Hitmonhops:
I’m from Austin.
Food: Pinthouse Pizza or Homeslice Pizza. Salt Lick BBQ, Terry Blacks BBQ, Franklins (super popular need to get in line at like 6am) and Valentinas are good too. Mexican food! Chuys, Taco Deli! Lick Ice Cream. They even have In and Out here now. Ramen Tatsuya is amazing. There are other higher priced options too. (Uchi, Odd Duck, Dai Due)
Drink: Man local breweries if you are into that. Pinthouse is a brewery and pizzeria, Jester King Brew, Live Oak Brewery. Bangers (German style restaurant with picnic tables galore-good foor and beer. Tons of bars on sixth street (most popular street) too. Eureka is my fav.
Hot summer pool fun: Barton Springs, Deep Eddy Pool. Town Lake for some kayaking/canoeing. 360 Bridge Sightseeing.
Arcades/Theaters: Pinballz, Main Event, Arcade UFO, Alamo Drafthouse
Just to name a few.
And Casa Vallarta off of Burleson in Austin. Place is run down and sketchy as heck but it’s as tex-mex as food can possibly be in Central Texas.
And Magnolia off Congress Ave has the best pancakes.
cosrob
June 29, 2019, 5:08pm
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gemmintpokemon:
Dominique Ansel Bakery - Order the Frozen Marshmallow (avoid the cookie shot) 189 Spring Street in Soho.
There’s a world renowned pizza place I can’t remember in Brooklyn, but 2 other solid choices are:
John’s of Bleeker for gourmet pizza at 278 Bleeker Street
Or my personal choice bc I used to live close is Gotham pizza & order the buffalo chicken pizza. There’s a few around the city. They used to let us use their oven when we wanted to make cookies. We shared with the staff of course.
A nice late night speakeasy is Employees Only at 510 Hudson St. They had a surprise burlesque show when we were there.
A fun area to go out is the Meat Packing District:
The Standard is a hotel/rooftop bar
Brass Monkey is a fun 3 level bar (not upscale)
There’s a Beirgarten on the ground level that’s a great place to day drink.
All 3 of those are next to each other.
My club of choice was Gilded Lily. Only Fri/Sat usually.
Best Ramen spot is Ippudo Westside at
321 W 51st St
There’s so much more. I truly miss NYC.
I didn’t get to take a picture of the Gilded Lily but it is a hell of a fun place to party at. I didn’t get a chance to try your other suggestion but next time I come I will for sure. Really thankful for Joes and Lily place.
Hitmonhops:
I’m from Austin.
Food: Pinthouse Pizza or Homeslice Pizza. Salt Lick BBQ, Terry Blacks BBQ, Franklins (super popular need to get in line at like 6am) and Valentinas are good too. Mexican food! Chuys, Taco Deli! Lick Ice Cream. They even have In and Out here now. Ramen Tatsuya is amazing. There are other higher priced options too. (Uchi, Odd Duck, Dai Due)
Drink: Man local breweries if you are into that. Pinthouse is a brewery and pizzeria, Jester King Brew, Live Oak Brewery. Bangers (German style restaurant with picnic tables galore-good foor and beer. Tons of bars on sixth street (most popular street) too. Eureka is my fav.
Hot summer pool fun: Barton Springs, Deep Eddy Pool. Town Lake for some kayaking/canoeing. 360 Bridge Sightseeing.
Arcades/Theaters: Pinballz, Main Event, Arcade UFO, Alamo Drafthouse
Just to name a few.
Tyvm for the list. Franklin’s must be really good, everyone says to line at 8am. I dont know of a place in Sydney that has a line this long.
next time! I’ll be back
Nope not yet. Going to New Orleans today then Austin.
I’m keen for the pancake place, i love me some pancakes.
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newcollector:
In San Francisco, there’s an amazing place for some tangy fried chicken wings. The restaurant is pretty close to Golden Gate Park (although the park is huge, so plan ahead) and is called “San Tung”. Order the “dry-fried chicken wings”. My other personal favorites there are the sauteed string beans and the black bean sauce noodles. It’s always crowded, but a pro tip is to call them and order ahead, then you can enjoy the wings in the park without waiting in the long line to be seated
Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions about SF. I hope you enjoy your trip!
Ive lived in San Jose for 2 years and know nothing about SF. I should ask you for recommendations for places to go haha
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cosrob
June 29, 2019, 5:26pm
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Just a few pictures people may find interesting.
This was in the Met musuem and was taken and reassembled from Egypt.
Massive pizza from Joe’s in Time square. For any Non America the pizza is huge, the size of a large car tyre.
Yankees game
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Magnolia is really good in Austin. Kerbey Lane Cafe, also has good pancakes. They are sister restaurants.
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cosrob
July 6, 2019, 9:40pm
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@breakingpokemon , @vehicularmenace
Ty for the recommendations especially Magnolias and Terry Blacks, i enjoyed them a lot and wouldn’t of gone if it wasn’t for you guys. Also Barton springs is pretty cool.
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Coming all the way here and skipping out on Iowa?!
What a shame!
You were in NYC on the 26th GMP?
Iowa is a great place to live, just not a good place for tourist. We actually like it that way, peace and quiet.
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