The mixed-beverage permit for WU CHOW ended on 2024-12-09. Final receipts reported: December 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 WU CHOW is a record of what was filed, not a claim about what is open today.
AUSTIN Bar Revenue History
WU CHOW
$18,600 in mixed-beverage sales, December 2024 (-72.5% vs. November 2024)
500 W 5TH ST STE 168, AUSTIN, TX 78701Travis County
📊About WU CHOW
WU CHOW reported mixed-beverage sales at 500 W 5TH ST STE 168, AUSTIN, Texas 78701 in Travis County. Its last reported month was December 2024, at $18,600. 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 $9,003,444 over 121 monthly returns, December 2014 through December 2024 (2014 – 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 December 2017, at $113,569.
The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for this location as having ended on 2024-12-09. 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 WU CHOW 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.
WU CHOW filed 121 consecutive monthly returns through December 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 2014 – December 2024
121 monthly returns filed by WU CHOW. 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.
Monthly Revenue by Category
121 months of data • Hover or tap to explore12 of these 121 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.
📅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.
| Year | Months filed | Receipts reported | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 of 12 (partial) | $0 | |
| 2015 | 12 of 12 | $203,361 | |
| 2016 | 12 of 12 | $1,105,520 | +443.6% |
| 2017 | 12 of 12 | $1,114,147 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 12 of 12 | $1,096,061 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 12 of 12 | $1,068,434 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 12 of 12 | $525,729 | -50.8% |
| 2021 | 12 of 12 | $1,018,984 | +93.8% |
| 2022 | 12 of 12 | $1,139,147 | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 12 of 12 | $1,010,781 | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 12 of 12 | $721,280 | -28.6% |
🥃What Sold: Revenue Mix
Share of reported receipts by category over January 2024 – December 2024 (the last 12 reported months). Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller; food is not in this dataset.
🗓️Seasonal Pattern
How WU CHOW distributes its year, averaged over 2019 – 2024. 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 (111), its weakest is July (91).
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. WU CHOW runs on a different calendar — its strongest month doesn't match the region's.
🏥Health & Safety Inspection History
Health inspection records correlated with this address by name and location. Scores are from Austin Public Health routine inspections; higher scores indicate better food safety compliance. These come from a separate city dataset and are matched, not authoritative.
WU CHOW — Address on File
The address the Comptroller has on the final filing (December 2024).
Where It Ranks
By December 2024 receipts alone — a single month, not a lifetime total.
Filing Record
❓Frequently Asked Questions
- Is WU CHOW still open?
- The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for WU CHOW as having ended on 2024-12-09, with its final return filed for December 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. Its last month with receipts was December 2024, at $18,600. 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 WU CHOW make? (December 2024)
- WU CHOW reported $18,600 in mixed-beverage gross receipts for December 2024, -72.5% against November 2024 and -79.2% against December 2023. That is a single month, not an average: over its whole reported history the venue has filed $9,003,444 across 121 months. This is mixed-beverage (alcohol) receipts only, not total business revenue.
- Where was WU CHOW located in AUSTIN?
- WU CHOW filed mixed-beverage returns for 500 W 5TH ST STE 168, AUSTIN, TX 78701, in Travis County. The address is taken from the venue's filings, the most recent of which covers December 2024.
- What did WU CHOW sell?
- Over January 2024 – December 2024 (the last 12 reported months), WU CHOW reported 71% liquor, 21% wine, 8% beer and 0% cover charges. The largest share was liquor. Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller — food sales are not in this dataset.
- Is WU CHOW 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 WU CHOW is. The closest proxy: by receipts reported for December 2024, WU CHOW ranked #1221 of 1869 Austin-metro venues that filed for that month, and #227 of 265 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 WU CHOW data cover?
- 121 reported months, December 2014 through December 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 WU CHOW'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. WU CHOW last filed for December 2024, 19 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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