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06/02/2026

Had an incredible time this past weekend at in Austin, Texas!🤘🔥

One of the coolest things about ILLfest is that it’s more than just a music festival. The event brings together live music, massive art installations, muralists, street artists, and performers from all over the world for one of the most unique festival experiences in Austin.

This year I got to see artists like Excision, GRiZ, JAUZ, NGHTMRE, Crankdat, and many more while also checking out incredible artwork being created live throughout the festival grounds. Everywhere you looked there was something happening, whether it was a huge stage production, a new mural coming to life, or artists showing off their work.

If you’ve never been, I’d definitely recommend adding it to your Austin bucket list.

Already looking forward to next year. Cheers!👏

05/31/2026

🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨

First Thursdays are continuing this week on Rainy Street, and we’re giving away THREE tables that each come with a bottle at for you and your friends! 🍾

Best of all, the table can be redeemed on a first Thursday or any Friday, Saturday or Sunday!

👇 HOW TO ENTER 👇

1️⃣ Follow and

2️⃣ Like and save this post

3️⃣ Tag your friends in the comments (each tag counts as an entry, so the more tags, the better your chances of winning)

📲 Share this post to your story for bonus entries. (Not required to enter)

🏆 Winners will be announced this Thursday.

First Thursday is continuing on Rainy Street with some of the same people who helped make the original event what it was. This Thursday from 6 PM to 10 PM, you’ll find live music, DJs, vendors, and drink specials throughout the district.

Some of the highlights include $25 margarita pitchers, $7 wells, and $5 beers at Electric Shuffle, live music at Hotel Van Zandt, and Bungalow’s $1 frozen margaritas from 7 PM to 9 PM. 🍹

If you’ve been missing First Thursdays, this is shaping up to be one of the biggest nights on Rainy Street this summer. See y’all there!!

05/29/2026

Got home quicker on a Friday at 5 than I did on a Wednesday at 5pm wild

Austin Texas Traffic

05/24/2026

Right across the street from Stubbs is one of downtown Austin’s best pregame spots for frozen margaritas 🍹🌳

Pelons Tex Mex has a margarita flight with mango, jalapeño, prickly pear, and hibiscus flavors, but honestly the patio might be the coolest part. One of their outdoor spaces is built around a massive oak tree that’s reportedly over 500 years old, making it feel like you’re drinking margaritas in a treehouse hidden in downtown Austin.

People online constantly rave about the patio vibe, frozen margs, queso, and how clutch this spot is before concerts at Stubbs or nights out in the Red River district.

Happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 3pm to 6pm:
🍹 $6 frozen or rocks margaritas
🍺 $4 draft beer
🧀 $6 queso, guac, flautas, mini quesadillas & more

Definitely one of those spots that feels way more “classic Austin” than people expect when they first walk by it.

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05/23/2026

One of the coolest bars in Austin, Texas is hiding a piece of New York City history right off South Lamar. 🍸

Inside this spot sits the ORIGINAL 1866 Cedar Tavern bar from Greenwich Village in NYC, the same bar connected to legends like Bob Dylan, Hendrix, Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Jackson Po***ck. They literally transported the entire bar to ATX piece by piece.

Now it’s tucked inside Eberly serving incredible cocktails, martinis, burgers, steak frites, oysters, and one of the better happy hours in the 512. $7 martinis, $5 snacks, and $10 burgers until 7pm.

The vibe feels like old New York mixed with South Austin. Dark wood, low lighting, amazing cocktails, and one of the most unique bar experiences in Austin.

📍 Cedar Tavern inside Eberly on South Lamar

05/23/2026

Silver Medal truly is one of the best dive bars in Austin, Texas.

No fake “dive bar aesthetic,” no overpriced cocktails trying too hard to be retro. Just cheap beer, strong pours, pool tables, a jukebox, random movies playing behind the bar, and a patio full of people that somehow all feel like regulars.

They’ve got some of the best dive bar food in Austin too. Smashburgers, chili dogs, $2 Jello shots, and the kind of atmosphere that makes one drink accidentally turn into six.

This is the type of Austin bar people are talking about when they say they miss old Austin. 🍺

05/20/2026

New neighborhood bar alert for North Central Austin 🍻

If you’ve been looking for a laid back Austin, Texas neighborhood bar with live music, strong drinks, solid food, happy hour specials every day, and zero pretentious vibes… go check out !!

This newer North Lamar spot opened late 2025 and already feels like the kind of place Austin has needed more of. Big indoor space, front + back patios, sports on the TVs, pool table, live music constantly, and a really fun $5 brown bag shot special where you roll dice and the bartender pulls a random mystery shot from the bag 😂

Their weekly specials are honestly are awesome too!

