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  • Feels like Family
    Where Filipino Roots Meet Texas Heat Words Codi Chen | Photos Baptiste Despois Stepping into OKO Austin off East 6th Street, the intimate ambiance, welcoming bar, and generous staff instantly make guests feel excited about the culinary journey that’s about to happen. This is a place where Filipino and Southeast Asian cuisines collide with a...
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  • Chef Brian Batch {Bird Bird Biscuit}
    Practiced hands, a serene mind, and a palate highly attuned to the nuance of a seemingly simple staple in Southern cuisine birthed the blue-ribbon biscuits that hold Bird Bird Biscuit together. The fast casual eatery led by chef Brian Batch is now itself a celebrated staple in the Austin food scene. Chef Brian prides himself...
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  • Chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel {Birdie’s}
    Not every neighborhood in East Austin can claim walkability to a Michelin recommended restaurant, but Rosewood residents of the 12th Street block know that an exceptionally crafted seasonal meal is just a breezy stroll away. Chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel runs a scrappy kitchen at Birdie’s, the counter-service eatery that, in just under five years of operation,...
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  • Chef Kazu Fukumoto {Fukumoto}
    Chef Kazu cut his teeth in the thick of the dish pit, working his way up to head sushi chef of Austin restaurant Musashino Sushi Dokoro. He led the charge there for a decade before launching Fukumoto, a sushi and yakitori destination modeled after Japan’s izakayas. The casual pubs, comparable to a modern tapas bar,...
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  • Chef Fermin Nunez {Suerte, Bar Toti, & Este}
    Perhaps one of the most well-known faces of Texas cuisine for his appearance in Netflix’s Taco Chronicles, chef Fermin Nunez brings the flavors and traditions of his native Mexico to a ravenous American public at two Michelin Guide recommended restaurants. The sister concepts, Suerte which focuses on contemporary Mexican cuisine and house-made masa and Este...
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Top Festivals in Austin 2025 – Music, Food, Art & More

Bésame Mucho Austin April 05tickets Two Steps Inn April 05-06Tickets Austin Reggae Festival April 18-20Tickets Old Settler’s Music Festival April 24-27tickets Off the Grid Campout April 25-26tickets Austin Psych Fest April 25-27tickets Austin Blues Festival April 26-27tickets ILLfest May 30- june 01tickets Float Fest July 23-24tickets Front Fest Labor Day Weekendtickets Eastside Kings Festival Oct....
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Jon Muq

Home is Where The Music is Words Abby L. Johnson | Photos Baptiste Despois As a universal sunshine-infused pop artists, Ugandan songwriter Jon Muq writes for everyone, drawing on his experiences growing up in Africa and constructing a new home for himself in Austin, Texas. When 24-year-old Jon first moved to Austin in March 2018, the...
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Tele Novella

The Full Story Words Abby L. Johnson | Photos Baptiste Despois A dreamy, medieval-meets-Western aesthetic comes to life in the universe of music duo Tele Novella, where sonic and visual cohesion creates a dazzling vehicle for other worldly storytelling. Natalie Ribbons and partner Jason Chronis, together Tele Novella, took a deep breath of Small Town, Texas, and...
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   Sonic Building Blocks

Music as a World-Building Tool Words Abby L. Johnson | Photos Baptiste Despois “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” has long been known as an annoyingly haunting maxim for music writers. Yet, the interplay between sound and story proves that music can be the ultimate tool for designing a creative universe. From the mysterious melodies...
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Midnight Navy

Bridging Chicano Soul & Bedroom Pop Words Abby L. Johnson | Photos Baptiste Despois Midnight Navy is revitalizing Chicano soul of years’ past for a modern audience. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Francisco Jose Rosales, better known by his stage moniker Midnight Navy, was raised in Corpus Christi on a musical diet of bossa nova and jazz. Inspired...
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Music Issue 2025 {Editor’s Letter}

It’s Electric! When traveling and talking to people, the question, “Where are you from?” always arises. Typically, the second I say Austin, Texas, someone has a story about how they’ve been and want to return, followed by a delightful nod to either barbecue or live music. There’s always fondness in their tone as they recall...
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Checking Into Garza Blanca Cancun

An Ideal Weekend Escape from Austin Words Ashley Bowling | Photos Joanna Fuller & Will Bowling Underneath baby blue skies and a blistering Caribbean sun lies a moderate-sized resort that offers 452 suites (with kitchens, living/dining rooms, a washroom, and an extra half bath), all accompanied by spacious terraces that welcome guests with hammocks, dining...
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February & March Event Calendar 2025

15 Things We Love in February & March Women’s History Month Open House March 28, 7- 10pmJoin local Latina-owned art gallery, The Cathedral, for their March Open House where they’ll debut their Women’s History Month exhibit! Be the first to see the new exhibit, meet the artists, shop their whole collection including prints starting at...
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Sip, Stay, Repeat

Where Drinks Flow & Friendships Grow Words Codi Chen |  Photos Baptiste Despois East Austin may continuously evolve and change over the years, but one thing has remained delightfully the same: the unassuming glow of Violet Crown Social Club. This is a bar without bells and whistles, a place where drinks are strong, prices are...
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A Home that Sings

A Synergistic Modern Space Words Codi Chen | Photos Brian Cole “Modern design is the balance between efficiency and beauty. It’s almost mathematical in how it’s organized, but there’s a rhythm to it, a poetic flow,” says Edgar Prats, designer and builder at Level 4 Studio.  Edgar’s decision to design this house in East Austin...
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