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10 Black-Owned Restaurants In Austin, Texas
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and the food scene in Austin stays true to that sentiment. The city is a great place for traveling foodies and offers a variety of choices when it comes to choosing a place to eat. The Black-owned restaurants in Austin are spread throughout the city. However, each one remains consistent in feeding the community and inspiring through culinary mastery. Here are 10 Black-owned restaurants in Austin where you can feed your hunger for community and good food.
New water resort that’s the ‘largest of its kind’ in America opens with 46 pools, saunas, and full-service bar
LOOKING for a world-class hot spring experience in the states? Head no farther than North Texas, where WorldSprings, America’s largest outdoor mineral springs resort, has opened this summer. The resort features a whooping total of 46 pools with 41 mineral hot springs, two freshwater pool, and three cold plunges. Like a typical hot spring experience, […]
Texas Swimming Hole One Of The Most Dangerous In The US
Jacob's Well, ever heard of it? If you're from Texas chances are you have, if you ain't from around here, you better read up and learn. If you're from the Great State of Texas, you've probably heard of it or even been there. It's a purdy little spring-fed swimming hole in the Hill Country southwest of Austin on Cyprus Creek located in Wimberly, Texas, they call it Jacob's Well. It is stunningly beautiful, clean, and clear, aquifer water. The cool water rises up from the depths and people spend a lot of time swimming over it. Trying to swim down into it, however, is not a good idea.
Longtime Austin music journalist and historian Michael Corcoran dies
AUSTIN, Texas — Michael Corcoran – whose unique, astute and often hilarious writing style captured the energy and spirit of the Texas music scene – has died. The news of his death was announced on Corcoran's Facebook page Monday evening by his son, Jack Corcoran. Corcoran worked...
Shaboozey storms the Moody Center stage during Austin's Ford Fan Fest.
Shaboozey, whose "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has been making waves, is set to perform at PBR Gambler Days on August 23. The concert is part of the Ford Fan Fest in the Dell Technologies Plaza, with the artist bringing his unique blend of contemporary and alt-country to the event. Shaboozey’s...
'Something people are going to miss' | Popular South Austin mural painted over
AUSTIN, Texas — When creating a mural for the now-closed restaurant Masa y Más, Austin muralist Niz wanted the art to reflect the community. "At that point, I was like, 'There's not one mural of a grandma or a Mexican family values and culture that I can think of.' And so, that was the initial inspiration," Niz said. "Eventually, it sort of morphed into the chef wanting it to be his mom because a lot of the food at Masa y Más was inspired by his mom's cooking and by Mexican street food."
A Beloved Texas-Based Cinema Abruptly Closed 6 Theatres, Files Bankruptcy
After losing a reported $1 million in '23, a beloved Austin-based movie theater, known for serving up special amenities has had to close five locations across Texas and one in Minnesota. Alamo Drafthouse brought something new and exciting to movie viewing, with its recliner seating, full restaurant-style menu, and delicious...
‘Spy Kids’ Filmmaker Asks $8.9 Million for a Snazzy Waterfront Home in Texas
After nearly six years of ownership, Robert Rodriguez has decided to part ways with his ranch-style home high above Lake Travis in the Texas capital of Austin. The veteran filmmaker—probably most known for his work on movies such as Sin City, Spy Kids, and From Dusk Till Dawn—is asking $8.9 million for the waterfront spread, which he acquired back in October 2018.This $7.5 Million Hamptons Home Was Designed by a Famed Architect. Now Two Creatives Have Given It a Makeover. Originally designed by noted modernist architect O’Neil Ford, who is widely acclaimed for crafting the Trinity University campus and Little Chapel...
New World Record Made At Sips & Sounds In Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas has been known as the "Live Music Capital of the World," for quite a long time, and that title was appropriately manifested over two days at Circuit of the Americas for the 2024 Coca Cola Sips & Sounds Summer Festival that featured two full days of live country, blues, and soul with a whole lot of refreshing Coke products that always hit the spot in our lovely Central Texas heat.
Texan kids get free books from BookSpring
Amid Texas' Book Bans, BookSpring Puts Millions of Books in Young Hands. As Texas' leaders attempt to ban books, BookSpring, an Austin-based nonprofit, has been working to put books into the hands of children. The organization, which grew from the 1960s Reading Is Fundamental movement (co-founded by Lynda Johnson Robb),...
Cheez-It creates Ranch snack.
Cheez-It and Hidden Valley Ranch have teamed up again, this time to create a cracker that combines the "zesty" flavor of ranch with Cheez-It's classic cheese cracker. The new limited-edition Cheez-It x Hidden Valley Ranch Crackers first dropped on June 25 and sold out quickly. According to the company, the crackers offer a "bold, zesty taste" balanced with the "100% real cheese baked goodness" of Cheez-It.
Austin Tex-Mex staple Chuy's rolls up new Hutto location
HUTTO, Texas — If there's one chain that doesn't get old as it expands, it's Tex-Mex staple Chuy's. The simple food stays consistent while the aesthetic gets a refresh; This colorful chain is nearly a theme restaurant, but it doesn't take the captive audience of an amusement park to get people in the door.
SKP Performance Center celebrates innovation, wellness
For years, the Speed Killz Period (SKP) Performance Center has been a haven for many young athletes within the Liberty Hill community and beyond. Owners TJ and Dana Garza are excited to now share the grand opening of a new facet of their business, including a wellness center and adult fitness program. This event marks a significant milestone in their mission of bringing whole health, fitness, wellness and performance excellence to the community.
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