Austinites are usually easygoing, but certain things will definitely make our skin crawl. Some things, though they may sound totally fine to the rest of the country, will ring like nails on a chalkboard to us. These are 11 foolproof ways to make someone from Austin cringe.
- Ordering a Perrier instead of Topo Chico
Tom Coates/Flickr In Austin, you always go for the Topo.
- Doing the “slow slow quick” when you two-step
Broken Spoke/Facebook At The Broken Spoke dancehall, there’s nothing worse than having a dance partner that just can’t get the pattern right. Remember: it’s “quick quick slow!”
- Constantly comment on how weird Austin is.
Sean Davis/Flickr No, Sixth Street isn’t weird. You haven’t seen weird until you’ve been to Hippie Hollow or Eeyore’s Birthday Party.
- Ordering a steak well done.
churl/Flickr It’s even worse if they smother it in cheap steak sauce.
- Complaining about the heat when it’s only 90 degrees
David Ingram/Flickr Honey, if you think this is hot, wait until August!
- Littering at Zilker Park and the Barton Creek Greenbelt
Clare Black/Flickr Don’t mess with Austin, Texas y’all!
- Asking for a breakfast burrito
jeffreyw/Flickr In Austin, breakfast tacos reign supreme. You’ll be hard pressed to find any early morning burritos in this city.
- Calling this “BBQ”
Tojosan/Flickr Let’s get this straight: this is grilling. Barbecue involves slow roasting meats over a low flame for several hours until you produce something that is so unbelievably tender and addictive that you’re not sure how you could eat anything else.
- Calling locals “Austonions”
Norm Lanier/Flickr Nails scraping against a chalkboard sounds like music in comparison to the word “Austonian.” It’s “Austinite,” forever and always.
- Referring to queso as “cheese dip.”
Torchy’s Tacos/Facebook Fair warning: if you try to order “cheese dip” at a Tex Mex restaurant, you might be laughed out of the building.
- Talking trash about Willie Nelson or Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jürgen Telkmann/Flickr Those two are our patron saints of live music! Talking trash about them is borderline blasphemy.
What are some things that always make you cringe?
Tom Coates/Flickr
In Austin, you always go for the Topo.
Broken Spoke/Facebook
At The Broken Spoke dancehall, there’s nothing worse than having a dance partner that just can’t get the pattern right. Remember: it’s “quick quick slow!”
Sean Davis/Flickr
No, Sixth Street isn’t weird. You haven’t seen weird until you’ve been to Hippie Hollow or Eeyore’s Birthday Party.
churl/Flickr
It’s even worse if they smother it in cheap steak sauce.
David Ingram/Flickr
Honey, if you think this is hot, wait until August!
Clare Black/Flickr
Don’t mess with Austin, Texas y’all!
jeffreyw/Flickr
In Austin, breakfast tacos reign supreme. You’ll be hard pressed to find any early morning burritos in this city.
Tojosan/Flickr
Let’s get this straight: this is grilling. Barbecue involves slow roasting meats over a low flame for several hours until you produce something that is so unbelievably tender and addictive that you’re not sure how you could eat anything else.
Norm Lanier/Flickr
Nails scraping against a chalkboard sounds like music in comparison to the word “Austonian.” It’s “Austinite,” forever and always.
Torchy’s Tacos/Facebook
Fair warning: if you try to order “cheese dip” at a Tex Mex restaurant, you might be laughed out of the building.
Jürgen Telkmann/Flickr
Those two are our patron saints of live music! Talking trash about them is borderline blasphemy.
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