| byndbad914 |
09-11-2013 09:23 PM |
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Going to add this in in case someone does what I was doing and runs across this thread - I reviewed this thread and a couple other Austin threads before going last weekend - I can say a few items we did rose to the top.
To start with, two words...
Franklin BBQ
I literally about shat myself when I tried the brisket. This was the first thing we did in Austin and pretty much ranks #1 for me! Don't waste time driving for the hype of Salt Lick and so forth; the others don't hold a candle. I have had better BBQ in Boulder CO than Salt Lick. Indeed, I have had a fair amount of BBQ in my time and hands down the brisket at Franklin is likely the most amazing thing I have ever eaten. We barely squeaked thru the door and they ran out about 10 people after us. I had brisket and sausage, both rocked, and Kristi had the sandwich that kicked butt also, but the brisket, man oh man. Did I mention the brisket?
Checking out the bats from the bridge on Congress was pretty cool too. For about 20 minutes straight thousands of bats were coming out non-stop. Funky odor to boot.
If you like art, the art gallery at U of Tx was great as well and had a lot more on display than I would have ever guessed. We got there around 3pm not realizing it closed at 5pm and we could have used another hour or two at least.
Bar scene on Dirty Six was pretty much what I was told it would be so we went a little further west and found some good drink spots. Cheaper drinks on the dirty end so we would hit it here and there during the day before the youngins came out. Rainy Ave on Friday night was crawling with eye candy - er - entertainment.
Last but not least, the Gourdough's donut truck in SoCo (we saw one later on 6th as well but we did the SoCo truck). We bought $25 in donuts to try a few - I was sick from the sugar rush most of the night but totally worth it. Cherry Bombs if I recall correctly were freakin' sugar overload but damn good, and the Carnie or whatever had apples and caramel was my fave. I literally felt like crap because we could not stop eating them, so pace yourself haha. I would do it again tho', that is how good they were.
Oh yeah, The Noble Pig in NW Austin/Lake Travis area = the duck pastrami is indeed deserving of all the hype as well. Super small spot and no sign on the road so a bit hard to find. If I lived in Austin I would hit that place once per week and take a cooler every other week to Franklin, wait in line for 3 hours, and load up. I would weigh 300lbs if I moved there :popcorn2:
And, BTW, I am taking over, see the pic of me inside the Capitol building :mock:
As you can tell, our vacations pretty much consist of eating and drinking with random activities in between.
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