Lustre Pearl

Easily mistaken for just another house on the block, come to Lustre Pearl to grab a cold beer, hang out with a large group of friends, and catch a live music show. As the story goes, the old house was bought for an aspiring singer named Lustre, who wound up in Austin and converted the house into a bar cum live music venue. The house has been gutted to make room for a bar and a jukebox, but most...

The Switzerland of Rainey St., where frat guys and vegetarian graphic designers commune in harmony. There's an overall 20-something vibe here, so whether or not that's you, brace yourself for vodka shots at SOME point in the night.

Tacos, the perfect food, are provided here by the rad food truck, Bomb Tacos. Nosh on chips and queso, fries, deep fried pickles, wraps or (duh) tacos. Vegetarians, there's a menu for you, too.

Drawing a "post-college crowd" to a "shabby-chic house" on Rainey Street, this "hard-core party" bar is a "very Austin" kind of place with "cheap beer" and a "kick-a@s jukebox"; a "huge backyard" features picnic tables, Ping-Pong and "hula-hooping hipsters", along with "tasty eats" from a taco truck that will "keep you from drunk starving."

The Switzerland of Rainey St., where frat guys and vegetarian graphic designers commune in harmony. There's an overall 20-something vibe here, so whether or not that's you, brace yourself for vodka shots at SOME point in the night.

This rickety abandoned house is the anchor of the Rainey St. bar district. Feel its old bones creak, striding along its hardwood floors in your flip-flops. Order a Yellow Belly and fried pickles. While away at the jukebox (but pick the right songs or the bartender will fast-forward.) "Rent" a hula hoop and take it outside. Slow down. You move too fast.

Here's hoping that the perfectly relaxing, charming vibe of this place can somehow result in more old houses in Austin becoming lovely bars; this was a perfect adaptation. Located on a super-cute...

Easily mistaken for just another house on the block, come to Lustre Pearl to grab a cold beer, hang out with a large group of friends, and catch a live music show. As the story goes, the old house was bought for an aspiring singer named Lustre, who wound up in Austin and converted the house into a bar cum live music venue. The house has been gutted to make room for a bar and a jukebox, but most...