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Comfort, Upgraded
Zax Pints & Plates mixes boutique beers and a bistro menu – with predictably mixed results
"...Monday-Thursday, 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday, 11am-10:30pm On any given night, South Congress buzzes with activity. Chauffeur-driven limos converge for private parties..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Day Trips
Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels
"...oldest Spanish mission, one of the state's last suspension bridges, the world's largest surviving herd of scimitar-horned oryx, and..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

News Top Tens
"...Us Work: When a nonviolent anti-war crowd occupying the Congress Avenue Bridge on March 20 responded to a dispersal..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...permit for the Baptists' proposed five-story parking garage on Avenue D. That denial came on an appeal by neighbors,..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Short History of Professional Baseball in Austin
"...They play at Riverside Park, just southeast of the Congress Avenue Bridge...."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

'A Proprietary Love'
High-strung, hot-tempered Tom Miller made self-interest -- and his feuds with LBJ -- into Austin history.
"...never stretched far beyond the city limits. Born on Congress Avenue (in 1893), Miller grew up on the corner..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD Faulted in Hit-and-Run
"...of waiting for the parade to pass over the Congress Avenue bridge and drove around the parade's police escort,..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...struck parade participant Matthew Smith around 9pm on the Congress Avenue Bridge and was later arrested on Barton Springs..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature

Naked City
Happenings
"...start at 8pm at the south end of the Congress Avenue Bridge and turn west at Fourth Street. At..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...chance to attend an anti-war rally, blocking off the Congress bridge downtown. I couldn't manage to get there until..."

April 4, 2003 Column

The Home Front
Various dispatches from the anti-war movement around Austin.
"...of the Bush administration's war against Iraq, sponsoring a congressional resolution advocating the repeal of Congress' October endorsement of..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature

Short Cuts
Where to find the news the mainstream media doesn't see fit to print
"...at the 24th Street and Guadalupe intersection, or the Congress Avenue bridge this past Friday. Thanks to the growing..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

United for Peace
An estimated 10,000 anti-war protesters converge on the Capitol.
"...After the march, demonstrators filed down Congress Avenue to the bridge, where the mingling and peace-promoting..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...I participated in the anti-war rally on the Congress Avenue Bridge on Tuesday. Several of the protesters walked..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

Naked City
Happenings
"...be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 4:30pm, at the Congress Avenue bridge, in anticipation of President Bush's State of..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature

Downtown's New Year
"...COMMERCIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION1. Congress at Fourth..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fangs for the Memories
Shopping & sucking with erstwhile vampire Udo Kier
"...furniture. Or maybe just a darkened cave beneath the Congress Avenue bridge alongside his night-feasting brethren. He needs the..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Devil in the Details
After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.
"...-- the more walkable parts of the CBD, like Congress Avenue or the Warehouse District or the Red River..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Near-Term Downtown Transportation Plan
"...Left-turn restrictions on Congress..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...piece regarding the Seaholm District Master Plan and Pfluger Bridge completion permutations. The following thoughts clarify what may have..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Queer & Now
A roundup of Texas pride events
"...will be the Grand Marshalls. The parade starts on Congress at the bridge, and heads down Fourth street to..."

May 31, 2002 Features Feature by Verushka Gray

Postmarks
Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.
"...unlucky enough to be on the wrong part of Congress Avenue that night...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

Naked City
A reader sheds additional light on an altercation between Critical Mass cyclists and a road-enraged driver.
"...Mike Henderson at the corner of Cesar Chavez and Congress. They contend that Henderson started the "melee" by racing..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Food-o-File
Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood explains why the loss of Waterloo Brewing Company has hit her hard -- and she's not even a beer drinker.
"...be the Capitol building and the bats under the Congress Avenue bridge. In public appearances, Smart Growth cheerleader Mayor..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks
Bush League lambasting, locally-grown concerns, and a side of jazz.
"...With a Democratic congress, Bush knows he will never get his missile plan..."

June 22, 2001 Column

Postmarks
A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.
"...pushed off the sidewalk into traffic or off the bridge into the river but that doesn't mean we don't..."

May 25, 2001 Column

Naked City
Architect Antoine Predock presents a sleeker, more sharply angled version of his City Hall design; the Bennett Tract faces a tough road with neighbors and the developer at an impasse over the size and scale of proposed development on the East Austin tract.
"...site. But anyone who believed that city assistance could bridge the demands of surrounding neighbors -- who want less..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide
"...Congress Avenue Bridge..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Changing Face of Downtown
"...renewals every 180 days. C10 Bank of America Center515 Congress Ave...."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff
"...forays at sunset, just like their compatriots under the Congress Avenue bridge. A few miles past the Tunnel preserve,..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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