Half Moon

Austin Bar Nickel City Opens New Patio Bar Half Moon | Eater Austin

"Opening in East Austin at 2316 Webberville Road behind Murray’s on Sunday, April 7, Half Moon is meant to feel like a “super patio hang” with uptempo music, different-colored lights, a wall of candles, dog-friendly seating, and board games. The menu is intentionally simple and built around highly carbonated “fizzy cocktails” made with sotol, tequila, mezcal, and rum; the team plans to use a Japanese fashion draft highball tower to cold-plate and super-carbonate batched cocktails like a draft system so the drinks are very crushable. There’s a choose-your-own daiquiri that uses a frozen flavor cube plus two ounces of Flor de Caña rum that’s immersion-blended to an almost Slurpee-like texture, hand-squeezed Cuba Libres served with miniature Mexican Coke, and two beer options (Hamm’s tallboy cans and Carta Blanca bottles) for $4 each. Inspired by a favorite bar in Puerto Rico, the bar took over the patio of the previous tenant and will eventually offer a short, Caribbean-ish food menu by chef Nic Yanes. Half Moon launches a monthly Sunday pig roast series (free food on the first Sunday of every month) with its first roast run from noon to 8 p.m. in partnership with Mill Scale Metalworks; the owners also pegged the opening to the big solar eclipse and will host a daytime eclipse party on April 8 from noon to 5 p.m. with free eclipse glasses and a DJ. Regular hours will be Fridays 6 p.m.–midnight, Saturdays noon–midnight, and Sundays noon–6 p.m." - Nadia Chaudhury