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February has arrived, y’all! It’s going to be a fun month full of love, celebrations, and more. Find all of our February recommendations at the link in our bio!

Austin restaurants could use our help after what was likely a slow weekend due to the winter storm!

Tag your favorite restaurant in the comments so Austin knows where to eat 👇

Stay safe and warm out there, Austin! We’ll have more info in tomorrow’s City Cast Austin newsletter.

It’s 2026, y’all, and this month is going to be a busy one! You can find allllll of our recommendations for January at the link in our bio!

🕎 Happy Hanukkah, Austin! We’re in the middle of the festival of lights and if you’ve also been craving latkes, we’ve got you covered.

Some restaurants are doing latke specials for a limited time, so make sure you find our guide at the link in our bio for all the latke information your heart desires!

📸: MYLK Collective

After all we’ve seen in 2025 — autonomous vehicle mayhem, Election Day surprises, and incredible art — we have some things to say!

Here’s a selection of what we think Austin got right and wrong in 2025. For the rest of the list, you’ll have to tune in to the podcast. 👀

Link in bio, of course!

It’s holiday pop-up season! With so many to choose from, we’re recommending our favorites! The following are all free to attend:

🔔 Jingle Jangle at is open through Jan. 4.

🕎 Get Lit at is open through Dec. 30.

☃️ Winter Wonderglam at is open through Jan. 4.

🎄 Lala’s Little Nugget and Lala’s South Pole () are decked out in Christmas decor year-round.

🫎 Rudolph’s Road House at is open through Jan. 4.

📸: Photos courtesy of each bar.

Austin is nearly 200 years old and with all that history, legends and myths are bound to arise.

We dove into our favorite Austin lore on the podcast this week and talked about secret tunnels, Elvis Presley, volcanos, and, of course, what happened to the first Bevo at The University of Texas at Austin.

Listen at the link in our bio!

📸: Tim Warner/Getty Images

A mini Luby’s Cafeteria with pared-down options opened in downtown Austin over the summer. We followed the restaurant’s fried fish bat signal and visited for a LuAnn Platter to see if the mini held up to our memories of the regular-sized Luby’s Cafeterias.

Spoiler alert: it was delicious as always and is definitely worth a visit!

Read more at the link in our bio and comment below if you’ve made the pilgrimage to the mini Luby’s!

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Always a good time when we get to hang in person!
Shout out to for letting us crash their pod studio and record today's episode!!!

Prop Q isn’t the only thing on the ballot (we see you, 17 constitutional amendments), but it’s certainly the thing everyone’s talking about. This week, published a fab voters guide in Hey Austin and interviewed guests on both sides of the tax rate increase: Councilmember José “Chito” Vela for the pro side and Zilker Neighborhood Association’s Robin Rather for the anti. Links in our bio for all the things you need to get out there and VOTE! Polls are open now through Halloween, and again on 11/4.

PS send us your “I voted” selfie so we can post them and give other Austinites voting FOMO

Austin has literally grown up around ACL Fest since it debuted in 2002…but one band on the schedule has remained the same. In today’s episode, hear from Ray Benson about what it’s like to open the fest every year, and from local band The Animeros, fresh off their festival debut. What do Austin’s musicians get out of the fest? And how do they even make it onto the schedule? Hear it all at the link in our bio.

📸: Rylan McCory for ACL Fest 2025