Best Party Place

TIE: Playland Skate Center, Austin's Park & Pizza

It’s a classic – the roller-skating birthday party. But Playland has kicked it up a notch with 27,500 feet of newly resurfaced roller-skating heaven, otherwise known as the biggest rink in Austin. Plus hot jams. What more could you want? Batting cages? Mini-golf? Well, slow down, because that’s for the afterparty at Austin’s Park ’n Pizza. This beckoning side-of-the-highway oasis, so full of promise, fully delivers. Open 365 days a year, monitoring the weather on their Web site, these people are serious about fun. They don’t stop at arcade games or billiards. No, with go-karts, bumper boats, and even a climbing wall, this is full-on, scrapbook-making, summer-vacation-caliber fun.

Austin's Park ’n Pizza
16231 N. I-35, 512/670-9600
www.austinspark.com

Playland Skate Center
8822 McCann, 512/452-1901
www.playlandskatecenter.net