The Butterfly Bar

Butterfly Bar is a small bar next to Patrizi’s offering some decent drinks, but at a bit of a steeper price. It’s clean and has a bit of a cozy vibe to it and the bartenders are very friendly. We ordered a paper plane and a run punch. They didn’t have fruit punch for the rum punch, so they Frankenstein’d a drink together for us. The paper plane was pretty good, but the rum punch was a bit of a miss, especially considering they didn’t have the stuff to make it. Altogether, the experience wasn’t bad but for Austin it felt pricey and with ½ drinks being a miss we probably wouldn’t stop by again.

This is the bar where you get drinks if you are at the theater or at Patrizi’s. It’s convenient, but a little pricey.

I was eating on the patio outside and found the music to be loud and inappropriate. Curse words, sexual language— it’s 6:30 pm and there were families around. When I approached the employee behind the bar I said to her, “Can you make the music more chill?” She looked as though I had offended her. After saying that, I walked back to my seat. Eventually, the music changed to something more relaxed Then she came out said, “Do you have sensory issues?” In a way that was very confrontational and accusatory. Left quickly after that.

Super nice place, great bluegrass night on the 3rd Wednesday of month that we were lucky enough to be in town for. No draft beer (as far as I could see) but that's ok. Unfortunately we missed the pasta truck, they put up the sold out sign just as we were walking up but that's our fault for leaving it too late, it smelled amazing though! Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area.

The Butterfly Bar, as well as Patrizi’s (Italian food truck and Austin staple), are both part of the Vortex, a live theater venue with extensive outdoor seating. The Butterfly Bar has an 100-year-old bar top, a small area for indoor seating, friendly staff, and plenty of clean gender neutral bathrooms. But I’m here to hype up their red sangria! It’s very refreshing and has the perfect blend of wine and fruit flavors. And if you’re feeling hungry, check out the pastas at Patrizi’s!