Jupiter Supper Club, a largely plant-based restaurant, bar, and live music venue in downtown Austin, started as a member’s club a year and a half ago and has gradually been opening more to the public. It’s arrived at a new phase in its evolution thanks to a new happy hour that combines elegant small dishes with gentle live music in the Clock Bar, the first room visitors see in the multifloor space.<\/p>\n
If locals haven’t heard of Jupiter Supper Club<\/a> because of its focus on plants, they may have heard about its chic design, where each room has a different atmosphere and purpose. The Clock Bar is like a luxury hotel lounge, with a few tables, cushy booth seating, arm chairs, and a glistening cocktail bar topped with a golden clock, giving the room its name. <\/p>\n This is where the happy hour, called the Weekday Unwind, will be held from Tuesdays through Fridays, 5-7 pm. A musician stands in the front of the space and delivers tasteful acoustic covers \u2014 something in between a jazz set and a cafe set.<\/p>\n There will also be a “rare” late-night weekend option, according to a press release, called the Late-Night Reverse, on Fridays and Saturdays from midnight to 2 am. This happens in the Mars Library, a more study-like bar upstairs that’s lacquered in teal from floor to ceiling. This space feels more equipped for an intimate cocktail party and serves drinks with a “bartender’s touch,” explains director of operations and general manager Stefano Cicciotti.<\/p>\n There are two other rooms in the space, though neither is connected to the new happy hour or late-night sets. The Nova Lounge, a small windowless lounge downstairs in the back, offers additional comfy seating and a stage, better for actively watching a performance. Guests pay a cover to enter ($30) and can order craft cocktails and all the food served in the Clock Bar. <\/p>\n Upstairs is The Atrium, a sunroom with natural light pouring in through the ceiling and peaceful cerulean details. It is the main dining room, a place to chat with less prominent music than in the other rooms, which are intentionally loud.<\/p>\n CultureMap was invited to stop by to try the Weekday Unwind menu, which features six dishes that are all new on the lineup. All are between $8 and $14. Two standouts were the vegetarian arancini, three delicately crispy fried rice balls with a hint of yuzu and a Calabrian pepper sauce; and a roast leek and cabbage “galette,” served in tender layers on a skewer, with a vegan brown butter walnut sauce that would pass spectacularly for the real thing at any Italian or French restaurant.<\/p>\n Other memorable elements were opposing textures in the apple and citrus fluke crudo, topped with puffed wild rice; a bright whipped cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche with house fry bread that stays both springy and crunchy even when pulled apart; and two smoked proteins to very different effect, a barbecue seitan and a light, but flavorful trout spread.<\/p>\n On the classics-focused cocktail menu are eight options including some borrowed from tiki mixology: a saturn, a mai tai, and el diablo. Some are very common, like a Manhattan or negroni, while the naked and famous stands out a bit with yellow chartreuse. All are $13. Wines by the glass and bottle are also on sale for the happy hour, at 30 percent off.<\/p>\n Jupiter Supper Club is located at 718 Congress Ave. #100. Walk-ins are welcome, or guests can reserve via OpenTable<\/a>. The Weekend Unwind has been up and running for about a month; the Late Night Reverse is still to come. A list of upcoming live music is available on Jupiter Supper Club’s online calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jupiter Supper Club, a largely plant-based restaurant, bar, and live music venue in downtown Austin, started as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[910,15913,102,104,103,354],"class_list":["post-358747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-business","tag-chicken-fried-steak","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358747","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=358747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}