WHITE
HOT
THE BEST OF THE BLANCO
STREET BLOCKS, FROM OYSTERS
TO GRAFFITI.
BY HANNAH MORROW
104 AUSTINWAY.COM
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURTESY
OF
CLARK'S
OYSTER
BAR
(CLARK'S);
LEAH
MUSE
PHOTOGRAPHY
(RUSSELL
COLLECTION);
MADDY
HILL
(SIGN,
HOPE
OUTDOOR
GALLERY)
When parking is a fruitless
gamble and traffic jams
occur like clockwork,
the key to a stress-free
Austin day is sticking to
one neighborhood.
Take Clarksville, the
neighborhood south of
Enfield Drive that fills the
gap between Lamar to
MoPac. Historic, walkable,
and quaintly upscale,
Clarksville has enough
eats and treats to occupy
your time. Blanco Street is
Clarksville's Fifth Avenue,
a focal point of the area
and home to neighbor-
hood highlights.
Where
the action is:
a sharp
right off West Sixth Street.
What you're wearing:
The Weekender line of
athleisure cult
phenomenon Outdoor
Voices (606 Blanco St.,
512-256-9136; outdoor
voices.com
). What you're
tossing back: a shuck-
load of oysters and a
Blanco Mule from Clark's
Oyster Bar (1200 W.
Sixth St., 512-297-2525;
clarksoysterbar.com).
What you're perusing:
Russell Collection Fine Art
Gallery (1137 W. Sixth St.,
512-478-4440;
russellcollection.com) and
its permanent collection,
including original works
from Rembrandt, Picasso,
and Matisse. When you
just can't
choose: Ask
for one of everything at
Café Josie (1200 W. Sixth
St., Ste. B, 512-322-9226;
cafejosie.com) during
"The Experience,"
the unlimited chef's
tasting menu.
What
you're
Instagram-ing:
an abandoned construc-
tion site-turned-large-scale
art project, the Hope
Outdoor Gallery
(11th and Baylor streets,
hopecampaign.org) is a
graffiti masterpiece and
an Austin sacred site.
.
clockwise from top left: Clark's
Oyster Bar; the Blanco Street
sign; Outdoor Voices; the Russell
Collection Fine Art Gallery; the
Hope Outdoor Gallery graffiti
wall under the former Texas
Military Institute castle.
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