Austin Restaurant and Bar Closings
Even though new places continue to open, this is an incredibly challenging time for restaurants, bars, food trucks, and breweries. The shutdown, reopening at reduced capacity, and concerns for health and safety have forced many places to close their doors permanently.
All have been affected – from favorite neighborhood spots to bars where you once drank way too much on your birthday. Here is a running list of all the spots that have closed during the pandemic, divided by neighborhood. If you know a place that should be included, please send an email to [email protected].
If you’re looking for ways to show support, keep ordering takeout, tip well, buy merch, and also let your local representative know that helping independent restaurants and workers survive this crisis is important to you. The Independent Restaurants Coalition has made it easy to ask your rep to support the Restaurants Act with this automatic email builder.
North
- Black Walnut
- NXNW
- Veracruz All-Natural (Other locations throughout the city remain open.)
Central
- Be More Pacific
- Brama
- Capitol City Comedy Club
- Chocolateria Tessa
- Dart Bowl and Dart Bowl Cafe
- Fricano’s
- Magnolia Cafe West (The South Congress location remains open)
- Threadgill’s
- The Varsity Pizza & Pints
Downtown
- Austin Java (Three locations closed: downtown, Met Center, and Dripping Springs. The Menchaca location remains open.)
- Barracuda
- B. D. Riley’s Irish Pub (The Mueller location remains open.)
- Buffalo Billiards
- Cafe Josie
- Daruma Ramen (Their ramen is still available at the sister restaurant Kome.)
- Dirty Dog Bar
- Dive Bar & Lounge
- MugShots
- Ni-Kome: Sushi & Ramen
- Plush
- Scratchouse
- The Townsend
- Veggie Heaven
- Waller Creek Pub House
West
- Lucy’s On The Lake (The other locations of Lucy’s Fried Chicken remain open.)
East
- Blue Dahlia Bistro (The Westlake and San Marcos locations remain open.)
- The Brewers Table
- The Brixton
- BT2
- The Buzz Mill (The South location remains open.)
- The North Door
- Pitchfork Pretty
- St Roch’s Bar
- Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop (The South 1st location remains open.)
- Troublemaker
- Yuyo
South
- Botticellis
- Full English
- One-2-One Bar
- Scoreboard
- Shady Grove
- Skull Mechanix Brewing
- Turf N’ Surf Po Boy (The location at Lavaca Street Bar remains open.)
- Two Wheel Brewing Company