Austin Neighborhood Guide

Meet your new neighborhood

I love Austin, that’s why I spend my time checking out some of the best neighborhoods and sharing what I love about them. You can click on any of the neighborhoods below, or scroll down to see my latest posts.

  • Northwest Hills

  • Rollingwood

  • Shoal Creek

  • South Austin

  • South Congress

  • St Elmo

  • Tarrytown

  • Travis Heights

  • University Hills

  • Windsor Park

  • Zilker



 

Downtown, 78701 Gregory Pike Downtown, 78701 Gregory Pike

Comedor

On the corner of Fifth and Colorado in downtown Austin behind a matte black and reflective brick facade is Comedor, an upscale modern Mexican restaurant helmed by chef Philip Speer (previously of Uchi). The restaurant was designed by world renowned architect Tom Kundig and is one of Austin’s most beautiful and architecturally significant restaurants.

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Downtown, 78701 Gregory Pike Downtown, 78701 Gregory Pike

Sammie’s

Im a sucker for a red sauce joint. After living years in New York and Chicago, going out for Italian was almost a weekly tradition. Austin has some great Italian restaurants but when MMLH (MqGuire Moorman Lambert Hospitality) opened up Sammies in the old Huts Hamburger space on W 6th St this past spring all my checkered table cloth, Chianti drinking dreams were answered.

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