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About Thunderbird Coffee

The sister of Clementine’s Coffee, things are run just as well at this coffeehouse. They picked an area of town that really needed a coffeehouse. In addition to coffee and espresso they serve paninis as well as cold sandwiches. Their iced coffees are actually cold brewed — a process that takes about twelve hours — so you know they care. They also have local beers on tap and wine for sale.

About Summermoon

Summermoon boasts that they sell the only wood fired coffee in Austin. They brew organic, fair-trade coffee. They heat the coffee with fire, a method — they point out — that doesn’t use electricity or fossil fuels. They also sell paninis, soups, lunch combos, pastries, and empanadas.

About Rio Rita

Rio Rita describes their establishment as “a mild mannered coffee shop by day, swanky lounge by night.” They host a number of art shows and live music events. But it’s also just a cool place to hang out. They serve sandwiches, vegetarian wraps, pizza from East Side Pies. They serve a blend of Ethiopian, Sumatran, Guatemalan, Peruvian and Nicaraguan Certified Organic Fair Trade Coffee. They sell it by the cup and the pound. They also sell beer, wine, and champagne.

About Pacha Coffeehouse

Pacha is a chill establishment on Burnet. In addition to coffee, espresso, and tea, handmade foods like empanadas, soups, salads, and breakfast tacos are served. With two porches, it’s a great place to get some reading done. They do not have Wi-Fi.

About La Tazza Fresca

Located fairly close to campus, La Tazza Fresca is in the same building with Groovy Lube. Along with people getting their cars worked on, you’ll find students and a good number of regulars. They serve coffee and espresso, beer and wine. You can also get sandwiches and appetizers.

About JP’s Java

Situated so close to campus, a great deal of studying goes on at JP’s. The place is well lighted with soft music and many furrowed brows, sprawling books, and open laptops. Pastries, muffins, sandwiches, fruit cups, and bagels compliment the coffee and espresso selections.

About Fair Bean Coffee

Fair Bean Coffee is fairly new on the South 1st scene. They serve French pressed coffee as well as drip — and espresso. They serve Latin food like empanadas, Spanish omelets, arepas, and desserts as well.

About Dominican Joe

Dominican Joe has an interesting mission: they purchase most of their coffee from Markarlos, an Austin-based nonprofit that supports farmers in the Dominican Republic by paying them higher wages for their product and helping their communities develop skills to better sustain themselves. Dominican Joe’s serves coffee, espresso, tea, and pre-prepared sandwiches and wraps.

About Cafe Medici

Cafe Medici is a coffee-lover’s coffeehouse. Their coffee is French pressed, served at the optimal temperature. They have a limited number of sandwiches for sale in a day. But the focus is mostly on the coffee and espresso. For example, they serve La Marzocco FB70 Hybrid espresso; their coffee is a blend comprised of beans from Colombian, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Brazil. They also offer whole bean coffee in ten to fifteen varieties of sustainable, fair-trade, organic beans.

About Cafe Caffeine

Cafe Caffeine holds numerous events within their walls throughout the year. In addition to coffee and espresso they also stock foods from local vendors. On nights when they host events such as poetry slams, you can BYOB.

MonkeyWrench Books is a volunteer-run, collectively owned, non-profit bookstore. Not only that, it’s also a space for various community events.

Formed in 1976 by UT Students, the Wheatsville Co-op is now one of the most successful in the state of Texas, with over 8,000 members — and selling over $7 million in groceries a year.

Milto’s is a Mediterranean and Italian food restaurant close to the UT campus. The expansive menu touches on many traditional Greek meals, like the gyro, and moves into well-known favorites such as pizza and eggplant parmesan.

Chicago-style Pizza, Ken Kelly art, and cheap beer makes Conans Pizza one of the best deals around campus.

The pizza is fresh, the beer is cheap, and live music is always free.

Drawing over 65,000 people a day, ACL Festival has quickly become one of the country’s best known music festivals — and it’s only been around since 2002. This year’s festival features big names such as Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, Bjork, Arcade Fire, Wilco, and more.

Tickets

Unfortunately, three-day passes are sold out, and so are tickets for Saturday only. You can still get tickets for Friday only and Sunday only by going here. We hear Craigslist’s Tickets section is a promising place to pick up three-day passes a few days before the festival.

The lineup

Find out who’s playing at ACL Fest here. That Other Paper will be interviewing many of the lesser known bands playing at the festival to help you decide who you’re going to see. As we publish more band previews, we’ll list them on this page.

• John Ralston
• Daddy A Go Go
• Rose Hill Drive
• Farmer Jason
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
• Mario Matteoli
• The Jellydots
• Big Sam’s Funky Nation
• Back Door Slam
• Kara Grainger
• Guy Forsyth
• John Dee Graham
• The National
• Blonde Redhead
• Butch Walker
• Young Love
• Dax Riggs

Make a schedule

Sure, ACL has its own official online schedule maker. But why not take advantage of fancy new internet technology and check out Bill’s Map. It’s a mashup of Google Maps and YouTube to show you exactly which stages the bands will be playing on as well as a music video to sample their sounds. Go get ‘em.

Where to park

Parking near Zilker Park is a bad idea, unless you want to park in a neighbor’s driveway for $40. Your best bet if you aren’t within biking distance or if you can’t get a friend to drop you off is to park near 4th and Guadalupe Streets downtown and take the free shuttle to Zilker Park.

Another option for parking: The Austin Elks Lodge at 700 Dawson Rd (about one mile from Zilker Park) is charging $15 per day to park in their lot. Proceeds go to the Texas Elks’ project for handicapped children.

What to bring

ACL goers can bring in a backpack (frameless). We suggest packing it with sunscreen, two 1-liter bottles of water (that’s the maximum you’re allowed to bring in), cash, a camera, and your ID. Packing a blanket (one that you don’t mind getting dirty) is another good idea; you can also bring a chair, but that means you’re going to have to carry it around.

About the Draught House Pub and Brewery

Need a night away from the downtown scene? Try the Draught House Pub, a little bar in North Campus with the all the charm of a British alehouse. With over 70 beers on tap, plus a few of their own brews, you’re sure to find something new to try. They also have a selection of pub grub in case you get peckish. A perfect place for the beer enthusiast.

Daily specials

• Mondays $2.25 Guinness and Murphy’s
• Tuesdays $2.75 all pints
• Wednesdays Free pizza (made on Mangia crust)
• Thursdays $2.25 huge house beers
• Fridays $2.75 pints of Real Ale
• Saturdays Free bratwurst (with sauerkraut and Dusseldorf mustard)
• Sundays $1.75 domestic pints

About Flipnotics Coffeespace Cafe

Flipnotics is one of Austin’s premier places to come for coffee, espresso, beer, or wine. Because the place is built into the side of a hill, you get a sheltered, elevated feeling, like being in a treehouse, especially out on the back deck. Good live music plays frequently during the week. They stock fair trade and organic coffees and have a food menu with all the coffee shop basics: sandwiches, soups, cookies, bagels, pastries, muffins, with empanadas as a bonus. And if you’ve really got the shopping bug, you can check out the boutique downstairs where they sell all kinds of hip stuff.

Korea House serves all the staples you’d expect from a Korean restaurant, like bulgogi barbecue and bibimbab (julienned vegetables served over rice), along with a full sushi bar.

Blue Star’s menu has a ton to choose from: salads, pizzas, sandwiches, entrees, pastas, burgers, and desserts.