I will be visiting Austin and I'm wondering if there are any cool baking supply stores in the area I should check out while there. tia.

texas culinary academy is a cordon bleu school and they used to have a pretty cool gift/book shop and they have demos & stuff too and competitions -- i haven't been there in a while -- bronwen webber used to teach pastry there  -- worth a look -- 

hey if you are driving south to austin -- stop at the czeck bakery exit 353 on I-35!