Sit at Opal Divine’s patio on a Saturday night on West Sixth Street, and it won’t take long to realize that the people watching is almost as tempting as the brews.

Every weekend, women in trendy dresses and men in button-down shirts descend on the area heading to the dozen or so bars, lounges and restaurants that are shoe-horned between Lavaca and West streets.

The area has evolved into an upscale entertainment district with a personality that attracts an upwardly mobile crowd in their 20s, 30s and 40s.

Now, hoping to further capitalize on the area’s white-hot popularity, some entrepreneurs are separately investing in a handful of new projects. . . Click Here For More

Austin Business Journal – by Sandra Zaragoza ABJ Staff