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By Jordan D. schraeder

Austin is famous for a lot of things — music, Sixth Street, liberal vot-

ers and food. From cute cupcakes to creamy queso, the city offers more eateries than anyone could ever fit on their bucket lists.

Taking cues from cities like San Francisco and New York City, foodie-duo Andy and Lind-sey Potter are taking Austin’s food scene to the next level with their Austin Eats Food Tours. The first of its kind in the area, Austin Eats offers three-hour walking tours that promise stops at six to eight restaurants in various areas of town. Cur-rently, there are three available options: South Congress, down-town and the newly added Up-scale Happy Hour, which is also downtown.

And don’t worry — there are no Olive Gardens or Golden Cor-rals on the itinerary. Austin Eats boasts partnerships solely with local restaurateurs, making it easy for Austin natives and visitors alike to sample a wide array of local fare.

In just a few short months, Austin Eats has built up quite the clientele. Though almost 30 percent of the attendees are out-of-towners, hotshots like Facebook and Dell have booked private tours for their staff members.

The Downtown Tour: Longhorn

Life co-editor Stephanie Bathurst and I attended an Austin Eats Food Tour of downtown Austin one humid Saturday morning in May. We found our fellow tour-mates at the Austin Farmers’ Market, located at Guadalupe and Second streets, when we

spotted the neon orange bags our tour guide, Olivia, was holding.

After quick introductions, we began our journey into the land of nearby delicacies. On the map: Dai Due, Bola Pizza, Cocoa Puro, Hut’s Hamburg-ers, Haddingtons, Walton’s Fan-

cy and Staple, Frank and The Ginger Man.

If you haven’t heard of most of these spots, you are not alone — we hadn’t either. That’s the great thing about the food tour: You

Food tour offers unique taste of Austin

Photos by stephanie Bathurst / Texas Student MediaDaniel Northcutt, co-owner of Frank, a hot dog eatery downtown, pours a beverage for participants of a food tour in May. Austin Eats Food Tours partners with local restaurants to sample menu items during the tours.

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get to try new places — even some you normally couldn’t afford.

There are some downsides, however. While walking tours are all well and good in San Francisco, trekking through the Texas heat is a little tire-some, though it did help break up the three-hour eating spree. Vegetarians, beware of the downtown tour, as it’s a bit heavy on the meat. Luckily, though, the SoCo tour recently added a veggie and pescetari-an option for non-meat-eaters.

The tour was also heavy on something else: carbs. We were served some kind of sandwich at almost every lo-cation — Hut’s, Haddingtons, Walton’s. The up-and-coming tour guides may benefit from exploring new options, in-cluding foreign eats. Because really, who doesn’t love Mexi-can food?

The most bang-for-our-buck was the fancy grilled cheese and green tomato soup served at Haddingtons, a tavern that specializes in British-Ameri-can cuisine. And you couldn’t help but love Frank co-owner Daniel Northcutt, who excit-edly told us about his experi-ences on the Railroad Revival Tour and brought out an array of sophisticated hot dogs. Oh, and chocolate covered bacon! Enough said.

Overall, the Austin Eats Food Tour gets a gold star in my book. Though food in any capacity makes me happy, it was nice to experience Austin in a truly unique (and tasty!) way.

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Put these 5 activities on your to-do listBy Jonathan Westerfield

The variety of activities available in Austin can be overwhelming, especially when you’re knee-deep in textbooks and syllabi. If you are spending your summer in here in the Capitol city, then it is time to make some headway on your Aus-tin to-do list. And here are a few suggestions to get you started:

If the semester has seen you be-reft of opportunities to indulge in Austin’s claim to fame, now is the chance to indulge in its savory tor-tilla-wrapped goodness. Start with Torchy’s Tacos, at any of their loca-tions around town and try one of their signatures.

Then head over to the nationally acclaimed Tamale House for the cheapest, most delicious breakfast tacos you’ll find anywhere.

From there, decide for yourself whether Tacodeli, Guero’s, Polvo’s or Juan in a Million has the best taco contenders. It really comes down to your own preference, but it’s time to form your opinion. In Austin, you cannot be neutral about tacos.

