Things to Do in Tarrytown Austin This Summer: What’s New

Something small has shifted in 78703. The parks and the pool have always set the rhythm here, and the food has usually played catch-up. This spring, for the first time in a while, Windsor Road is where the news is happening, and the daily loop most residents already walk is starting to include stops that didn't exist six months ago.

The thesis, if you live here and want the short version: Tarrytown's food footprint is finally growing at the pace of its outdoor one, and the two are beginning to share the same block.

Windsor Road Is Where To Look First

The most concrete change since April: Community Kitchen and Taproom opened this week in Tarrytown at 3110 Windsor Rd., serving plant-based versions of fried chicken, surf and turf, and barbecue plates alongside classic Southern sides. The team behind it isn't new to Austin. Co-owners Marlon Rison and Ericka Dotson first launched their business five years ago as Community Vegan, a food truck operating out of a brightly painted 1973 Winnebago on East 11th Street, which built its following on Southern fried chick'n biscuits and Korean BBQ fries before outgrowing the trailer.

Two details matter for locals. First, the address is the old Tarrytown bar space, tucked between Pak Mail & Austin Pets Alive, facing Windsor Road. Second, it isn't a lunch spot yet. Community Kitchen's current hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4-9 pm, Friday and Saturdays from noon to 9 pm, and Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm. Brunch is served from 11 am to 3 pm. The restaurant is currently closed Mondays and Tuesdays. If you've been trying to walk over on a weekday at noon and finding the door locked, that's why.

A block away, the other April opening was quieter but arguably more useful for the after-pool crowd. Bésame, a spot for ice cream, coffee, and other treats, opened a second food truck in Tarrytown with a soft opening in early April. That gives the Windsor stretch two new independent operators in a single spring, which is more turnover than this street has seen in a while.

The existing anchors haven't gone anywhere. Pool Burger is a tiki bar and burger shack next to Deep Eddy Pool on Lake Austin Boulevard. Quince is a lakefront restaurant in Tarrytown with a menu that covers just about every cuisine. Mozart's Coffee is where to go on Lake Austin for coffee, pastries, and a little bit of quiet away from Downtown. Goldy's is a semi-permanent food trailer at Littlefield's in Tarrytown with a large outdoor seating area. Flo's is a wine bar and bottle shop with an attached pizzeria in Tarrytown. What the newcomers change is the density of the walk between them.

The neighborhood has always been better at parks than at storefronts. That gap is narrowing.

The Tuesday Problem At Deep Eddy

If your family has a standing "after work, before dinner" pool routine, it broke this spring. Austin Parks and Recreation posted a schedule change that will keep resetting expectations all summer: beginning April 21, 2026, Deep Eddy Pool will be closed every Tuesday for cleaning and maintenance.

For a pool that's essentially open year-round, one closed weekday isn't a small adjustment. Here's the practical loop for a Tarrytown week:

The two neighborhood fallbacks are real, not theoretical. Reed Park offers central Austin residents a swimming pool, a playground, walking trails, picnic tables, and a barbecue pit. Tarrytown Park, often called "Triangle Park" for its shape, offers a baseball field, playscape, and a creek for exploring. West Enfield Park has play fields, a playscape, and a pool, so Tuesday isn't a lost day if you know where to shift.

A few things about Deep Eddy that outsiders romanticize and locals just factor in: the 600,000-gallon freshwater pool is divided into two sections, the water in each section is cleaned out and replaced every other day. The pool is fed with clear, cold water from two wells, one at 300 ft and a second new one at 400 ft, and is not chlorinated. Water temperature varies between 68 and 75 °F (20 and 24 °C). That temperature is why regulars keep going in September while everyone else has moved on.

The other summer perk is worth pinning to the calendar. In summer months, the pool sponsors Splash Party Movie Nights, showing family films on an inflatable movie screen visible by swimmers and waders. There's no better argument for living within walking distance of a pool than the fact that you can leave the house at sundown with towels and a folding chair and be back inside by ten.

Muny At 101, Not 100

The centennial celebration is over. The preservation fight isn't. If you drove past Lions Municipal Golf Course in October 2024 and saw the party, you saw the Austin Founder Lions Club and The Muny Conservancy hosted a centennial celebration in honor of the Lions Municipal Golf Course, or "Muny" on Oct. 3. Over 500 supporters gathered for Centennial Celebration of Austin's historic 'Muny'.

What matters now is what happens next. The course sits on land owned by the University of Texas, and the long-running preservation effort has moved into the legislative arena: Senate Bill 2553 was authored by Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. The measure would establish the Save Historic Muny District, consisting of the 141-acre golf course along Lake Austin Boulevard as well as Tarrytown, Old Enfield, Pemberton Heights and other West Austin neighborhoods. Whether or not you play golf, that district boundary runs through your zip code.

The history is why this fight has traction beyond the fairways. When it opened in 1924, it became the first public golf course in Austin. In 1950, it became the first course south of the Mason-Dixon line to desegregate. The National Trust listing followed: in 2016, Lions Municipal Golf Course was added to the National Register of Historic Places and to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

For a summer morning tee time, the number to know is still the pro shop's, and the price is why the course is packed most days: situated in the heart of the city, it's a quality, affordable layout with weekday rates running around $30. There's also a renovation plan waiting in the wings if the land question resolves. Crenshaw and his design partner, Bill Coore, have volunteered to renovate the course for nothing, which is the kind of offer that only exists because Ben Crenshaw grew up playing this exact course as a kid.

The Rest Of The Loop Still Works

Everything above is the new news. The reason people stay in Tarrytown is that the older parts of the routine hold up.

• Mayfield Park and Nature Preserve. Mayfield Preserve is a 22-acre park from the turn-of-the-century that features beautiful gardens and koi ponds, roaming peacocks, and other wildlife such as deer. Mayfield Preserve is an excellent place for a peaceful moment. Best visited on a weekday morning before the photo shoots arrive.
• Reed Park's trail. More than a playground. Reed Park is a small park in the heart of Tarrytown that provides a wealth of activities for residents. The park includes a playground, picnic area and a swimming pool. We're more interested in history and hiking and Reed Park provides plenty of that too. Near the start of the hike, just across the driveway stand the remains of Taylor's Lime Kiln, which was used in the 1800's to produce quick lime for the stone houses that predate most of what's around them.
• Laguna Gloria. Mayfield Park and Nature Preserve, Westwood Country Club (membership required), and The Contemporary Austin Art Museum at Laguna Gloria, with its Marcus Sculpture Garden and Art School, are within our boundaries. The sculpture garden is a summer sunset walk most residents underuse.
• Howson Branch Library and Tarrytown Pharmacy. Tarrytown's Howson Branch of the Austin Public Library is in the heart of the neighborhood a block north of Exposition Blvd and Windsor Road, and Tarrytown Pharmacy at 2727 Exposition Boulevard, in business since 1941, is still the counter where you actually recognize the pharmacist.

There's a reason the walk-around numbers here have always outperformed the drive-around ones. Tarrytown has a Walk Score of 92, the same score as Downtown Austin. That mixture of natural beauty and accessibility is unique and prized by locals. The new spring openings are what make that number feel earned rather than technical.

If You're Living This And Thinking About What Comes Next

The kind of neighborhood texture above is what buyers ask about when they're trying to understand Tarrytown from a distance, and it's what sellers underestimate when they're preparing a home for market. Both conversations get sharper with someone who walks the same blocks you do. When you're ready to talk about what your home is worth today, or what a move within the neighborhood would actually look like, Tangela Bailey is glad to sit down for a private conversation. Request a personalized home valuation whenever the timing feels right.