Austin Detours

Need Austin recommendations? Joey’s got you covered. Here are some of his rapid-fire favorite spots around town. 🤠

Austin runs on coffee, and Nick has opinions.

Whether you’re looking for a place to work, catch up with friends, or grab a quick cup on the go, these are his current favorites around town.

Most people drive right past this South Austin gem.

Welcome to The Yard in the St. Elmo District—an old warehouse complex turned community hub packed with breweries, coffee shops, restaurants, and local businesses. It’s one of the coolest places to spend an afternoon in Austin.

Nothing says Austin summer quite like Blues on the Green 🎶🌳

Austin’s longest-running free concert series returns to Zilker Park on June 9 & 10 for two nights of live music featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Aaron Behrens, Kylie Hernandez, Brownout, Mama Duke, and Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers.

Pack a blanket, grab your friends, and settle in for one of Austin’s favorite summer traditions under the downtown skyline 🏙️

📍 Zilker Park
📅 June 9 & 10
⏰ Music starts at 7 PM
💵 FREE

Honored to be nominated by the Austin Business Journal multiple times over the years — and excited to be nominated again this year ✨

Thank you to everyone who has supported Detours along the way.

If you’ve been wanting a new hobby, this new needlepoint shop just opened in Austin 🪡🧵

Hibiscus Needlepoint is a new local shop offering canvases, specialty fibers, and everything you need to get into stitching, whether you’re a beginner or already deep in it!

They also host classes and create a really welcoming, community-focused space if you’re looking to pick up a new hobby or meet people while doing it!

📍 1206 W 38th St, Suite 1201
⏰ Tues–Wed 1–7 PM | Thurs–Fri 12–6 PM | Sat 10–3 PM

Before it was called Austin… it was actually named Waterloo 👀

Back in the 1830s, this was just a small settlement along the Colorado River before becoming the capital of Texas and getting renamed after Stephen F. Austin.

What first-time visitors underestimate about Austin — according to Joey 👀

The first corporate tour Detours ever booked… and everything Elizabeth learned from it 10 years later ...

From what went wrong to what she’d never do again, this is the kind of stuff you only learn from actually building a business.