Rainey Street came highly recommended to us by a bunch of folks, and we loved it. It's kind of hipster alley, with tons of good food and drinks along a pedestrian-family stretch. We hit up Craft Pride for some great beers, and ate a tasty Detroit-style pizza from the Via 313 outpost in its patio area. Via 313 pizzas popped up all over Austin, and we definitely liked their pie.
We split one of their pizzas, though we each could have probably finished one. We got their Detroiter pizza, which has two types of pepperoni (one under the cheese, one on top) and I added pineapple to the top of mine. It was greasy, but delicious pizza. Great sauce and cheese ratio, great toppings. I had to look up what a "Detroit style" pizza entailed, and it's all about that deep dish with crispy edges. Via 313 hit the spot and I wish I could have some right now!
We then walked up the street to one of the bars that we liked most architecturally, Container Bar. Constructed out of metal shipping containers, it had a cool vibe. There were plenty of people there, playing cornhole and hanging out.
There were a lot of dogs out and about with their owners too, which I liked seeing! As long as there are leashes, Austin seems to be a pretty dog-friendly city.
There was also a little taco stand/food truck that you could access from Container Bar, which we took advantage of for a snack of chips and salsa. The salsa packed some heat!
Later in our exploring, we ended up on 6th. To me, 6th Street seemed the equivalent of Nashville's Broadway, a strip of touristy bars that locals prefer to avoid for the most part, but fun stuff nonetheless. Of course, I was immediately distracted by Voodoo Doughnuts. While the original is in Portland, that didn't stop me from grabbing a couple of doughnuts for us.
Dan wasn't overly excited about doughnuts (he didn't want to have to carry a big pink box around) but he ended up eating 2/3 of what we bought. Ha!
One of the nights we spent in Austin was a Sunday, and our Airbnb did not have cable. So Dan was worried about how we were going to watch The Walking Dead, of course! We found out that a bar on 6th Street, The Jackalope, plays the show on Sunday nights when it airs. It was kind of awesome to show up, order a drink and dinner, and have the music stop and all of the TVs go to the same show with full sound. It was also kind of cool to see how other people reacted to the show's twists and turns.
Rainey Street was probably one of our favorite little enclaves of Austin during our trip, but 6th Street had some fun to offer too.
Do you have a favorite spot in Austin?
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