{"id":7311,"date":"2025-10-16T21:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/7311\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:49:08","slug":"the-victorian-now-serving-texas-inspired-pub-fare-cocktails-at-the-driskill-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/7311\/","title":{"rendered":"The Victorian now serving Texas-inspired pub fare, cocktails at The Driskill Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tA new bar inspired by historic English pubs and old Western saloons opened at <a href=\"https:\/\/driskillhotel.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Driskill<\/a> in early October, paying tribute to the hotel\u2019s 140-year history.<\/p>\n<p>On the menu<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian serves classic cocktails, heritage whiskeys and a range of beers alongside Texas-inspired pub fare, including burgers, homemade beef jerky, pretzel rolls, rattlesnake bites and fish and chips.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p>The two-story bar\u2019s mezzanine level features pool and card tables overlooking a mahogany bar with plush lounge seating.<\/p>\n<p>The space formerly served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTBC broadcast studios<\/a> of then-Senator and future President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson as well as a bank, a barbershop and a spa, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmlhospitality.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MML Hospitality<\/a> information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Victorian bar provides an elevated, modern take on the classic watering hole by drawing inspiration from historic English pubs and Old western saloons. (Courtesy Justin Cook)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/10\/16\/390541.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>The Victorian bar provides an elevated, modern take on the classic watering hole by drawing inspiration from historic English pubs and old Western saloons. (Courtesy Justin Cook)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new bar inspired by historic English pubs and old Western saloons opened at The Driskill in early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,7160,7158,7161,7162,7163,6703,7159,7155,7157,7156],"class_list":["post-7311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bars-in-downtown-austin","tag-new-bar-at-the-driskill","tag-new-bars-in-austin","tag-pub-food-in-austin-western-bars-in-austin","tag-pubs-in-austin","tag-the-driskill","tag-the-driskill-hotel","tag-the-victorian","tag-the-victorian-austin","tag-the-victorian-bar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7311","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=7311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}