Turnstile Bar and Restaurant
Mornings, the drive-thru window does breakfast tacos and espresso. At night it's a neighborhood bar that pours until midnight; the kitchen stops at nine.1
Why go
The room has been a neighborhood bar on Burnet Road since 2020, and the drive-thru window is what sets it apart.1 The coffee is fair trade and roasted locally, the tap list is a curated mix of local and unusual styles, and the bar puts its whiskey and bourbon list at the front of how it describes itself.1 The kitchen stops at nine while the bar runs to midnight, so the last three hours are drinking only. There are three covered patios if you want to sit outside.1
Good to know
- Hours: coffee shop and bar Monday to Saturday 7:30am to midnight, Sunday 7:30am to 10pm. Kitchen every day 8am to 9pm.1
- Drive-thru: weekday mornings only, for breakfast tacos, coffee and espresso.1
- Hygiene: Austin Public Health files this premises under a different trading name, Turnstile Coffee, Beer and Spirits, as facility_id 12186653 at 10025 Burnet Rd. Its four inspections read 80 on 13 March 2026, 88 on 18 August 2025, 79 on 27 November 2024 and 88 on 3 October 2023. Austin's failing line is a score below 70, and none of these reaches it, so there is no finding here.2
- Names: the same address trades as Turnstile Bar and Restaurant, as Turnstile Coffee Beer Cocktails and Burgers online, and as Turnstile Coffee, Beer and Spirits in the health register. All three are one door.
- Coverage: no approved publication has reviewed the food, the coffee or the bar.
Verdict
could-visit — A North Austin neighborhood bar that opens at 7:30 in the morning and runs a weekday drive-thru for breakfast tacos, coffee and espresso, then turns into a room with a tap list the bar builds from local and unusual styles and a whiskey and bourbon list it is proud of, until midnight. The kitchen works 8am to 9pm every day, three hours short of the bar, and there are three covered patios. It has been going since 2020. The register has it at 80, 88, 79 and 88 across four inspections, all comfortably above Austin's failing line of 70. It sits mid-ladder because nothing independent has been written about the food, the coffee or the pours.