Change Is the Only Constant for Austin’s South Congress
Our guide to the ever-evolving neighborhood, where a few old-school favorites endure alongside the trendy newcomers.
Our guide to the ever-evolving neighborhood, where a few old-school favorites endure alongside the trendy newcomers.
Plus, José Altuve pays a fan a visit, and a woman tries to smuggle four spider monkeys into the U.S. in a duffel bag.
Four sibling punk rockers, Houston’s greatest soul band, and three more acts you need to catch at SXSW 2022.
Just before the start of mating season, someone dropped off three peacocks at the Austin park. The flock has been on edge ever since.
The pandemic has spurred record numbers of Americans to reinvent their lives by quitting their jobs.
Read our guide and avoid getting talked at by a crypto bro, at SXSW or anywhere else.
After two years, the festival makes its glorious return to the Capital City, and the dining scene is a little different but no less enticing.
After three painful experiences operating barbecue joints, Mark Gabrick finds his sweet spot with a line of H-E-B-approved sauces.
The Texas writer, who died in December, caught lightning in a bottle with his celebrated 1993 book ‘Travels With Lizbeth,’ but he still couldn’t escape life on the margins.
Restaurants are still struggling, yet new places keep stepping up to the plate. Here are our favorite dishes from the most impressive rookie establishments.
Patio dining has become a necessity during the pandemic. Here are some of the best places to get your alfresco on.
Despite everything, new restaurants are still opening. Here are a few we’re looking forward to this year.
Plus, a woman finds unidentified ashes in a Goodwill urn, and a Houston driver leaves a barbecue grill unattended in his truck bed.
Even though Marcus McNac of Crimson Creek Smokehouse in Austin claims brisket is not his thing, he still serves a mind-blowing tomahawk steak.
The writer’s home, which is partly buried deep in the earth, integrates with nature just a few miles from downtown Austin.
Before leading the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl, the former LSU quarterback arrived on the national scene by icing the Longhorns in 2019.
A Spoon fanboy overthinks the new record, classic rock, cowboy hats, and Jeff Bezos.
Attorney Mark Mueller promised a caring, new age workplace. But former employees tell of drum-and-smoke ceremonies and explicit text messages.
Bill Broyles—now best known as a Hollywood screenwriter—remembers the magazine’s first issue.
The Austin-set firefighter show devotes four episodes to the 2021 freeze while ignoring all of the real-life drama.
Ariel René Jackson’s "A Welcoming Place" will likely be one of the more discussed Austin art shows of the season.
Polish off hearty chili and pickle-brined chicken with a latte at this Central Texas coffee shop turned barbecue joint.
From Flatonia to Marathon, communities—often small and rural—band together to serve their own needs with local essentials.
A retired Air Force pilot has documented construction of the "Gigafactory" in obsessive detail—and believes it's about to produce its first cars.
Ex-TCU coach Gary Patterson's move to Austin is a script only the deep-pocketed and dysfunctional Longhorns could write.
Eighteen months after notifying USA Gymnastics and its investigative arm of the coach’s alleged abuse, the women are still waiting for a resolution.
Austin restaurant Birdie’s has perfected the art of serving $32 steaks to patrons who wait in line to order.
We review dozens of restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new.
These iterations of tequila, pechuga, and sotol—all made from desert plants found in Texas and Mexico—are indicative of the trans-border spirit.
The Capital City is overflowing with great places to grab some ’cue, from classic trays to more unconventional meats and sides.
Can the Fab Five help a society ravaged by grief recover? The answer is yas.
We cracked open a cold one with the former Cowboy to learn about his latest business venture, a beer aimed at the calorie conscious.
The singer-songwriter-artist reveals the inspirations behind his music in a multimedia museum show in Austin.
There was a lot of great coverage of happenings in Texas this year. Our staff selected its favorite stories.
He wasn’t always kind, but he was kind to me in ways that mattered a great deal.
In his last game before retirement, Dodge led the Chaparrals to a third straight state championship with a win over Denton Guyer High School.
"The dark prince of barbecue," who always found a new audience to wow with his smoked beef, changed the Texas scene for good.
Texas actor Tye Sheridan stars alongside Ben Affleck in the sentimental yet skippable story of an aspiring writer, directed by George Clooney.
Our creative director, Emily Kimbro, and design director, Victoria Millner, keep Texas Monthly looking good.
The Austin musician has made an excellent traditional blues album—but to get there, he studied punk, West African music, and Ukrainian folk.
Reader letters published in our January 2022 issue.
Moriba Jah, a self-proclaimed “space environmentalist,” has joined a new effort to map the millions of bits of discarded debris orbiting the Earth.
The quarterback transfer, originally from Southlake, has the talent, pedigree, and mullet to make the next few years special for Longhorn fans.
After losing her daughter and a close friend, Sunny Huang brought the benefits of this "miracle tree" to Texas.
Six years after he became governor, we still don’t know what Greg Abbott wants to accomplish—except, as this year made clear, to hold on to office, no matter how many Texans get hurt.
The cringey Netflix show strikes the classic reality-TV balance of being both hard to watch and impossible to turn off.
We review dozens of restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new.
Plus, a woman in Temple threw her soup at a restaurant employee.
From red and green tortilla chips to eggnog ice cream, there's a holiday treat to please every Grinch and picky eater.
The new show has a strong premise that’s derailed by cheap laughs. But cartoonist Gilbert Shelton’s counterculture strips are still great.