New Bar Wiggle Room Opens in Downtown Austin | Eater Austin

"Located at 612 Nueces Street in the West Sixth area between sibling bars Ranch 616 and Beez Kneez/Cat’s Pajamas, Wiggle Room is a new West Texas–themed bar that emphasizes cocktails with rotating classics (the restaurant group’s famous Ranch Water is on tap) and inventive creations such as the La Pistola Rosa, made with tequila, pisco, Cocchi rosa, hibiscus, lemon, pepper jelly, and cocoa; there’s also wine and beer. The drinks menu comes from bar manager Howard Franklin Holthoff, previously of essential cocktail bars Drink Well and Midnight Cowboy, and food is limited to snack mixes and Frito pie until sold out. Billed as the “eccentric uncle” of Ranch 616, the decor—by Leslie Fossler, Rose Barnett, and the late Kevin Williamson—features snakeskin booths, a disco ball, a private room called the Zebra Den, and indoor and outdoor seating. The bar was a longtime project of Williamson (who opened Ranch 616 in 1998 and died late last year), the restaurant group is now owned by partners Pam Blanton, Katherine Clapner, and Tony Trungale, walk-ins are available but reservations are recommended, and hours are Sunday–Thursday 5 p.m.–midnight and Friday–Saturday 5 p.m.–2 a.m." - Erin Russell