The Side Bar

02/02/2026

All thawed out. We are ready for you!

12/31/2025

Hey 2025! You were kind of an as***le making many of us suffer some brutal losses (amongst all the many other upside-down world events). So, while we are very grateful to receive many joyful times with our bar fam (😭🙏), we also feel really ready to say goodbye to this year. What about you?

Our plan is to be “touching grass” more in 2026 & investing in authentic & more face-to-face interactions so we apologize in advance for less posting here. But please know we still love you humans so much!

“May your choices reflect your hopes & not your fears”—Nelson Mandela

(Photo: I-35 in Austin just last week 😱. Roads during the holidays. iykyk)

12/24/2025

Happy Xmas Eve, Friends & Lovers! We will be open regular hours tonight & open later at 8PM tomorrow on Xmas Day. Please join Reese, Ivy & Elena tonight & Tios Louis, Alan y Doug tomorrow! Forever cheers to our loyal supporters through the years so far! We really love you! ❤️🙏

PS A Mega happy birthday to our Kristopher today! 🥳

11/18/2025

You were too good for us, Dick Chalmers. Your reverence to Red River was unmatched. Your authenticity was so reassuring. Your constancy was so comforting. You gave so much and took so little. Oh! Your tenderhearted selfless soul!

We lost the purest, deepest feeling, most human, most passionate, most creative, most fashionable yet least vain, most loyal of friends. Still hearing your charming baritone voice saying all the witty things or observations that tickled me out of the blue. You paid attention. You cared completely.

While you would hate any religious reference, you were a true Saint amongst us, Dick.

Wish you could have seen how many people spontaneously gathered to fill our space so heartbroken to lose you. Wish we could keep telling you how much we loved you. Wish we could keep sharing stories & keep making plans…Wish the most, of course, that we could have kept you here…

Dick, you were really one-of-kind & our gratitude for your friendship is immeasurable. Thanks for sharing yourself wholly. We will miss you forever.

(Photos from May 2025 at sunset series. “Stop, Dick! You look like the ‘Jesus of Red River!‘“ Halloween 2025. And just Wednesday night when I was so moved by this deep connection of pals chatting that I had to capture it with my camera. There really will never be another person like him).

Addendum: This fu***ng sucks & we want all who we know & love that you matter!!! Existing can be hard at times but would much rather suffer together through this wild place with you than without you. Let’s take great care for each other especially during this awful time. ❤️

11/07/2025

¡Hola a todos tus amigos! ¡Tio Thirstday con Louis, Alan y Doug” esta noche! ¿Cómo se dice “Death Metal” en español, por favor? (🤘🤘🤘Ms Mundo Chile) ¡Salud!

11/01/2025

Tis the season for fragrant cempasúchiles y vintage candelabra ✨💀🧡 What a great night! Thanks for being here.

11/01/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween, y’all! 👺

10/23/2025

What a nice night to visit our respectable dive…

10/16/2025

Early voting starts next week!

Get your tails to the polls, it’s almost time for the local election! Early voting is running at our South Lamar location Monday, October 20th through the 31st 7am-7pm. We are also a polling location on November 4th for the election day!

🗳️ Early Voting:
📅 October 20–31
🕒 Mon–Sat: 7am–7pm | Sun: 12pm–6pm

🗳️ Election Day:
📅 Tuesday, November 4
🕒 7am–7pm

Make your voice heard and support your community—right here at Wheatsville!