The Phoenix Saloon

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The Phoenix Saloon Live Music, Hot Chili, Cold Beer! Originally established in 1871, The Phoenix Saloon was the first bar in Texas to serve women.
(1839)

It had a beer garden with a bell in a tree for service (as it would besmirch a lady's reputation to enter the bar). There was an alligator pit and badger fights, live music on Saturday nights, and a parrot on a perch inside the front door taught to say “Have you paid your bill!?” in German. In 1894, proprietor of the back room cafe (William Gebhardt) invented chili powder (devising the first process to crush and dry fresh chilis). Prohibition closed the Phoenix Saloon in 1918 (though for a couple more years the basement served as an illicit brewery, with tunnels cut to run the drink out under the streets of downtown). In 1922, the building was expanded into its present configuration. Turned into a department store (with a refrigerated water fountain that was always proudly nonracial and unsegregated), it remained little changed into the 1990s. In March 2010 (after 2 years of bruising renovation), the Phoenix rose again as an historic Texas bar, chili parlor and live music venue. To date, The Phoenix Saloon has been featured on The Food Network and The Travel Channel's 'Food Paradise'. It has also been voted "Best Bar in New Braunfels" and "Best Live Music Venue" in New Braunfels. The Phoenix Saloon has hosted bands such as Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hayes Carll, Jesse Dayton, The Derailers, Alejandro Escovedo, Fastball, Billy Joe Shaver, Shinyribs, Tejas Brothers, Two Tons of Steel and Dale Watson.

11/05/2026

Let’s get you over your humpday blues and get you in the mood for the weekend!
11/05/2026

Let’s get you over your humpday blues and get you in the mood for the weekend!

Weather you’re looking to start the party or end the night we’re just around the corner!
11/03/2026

Weather you’re looking to start the party or end the night we’re just around the corner!

Halloweekend you will be missed dearly. Now for the wurst time of the year!
11/03/2026

Halloweekend you will be missed dearly. Now for the wurst time of the year!

This months show line up! 🎶🎤🎸
11/02/2026

This months show line up! 🎶🎤🎸

Tonight you won’t want to miss Phoenix Saloon!
11/01/2026

Tonight you won’t want to miss Phoenix Saloon!

Clever Name Band Tonight! 9pm…
10/30/2026

Clever Name Band Tonight! 9pm…

10/30/2026

Address

193 W San Antonio Street
New Braunfels, TX
78130

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 12am
Tuesday 11:30am - 12am
Wednesday 11:30am - 12am
Thursday 11:30am - 12am
Friday 11:30am - 12am
Saturday 11:30am - 1am
Sunday 12pm - 12am

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