Two-Hour $5 Vacation

Ski Shores Cafe

Out near City Park, 30 minutes from downtown, a relaxed resort attitude permeates this hamburger joint like the smell of motor boats and beer. The cheap menu is the hook and the yummy food is the sinker. Off-duty usicians (like Stevie Ray Vaughan) have been coming to hang out at this quiet little piece of Austin-yesteryear for years now. Swimsuited kids let out water-logged, caffeine giggles as they run up and down the docks. Boaters lean way back in their chairs, letting their sunburns heal in the faint porch lights that shine across the water like idle fireflies.

Ski Shores Cafe
2905 Pearce, 512/394-7511
www.skishoresaustin.com