Swimming Holes With Nearby Watering Holes

Embrace the endless summer with water therapy and post-swim drinks

Aug. 29, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Day Trips & Beyond: 10 Watering Holes From Dripping Springs to Wimberley

Take a drive for outdoor patios and spectacular scenery

Nov. 23, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'Chron' House Poet S.E. Smith Storms Radio Waves & Watering Holes

KOOP and Nomad to host the award-winning writer

Jan. 13, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Pub Grub

A guide to some of the best food-serving bars in town

"...eat. The central city has a selection of reliable watering holes with satisfying menu options that the Chronicle Food..."

March 7, 2008 Food Feature

Bar None

Please don't be offended by our assumption that you'll be spending a fair amount of time in our local bars while you're here for SXSW music. Here's the lowdown on downtown watering holes.

"...there've been some changes: Two of our most revered watering holes have closed, and we have one new famous..."

March 15, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Colossal

Toxic masculinity melds with a monster movie

"...to the small town where she grew up and holes up in the (conveniently abandoned) family home. There she..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: The Shady Llama, Wimberley

Craft beer and wine for the grownups, llamas for the kids

"...of other beer gardens in the area, see "10 Watering Holes From Dripping Springs to Wimberley.")..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Guide to Austin Greenbelt Entrances

Reroute no more! Here's a list of Greenbelt access points.

"...private neighborhood, provides access to some lesser-known, deeper swimming holes as well as a handful of climbing walls just..."

March 30, 2018 Events Post by Tinu Thomas

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 5-12

"...LOBV WATERING HOLES RIDE The League of Bicycling Voters celebrates the..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature

Factotum

Charles Bukowski's Henry Chinaski is back, played by Matt Dillon in a low-key, gorgeously beery performance; it's 100-proof Bukowski, but with a decent barkeep at the helm and Lili Taylor's Jan on his arm. Factotum, for all its grim grind, is funny-serious and smart-stupid.

"...later be delivered to the bar-back coolers of assorted watering holes. Called by his foreman to replace a missing..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dinosaur

"...somewhere ahead, behind sheer rock cliffs and barren, dusty watering holes. Despite the massive scale of the production, Disney's..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Taste of New Orleans ATX Style

Get Your Taste of New Orleans With These Nine Crawfish Boils

"...host a crawfish boil that will have your mouth watering until they run out. They will also be featuring..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Events Post by Desiree Johnson

The Walk In Closet: It's Time

Silvia Sandoval is fundraising for San Marcos' first gay bar

"...a city today, the queer community can gather at watering-holes and clubs of their choosing. Our lesbian and gays..."

Nov. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Tierra del Fuego Wine Bar

Sophisticated wine flights and tapas foster post-convention lingering on Second Street

"...not as if the city has a dearth of watering holes; we're lousy with gin joints from the holes..."

July 11, 2008 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...past “American History” exhibits to Irish bars; like those watering holes, the shows were open to all demographics as..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...And three new dining establishments (and/or watering holes) are opening in the next seven days –..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cactus Lee’s New Phase of Folk Realism

With Perfect Middle Hall, songwriter Kevin Dehan steps out of honky-tonk confines

"...shows at a couple of the Hill Country's infamous watering holes...."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

Buh-Bye, Brunch Bird & Plow Burger; Howdy, Masa y Más; Greetings, New Pastry Chef at the Carillon; Oooh, Nice Use of Celery, Bloody Mary Festival; Looking Beyond that Mag Mud Mania; and, Yeah, Even More –

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...behind Momo’s Michelada Mix, and many more exemplary culinary outposts/watering holes around our boozy town. Bonus: This year’s fabulous..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...lifestyle that emphasizes familial friendships and sacred spaces, secret watering holes ... and a singular magical record store that,..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Where to Watch Austin FC Matches

Combining your thirst for the game and, well, just thirst

"...Soccer debut with other fans? Here are 11 soccer-friendly watering holes to get you started. Be sure to call..."

April 9, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Selling Pre-Packaged Foods Could Qualify Some Austin Bars to Reopen as Restaurants

"Creative things will happen" as Austin remains in Stage 3 phase

"...West Sixth stretch contains multiple closed down clubs and watering holes...."

Aug. 29, 2020 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Black Star Co-op, Suerte's Este Pop-Ups, Swoop House, and – WTF, Conan's?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Room is one of the smoothest and most expertise-stocked watering holes in this city. Nor is it clandestine information..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Have an Issue: Welcome to the Summer Fun Issue

"...reopening news for state parks, historic sites, wildlife refuges, watering holes, and more...."

May 29, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin’s Bar Scene Evolves as #sobercurious Becomes More Socially Acceptable

Enjoy the zero-proof experience of Sans Bar

"...Still, bars retain their coveted social standing as all-occasion watering holes. And particularly during festivals like SXSW, the possibilities..."

March 6, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Why Sarah Elaine Smith Writes the Way She Does

The author of Marilou Is Everywhere tells the full story

"...One of the consistent compliments paid to Smith’s very..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

A Drinker's Guide to Literary Austin

Local authors dish on their favorite bars for reading and writing

"...“I’m mostly drawn to watering holes with absolutely zero pretense. In my drinking days,..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Weekend Wine

A great Pinot Gris from Sonoma

"...the normal Pinot Grigio you see in most post-millennial watering holes. After about 30 years of steering her winery..."

Aug. 25, 2018 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Free Events at SXSW

Festival music and more on the cheap

"...Control Room, 606 E. Seventh Located at two favorite watering holes for all sorts of people involved in the..."

March 16, 2018 Features Feature by Mae Hamilton

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

"...such media was confined to public access cable/Xerox-published zines/local watering holes because it was inferior or not ready for..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

First Look: Nickel City

Eastside bar returns Austin to its roots

"...of seasonal trends, playing into the atmosphere of unpretentious watering holes where patrons are regulars and will return knowing..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Food Feature by Thea Newell

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