austin eats

Thu Feb 18 02:58:37 UTC 2010

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Christopher Morrow
<morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
>>> Most coffee shops, bars and restaurants have wifi hotspots since
>>> there's an active group of volunteers that helps install and maintain
>>> them.
>>
>> which raises the critical question, where is the nearest decent
>> (i.e. not fourbucks) coffee to the venue?
>
> <http://maps.google.com/maps?near=500+E+4th+St,+Austin,+TX+78701&geocode=CdxL1XHf6o_tFXzOzQEdUJ8s-ikL4kgoprVEhjGsYasgZ_A1zQ&q=coffee+shop&f=l&sll=30.265406,-97.739289&sspn=0.004202,0.003578&ie=UTF8&z=15>
>
> lmgtfy.com ... (I'll ask a local as well, unless one pipes up first)
>

A local (and very good friend, buy her book: <http://www.notellbooks.org/harlot>
book not about coffee, and the cover's a tad nsfwish... but it's art so...)
says:
"Ok, this is a few blocks away but it's quite fine-- mighty fine, even--

http://www.halcyonaustin.com/
218 W 4th street"

-Chris