Permit ended: Permit ended January 2024

The mixed-beverage permit for CONTAINER BAR ended on 2024-01-30. Final receipts reported: January 2024.

A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.

Measured against July 2026, the newest month of Austin-metro receipts the Texas Comptroller has published. Everything below about CONTAINER BAR is a record of what was filed, not a claim about what is open today.

AUSTIN Bar Revenue History

CONTAINER BAR

$691,142 in mixed-beverage sales, March 2022 (+94.6% vs. February 2022)

CONTAINER BAR also filed a mixed-beverage return for January 2024 reporting no receipts. A zero-receipt return is a filed return with nothing on it — most often a formality on a permit period that has closed — so it is not read here as a month of trade, and no percentage on this page is measured from it. The figures above cover March 2022, the newest month with receipts.

90 RAINEY ST, AUSTIN, TX 78701Travis County

$691K
Receipts, March 2022
$28.7M
Total reported, Dec 2013 – Jan 2024 (122 months)
$733K
Best month: July 2021

📊About CONTAINER BAR

CONTAINER BAR reported mixed-beverage sales at 90 RAINEY ST, AUSTIN, Texas 78701 in Travis County. Its last reported month was March 2022, at $691,142. The Comptroller record stops there. A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.

Across its filing history this location reported $28,734,222 over 122 monthly returns, December 2013 through January 2024 (2013 – 2024). That is a lifetime sum, not a monthly figure — the two are separated everywhere on this page. Its strongest single month on record was July 2021, at $733,146.

The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for this location as having ended on 2024-01-30. That is the state saying the permit period closed, which is stronger evidence than a simple gap in filings — but it still describes a permit, not a front door.

📉How CONTAINER BAR Was Trending

Each comparison names both windows. Where a comparison is not valid for this venue it is left out rather than filled with a zero.

Month over month
+94.6%
+$336K
March 2022 vs. February 2022
$691,142 vs. $355,169
Year over year, same month
+104.1%
+$353K
March 2022 vs. March 2021
$691,142 vs. $338,622

CONTAINER BAR filed 122 consecutive monthly returns through January 2024.

Comparisons we cannot make for this venue (3)
  • Year over year, twelve-month totals: Needs two complete twelve-month windows to compare.
  • Trailing twelve months: Only 0 of the 12 months ending July 2026 were reported.
  • Trailing three months: Only 0 of the 3 months ending July 2026 were reported.

📈Monthly Receipts, December 2013January 2024

122 monthly returns filed by CONTAINER BAR. Months with no filing are absent from the series rather than plotted as zero — a missing month means the venue did not file, which is not the same as reporting nothing. A month that was filed with no receipts is a real filing and is plotted, on the baseline and marked, because that too is a different fact from either of the other two.

Latest month with receipts: Mar 2022
$691K
Liquor: $524KWine: $3KBeer: $164K

A later return was filed for January 2024 reporting no receipts. It is plotted below at the baseline and marked with a ring, but it is not treated as this venue's latest month of trade.

94.6%
March 2022 vs. February 2022

Monthly Revenue by Category

122 months of data • Hover or tap to explore
$733K$367K$0
Dec 2013: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2014: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2014: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2023: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2024: return filed, no receipts reported
Dec 2013
Jan 2016
Feb 2018
Mar 2020
Mar 2022
Apr 2022
Jan 2024
Liquor
Wine
Beer
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Not broken down by the filer
Return filed, no receipts

28 of these 122 months were filed as a return reporting no receipts — plotted on the baseline and ringed, because a filed $0 return is a real filing, not revenue. Months with no return filed at all are not in this series: the line skips them rather than dropping to the baseline, so a gap in filing never reads as a month of zero sales.

Annual Comparison

Calendar-year totals as filed. A year with fewer than 12 filed months is marked — a part-year total is not comparable to a full one.

2024
$01 of 12 months filed
2023
$0
2022
$1.4M
2021
$5.7M
2020
$1.3M
2019
$4.7M
2018
$4.5M
2017
$3.8M
2016
$3.1M
2015
$2.4M
2014
$1.8M
2013
$01 of 12 months filed

📅Year by Year

Calendar-year totals as filed. A year-over-year change is shown only where both years are effectively complete — comparing a full year against a four-month stub would be a fabricated collapse.

CONTAINER BAR's calendar-year mixed-beverage receipts, December 2013January 2024. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dataset naix-2893.
YearMonths filedReceipts reportedvs. prior year
20131 of 12 (partial)$0
201412 of 12$1,818,183
201512 of 12$2,351,836+29.4%
201612 of 12$3,094,132+31.6%
201712 of 12$3,846,956+24.3%
201812 of 12$4,479,468+16.4%
201912 of 12$4,696,651+4.8%
202012 of 12$1,276,949-72.8%
202112 of 12$5,743,893+349.8%
202212 of 12$1,426,154-75.2%
202312 of 12$0-100.0%
20241 of 12 (partial)$0

🗓️Seasonal Pattern

How CONTAINER BAR distributes its year, averaged over 2018 – 2023. 100 equals this venue's own average reported month — the index compares the venue to itself, never to another bar. Its strongest month is March (154), its weakest is December (55).

