Austin Cafe Chain Austin Java Opens Up Manchaca Restaurant | Eater Austin

"Opening on Friday, December 7, the Austin Java at 5404 Manchaca Road in the Westgate neighborhood will offer its usual American menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch — think toasts, tacos, pastas, sandwiches, burgers, omelets — and will include a drive-thru. The coffee program will feature beans from Austin Java’s Dripping Springs roasting facility helmed by head roaster Matt Ralls, along with other beans and house-made sodas, while a full bar will serve classic and house cocktails plus wine and beer. Designed by Lilianne Steckel of Lilianne Steckel Interior Design, the space will have yellow and white accent walls, a white marble-topped bar, an assortment of seating from tables to banquettes to lounges, a conference-style seating section intended for co-working, and a dog-friendly patio; the Manchaca cafe also debuts Austin Java’s new branding look from Tilted Chair. The chain, open since 1995, has undergone major changes recently — it shuttered its original North Austin location in October 2017 and its Barton Springs location this summer, and has opened in Dripping Springs, the Met Center, and San Marcos — and the Manchaca hours will be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 7 a.m. to midnight Friday–Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday." - Nadia Chaudhury