re: Austin Downtown Food Recs

Great time in Austin except for our game where our team forgot to show up. On Friday we were hanging out on South Congress & ate sushi at Lucky Robot. Very good place & it is all about the hippies at that place. The waitress went on about a 2 minute intro that went over exactly how organic the food there is. It was exactly like that Portlandia episode. I recommend this place but go in with an open mind.

Hit up Rainey Street & went to Bangers. Great place & they played nothing but early 80's country as it was mid day before the live band started. LARGE beer selection. Stayed at Aloft Downtown on 7th & spent a lot of time at Upstairs at Caroline which is on the 2nd flood. Drinks & games. Nice place. I highly recommend brunch at Caroline's also.

Before the game went to Scholz Garten on San Jacinto which is close to the stadium. Old school Texas heaven. They had drinks stands set up inside so it didn't take long to get a drink. We stayed inside as we had a table & it was so hot outside. They shut down streets all around there & have food trucks & beer stands set up near there.

All the fans were pretty cool. No issues with them being dicks at all. You are always going to have your obnoxious young drunk guys but we didn't have any problems. I just wish we had a QB & a coach who care.

Watch out for all the homeless. They are everywhere downtown. Austin is a great city to drink & eat in. You all will have a good time for sure. It is going to be completely insane next weekend.