Origin Studio House
Art gallery · Chestnut ·
Black culture community space with art, coffee, food, cocktails
Black culture community space with art, coffee, food, cocktails
"Co-founders Brittney Williams and Dante Clemons envision this new coffee shop and bar as a welcoming community space for Austin’s Black population, featuring food trucks owned by people of color — think Mama A’s and Better Say Grace — and drinks that take their cues and ingredients from Black-owned brands and the African diaspora." - Nadia Chaudhury
"A forthcoming Black community space and café that hosted a fundraising event for the chef’s food-truck project and serves as a local platform for community-centered culinary and cultural initiatives." - Nadia Chaudhury
"I'm looking forward to seeing Origin Studio House unveil its fully realized community space with drinks, coffee, and food." - Erin Russell
"I see this new coffee shop and bar as an intended community space for Austin’s Black population, designed to feature food trucks owned by people of color and drinks that take cues from Black-owned brands and the African diaspora." - Erin Russell
"Positioned as a new coffee shop, bar, and community space intent on centering Austin’s Black residents, it sits on a quarter-acre at 2925 East 12th Street in Rosewood and was founded by Brittney Williams and Dante Clemons to cultivate rootedness and belonging. Since 2021, Origin has hosted pop-up events with cocktails, DJs, and food trucks owned by people of color; veteran bartender Robert Björn Taylor has been tapped to create drinks. Beginning late summer it will have regular Friday–Sunday hours serving Black-owned liquors, beer, and wine and cocktails that pull ingredients and references from the African diaspora — an example is the Big Mama’s Brew, a sangria punch with cognac and a brewed mix of hibiscus, ginger, pineapple, blood orange, mint, and a spice blend (noting hibiscus punches are called sorrel in Jamaica, zobo in Nigeria, and bissap in parts of West Africa). The site currently houses a bar and barista counter inside a customized shipping container created by Craig Hoverman of the architecture firm DIG:A in collaboration with the founders, and the team plans to move the bar into a house on the property next year pending permits. Origin frames quality and the elevation of Blackness as central — the drinks, music, and vibe are meant to be excellent first and Black-owned second — and it hosts community-focused events such as the Juneteenth celebration Eighteen65." - H. Drew Blackburn
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