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61 places · 3 verified happy hours

UT & Campus has 61 places on People of Austin, mostly restaurant (8), bar (6), museum (5), stadium (4). Start with Black's Barbecue, Kerbey Lane Cafe, Dirty Martin's Place. 3 happy hours here are verified on the venue's own site.

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BBQ$Lockhart's oldest pit family, near campus

Black's Barbecue

The Lockhart original's campus-side outpost brings Texas's oldest family-run barbecue lineage to the Drag, with giant beef ribs and homemade sausage.

UT & Campuskid-friendly
Restaurant$Pancakes and queso at 2am

Kerbey Lane Cafe

The campus location of Austin's 24-hour-ish diner keeps students in pancakes, queso and Kerbey Lane's famous seasonal specials at all hours.

UT & Campuskid-friendlybrunch
Restaurant$The O.T. Special since 1926

Dirty Martin's Place

Longhorns have eaten the O.T. Special burger and onion rings at this counter since 1926, making it one of Austin's oldest surviving restaurants.

UT & Campuskid-friendlypatio
Restaurant$Khurchan curry in an 1850s stone house

Clay Pit

Contemporary Indian curries and a lunch buffet in an 1853 limestone building near campus that has anchored Guadalupe since 1998.

UT & CampusHappy hourReservedate nightkid-friendly
Bar$Where the wing chain started

Pluckers Wing Bar

Three UT students started delivering wings from a house in 1995; the Rio Grande original is still the loudest place to watch a Longhorns game.

UT & Campuslate nightkid-friendly
Bakery$Warm cookie delivery, born at UT

Tiff's Treats

Two UT students baking warm cookies for delivery in 1999 grew into a national brand; the campus-area store still sells them straight from the oven.

UT & Campuskid-friendlylate night
Bakery$A 1981 bakery reborn after the fire

Texas French Bread

Rebuilt after a 2022 fire, the 1981 bakery is back with baguettes and pastries by day and a farm-driven bistro dinner in a fresh Rio Grande space.

UT & Campusbrunchdate night
Museum$Ellsworth Kelly's Austin at golden hour

Blanton Museum of Art

UT's art museum anchors the south edge of campus with Ellsworth Kelly's Austin chapel, a strong Latin American collection, and free admission every Tuesday.

UT & Campusrainy daydate night
Museum$La Belle shipwreck and IMAX

Bullock Texas State History Museum

Three floors of Texas history under a giant lone star, from the 1686 La Belle shipwreck hull to space-race artifacts, with an IMAX theater for rainy afternoons.

UT & Campusrainy daykid-friendly
Museum$Animatronic LBJ and the Oval Office

LBJ Presidential Library

A monolithic travertine tower on the UT campus holding 45 million pages of Johnson's papers, a replica Oval Office, and an animatronic LBJ that tells jokes.

UT & Campusrainy dayteens
MuseumFreeGutenberg Bible, free

Harry Ransom Center

UT's humanities archive keeps a Gutenberg Bible and the first photograph on permanent view, with rotating exhibitions from its film, literary, and photography collections.

UT & Campusfreerainy day
Historic Home$Antebellum Austin, honestly told

Neill-Cochran House Museum

An 1855 Greek Revival mansion west of campus with Austin's only intact slave quarters, now interpreted through tours that tell the full story of the household.

UT & Campusrainy dayindoor
Museum$The pterosaur in the great hall

Texas Science & Natural History Museum

The reopened Texas Memorial Museum on the UT campus, a 1930s art deco hall with the enormous Texas Pterosaur overhead, dinosaur fossils, and a gem and mineral gallery.

UT & Campusrainy daykid-friendly
Arena$$Arena tours and Longhorn hoops

Moody Center

The 15,000-seat arena on the UT campus that finally brought stadium tours back to Austin, home to Longhorns basketball and most big-name concert stops.

UT & Campusdate nightteens
Theater$$Broadway tours in Austin

Bass Concert Hall

UT's 2,900-seat hall hosts the Broadway in Austin touring season and big orchestral dates, and is the place to catch Hamilton or Wicked when they roll through.

UT & Campusdate nightrainy day
Music Venue$Acoustic shows in a tiny campus room

Cactus Cafe

A 150-seat listening room inside the Texas Union since 1979, where Lyle Lovett and Townes Van Zandt played early and acoustic acts still get pin-drop silence.

