Austin Cafe and Bar Ani’s Closed for Now, Impacted Two Food Trucks | Eater Austin
"After the sudden late-December 2023 closure, I found Ani’s Day & Night—the Montopolis cafe and bar at 7107 East Riverside Drive—locked amid lease and ownership turmoil: a Reddit photo showed a December 21 lockout notice addressed to co-owner Zach Herigodt for nonpayment of rent, though when I (or Eater) visited on January 5 the notice was gone and a handwritten sign said “we are still closed” with a smiley face. The co-owners, Rachael Garbowski and Herigodt, opened Ani’s in July 2021 as a coffee-, cocktail- and wine-focused spot that hosts food trucks on its alfresco space; Garbowski wrote that they are “still sorting things out with the landlord and hope to reopen again as soon as possible.” The closure has created ongoing uncertainty for on-site vendors and may keep the cafe closed for weeks while lease issues are resolved." - Nadia Chaudhury
