Texas / Austin
Half Step
A converted Rainey Street bungalow with a backyard patio and a bar program more serious than its dive-bar looks suggest.
Getting in
Front yard bar of a converted bungalow, walk right in.
Order this
Paper Plane
Your passport
Hidden Door rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every hidden door bar.
Keep the night going
Nearest doors
4.3Firehouse Hostel Lounge
Downtown · Austin, TX · 0.7 mi
A restored 1930s firehouse turned boutique hostel with a wood-paneled lounge pouring serious cocktails to a mixed crowd of travelers and locals.
4.3Whisler's
East Austin · Austin, TX · 0.9 mi
A dive bar downstairs, a hidden mezcal library called Mezcaleria Tobala up a narrow staircase — two bars pretending to be one.
4.6The Roosevelt Room
Downtown · Austin, TX · 1.1 mi
A three-room den built like a turn-of-the-century social club, with a menu organized by classic cocktail families rather than flavors.
The Gear Room
Drink like Half Step at home
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails
The East Village room on the trail, in book form. 500 recipes and the reasoning behind them.
Regarding Cocktails — Sasha Petraske
From the man behind Milk & Honey, the room that became Attaboy. Spare, exact, opinionated.
Nick & Nora Glasses (set of 4)
The stem that made the coupe look loud. Named for the most functional drunks in film.
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