Austin Real Estate

In a recent article in the Austin American-Statesman, four of the top local concierges were interviewed. They shared their ideas about Austin's best hangouts. Three of them are concierges with the Four Seasons, and one works at the 5 Fifty Five condos, which are atop the downtown Austin Hilton. By the way, if you are interested in purchasing a condo in the 5 Fifty Five or in the new Four Seasons residential project downtown, give us a call or email us soon. Here are some of the responses from the article:

Favorite thing to do in Austin:

• Hiking
• Kayaking
• Boating
• Attending the opera
• Art opening
• Theater
• Enjoying one of the area's world-class restaurants
• Walking along the Lady Bird Lake hike-and-bike trail
• Discovering parks and greenery
• Enjoying the hill country
• Blues on the Green in Zilker Park (free concert)

Best live music:

• One World Theatre - "best place for jazz"
• Cedar Street Courtyard - "open air and relaxed", "love the patio"
• Elephant Room - "best jazz musicians show up"

Coffee break:

• Cafe Mozart - "lakeside ambience"
• Jo's on Second Street - "urban hipness"
• Starbucks in the Arboretum - "relax with a book or computer"
• Austin Java - "great locations, great food"

Barbeque joint:

• Cooper's in Llano
• County Line on the Hill - "beautiful view"
• County Line on the Lake - "when I am trying to impress someone"
• Salt Lick
• Lamberts - "live music, great food, casual setting"

Best Tex-Mex:

• Matt's El Rancho - "best in the West"
• Vivo's - "healthiest Tex-Mex food you can get"
• Z Tejas on 6th Street

Natural Setting:

• Mount Bonnell
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Wild Basin Preserve
• Bull Creek Preserve
• Trails at Pedernales Falls
• Enchanted Rock

Place to see art:

• Blanton Museum (3 out of 4 votes!)
• Kathy Womack Gallery

Breakfast Place:

• Las Manitas - "warm and friendly" "I have sent about 200,000 people there"
• The Omelettry - "very Austin, unpretentious"

Dinner with friends:

• Wink
• Vespaio
• Shady Grove
• III Forks - "welcoming, not rushed; simple, American food"
• Roy's - Hawaiian cuisine
• Eddie V's
• Truluck's - seafood
• Habana - great ethnic food

Romantic dinner:

• Jeffrey's
• Hudson's on the Bend (2 votes out of 4)
• Aquarelle - "traditional French, quiet"
• Wink - "intimate setting"

Place to see a movie:

• Alamo Drafthouse (3 votes)
• Arbor Cinema - "penchant for foreign films"

Place people should know about:

• Barton Creek Greenbelt
• Mandola Winery in Driftwood
• Aquarelle
• Wink (again)
• Picnicking on the grounds of the State Capitol - "like Central Park"