Things To Do

AUSTIN EVENTS CALENDAR: DECEMBER

Check out this list for a selection of the largest annual events in Austin during December.

Texas Capitol

Zilker Park

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

Mexic-Arte Museum

Downtown

Lady Bird Lake Trail

Path runs along Town Lake (aka Lady Bird Lake)

Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library

South Congress Avenue

Greetings From Austin Mural

"I love you so much" Mural

Get a coffee at Joe's (d-lish) and take a picture next to one of our favorite murals.

Mount Bonnell

SFC Farmers' Market Downtown

Mellow Johnny's

Bike Rentals

Clark's Oyster Bar

$$$ Reservation required

Odd Duck

$$$ Reservation required

Suerte

$$$ Reservation required

Josephine House

$$$ Reservation required

Loro

$$$ Reservation required James Beard Award Winning Chefs, Aaron Franklin from Franklin's BBQ and Tyson Cole from Uchi merged their two loves of Texas and Asian cuisine together to create Loro.

Easy Tiger

$$

Jester King -- Brewery, Kitchen, Farm & Event Hall

$$ Reservation required; I would suggest reserving (at minimum) a month in advance.

Elizabeth Street Cafe

$$ Reservation required

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum

$$ Reservation required

Central Machine Works

$$

Franklin Barbecue

$$ *No reservation needed, although you will have to get in line at least an hour before they open. They close for the day once they run out of meat.

la Barbecue

$$

Home Slice Pizza

$$

June's All Day

$$ *Mark and I had our first blind date here.

Curra's Grill

$$ Katie's favorite Tex-Mex joint. The avocado margaritas are a MUST. If the owner Jorge is there, tell him she says "hi".

Arbor Food Park

$

Veracruz All Natural

$ One of Katie's favorite breakfast taco places (too many to choose from).

Tacodeli

$ Right next to the Greenbelt entrance, if you want to go for a hike afterwards.

Super Burrito

$ You may be tempted by the burrito... I would ignore these urges and get breakfast tacos instead.

P. Terry's Burger Stand

$

Dolce Neve Gelato

$

Amy's Ice Creams

$

Swedish Hill

$$

Sugar Mama's Bakeshop

$

The Salty Donut

$ Decadent and delicious.