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Your A-List: Best Place to Take a Tourist
It seems that at least alf the folks I meet who have had the ocassion to visit Austin always end up mentioning “some restaurant out by the lake that had just an awesome sunset.” The restaurant of which they speak is instantly recognizable as the winner of the Your A-List poll, with 18 percent of the vote, for best place to take a tourist, The Oasis.
While there may be better meals to be had in town or better venues for live music, it is pretty damn hard to argue with the signature selling point — the sunsets (replete with bell ringing and much hoopla) — at Beau Theriot’s restaurant which was opened in 1982.
Even a massive fire in 2005 could not stop this Austin landmark on Lake Travis, which re-opened just days after the fire and came back bigger and better than ever, with three stories of decks and enough room for a party of almost any size. In addition to the restaurant, there also plans under way to add condos, shopping and an entertainment district of its own.
Others receiving votes
- Barton Springs Pool, 16 percent
- South Congress Avenue, 15 percent
- Mount Bonnell, 14 percent
- Texas State Capitol, 11 percent %
- Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 7 percent
- Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, 6 percent
- Zilker Park, 5 percent
- Whole Foods Market, 3 percent
- UT Tower, 2 percent
- Blanton Museum of Art, 1 percent
- LBJ Library, 1 percent
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By adi
January 6, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this
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