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HAPPY HOUR ALERT — Wu Chow adds a new happy hour where tiki cocktails are half-off, other selected drinks are $5, and small bites for $6 and under, like Sichuan-style wontons, egg rolls, and mushu wraps. Hours are from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. [EaterWire]
NIGHTCLUB WIRE — Rock Rose unveils nightclub The Rose Room, tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. [EATX]
OPENING ALERT — Austin’s newest cafe, Forthright, debuts tomorrow, Saturday, July 9 with party brunch, Bloody Marys, and bottomless mimosas starting at 11 a.m. (The cafe will open for regular service earlier at 8 a.m.) [EaterWire]
DOMAIN NORTHSIDE — Rock Rose hosts its first festival on Saturday with 17 food offerings, including Burro Cheese Kitchen, drink specials from the entertainment district's bars, plus crafts and art vendors. The Rock Rose Arts Festival lasts from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. [EaterWire]
BEER HERE — Tex-Mex brewery Twisted X turns five with a booze-filled jubilee and free party buses from downtown Austin on Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. RSVP is required. [EaterWire]
RENOVATION PARTY — Before Cenote temporarily closes its dining room for floor renovations (the patio will still serve food and drink), the coffee shop is is having a pig roast party on Saturday, July 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. [EaterWire]
FOOD FILM — Alamo Drafthouse brings its Rolling Roadshow to Johnson’s Backyard Garden for a screening of rural farming documentary The Seer in Garfield. Sustainable Food Center will host a panel with local farmers, too. Tickets for the Saturday showing at 7:30 p.m. are $15. Partial proceeds will go towards the host farm to recover from storm destruction. [EaterWire]
WINE WIRE — Trek out to the Texas Wine Revolution, held at William Chris Vineyards, for a bunch of Lone Star roses an hour outside of Austin in Hye on Sunday, July 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. $50 tickets come with a wine tote bag, glass, and tastings booklet. [EaterWire]
BOOZE ANNIVERSARY — For Whisler’s third birthday, the East 6th Street bar is throwing a party on Sunday full of ice cream, cocktails, an Oasis Brewing keg, free Austin Beerworks, and music starting at 2 p.m. [EaterWire]
