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New Life For Congress Ave Store Fronts

@JacobDirr — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:19:43 +0000

More tenant changes are on tap in the shadow of the Capitol on on Congress Avenue. Middle Eastern restaurant Marakesh Cafe & Grill, at 9th and Congress, closed its doors and has a sign indicating its looking for a new location, but its fate is questionable. Going in place is a new addition to the [...]

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Second Bar + Kitchen in Downtown Austin

amber gugino — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:55:09 +0000

Second Bar + Kitchen is aptly named for it’s Congress Ave @ Second Street location. But don’t think for a second that the food isn’t first-rate (wakka wakka!). On a whim, I ventured over to Second a couple of Sundays ago (after a morning coffee at the Austonian’s Caffe Medici) and was pleasantly surprised by [...]

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AF1 Racing – Downtown Austin’s Neighborhood Superbike and Scooter Store

Jude Galligan — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:19:32 +0000

AF1 Racing is opening a Downtown Austin store. This is their second location, and they are taking the old OK Paper space near Cesar Chavez and Trinity. I spotted the window graphics going up yesterday, accross the street from Downtown Austin’s Four Seasons Residences. A quick check of their Facebook page confirmed the news. Ironically, [...]

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Caffe Medici Opens Under The Austonian

Jude Galligan — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:50:27 +0000

Just in time for SXSW, Caffe Medici opens its third location. Located in the Austonian on Congress Ave, I was immediately impressed with the finish out. Great layout, great light, great coffee. We’ll soon need to update our Best Coffee Shops In Austin list. A couple of quick android pics after the jump. UPDATE: BETTER [...]

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Dress Shop Austin

amber gugino — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:05:32 +0000

Perhaps you’ve noticed the elegant fashions in the window next to Annie’s on an evening stroll down Congress Avenue. Perhaps you’ve seen the sign with the simple, but apt, words “Dress Shop.” Perhaps you haven’t. But you should. Dress Shop is, you guessed it, a dress shop selling dresses, jewelry, handbags, and ladies undergarments. It’s [...]

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Royal Blue Grocery Pushes Forward With 3rd Store

Jude Galligan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:34:13 +0000

Downtown Austin office and condo dwellers rejoice! Royal Blue Grocery, our favorite local bodega grocer, is preparing for their third location: 609 Congress Ave. Basically they are going to be a 100 feet north from 6th @ Congress Ave. Announced in July, according to this ABJ article, the new location will offer: “… a [...]

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Royal Blue Grocery Lands 3rd Downtown Location

Jude Galligan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:24:05 +0000

Our favorite downtown Austin bodega, Royal Blue Grocery, is preparing to open its third location. This time on Congress Ave.

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Wild About Music – The Real Estate Tale of an Iconic Downtown Business

Fred Schmidt — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:45:16 +0000

When Jude recently asked me start writing some stories for DAB, he thought it might be beneficial for folks to get a sense of my “downtown history” from the perspective of a local retail business owners’ leasing odyssey over 16 years. OK, here goes! I’ll stick with the angle of space and location because you [...]

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2nd Street District Art Installations

Jude Galligan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:59 +0000

This week and next, downtown Austin patrons will begin seeing sneak peaks of what’s to come for Art Week Austin. Local artist Carlos Rosales-Silvas is creating three storefront installations in the 2nd Street District. The first two have been completely installed and the third will go up early next week. Rosales-Silvas’ installations are the first [...]

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2nd Street Holiday Celebration TONIGHT – 6-9 pm

amber gugino — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:00:35 +0000

From the website (under Events): Come downtown for holiday shopping in the true spirit of the season. Trunk shows Special Holiday discounts Music Bites and bevs Plan your night, and shop all six blocks: Begin your evening as early as 4pm. That’s when Soco Designs begins serving up the fun, including 20 percent off all [...]

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Open Thread: What Types Of Retail Do You Want In Downtown Austin?

Jude Galligan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:22:18 +0000

What is downtown Austin missing? What is working? Where is retail trailing demand? Leave your ideas in the comments. Open Thread: What Types Of Retail Do You Want In Downtown Austin? is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

Open Thread: What Types Of Retail Do You Want In Downtown Austin? is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

Round Up

Jude Galligan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:08:26 +0000

As we're traveling this week, below is what's happening in downtown Austin.

Round Up is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

Quick News – Free Bacardi – Birds Barbershop

amber gugino — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:33:18 +0000

Okay, this is not technically downtown, but it’s close enough. And I love a good deal….. A little “Bird”ie just told me: Birds was honored by Elle Magazine as one of the Top 100 Salons in the U.S.A. Birds is celebrating by taking half off all Ladybirds (normally $39, includes wash, cut & blowstyle) with [...]

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New Hot Dog Joint "Frank" Is Delightful

amber gugino — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:44:04 +0000

“Duuuuuuuuude, it’s a real sausage fest in here,” I joked to my buddy Zeke as we sat down at Frank, a new restaurant on the corner of 4th and Colorado (where Starlite Diner used to be). Frank is one of the newest restaurants in downtown Austin. I’d describe it as a hot dog eatery and [...]

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Downtown Austin Retail Space

Jude Galligan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:06:08 +0000

One of the better trends in urban design is to include retail space below residential buildings. I see downtown Austin’s retail offerings as overly homogeneous: salon, boutique, restaurant, or bar. Feedback from DANA members, and urban-Austinites in general, is the desire to see more practical stores to serve the many thousands of people that live [...]

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