Here's a find. CoLab hosts experimental performances (a fish funeral, interactive screenprinting), installations, and video art exhibits. Events typically happen on Saturdays and Sundays. Read more.
Delicious Mexican vegan and vegetarian specials and desserts, including a vegan tres leches cake. It tastes good and is good for you.
This cutting-edge downtown space is a hub of Austin's contemporary art scene, with a special focus on rising local talent and group shows. Awesome. Read more.
Devoted to Mexican and Mexican-American fine arts, this downtown museum hosts multiple community events and opportunities to learn about art and Mexican-American culture. Read more.
Cool idea: new bar made from repurposing an old house in an worn industrial area. It spurred 3 other lounges around it. Check out the many benefit events hosted here too.
We know why this is called the Ranch - the bar and majority of the wood found in the bar is reclaimed or locally harvested. Definitely note all of the details!
Free wifi, good coffee drinks (flan latte!), ample seating, and late opening hours. Also, the proceeds go to a farming community in the Dominican Republic. Read more.
Check out the largest of Austin's downtown parks. This is a community gathering space like no other in the city and besides, what's not good about a park?
Imaging a physical store of etsy in Austin and you've got Parts and Labour. This boutique filled with unique item made by local artists. Read more.
An impressive selection of antique wares, this collection of sellers offers the ultimate in reuse. Read more.
For each "cone" you buy, a percentage of proceeds go to Communities in Schools, Sustainable Food Center and Caritas of Austin. Doesn't get better than that.
Don't miss this ecofriendly landmark. Artist James Edward Talbot and his wife transformed their bungalow house into Casa Neverlandia, a riot of color, shape, mosaic tile. Read more.
A charming hippie-ish cafe with a healthy menu (veggie chorizo tacos, homemade veggie burger) & unique drinks like rose lemonade and lavendar mochas. More of a slow-pace than get-your-coffee-and-go. Read more.
A residential gem in South Austin, an overgrown backyard filled with a literal mountain of artfully stacked and twisted junk that has been continually added to and morphed since 1989.
A damned good burger for the budget-conscious carnivore who prefers meat not from some megafactory; Wholly Cow gets their grass-fed beef from Rocky Hill Orchards in Fredericksburg. Read more.
