Date Night in Austin
Austin does date night casually: a great meal, a walk, and a room with live music. These pairings cover the first date to the anniversary, mostly within a mile of each other.
Tyson Cole's South Lamar original for omakase, then a five-minute drive to a 1955 honky-tonk.
Dim-sum-style heritage-grain dinner, then a walk down the bungalow bars.
Kevin Fink's fire-driven fine-dining room on Rainey for the big-occasion night.
Michelin-starred tacos on East 12th followed by an Afrobeat dance night in a converted house.
Modern Southern in a white house on San Antonio Street; order the off-menu biscuits.
The free-view first date: 99 steps, then coffee on the lake.
Basement jazz club on Congress Avenue since 1991; no cover most weeknights.
Dinner and a movie with cocktails; the Big Show programming is a reliable date.
A daytime stroll through the Japanese garden, then a beef rib next door.
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