Downtown Austin Bar Small Victory Closes Temporarily Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Small Victory, one of Austin’s essential downtown cocktail bars, is temporarily closing until further notice due to concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak in the city.

The bar, from cocktail expert Josh Loving, is shutting down briefly “in the interest of maximum caution concerning the well-being and safety” of everyone, according to the Instagram post. The team also wants to make sure it is abiding by all the safety requirements requested by Austin Public Health and other authorities.

Likewise, Dripping Springs distillery Deep Eddy Vodka closed its tasting room for now as of Friday, March 13, over the same concerns of safety.

Relatedly, downtown barbecue restaurant Lamberts is reducing its hours to just dinner time from 5 to 10 p.m. for the time being starting today, Sunday, March 15. This means no lunch or weekend brunch service.

For safety reasons as well, all locations of Jack Allen’s Kitchen stopped serving its Sunday brunch buffet for now. However, the a la carte menus will still be served.

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