{"id":52841,"date":"2025-11-17T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52841\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:07:06","slug":"taprooms-and-a-wine-shop-8-downtown-austin-dining-and-business-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52841\/","title":{"rendered":"Taprooms and a wine shop: 8 downtown Austin dining and business updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe downtown Austin area has gained seven new businesses from a European-inspired bar to a joint market and cafe in addition to saying goodbye to a taco eatery. This list is not comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p>Now Open<\/p>\n<p>1. Bar Fino<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by European culture, the new bar offers aperitivo-style cocktails, curated wines and crisp beers. The space is operated by seasoned Austin-bar owners Terance Robson, Jack \u201cSlim\u201d Hogan, Vincent Glackin and Matt Wolski.<\/p>\n<p>3. Jo\u2019s Coffee<\/p>\n<p>The coffee shop has debuted its ninth location which is now serving tacos, pastries, coffee and more beverages in West Campus.<\/p>\n<p>4. Little Tipsy<\/p>\n<p>Customers can find wine, non-alcoholic beverages, caviar and flowers at the new shop on North Lamar Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>5. Tapville Social<\/p>\n<p>Tapville Social is offering a self-pour taproom experience combined with a chef-driven menu featuring sliders, chicken wings, pasta, bowls, fish and chips and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tapville Social's menu features cocktail, coffee and margarita flights, appetizers and more. (Courtesy Tapville Social)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/10\/394545.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>Tapville Social&#8217;s menu features cocktail, coffee and margarita flights, appetizers and more. (Courtesy Tapville Social)<\/p>\n<p>6. The Halfway Market<\/p>\n<p>The joint market and cafe is the latest concept by Barley Bean co-founder and CEO Mohit Mehra, who is an Austin resident. The Halfway Market sells essential groceries and convenience items, fresh food and craft beer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The new Halfway Market grocery and convenience store serves as the second location for coffee shop and cafe Barley Bean. (Courtesy Mohit Mehra)\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/10\/394546.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\"\/>The new Halfway Market grocery and convenience store serves as the second location for coffee shop and cafe Barley Bean. (Courtesy Mohit Mehra)7. Training Mate<\/p>\n<p>The new HIIT studio offers high-intensity, 45-minute workout classes focused on strength and cardio. The business, founded in Australia, aims to provide a social community where people can make friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Training Mate opened its South Congress location in mid-October. (Courtesy Training Mate)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/10\/394547.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>Training Mate opened its South Congress location in mid-October. (Courtesy Training Mate)Closings<\/p>\n<p>8. Asador Tacos<\/p>\n<p>The taco eatery has closed its Rainey Street location while its two additional locations remain open at Las Perlas and Cheer Up Charlies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The downtown Austin area has gained seven new businesses from a European-inspired bar to a joint market and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[29355,132,4235,11832,134,4234,133,29345,1604,29346,9259,29347,24626,29358,7161,29349,29351,29354,29357,29356,29352,29348,29350,29353],"class_list":["post-52841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-asador-tacos","tag-austin","tag-austin-business-news","tag-austin-dining-news","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-local-news","tag-austin-news","tag-bars-in-austin","tag-community-impact","tag-community-impact-downtown-bars","tag-downtown-austin","tag-downtown-austin-news","tag-jo","tag-little-tipsy","tag-new-bars-in-austin","tag-new-businesses-in-austin","tag-taprooms-in-austin","tag-tapville-social","tag-the-halfway-market","tag-training-mate","tag-where-to-get-facials-in-austin","tag-where-to-go-in-austin","tag-wine-shops-in-austin","tag-workout-options-in-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52841","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=52841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}