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Is 1886 Café & Bakery @ Driskill Hotel Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 12 Austin, Texas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, 1886 Café & Bakery @ Driskill Hotel is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: A site check on 2026-09-09 found the Driskill Hotel's dining page for the café live with a 2026 copyright notice, and Google Places listed the business as operational. A fresh fetch confirms the page is still live with posted hours (daily 6:30am-3pm) and a current menu link. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On the ‘Hotel Hot Spots’ episode of Food Paradise, the show featured 1886 Café & Bakery, the coffee shop and bakery inside the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-10), the Driskill is a Romanesque-style building completed in 1886 by cattleman Col. Jesse Driskill and is the oldest operating hotel in Austin; it has been operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation since 2013 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1969. According to the hotel's own website, the café sits on Brazos Street among the hotel's other dining outlets, including the Driskill Bar, the Victorian, and the Driskill Grill. A site check on 2026-09-09 found the café's page live with a 2026 copyright notice. Google Places listed the business as operational on the same date.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Episode 12
Air date not confirmed
Title: Hotel Hot Spots · What was featured: Coffee and baked goods inside a historic Austin hotel
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. driskillhotel.com https://driskillhotel.com/dining/1886-caf%C3%A9-bakery/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=1886%20Cafe%20%26%20Bakery%20604%20Brazos%20St%20Austin%20TX%2078701
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driskill_Hotel
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