MONDAY
🍺 Happy Hour 12pm to 7pm
$3 Busch Light Tall Boys
$5 Well Liquor
🥪 $13.50 rotating sandwich special
🍗 $9 chicken tenders basket

TUESDAY
🍔 $15 burger special
🍗 $10 chicken sandwich
🍺 ALL DAY happy hour
$3 Busch Light Tall Boys
$5 Well Liquor

WEDNESDAY
🍗 $1.50 wings all day
🍺 Happy Hour 12pm to 7pm
$3 Busch Light Tall Boys
$5 Well Liquor

THURSDAY
🍔 $13.50 burger special
🍗 $10 chicken sandwich
🍺 Happy Hour 12pm to 7pm
$3 Busch Light Tall Boys
$5 Well Liquor

FRIDAY
🧀 Half priced appetizers during lunch + happy hour
🍺 Happy Hour 12pm to 7pm
$3 Busch Light Tall Boys
$5 Well Liquor

SATURDAY + SUNDAY
$10 champagne bottles with juice
🍳 Brunch from 11am to 3pm

They’ve also got smoked wings, smash burgers, chicken & waffles with bourbon syrup, poutine, cocktails, local beer, and live music every single night of the week. Definitely feels like one of those spots that could become a regular neighborhood hang for a lot of people in Austin.

📍6215 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78752

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05/18/2026

FREE Guinness in Austin, Texas?! 🍺👀ATX might officially be entering its Guinness era… so we went around Austin hunting down the BEST “Split the G” deals and these 3 bars are absolutely worth the challenge. 🤝🍀

📍The Dead Rabbit
During happy hour only (Sunday through Thursday 3–6pm + 11pm–close), if you perfectly Split the G on your first sip, your Guinness is FREE. 🍺Complete it and they’ll snap a Polaroid of you for their wall of legends 📸 Once you complete it successfully though, that’s it… no running it back 😂

📍Murray’s Tavern in East Austin
This spot turned Split the G into a full blown game called Guinness Golf ⛳🍺You get TWO attempts per day and every successful Split the G earns you a stamp.
10 stamps = free Murray’s merch
20 stamps = $50 gift card
30 stamps = $100 gift card
40 stamps = $100 gift card + your name immortalized on their Guinness Golf plaque 👀
Happy hour is all day Monday + Tuesday-Friday from 3–5pm with $5 Guinness pours 🍻

📍Parley Honestly might be the BEST deal in Austin 🤯Ice cold frozen Guinness glasses, perfect pours, and if you Split the G… your Guinness is FREE. No limits. No catch. Any time of day. Keep trying until you nail it 🍺🔥

Which Austin bar has the best Guinness pour in the 512? 👀🍀

05/08/2026

Austin asked for more day parties… East End Ballroom said bet

This spot in East Austin has been doing sunset DJ parties on the patio and it’s honestly such a good setup for weekend drinking.

But the craziest part might actually be the happy hour.

$5 petite martinis weekdays from 5 to 7pm 🍸

And they have this giant watermelon margarita for $90 that says it serves 8 people… but I swear it could feed a small village.

Food was solid too. The bulgogi steak tacos, coconut fried shrimp, and cheeseburger all hit. Plus they’ve got espresso martinis, frozen cocktails, champagne, DJs outside, and a huge patio setup.

Feels like one of those spots you can pull up for “one drink” and accidentally stay all day.

If you’ve been looking for a good East Austin happy hour, Austin patio bar, or somewhere for daytime drinks and DJs, definitely put East End Ballroom on the list.

05/04/2026

🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨

Cinco de Mayo just got dangerous 🍹🔥
We teamed up with to hook up 3 winners with a 100 tab each

And the best part… you can use it at ANY bar you want in Austin.
Your go-to spot, somewhere new, cocktails, food… completely your call.

If you haven’t used One On Me yet, it’s one of the easiest ways to send drinks or full tabs to friends. You pick the person, pick the place, choose what to send, and they redeem it right at the bar with tap to pay. No Venmo, no awkward IOUs.
They also have local deals and specials in the app, so it’s worth checking out either way.

👇 HOW TO ENTER

1. Follow and
2. Like this post
3. Tag a friend (each tag = 1 entry, so the more tags the better your chance of winning!)

🎁 BONUS ENTRIES (each one below = +1 extra entry, do one or all)
• Download the One On Me app
• Send a drink to a friend through the app (tequila or mezcal for Cinco 👀)
• Share this reel to your story

We’ll pick winners Friday morning so you can use your tab this weekend 🍻

Cheers!!

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