How do you get into Bangers Basement?
We have not confirmed it. Bangers Basement is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Bangers Basement
How the venue describes itself: “Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden is an Austin staple on Rainey Street featuring house-made sausages, big beers, brunch, live music, and dogs welcome.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
The current drinks list is published on the venue’s own site — see the menu.
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Bee’s Knees, Southside, and Last Word are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Bangers Basement sits
Bangers Basement is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County, in the Southwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists nine speakeasies and hidden bars in Austin. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Austin.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Bangers Basement are Speakeasy Hotel, about 750 m away, Blind Pig, about 900 m away, and Floppy Disk Repair Co., about 950 m away.
Texas holds 110 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Texas speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Texas
Texas did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Texas already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Texas.
What the newspapers recorded in Texas
Searching the Library of Congress run of Texas newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Texas:
- El Paso herald, May 27, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Brownsville herald, July 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Snyder signal, June 11, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Laredo weekly times, August 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Friday-Saturday 11AM-11PM
- Monday-Thursday 11AM-10PM
- Sunday 10AM-9PM
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach Bangers Basement through its own website and on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.
The address is 79 & 81 Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Bangers Basement we hold street address, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and a published drinks list. We do not yet hold telephone number, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name places it below street level and the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.