{"id":419603,"date":"2026-08-28T21:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:42:10","slug":"in-photos-best-of-atx-2026-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419603\/","title":{"rendered":"In Photos: Best of ATX 2026 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simply the best! For the first time, the Austin American-Statesman\u00a0and\u00a0Austin Monthly united to celebrate the businesses, people, and places that define our city. The honorees of the 2026 Best of ATX editors\u2019 and readers\u2019 choice awards mingled as they enjoyed signature cocktails, craft beverages, and bites from Best of ATX nominees including Austin Oyster Co., Jack Allen\u2019s, JewBoy, Mama Betty\u2019s, Mandola\u2019s Italian Kitchen, The Peached Tortilla, Phoebe\u2019s Diner, and Quality Seafood; interactive experiences from Urban Betty Salon, Waterloo Records, and Jazzercise; live art installations by Riches Art Gallery; and beats by DJ Cassandra.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Distribution Hall for hosting us, and to our sponsors for making this wonderful evening possible: Austin Telco Federal Credit Union, Realty Haus, Pure Yoga, University Village Memory Care, Austin Plastic Surgeon, Comforts of Home Health, Jazzercise, Mapache Entertainment, and Cold is on the Right<\/p>\n<p>Check out all of the event photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-stokes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chris Stokes<\/a>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Best-of-ATX-Celebration-2026-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"envira_noscript_images \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simply the best! For the first time, the Austin American-Statesman\u00a0and\u00a0Austin Monthly united to celebrate the businesses, people, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-419603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}