The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...horseshoe booth of black leather inside their dimly lit Roosevelt Room, June's sun blaring outside, Lavenue and Gobis tell..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Roosevelt Room Pivots Without Sacrificing Craft Cocktail Experience

Crafting COVID-era accommodations

"...more than 50% food sales – the owners of Roosevelt Room (and its adjoining sister event space, the Eleanor)..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Food Feature by David Brendan Hall

Roosevelt Room Reopens, Launderette Brings the Bagels (and Schmears), and – Who Was That On Netflix's Meateater Last Week?

All the news that's fit to make your taste buds quiver

"...So, ah, the Roosevelt Room has reopened...."

Sept. 23, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Peoples Feel Good BBQ, Diner Bar Collabs with Mashama Bailey, Daiboku’s Debut, TenTen’s Plant-Based Sushi, the Roosevelt Room’s Indulgences, Hyatt Centric’s Finery, Something Something Bacalar, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Should tell you, too, that the Roosevelt Room (307 W. Fifth) has launched its spring-and-summer Featured..."

May 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...the excellent Jennymarie Jemison design identity! They’re opening a taproom at their warehouse (2010 Hwy 290 #180) on Saturday,..."

March 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Hours at Roosevelt Room, a New Face at Geraldine's

Today's Austin food news

"...co-owner Dennis Gobis are extending the hours at The Roosevelt Room and introducing a new happy hour. Now life..."

Sept. 21, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Peoples Feel Good BBQ, Diner Bar Collabs with Mashama Bailey, Daiboku’s Debut, TenTen’s Plant-Based Sushi, the Roosevelt Room’s Indulgences, Hyatt Centric’s Finery, Something Something Bacalar, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

May 19, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

April 1, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Roosevelt Room Reopens, Launderette Brings the Bagels (and Schmears), and – Who Was That On Netflix's Meateater Last Week?

All the news that's fit to make your taste buds quiver

Sept. 25, 2020 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fallen Warriors Remind of Roosevelt Leaks

Victory in adversity

"...by a knee injury, I keep thinking back to Roosevelt Leaks...."

Nov. 18, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Storing Vintage Wine, Celebrating Italian Style, Cheesing National Queso Day, Tiki-ing Up the Roosevelt, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...(10615 Metric), a state-of-the-art wine storage facility and tasting room servicing Central Texas, is set to open on Tue.,..."

Sept. 6, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Craft Work

The Roosevelt Room primes West Fifth revival

"...The Roosevelt Room hopes to bring even more sophistication to a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Learn to Make a White Tuxedo With a Livestreamed Happy Hour

Roosevelt Room's spirits wizard Matthew Korzelius shows you how

"...In today’s installment, the Roosevelt Room’s own Matthew Korzelius is going live on video..."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hyde Park on Hudson

The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.

"...there’s something indecorous about this glimpse of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a presidential rake, a serial adulterer who carried..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Image of a First Lady

Based on her physical appearance alone, Jean Stapleton is a natural to portray Eleanor. But it turns out that the accomplished actress' resemblance to the first lady doesn't end there. It extends to her idealism, her feminism, and even her awakening to activism.

"...Jean Stapleton was a terrific choice to portray Eleanor Roosevelt on the stage or screen -- which she has..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ghost Hunting at Austin’s Spookiest Bars and Restaurants

Our favorite haunts

"...food critic and editor, I've run across a few rooms that could be described as ghastly, I have never..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Six Uncanny Canned Cocktails

Yes, they can – and we'll drink to that

"...Austin’s got the likes of that RoadHaus from the Roosevelt Room or the affable squad of libation maestros from..."

Nov. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

St. Patrick’s Day Could Chase the Snakes of Your Blues Away

Annual celebration of all things Irish brings new shenanigans

"...THE ROOSEVELT ROOM..."

March 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 New Year’s Eve To-Go Drink Options in Austin

Keep your festivities well-watered and safe at home

"...quart, all fully cooked and ready for re-heating). www.thecavalieratx.com Roosevelt Room..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Food Post by David Brendan Hall

Drink Your Flowers

Austin mixologists are putting the petal to the mezcal

"...a zero-proof cocktail that still has us feeling flushed. Roosevelt Room Lonesome Dove When the Roosevelt Room makes a..."

Nov. 19, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...He has our full attention. (Also: Fri., 1am, Victorian Room at the Driskill) – Kevin Curtin..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

17 Austin Bars With Great Food and Drinks

These one-stop shops are known for more than booze

"...Lone Star and an order of country-fried steak with potato-mushroom hash, tilting back in your chair and looking up..."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Venture Into Full-Flavored Mocktails at Home or Out on the Town

Elevated drinks on the wagon

"...and Grove), and the wiz kids at Nickel City, Roosevelt Room, and Best of Austin: Restaurants Best Mocktails winner..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Hot Sauce Festival Triumphs, H-E-B Launches a Debit Card, Baraghani Delights, Bento Picnic Hosts the Harvest, Masienda Makes Masa Marvelous, and OMG Here Comes Oktoberfest Again

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...cocktail classes available from those sharp professionals at the Roosevelt Room this year: one featuring agave-based spirits (Sun., Sept...."

Sept. 14, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Half-Price Pizza, SXSE Laotian Party, Boozy Miracle on Fifth Street, the Embiggening of Micklethwait's, Hex Kitchen Sorcery, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...first. And thus do those brilliant boozemongers of the Roosevelt Room commandeer their own Eleanor event space for the..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Holy shit! Justin Lavenue and Dennis Gobis of the Roosevelt Room have launched their own cocktail-bar-on-wheels! After six years..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Trudy’s Celebrates Local Women, Emmer & Rye Preps Canje, Texas (Sort of) Gets Milk Bar, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Chuy’s or the perhaps more rarified tippleage at the Roosevelt Room or those Volcán tequila flights at El Alma,..."

July 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

It’s National Margarita Day on Monday

Try these local options for some good booze and (finally) fun

"...THE ROOSEVELT ROOM This is the Downtown watering hole where you’ll..."

Feb. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Valentine’s Dining In Austin: Hello, Is It Three You’re Looking For?

Because we have three for you. Plus two more.

"...BONUS: Psssst, listen – The Roosevelt Room, that posh bar in Downtown Austin, will be..."

Feb. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

14 Austin Food Events to Add to Your Social Calendar

Ice cream/biscuit combos, a local luau, and more to keep you satiated

"...$15 Hawaiian plate lunches, like Mongolian beef with wild mushroom, garlic soy, and fried onion; and seafood tom yum..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

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