{"id":407037,"date":"2026-08-15T03:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407037\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:36:16","slug":"katzs-begins-construction-at-original-west-sixth-street-location-after-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407037\/","title":{"rendered":"Katz’s begins construction at original West Sixth Street location after 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Katz\u2019s is officially one step closer to returning to Austin, with construction now underway at the restaurant\u2019s original Sixth Street location.<\/p>\n

The Texas restaurant brand announced that construction has begun at 618 W. Sixth St., where Katz\u2019s first opened in 1979.<\/p>\n

The original Austin location operated for 32 years before closing in 2011. More than a decade later, co-owners Barry and Lisa Katz purchased the building at auction in 2024 and began planning the restaurant\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started working in this very building at eight years old when my dad opened the first Katz\u2019s, so the opportunity to return to the same location is a full-circle, bucket-list moment,\u201d Barry Katz said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The new Austin restaurant is expected to open in late spring 2027 and will become Katz\u2019s sixth location.<\/p>\n

Architect Michael Hsu, who has previously redesigned several Katz\u2019s restaurants, is leading the design of the Austin location. The company said the new space will include modern updates while honoring the history of the original restaurant.<\/p>\n

Katz\u2019s began in Austin before expanding to Houston in 2000. The brand is known for its 24-hour service, New York-style menu, all-day breakfast, and longtime motto, \u201cKatz\u2019s Never Kloses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barry Katz said returning to Sixth Street is especially meaningful as the company begins a new chapter in the city where it started.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spirit and energy of Katz\u2019s is the heart of what makes it special,\u201d Katz said. \u201cI could not be more excited to bring it home to 6th Street next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Katz\u2019s is officially one step closer to returning to Austin, with construction now underway at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-407037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407037","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=407037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}