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Jo's Coffee (
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Just below downtown, South Congress Ave (
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epitomizes the 'Keep Austin
Weird' movement. A heady mishmash of everything we love about town, the street is lined
with funky thrift stores and boutiques, locally owned restaurants, cool food trailers, lively
bars and a hip couple of hotels - without a single Chili's or Starbucks in sight. In the sur-
rounding residential area, the neo-modern environmental-standard homes and the little old
arts-and-crafts bungalows (one or two turned B&B), add heaps of charm to the neighbor-
hood.
