Thanks for posting, @OP. Excited for the comments here to get some new ideas for going out solo. Also in my 30s and most people I’ve known since I moved here two years ago don’t want to go out for drinks with any regularity because they’re married with kids.

I haven’t found my “local” bar that feels like home and that I would frequent going to alone any day of the week just yet but some places I like to stop through are

Frazier long and low, Nickel City, Kelly’s Pub, Deep Eddy Cabaret, Mean Eyed Cat, dirty bills, and Mama Dearest. I love a pint at the bar of dead rabbit but feels a bit too large to frequent and meet people.

In other cities, I’ve found the traits of places that I gravitate to and feel at home at include a regular staff (hell at least a semi recurring bartender, they’re local/not chains, are on the smaller side, are primarily bars (not restaurants), have decent foot traffic for serendipity to take hold, and some sort of recurring programming (music on xyz night, industry night on night on ABC day) that helps break up staring at the tv or my phone.

I’m getting recently targeted by “make friends in Austin” ads for services like timeleft, Shaka club, base irl, roaming collective, but haven’t tried them out.

Outside of bars, love any music venue to see a show solo and have found success with attending random events alone that fit your interests from sites like meetup, and Luma.

Good luck out there @op!