Broken Spoke

Top choice in Austin


George Strait once hung from the wagon-wheel chandeliers at the wooden-floored Broken Spoke, a true Texas honky-tonk. Not sure of your dance moves? Join a lesson, offered from 8pm to 9pm ($8). As the sign inside says: 'Please do Not!!!! Stand on the Dance Floor.'


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Austin attractions

1. SouthPop

1.42 MILES

Pop into this South Austin gallery for rotating exhibits that spotlight Austin's live music and entertainment scenes, from the 1960s to the present. One…

2. Zilker Park

1.74 MILES

This 350-acre park is a slice of green heaven, lined with hiking and biking trails. The park also provides access to the famed Barton Springs natural…

3. Cathedral of Junk

1.76 MILES

An ongoing (and climbable!) backyard sculpture that turns one man's trash into everyone's treasure. Visitation is by appointment, by phone. Owner Vince…

4. Greetings from Austin Mural

1.82 MILES

Well of course you're going to pull over and take a photo in front of this wall-sized postcard. It's awesome. The eye-catching mural adorns the southside…

5. UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum

1.89 MILES

If the weather's just too perfect to be inside a climate-controlled building, stroll the open-air UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum, located in the south…

6. Dazed and Confused Mural

1.89 MILES

Alright, alright, alright. Fans of Matthew McConaughey and Dazed and Confused can pay their respects to Wooderson – the unrepentant admirer of high school…

7. Zilker Botanical Garden

2.08 MILES

These lush gardens cover 31 acres on the south bank of the Colorado River, with displays including natural grottoes, a Japanese garden and a fragrant herb…

8. Austin Nature & Science Center

2.2 MILES

In the northwestern area of Zilker Park, this center has exhibitions of native Texan mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods that have been…