Rainey St — Local services in Austin

We usually do 4th and 6th street when we are in Austin, but gave Rainey a try. Glad we did! Super clean, tons of food trucks and really cool bars. My wife and I felt a lot safer than we did on the “dirty 6.” We love 6th street, but there were a few occasions where the homeless people we passed were enraged for some reason (yelling, cursing, even threw one of those motorized scooters right by us). We felt very unsafe for the 1st x on sixth despite going here every year for our...

We were in town for a conference. Stayed at The Fairmont, which is just a short walk to Rainey St. We had to go check it out. Stopped at a bar and got a decent chilton. Cool vibe. Walked all the way to the trail. No way I was walking further. Pretty dark and the water is right there! I was born in Austin and all of downtown is mostly bars, apartments and restaurants. I can’t say it’s changed for the...

1.30pm on a sunny Sunday and it's dead, all the streetfront patios are empty, the only place with people is the sausage house with a cover band playing. There isn't even much here, maybe a quarter of a mile of empty bars, even the food trucks were either closed or out of food - one taco place was closed and the other out of brisket. I guess this is just a place to get drunk on a Friday or...