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| What Austin's Talking About |
| Charli XCX, Lorde on 2026 ACL Fest Lineup | The lineup for Austin City Limits Music Festival is finally out and it includes Charli XCX, Lorde, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Skrillex, Kings of Leon, The xx, and more. Three-day tickets are now on sale. [Austin City Limits Music Festival] | | SAFE Alliance Sexual Assault Victim Services To End | After losing roughly $5.6 million in funding, SAFE Alliance will end its forensic exam services June 8. The organization conducts most of the Austin area’s forensic exams for sexual assault victims. [CBS Austin] | | 6 Books by Local Authors To Try | We’re inching closer to real summer and I bet you’re looking for your next read to bring to Barton Springs Pool. This list of six books by Austin authors is a great place to start! [Austin Monthly] | | Paxton Beating Cornyn in Latest Poll | In a new University of Houston poll, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is up three percentage points over U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the May 26 runoff election. Paxton is hoping to unseat Cornyn, who has been one of Texas’ two senators since 2002. [The Texas Tribune] |
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| An Expert Dishes on Where To Find $20 Meals in Austin |
|  | The cheeseburger at Bill’s Oyster. (Kelsey Bradshaw/City Cast Austin) |
| Going out to eat in Austin can be daunting. Everything seems to be more expensive than ever and you likely have to pay for parking on top of your meal. | | City Cast Austin caught up with Brian Montoya of TwentyTab on Instagram to find out where Austinites can find a decent meal for $20 or less. | | Montoya absolutely delivered and we’ve got all his recommendations for you: | | Where To Take a Date | For a first date, you may not want to spend your whole paycheck. You just met this person! | | “I like going for something that's a little bit more approachable on a first date,” Montoya explained. | | He recommends bringing your potential love connection to La Perla Bar on East Sixth Street. The bar’s "ArModelo" drink, which is a Modelo with lime juice and Tabasco, is $3.75, Montoya said. After you grab a beer, which Montoya says is perfect for kissing because it leaves the lips a little numb, take your date to The Liberty, which is another great dive bar. | | Where To Take Visitors | Austinites always have someone visiting. Impress your friends and family with the happy hour at Bill’s Oyster downtown. The restaurant’s happy hour runs 3-5:30 p.m. every day and includes $10 burgers, $12 tuna tartare, and half-off wine bottles. | | Montoya recommends getting the happy hour martinis, which are $10, for a complete meal. | | “You get a really nice burger and a really nice drink for $20 total per person,” Montoya said. | | Where To Go on a Work Trip | Perhaps you’ve clicked on this story while you’re in town for work. If that’s the case, and your boss is only giving you $20 to eat, Montoya recommends trying Maie Day on South Congress Avenue before it closes later this month. | | The restaurant has a great happy hour that runs Tuesdays through Saturdays 5-6:30 p.m. You can get a burger and fries for $12 and pair it with a half-off cocktail, glass of wine, or beer. | | “I went and got the double cheeseburger with fries and three beers for $20,” Montoya said. |
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