UT & Campusdate night
Stadium$$Longhorn football Saturdays

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

The 100,000-seat home of Longhorn football, where SEC Saturdays now bring Bevo, the Longhorn Band, and a tailgate scene that swallows the whole east campus.

UT & Campusteensdate night
Boutique Hotel$$Mansion stay near UT

Hotel Ella

The 1900 Goodall Wooten mansion west of campus, restored as a 47-room hotel with a cabana-lined pool, Goodall's Kitchen and a lawn that fills on UT game weekends.

UT & Campushistoricpool
Boutique Hotel$$Game-day rooftop

The Otis Hotel Austin, Autograph Collection

A campus-edge hotel with a rooftop pool, the Acre 41 restaurant and rooms that put you two blocks from the Drag and a short walk to DKR stadium.

UT & Campusrooftoppool
Records$Texas blues on wax

Antone's Record Shop

The blues-club offshoot on Guadalupe that has sold used vinyl, Texas music and rare 45s since 1987, with staff who can name every Antone's house-band lineup.

UT & Campuslocal-ownedvinyl
Market$Popcorn tofu and local goods

Wheatsville Food Co-op

Texas's only retail food co-op, member-owned since 1976, famous for the Popcorn Tofu sandwich at the deli counter and for stocking small Central Texas producers first.

UT & Campuslocal-ownedco-op
Vintage$Cheap vintage tees on the Drag

Monkies Vintage & Thrift

A student-favorite thrift on the Drag with floor-to-ceiling racks of vintage tees, denim and flannels, plus a bargain bin worth digging through on weekday afternoons.

UT & Campuslocal-ownedvintage
Dive Bar$Legendary Drag dive with live music

Hole in the Wall

A gritty Drag institution that has launched decades of Austin bands, still pouring cheap beer under a low stage ceiling nightly.

UT & Campuslive musiclate night
Bar$Campus dive bar since forever

Crown & Anchor Pub

A grungy campus-adjacent pub with a dive-bar patio, cheap pitchers and a jukebox that has outlasted generations of UT students.

UT & CampusHappy hourpatiolate night
Sushi$$Precise, traditional sushi near campus

Musashino Sushi Dokoro

A quiet, precise sushi counter near campus known for its omakase and traditional Edomae-style nigiri away from downtown's crowds.

UT & CampusReservereservations requireddate night
Restaurant$Moules-frites and deep beer list

Hopfields

A French-leaning gastropub near campus pairing moules-frites and a deep craft beer list with a relaxed sidewalk patio.

UT & CampusReservepatiodate night
Cocktail Bar$$Campus-area rooftop with skyline views

Otopia Rooftop Lounge

A rooftop lounge atop the AC Hotel near campus with skyline views and a cocktail menu built for warm Austin evenings.

UT & Campusrooftopdate night
Theater$Classic and contemporary drama

Austin Playhouse

A West Campus company staging classic and contemporary drama with a subscriber base that has followed it across a few Austin venues over the years.

UT & Campusdate night
Stadium$Longhorns baseball games

UFCU Disch-Falk Field

Home field for Texas Longhorns baseball, a College World Series regular where fans pack the berm and bleachers for spring home games.

UT & Campuskid-friendlyfamily-friendly
Stadium$Longhorns soccer and the Texas Relays

Mike A. Myers Stadium

UT's outdoor track and soccer stadium, home to the Longhorns soccer team and the annual Texas Relays that draw elite runners each spring.

UT & Campuskid-friendly

Happy hours in UT & Campus

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Scholz GartenUT & Campus
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3pm to 5pm $5 select apps, $2 off draught cocktails, $2 off draught beer Venue-confirmed
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Clay PitUT & Campus · At the bar only
SMTWTFS
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3pm to 6:30pm $2 off alcoholic beverages and $2 off small plates
Low-carb lane: wine by the glass
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Crown & Anchor PubUT & Campus · Site says daily 2-7 PM on all draft beer; weekly rotating brewery specials are all day
SMTWTFS
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2pm to 7pm Discounted draft beer; daily rotating pint/pitcher deals ($4 cans, $4.50 pints, $17.50 pitchers on rotating local taps; Sun $5 Guinness pints) Venue-confirmed
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