The Ballroom @ Spiderhouse
Event venue · West University
2906 Fruth St, Austin, TX 78705
Highlights
Eclectic venue with diverse events, full bar, patio & food trucks
Eclectic venue with diverse events, full bar, patio & food trucks
"Head to the North Campus venue for a show at the former Spider House’s Ballroom where there are cocktails, beers, and shots, plus vegan burgers from on-site truck Arlo’s. There are indoor and outdoor areas." - Darcie Duttweiler
"It’ll shift the proposed track along Guadalupe away from the businesses and place bike and bus routes on nearby side streets, thus saving Dirty Martin’s, as well as restaurants Mighty Mo’s, Abu Omar Halal, Whataburger, and the Ballroom, per KXAN." - Taylor Tobin
"Spider House Ballroom, the adjacent space at 2906 Fruth Street, remains an event space and bar and houses the vegan burger truck Arlo's." - Erin Russell
"Spider House Cafe, a coffee shop and bar by the University of Texas at Austin campus, has officially closed its doors, as reported by Austin 360. Spider House was located at 2908 Fruth Street in the North Campus area. Spider House opened in 1995, and the funky house quickly became known as a campus-area hangout open to all ages. It served coffee and alcoholic drinks, food (until its kitchen shut down in 2018), and was home to food trucks, like vegan burger truck Arlo’s. The cafe had been closed since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, and owner Conrad Bejarano told the publication there was “no point” in reopening elsewhere due to rising costs of operation." - Erin Russell
"There’s a major change in store for north campus spot Spider House Cafe: in light of alleged sexual assault allegations against Spider House co-owner John Dorgan and his libel and slander lawsuit against business partner Conrad Bejarano and former employee Jeremy Rogers, the cafe is nixing its live music programming and space after South by Southwest this March. The space will be turned into an arcade bar instead. Bejarano, who is leading the transformation, told the Chronicle it’s happening because people “have voiced their opinion.”" - Nadia Chaudhury
