“We’re still kind of known as one of the last of the old-Austin–style neighborhoods—meaning that it’s still a little rough around the edges, not pretentious, a little oddball. These are things we


cherish, but it is changing all the time.”


—Jennifer Barker-Benfield,


owner of Blue Velvet Vintage (217 W North Loop; 512-452-2583, bluevelvetaustin.com)


North Loop Blue Velvet Vintage LOCAL LOVES


Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs This family-run snowball stand opens seasonally for the summer and sells longtime favorite flavors like strawberry cheesecake and Boston cream pie. à 808 E 51st St (caseys-snowballs.com)


Breakaway Records


Sift through expertly curated vinyl at one of Austin’s best record shops; it stocks everything from reclusive country singles to electronic music and R&B hits.


à 211 W N Loop Blvd (512-538-0174, breakawayrecordshop.com)


Austin Books & Comics


Expand your collection—or become a first-time buyer—with a visit to Central


Texas’s longest-running (and biggest!) comic-book shop.


à 5002 N Lamar Blvd (512-454-4197, austinbooks.com)


Foreign & Domestic


The small restaurant is a regular date- night spot for couples that want to split roasted Wagyu beef with potato gnocchi and butterscotch pots de crème (swoon).


à 306 E 53rd St (512-459-1010, fndaustin.com)


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Foreign & Domestic


NORTH LOOP IS a hard neighborhood to define. Once considered a semi-distant suburb of Austin, the area that borders Hyde Park, Crestview and the I-35 is now a popular residential and shopping ’hood for both families and UT students. Brightly colored bungalows line the streets, as do cocktail-bar–coffeeshop hybrids. The area has been compared to South Congress, a parallel made even stronger by the Home Slice Pizza that will soon arrive in North Loop. But you’ll also find stores here that you won’t find anywhere else, like the volunteer- run anarchist bookstore, Monkeywrench Books. The area is developed but still weird, compact but still growing—kind of like Austin itself.


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