Check out these businesses are that are now open, coming soon or celebrating an anniversary in east Austin.

Now Open

Hyperreal Film Club

Co-founded by David McMichael, Jenni Kaye and Tanner Hadfield, the local movie enthusiast group launched a new theater location. The space offers screenings throughout the week—including local shorts and international films—and hosts community meetups and theater rentals.Bar Alcina

The new rooftop lounge is now open at the Italian-American eatery Casa Bianca. Bar Alcina is the sister concept of the new east side restaurant, which launched this spring. The lounge serves bar snacks, cocktails, wine and other drinks and will host special events in the future. Food items include sandwiches, chilled pastas and other small dishes. The drink menu centers house frozen and draft cocktails, and wine.Kalimotxo


Spanish bar and eatery Kalimotxo reopened in the Arrive Austin hotel on the east side this fall. The 113-seat restaurant from Emmer & Rye Hospitality Group is now serving tapas and larger dishes like roasted prawns and Basque-style Texas wagyu steak, along with beverages including house cocktails and a curated selection of wines.OKO

The Filipino restaurant and lounge opened early this fall in East Austin in the former Ah Sing Den space. The 1,600-square-foot bar and eatery is now serving cuisine from the Philippines with a Texan influence including Filipino-style ceviche and Texas oysters, food skewers, and other dishes like adobo, ribs, pork belly and oxtail. OKO also has a tropical-inspired drink menu.St. Elmo Springdale

St. Elmo Brewing Co.’s second Austin location opened late this summer. The pet- and family-friendly location is spread across 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor spaces, including a children's play area. The brewery serves a variety of beers on tap and to go, plus wine, cider, frozen and nonalcoholic drinks, and cafe offerings by Spokesman. Spicy Boys Chicken and Pueblo Viejo also have food trucks on-site.Coming Soon

Teddy’s Neighborhood Bar


From the same team behind Love Supreme Pizza Bar is a neighborhood cocktail bar taking over the former Thunderbird Coffee space on Manor Road. Teddy's will be co-owned by Ryan and Wade McElroy, Paulina Cline and Love Supreme executive chef Russell Victorioso.In the News

The Liberty

The dive bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a party featuring free beer, giveaways and an AC/DC tribute band on Oct. 17. The Liberty features a traditional dive bar vibe with music played on a jukebox, a pool table and an Asian food truck, MANNA, on the outdoor patio.