Vegan restaurant the Beer Plant debuted a new evening vegan Oaxacan restaurant in late August, complete with a whole agave spirits menu plus cocktails and wine. There are indoor dine-in services.

The latest Tatsya-ya joint, this one in the MLK neighborhood as of November, includes a Japanese-ish cocktail menu. There's the Melo-Bryd with stool, umeshu, yaupon tea, and plum salt; and the Onibaba with Suntory Toki, mezcal, and chamomile tea. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The powerhouse team behind Suerte opened a new coastal Mexican restaurant up in Blackland in October, which includes a very strong cocktail menu. There’s an array of margaritas, including the Sombra with tequila, mezcal, pomegranate, and rhubarb amaro; house drinks like the Hoga en Blanco with gin, pisco, melon, teas, and egg whites; as well as Mexican lager beers paired with seasoned rims. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The MML cocktail bar showing is strong on this map: the hospitality group opened up this Clarksville bar in October. There are elegant cocktails, draft espresso martinis, and a large whiskey list. There are indoor dine-in services.

Hidden bar Here Nor There expanded with this way-more-visible bar in downtown Austin this July. The very tiny bar includes cocktails like the Southern Pearl with gin, tea, and egg whites or the Strawberry Garibaldi with Campari, strawberries, and fluffy orange juice, plus aperitivi and digestivos. There are indoor dine-in services.

There are cocktails aplenty at the Austin location of the San Marcos restaurant. Take your pick from draft cocktails like the French 86 and margarita, frozens, and made-on-the-spot ones. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The Fairmont Hotel opened up a champagne and caviar bar in September. Along with champagne offered every which way, there are other cocktails like martinis and old fashioneds. There are indoor dine-in services.

For people who like activities and drinking, the new Austin location of the shuffleboard bar is the place to be. The cocktail list includes drinks like the Watermelon Sugar mojito, the Colada in the Rain, as well as larger sharable drinks and frozens. There are indoor services.

The new far-south Austin bar takes its cues from Mexico City and its neighborhood by offering plenty of outdoor spaces and boozy aguas frescas starting in October. There are indoor and outdoor areas.