Happy Friday ATX! 🤠 Edition #55

Jk of course it is. Now don’t monkey around, go grab your gorilla suit and join in on the fun! 🤣🦍

How is it already the end of January?! Something tells me we’re going to have to be very efficient with our time this year because it’s already moving faaaaast!

And with that… here’s your meme from this week…

Best thing we ate this week… Oko has been on my list of restaurants that I have wanted to try since it opened up a few months ago, last night we finally got to check it out. It is one of Paul Qui’s new projects (alongside other favorites of ours like Thai Kun and East Side King) so we knew it was going to be top notch.

It’s located on East 6th in a familiar place (RIP Ah Sing Den), but they’ve elevated the interior of the space a bit and the vibes are immaculate as expected. The star of the show is the food though. We ordered the crispy chicken skin chicharrones, the crispy braised pork belly, the chicken wings, and the oxtail kare-kare. Holy wow this place blew my mind. Filipino food is not something I have a lot of experience with, so many of the flavors were very different than I am used to and I had a lot of fun with it. Kiana had a glass of the Head High skin contact wine, I had the Umaga (toasted rice washed whiskey with chai spice and milk foam) and both were perfect compliments to the explosions of flavor that were hitting the table. I highly suggest you get on over to Oko and try it out.

Props to Chef Harold Villarosa. Absolutely crushing it.

New Business that we want to try… Tancho is a new omakase sushi spot and the general consensus seems to be that it’s a legit high quality Sugarfish Dupe. If you don’t know what Sugarfish is, it’s a California sushi spot that is all the rage out there. The presentation and quality at Tancho looks on point, and it’s right off of Southwest Parkway in SW Austin. We’ll update soon once we have given it a try!

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Listing of the week

1813 Vance Circle Austin, TX 78701

Price: $1,300,000

Neighborhood: Judge’s Hill

Square Feet: 1950

Do you love MCMs like we do? (nooo not Man Crush Monday, Mid Century Modern… sheesh) This home from 1954 is so cool it was even used in the 1999 hit movie “Office Space!” Located in the historic Judge’s Hill neighborhood, we had to feature this one.

Check it out here!

3 interesting reads from this week in Austin…

• Lady Bird Lake's water levels dropped (again), raising questions about dam's integrity 
  

• 25 Things to Do in Austin This February
  

• Did y’all feel anything? 🫨

Where’s the party?

Friday 1/31

• Silent Disco & Mocktail Mixology Party 6p

  @ MVP South Congress

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• Weekends 8p
  @ East Austin Comedy 

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• Southwest Son 9p
  (the country band I play drums for…)
  @ Austin Garden & Studio
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• 80s in Aspen 10p
  @ Summit Austin

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• Crashing in with King Louie 10p

  @ Volstead Lounge
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• Kevin Hart Official Afterparty 10p

  @ Mayfair
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Saturday 2/1

• CBD Yoga Series 11a

  @ Vacancy Brewing
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• Crawfish Boil & Flip Off 1p
  @ Cabana Club
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• SIDEPIECE 9p

  @ The Concourse Project

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• Austin's Transplants Party 10p

  @ Dark Horse Tattoo

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• Kingdom After Hours: SHARED FREQUENCIES 2a

  @ Kingdom Nightclub

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Sunday 2/2

• ABP Run Club 8a

  @ ABP Springdale
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• The Austin Flea 12p

  @ Lazarus Brewing Company

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• Lucky Duck 5 Year Anniversary Party 12p
  (tons of $5 specials)
  @ The Lucky Duck
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• 6 Years of Burgers & Beers 12p

  @ Fraizer’s

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• Cocktails & Comedy 8p

  @ The Velveeta Room

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• Banana Phone 10p

  @ The Creek & The Cave

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