Bars in Austin

Jester King Brewery is one of America's most acclaimed farmhouse breweries — an Austin Hill Country estate producing Belgian-influenced wild ales and farmhouse beers that have earned national recognition for their complexity and terroir. The brewery's pastoral setting outside Austin's city limits, combined with its extraordinary beer program and farm-to-table food pairing events, creates one of the most unique and celebrated bar experiences in Texas.

Nickel City is Austin's most beloved dive bar — an East Austin institution that has been cited as one of America's best dive bars for its cold beer, authentic atmosphere, and utter lack of pretension in a city that increasingly trends toward rooftop bars and craft cocktail destinations. Its resistance to Austin's rapid gentrification, cheap drinks, and genuine neighborhood character make it an essential Austin institution.

White Horse is Austin's most beloved honky-tonk bar — an East Austin country dance bar that presents nightly live country, Tejano, and Americana music in a sawdust-on-the-floor dance hall setting. Its role in preserving Austin's genuine Texas honky-tonk tradition against the tide of Nashville-style commercialization makes it one of the city's most important cultural institutions for those seeking the Austin that existed before the bachelorette tours.