Across every Austin-metro venue with enough history to measure (2017 – 2025), the strongest month overall is October, around ACL Fest and the weakest is January. CONTAINER BAR runs on a different calendar — its strongest month doesn't match the region's.

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CONTAINER BAR — Address on File

90 RAINEY ST
AUSTIN, TX 78701
County: Travis

The address the Comptroller has on the final filing (January 2024).

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Where It Ranks

By March 2022 receipts alone — a single month, not a lifetime total.

#11 of 1613
Austin-metro venues that reported receipts in March 2022

Filing Record

StatusPermit ended January 2024
Taxpayer nameCONTAINER BAR, LP
TABC permitMB860376
First reported monthDecember 2013
Latest return filedJanuary 2024 (no receipts)
Latest month with receiptsMarch 2022
Months filed122
Permit responsibility ended2024-01-30
Newest metro month publishedJuly 2026
Months behind30
Official Data Source
Texas Comptroller
Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is CONTAINER BAR still open?
The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for CONTAINER BAR as having ended on 2024-01-30, with its final return filed for January 2024. That is the state stating the permit period closed, which is the strongest closure signal in this dataset — but it describes a permit, not a front door. That return reported no receipts — a filed return with nothing on it, which is not a month of trade. Its newest month with receipts is March 2022, at $691,142. A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.
How much does CONTAINER BAR make? (March 2022)
CONTAINER BAR reported $691,142 in mixed-beverage gross receipts for March 2022, +94.6% against February 2022 and +104.1% against March 2021. That is a single month, not an average: over its whole reported history the venue has filed $28,734,222 across 122 months. This is mixed-beverage (alcohol) receipts only, not total business revenue. CONTAINER BAR also filed a mixed-beverage return for January 2024 reporting no receipts. A zero-receipt return is a filed return with nothing on it — most often a formality on a permit period that has closed — so it is not read here as a month of trade, and no percentage on this page is measured from it. The figures above cover March 2022, the newest month with receipts.
Where was CONTAINER BAR located in AUSTIN?
CONTAINER BAR filed mixed-beverage returns for 90 RAINEY ST, AUSTIN, TX 78701, in Travis County. The address is taken from the venue's filings, the most recent of which covers January 2024.
Is CONTAINER BAR busy? How does it rank among Austin bars?
This dataset tracks mixed-beverage receipts, not foot traffic, so there is no direct measure of how busy CONTAINER BAR is. The closest proxy: by receipts reported for March 2022, CONTAINER BAR ranked #11 of 1613 Austin-metro venues that filed for that month, and #7 of 236 venues in ZIP 78701. A higher-ranked venue sells more alcohol in a month; it is not a measure of how crowded it is at any given time, and that is a single month's rank, not a lifetime one.
What time period does the CONTAINER BAR data cover?
122 reported months, December 2013 through January 2024. Mixed-beverage receipts publish about three to four weeks after a month closes; the newest month currently published for the Austin metro is July 2026. Every figure on this page names the exact window it covers, because a single month, a trailing-twelve-month total and a lifetime sum are three different quantities.
Where does CONTAINER BAR's revenue data come from?
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts publishes Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts, a monthly record every Texas mixed-beverage permit holder is required by law to file. This page reads that dataset directly and adds no estimates, no modelled figures and no user reviews.

ℹ️How to Read This Page

What mixed-beverage gross receipts are

Every bar, restaurant and venue in Texas holding a mixed-beverage permit must report its monthly alcoholic-beverage sales to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Those returns cover liquor, wine, beer and cover charges. They do not cover food, retail or non-alcoholic sales, so these figures are a slice of a venue's business, not its revenue.

Why every number here names a window

A single month, a trailing-twelve-month total and a lifetime sum are three different quantities, and averaging a venue's whole history produces a number that has never been true of any actual month. Each figure on this page therefore carries the exact period it covers. Where a comparison needs history this venue does not have — a full prior year, two complete twelve-month windows, three complete calendar years for a seasonal index — the comparison is omitted and the reason is stated, rather than shown as a zero.

How current is this?

Receipts publish about three to four weeks after a month closes. The newest month currently published for the Austin metro is July 2026, and every recency judgement on this page is measured against that month rather than against today's date — so a late publication by the Comptroller never changes a venue's status. CONTAINER BAR last filed for January 2024, 30 months behind it.

What a stopped filing does and does not mean

A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open. A gap can also be a remodel, a seasonal close, a permit transfer or a slow filer. This page never states that a business is closed; it states when it last filed.

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