jt16 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm spending the weekend in Austin, and went to dinner last night in the South Congress area. It's kind of a neat area, but I was very unimpressed. This was the area raved about in magazines. It's really just a small collection of restaurants and trendy stores that sell worthless crap. There are a few unique stores worth venturing into. It really reminds me of eastern Westheimer near downtown. Maybe we should just call it EastWest and that area will get a lot of good pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 maybe so, just a little publicity. Of course I thing the east Westheimer area is much busier. The word is getting out somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Do they really call is SoCo?If so, that's loco.Glad we got over our NoDo. If you call it that, you are truly a DoDo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Well, I have to say as a matter of principle I can't stand those cutesy made-up "So-", "We-", "No-" names that are somehow supposed to denote "hip" neighborhoods. New York got away with it with SoHo, but now they're just imitation. "Lower Westheimer" seems to work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Do they really call is SoCo?If so, that's loco. Glad we got over our NoDo. If you call it that, you are truly a DoDo. *applause* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 i like lower westheimer, we also have upper kirby too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbyaustex Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Almost no one calls S. Congress SoCo, expect recent transplants. If you're from Austin or been here awhile you call it South Congress. Plain and simple. All of the older shops are getting pushed out by higher rents, and are being replaced restaurants, bars, clothing stores, and markets. It's evolving. Just less than a decade ago, S. Congress was full of hookers and drug addicts. Used condoms in the street were kinda gross. Now lots of people want to live there. In fact, I live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Agree. I've had many a fine meal in London's SoHo, and you can call it that without feeling like a Bozo.But the 4LA trend is so pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Agree. I've had many a fine meal in London's SoHo, and you can call it that without feeling like a Bozo.But the 4LA trend is so pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Almost no one calls S. Congress SoCo, expect recent transplants. If you're from Austin or been here awhile you call it South Congress. Plain and simple. All of the older shops are getting pushed out by higher rents, and are being replaced restaurants, bars, clothing stores, and markets. It's evolving. Just less than a decade ago, S. Congress was full of hookers and drug addicts. Used condoms in the street were kinda gross. Now lots of people want to live there. In fact, I live there.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well, at least you know how to spot tourists and Losers (or TV reporters, trying to make it sound NY).I wonder. Why would the coolest town south of Chicago need to make up NY sounding names for its districts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I wonder. Why would the coolest town south of Chicago need to make up NY sounding names for its districts?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe because they're not actually that "cool". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Austin's largest districts: GRAO - granolas running all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Maybe because they're not actually that "cool".<{POST_SNAPBACK}>hahahah. read my mind.Austin is fun. But it is also HIGHLY overratted. There is way more to do in way more categories here. No comparison.Unless you just happen to love whole-weat tortillas.Now why dont you just go make your self a damn quesa-dil-ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 And don't eat all the chips, Chip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 And don't eat all the chips, Chip! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I caught you a delicious bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Maybe because they're not actually that "cool".<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It would appear so. The reality is that Austin was much cooler when they didn't know it, and certainly before the last 350,000 people (plus MTV) showed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 You wanna play me (tetherball)?Austin is fine. Every state needs an Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 It would appear so. The reality is that Austin was much cooler when they didn't know it, and certainly before the last 350,000 people (plus MTV) showed up.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>exactamundo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 South Congress actually reminds me of 19th street in the Heights - a lot of quirky little shops and restaurants in older style buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Why would the coolest town south of Chicago need to make up NY sounding names for its districts?Why are you picking on New Orleans?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 OK, second coolest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxConcrete Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Austin is fun. But it is also HIGHLY overratted. There is way more to do in way more categories here. No comparison.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I lived in Austin from 1997 to 2003, and I agree, it is overrated. Whether it is HIGHLY overrated or just plain overrated depends on what your interests are. Citing categories where Austin is overrated is a thread in itself, so I won't even try.As for South Congress, it really wasn't viewed as much of destination or "place to be" while I lived there. They had an event called First Thursdays on the first Thursday of each month which brought out a crowd. Otherwise, I would go there on occasion to visit the Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds costume store, which was quite expensive. There was a well-known Mexican restaurant on the strip, but I only went there once in my 5 years.I remember controversy about how new development would crowd out the traditional stores and retail, destroying the personality of the area. This pseudo-gentrification was a problem with most redevelopment in central Austin, often bringing redevelopment to a halt. South Austin is viewed by many native Austinites as hippy territory, and they want to keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Two of my favorite places in South Austin are Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Two of my favorite places in South Austin are Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Can you recomend a good taco stand around the downtown area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Can you recomend a good taco stand around the downtown area?Yes. Yes I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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