Page of the Month: April
The Shield offers recommendations on what to eat, shop and do this April.
Places to eat: Austin Terrier
Austin Terrier is a local, dog-friendly restaurant in central Austin with great pizza, burgers, sandwiches and much more. You can sit out on the patio with your pup (or just dog watch because there are always plenty of cute dogs to pet) or sit inside. When we arrived at 3435 Greystone Drive with our pooch, the friendly wait staff immediately brought us a water bowl and some dog treats. For the humans in our party, they have m...
Places to shop: Austin Pets Alive thrift store
Feel like you’re doing good and treat yourself all in one when you stop by the new thrift store that benefits Austin Pets Alive at 5801 Burnet Road. The store opened last May and relies on kind and helpful volunteers and donations to benefit Austin’s most vulnerable animals. The store’s mascot, Sweetie the dog, runs around the store and is one of the many friendly faces that greets you when you...
Things to do: HONK!TX
HONK!TX is a free music festival taking place Apr. 6-8 with bands from a wide range of genres: everywhere from New Orleans to Brazil to West Africa is represented in those performing. The event is 100 percent volunteer-run and community-driven. On Friday, performances can be found in Mueller Lake Park; on Saturday, the area around Spiderhouse Cafe, culminating with a band revue in Pan Am Pa...
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