Spiderhouse arguably has the best patio in town. It’s massive, eclectic and full of UT students and Austin creatives. The entire patio is laid-back and crackling with great conversations.

Try out a patio on the water for

a change of scenery, though, and squeeze into the covered harbor on Lake Austin at Abel’s on the Lake. It is always packed, and you’ll soon discover why.

Finally, if you want a cozier pa-tio, head over to the East Side for a gourmet sandwich at Blue Dahlia Bistro. This restaurant is the near-est French bistro this side of the At-lantic and has the perfect outdoor space to take your parents when they come to visit.

Head downtown to The Hideout Theatre on Congress Avenue, where you will find some of the best improv com-edy around. You must check out their current show, running Saturdays in July, called “Holy 1960’s Batman, Batman!”. The show satirizes and embraces the campiness of the original “Bat-man” television series. This is improv as you rarely see it, with full costumes, sound effects and a different guest villain every show.

Watching the talented per-formers here will make you wish you could get on the stage yourself — which you can. The Hideout Theatre is not only a performance venue, it’s also a teaching academy with classes for all performance levels.

But The Hideout is not the only stage comedy game in town. The ColdTowne Theater hosts shows every night of the week, and many of them are free. Also be sure to check out

The New Movement and Salvage Vanguard theaters.

It’s easy to get caught in the rou-tine of staying on this side of Lady Bird Lake; the campus and down-town areas hold a lot of appeal for students. But South Austin keeps the “weird” Austin vibe that is necessary for the city. Take a stroll south of the river and find weeks worth of activities.

If you haven’t been to The High-ball yet, stop in for classic bowl-ing and private karaoke rooms. The place has style — faux-Vegas style — but is weird enough to fit in with its neighbor, Alamo Draft-house South Lamar.

When you’re done, stroll across the street to Odd Duck Farm to Trailer eatery. The menu changes daily and you would never have believed such delicious gourmet food could come from a small 1Decide for yourself who

has the best tacos in town.

2 Make the rounds of the chillest patios.

3 Watch some live theater.

4 Explore South Austin.

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It’s summertime again. Three months of either pain or pleasure depending on how much money you have in your bank account.

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Making summer money without a job trailer in a dirt lot. If you have room for dessert, then grab one of the crazy confections from Gourdough’s donuts next door.

You may have stopped and browsed at Cream Vintage on the Drag, but Austin is filled with places to find used and vintage clothing and goods. From the plethora of Goodwill stores scattered around to the more fashion-conscious Buffalo Exchange, there is no shortage of shopping opportunities.

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• Have a Bake SaleIf you’ve got some (or any)

baking skills, use them! Hungry students and passersby are will-ing to pay a dollar or two for an amazing cupcake. You can also offer to bake cakes or desserts for birthday parties and other events your friends are having.

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Revert back to your childhood lemonade stand days and throw in a homemade beverage.

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Try perusing Craigslist post-ings or even consider posting your own ad for house-sitting services. Just make sure you can commit to time frames and responsibilities; otherwise, you may not get paid.

• Medical StudieS, FocuS grouPS and SurveyS

There is always the possibil-ity that these can be very an-noying but money is money, right? Summer is a great time to explore these types of offer-ings, as researchers and degree candidates try to get ahead for the semester. The surveys and medical studies in particular don’t really require too much effort on your part, which makes them particularly attrac-tive. And focus groups usually only take a few hours at the most.

However, be sure to research the company or organization advertising these activities. This is especially important in the case of medical studies, as you’ll likely be a guinea pig for some new drug or medication.

Whether you decide to host a yard sale or join a focus group, you don’t have to live off Easy Mac and the coins you find be-tween the couch cushions this summer. And with these ideas, you don’t even have to get a “real” summer job.

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Lucky’s, which sits next door to the Tiniest Bar in Texas, serves up fresh-baked Italian sandwiches on traditional puc-cia bread. Puccia bread is a southern Italian bread baked to order in a wood-fired oven, and Lucky’s only makes it with the best extra virgin olive oil and organic flour. These puccia sandwiches include ingredients like basil oil, olive tapenade, fontina cheese and prosciutto.

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