Cafés in South Congress & Bouldin

South First Street

Bouldin Creek's cafés line South First Street. Bouldin Creek Cafe at 1900 South 1st, a woman-owned vegetarian and vegan restaurant established in 2000, makes its food from scratch and serves coffee drinks from 08:00 to 22:00, Sunday to Thursday, and until 23:00 on Friday and Saturday.³ Sightseer Coffee Bar at 1905 belongs to a women-owned roaster that sells coffee grown by women; the bar opens 08:00–15:00 from Tuesday to Friday and until 16:00 at weekends.⁴

Once Over Coffee Bar at 2009 South 1st opens daily 07:00–19:00. Swedish Hill, a bakery with shops on West Sixth, in Westlake and downtown, runs its South First café at 1804.⁵ Fair Bean Coffee is at 2212 South 1st and Maaribu Cafe & Gifts at 1413.

Kolaches and the mural on South Congress

Little Brother runs a to-go coffee and kolache window in the corner of a hat store at 1512 South Congress, with no seating of its own. It opens at 08:00 and closes at 15:00 from Monday to Thursday and at 17:00 from Friday to Sunday.⁶ The kolache began as a semisweet Central European bread, and the Texas Czech Belt, which grew in the 1880s, is full of koláč bakeries.⁷

Jo's Coffee at 1300 South Congress carries one of Austin's most-photographed walls: in 2010 the musician Amy Cook spray-painted “i love you so much” there for her partner, Liz Lambert, a co-owner of the shop.⁸ June's is at 1722 South Congress, Teal House at 2304 and Simona's Coffee + Cocktails, with outdoor seating, at 2510.

Espresso, champagne and chain lube

The Meteor at 2110 South Congress sums itself up as espresso, champagne and chain lube: an all-day café, a natural wine shop and a boutique bike shop in one building, with sourdough pizza and classic cocktails. The café runs 07:00–22:00 from Sunday to Thursday and until 23:00 on Friday and Saturday; the bike shop opens 10:00–18:00, Monday to Saturday.⁹

St. Edward's and the river end

St. Edward's University sits on South Congress Avenue.¹ Meadows Coffeehouse and Grab & Goat share its address, 3001 South Congress; Meadows serves 07:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–17:00 at weekends, and Grab & Goat 10:00–22:30 on weekdays. Toward the river, Mañana's South Congress shop is at 107 East Monroe Street, Tiny House Coffee at 801 Barton Springs Road and Café at the Loren, with outdoor seating, at 1211 West Riverside Drive.