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Open since Dec 2025ConfirmedSpotted 56 days before opening

South Congress Hotel

1603 S Congress Ave · Austin, TX 78704

Open now.

  1. Filed
  2. Licensed
  3. Built out
  4. Open
Stage
Open since Dec 2025
First filing
Nov 5, 2025
Latest update
Dec 31, 2025
Records
4 from 3 sources
Evidence
Confirmed
Neighborhood
South Congress · Zilker

Project timeline

  1. Dec 31, 2025 · First liquor sales reported · December 2025
    Liquor tax filing
  2. Dec 29, 2025 · Liquor tax account opened
    Liquor tax filing
  3. Dec 29, 2025 · Liquor license issued · full bar
    Liquor license
  4. Nov 5, 2025 · Registered for sales tax · Bar · started sales Dec 1, 2025
    Tax registration

Filings are public records. “Verified” lines are our own checks. How we read these records

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  • Confirmedtwo matching records, or a news report
  • Filedone official record
  • Spotted 90 days before openinghow early the first filing came

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