{"id":467276,"date":"2026-10-15T23:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467276\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:32:07","slug":"saturn-cocktail-club-closes-after-three-years-in-austin-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467276\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturn Cocktail Club closes after three years in Austin | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturn, a downtown cocktail lounge, has closed permanently. <\/p>\n<p>Bar owner Steven Smith shared news of Saturn\u2019s closure on social media, letting followers know its last day of operation would be Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very proud of the fight we put on these last three years in Austin,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saturnatx\/p\/DeFCYzTDmSF\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Smith shared online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The context<\/p>\n<p>The cocktail bar initially opened in 2023, serving themed drinks, beers and small bites, according to previous <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/central-austin\/dining\/5-new-spots-to-grab-a-drink-in-central-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Community Impact reporting. <\/a>Snacks included deviled eggs, cheese fries and hot dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>Smith announced the closure in an Instagram post in early October, citing persistent financial strain as a factor in closing the business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are choosing to bow out while still remaining true to what Saturn is,\u201d Smith wrote. \u201cNo crowdfunding thing, not turning it into a waterdown concept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One more thing<\/p>\n<p>For Saturn\u2019s last day of operation, Smith invited patrons to share memories and photos, and purchase merchandise to help settle Saturn\u2019s final financial obligations, according to the post.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturn, a downtown cocktail lounge, has closed permanently. Bar owner Steven Smith shared news of Saturn\u2019s closure on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,5907,910,31579,12506,751,270,9259,1806,66,159039],"class_list":["post-467276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bar","tag-business","tag-close","tag-closed","tag-closing","tag-closure","tag-downtown-austin","tag-drinks","tag-local","tag-saturn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467276","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=467276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}