YOUR LOCAL FIELD GUIDE
A little weirder.
A lot more
Austin.
The places, people, and numbers that make this city ours. Find your next favorite thing.
Barton Creek at Loop 360
Not really — the creek is too low for a proper swim.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
A city with receipts.
Real readings. Public records. A clearer picture of Austin, from the creek to your corner.
Greenbelt Flows
Dry
USGS gauges on Barton Creek, read every five minutes
Food Inspections
6,861
Health scores as Austin Public Health files them
Bars & Venues
Receipts
Mixed-beverage receipts from the Texas Comptroller
Neighborhoods
65
Boundaries, character and what it costs to live there
Economy
By the numbers
Jobs, housing and growth across the Austin MSA
Austin ZIP codes
48 ZIPs
311, code cases and inspection scores, ZIP by ZIP
Sources include USGS, Austin Public Health, the Texas Comptroller, and City of Austin open data. Update times appear with each dataset.
THE LOCAL EDIT
What's happening here.
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Joshua Weissman's First Restaurant Opens in East Austin Sept. 12 — Here's the Full Ben & Lynn's Menu
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Culture & CreativitySony Music Scouts Are Coming to Antone's This Weekend — for Four Austin Artists You've Never Heard Of
PICK YOUR KIND OF AUSTIN
Good plans start here.
Things to Do
The hub — start here
Best Restaurants
Ranked by health score
Rooftop Bars
Downtown, mostly hotels
Best Brunch
Migas and bottomless
This Weekend
Places open every weekend
Dog-Friendly
Patios that mean it
East 6th Bars
The walkable strip
Free Things
Costs nothing at all
Coffee Shops
Roasters and counters
Hidden Gems
Off the tourist map
Date Night
Dinner, then something
Neighborhoods Guide
Which part of town
AROUND HERE, WE CALL IT ATX
Austin is a place.
ATX is a feeling.
ATX is the popular nickname for Austin, Texas, the state capital in Central Texas. It's a local shorthand, not the airport code — that's AUS. We follow the places, local stories, and public data that help you know this city a little better.
Find your corner on the Austin ZIP code mapWhere is ATX?
ATX is Austin, Texas — the state capital, in Travis County in Central Texas. It isn’t a separate place; "ATX" is a local nickname for Austin itself.
What city is ATX?
ATX refers to Austin. Locals and Austin-based brands use "the ATX" interchangeably with Austin proper and the surrounding Travis County area.
Is ATX Austin, Texas?
Yes. ATX and Austin, Texas are the same place — ATX is just the informal nickname, not a different city or a formal designation.
What does ATX stand for?
ATX isn’t an acronym for anything — it’s styled like an airport code, similar to PDX for Portland, even though Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s actual code is AUS, not ATX.