{"id":475688,"date":"2026-10-24T20:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475688\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:02:25","slug":"better-half-opens-new-to-go-window-in-north-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475688\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Half opens new to-go window in North Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popular bar and restaurant Better Half Coffee &amp; Cocktails has put its competitive name to the side to join up with local brewery Hold Out Bar &amp; Grill for an expansion. The new spin-off, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neverbetteraustin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Better<\/a>, is now open at 10025 Burnet Rd., the former home of Turnstile Bar &amp; Restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Right now Never Better is in a soft opening phase, but it&#8217;s due to end on Saturday, October 24, with a grand opening party. There will be free goods from partners Rambler, Planteray Rum, Hold Out, Still Austin, Superthing Coffee, and Cann, plus DJ sets from 2 pm to 5 pm. The event also gives guests an excuse to check out the new Hold Out Bar &amp; Grill, which is also open now.<\/p>\n<p>The three-way hospitality collaboration was <a href=\"https:\/\/austin.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/hold-out-better-half-turnstile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> in March of 2026: Better Half and Hold Out would take over Turnstile, but Turnstile would remain largely unchanged. Even Turnstile&#8217;s original owner Mark Harris would be involved as the operations manager.<\/p>\n<p>Never Better&#8217;s website explains that the new concept operates from Turnstile&#8217;s to-go window, which is in a kitchen building that&#8217;s separate to the building guests order and eat in. The kitchen building&#8217;s fun new look is visible on Instagram; now it&#8217;s covered in cheerful, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd1i7h9xoEt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hand-painted<\/a> signage with an updated vintage feel. Pink and red picnic tables on the kid- and dog-friendly patio complete the look.<\/p>\n<p>The menu was designed for guests on the go and focuses on handheld items like sandwiches, burgers, fries, wings, and pastries. The Better Half Breakfast Sandwich should be a popular choice, combining a hashbrown, smoked paprika aioli, arugula, and farm fried egg on an English muffin, with optional add-ons like bacon and Beyond vegetarian sausage. Whether guests love Hold Out or Turnstile&#8217;s burger the most, both are on the menu.<\/p>\n<p>Never Better is open daily from 7:30 am to 3 pm, with brunch specials every Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The popular bar and restaurant Better Half Coffee &amp; Cocktails has put its competitive name to the side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,321,1462,423,1459],"class_list":["post-475688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-breakfast","tag-brunch","tag-openings","tag-sandwiches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475688","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=475688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}