South Congress Avenue
Love to shop? Check out the South Congress Avenue in Austin and you can shop til you drop. Go on the first Thursday of each month and all the merchants keep their doors open until 10 PM at night.
There are a virtual cornucopia of shops that have everything from boots, hats and clothing at Allen's to fun furniture creations at the Antigua Amazing New Furniture, Lighting and check out the cool jewelry designs at European Jewelry.
Avenue Gallery Custom is a fun stop and you can pick up some soveniers for anyone that didn't get to come on your tour of Austin. Another fun boutique for unusual shopping is at creatures boutique where you can indulge in fine shoes, accessories, apparel and gifts for men, women and even baby.
If you need some food and live music, make a stop at D and L's Texas Music Cafe and indulge your taste buds in some authentic Texas cuisine. Guero's Taco Bar is another place to take in some great tastes of Texas.
Looking for something exotic for yourself or your home you can find it at Goodie 2-shoes, where they not only have shoes, they have all makes and manner of clothing and middle eastern home decor.
You can get a tattoo, a great cup of coffee and listen to some live music all on one block! Try to make South Congress a stop on your next visit to Austin and schedule it for the first Thursday of the month if possible - you'll be glad you did!
