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Sighting Celebrities, Ike & ACL, Part 2

By Michael Barnes | Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 10:20 PM

Part 2 of Sighting Celebrities in Austin for ACL, Ike, etc.

Warehouse District — For purposes of this story, we’re including other downtown mini-districts that share grown-up sensibilities with the nightspots clumped around Fourth and Colorado streets. So that would translate into far West Sixth Street, East and West Second streets, middle Fifth Street, parts of Congress Avenue and the newest cluster of hot spots under the 360 Tower.

The audibly tan — to borrow Fran Lebowitz’s term — Hollywood and Vegas crowds like The Belmont and Bess (owned by Sandra Bullock and Jesse James), J. Black’s and Eddie V’s. East Coasters and the international set are more likely to descend on steakhouses and seafood spots like III Forks, Truluck’s, Finn & Porter and McCormick & Schmick’s, as well as lounges such as Pangaea, Qua, Buzios Room, 219 West or Imperia.

Detached from the other downtown mini-districts is Moonshine, which regularly attracts sports figures such as Andy Roddick, Mack Brown and Colt McCoy. This will probably change now that he’s back in training, but Lance Armstrong often dropped by his downtown bike shop, Mellow Johnny’s, and his bar, Six.

The “Friday Night Lights” crew likes Jo’s on Second and Austin Java. And the downtown wine bars — Mulberry, Taste, Cork & Co., Cru, etc. — are safe bets for sightings if one is patient. Lambert’s Downtown Barbecue is a required stop for marquee rockers, and that whole area around Austin City Hall will explode with cool once Austin City Limits opens its studio with Uchi in the W Hotel and Residences next year. And let’s not forget the signature downtown nightclubs with music, such as Emo’s, Antone’s, Beerland, Club de Ville and the Mohawk. Gay celebrities will bop back and forth between Oil Can Harry’s and Rain.

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