Permit ended: Permit ended April 2025

The mixed-beverage permit for COVER 3 ended on 2025-04-30. Final receipts reported: April 2025.

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 COVER 3 is a record of what was filed, not a claim about what is open today.

AUSTIN Bar Revenue History

COVER 3

$27,661 in mixed-beverage sales, March 2020 (-57.3% vs. February 2020)

COVER 3 also filed a mixed-beverage return for April 2025 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 2020, the newest month with receipts.

1717 W 6TH ST STE 2, AUSTIN, TX 78703Travis County

$28K
Receipts, March 2020
$5.4M
Total reported, Sep 2014 – Apr 2025 (128 months)
$131K
Best month: October 2019

📊About COVER 3

COVER 3 reported mixed-beverage sales at 1717 W 6TH ST STE 2, AUSTIN, Texas 78703 in Travis County. Its last reported month was March 2020, at $27,661. 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 $5,436,571 over 128 monthly returns, September 2014 through April 2025 (2014 – 2025). That is a lifetime sum, not a monthly figure — the two are separated everywhere on this page. Its strongest single month on record was October 2019, at $130,566.

The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for this location as having ended on 2025-04-30. 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 COVER 3 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
-57.3%
-$37K
March 2020 vs. February 2020
$27,661 vs. $64,835
Year over year, same month
-71.3%
-$69K
March 2020 vs. March 2019
$27,661 vs. $96,424

COVER 3 filed 128 consecutive monthly returns through April 2025.

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, September 2014April 2025

128 monthly returns filed by COVER 3. 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 2020
$28K
Liquor: $12KWine: $6KBeer: $10K

A later return was filed for April 2025 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.

57.3%
March 2020 vs. February 2020

Monthly Revenue by Category

128 months of data • Hover or tap to explore
$131K$65K$0
Sep 2014: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2022: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2022: 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 reportedFeb 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2025: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2025: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2025: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2025: return filed, no receipts reported
Sep 2014
Nov 2016
Jan 2019
Mar 2020
Mar 2021
May 2023
Apr 2025
Liquor
Wine
Beer
Cover
Not broken down by the filer
Return filed, no receipts

62 of these 128 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.

2025
$04 of 12 months filed
2024
$0
2023
$0
2022
$0
2021
$0
2020
$171K
2019
$1.1M
2018
$1.0M
2017
$936K
2016
$956K
2015
$1.1M
2014
$217K4 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.

COVER 3's calendar-year mixed-beverage receipts, September 2014April 2025. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dataset naix-2893.
YearMonths filedReceipts reportedvs. prior year
20144 of 12 (partial)$216,758
201512 of 12$1,063,718
201612 of 12$956,288-10.1%
201712 of 12$936,179-2.1%
201812 of 12$1,040,309+11.1%
201912 of 12$1,052,265+1.1%
202012 of 12$171,054-83.7%
202112 of 12$0-100.0%
202212 of 12$0
202312 of 12$0
202412 of 12$0
20254 of 12 (partial)$0

🗓️Seasonal Pattern

How COVER 3 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 January (172), its weakest is July (49).

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. COVER 3 runs on a different calendar — its strongest month doesn't match the region's.

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COVER 3 — Address on File

1717 W 6TH ST STE 2
AUSTIN, TX 78703
County: Travis

The address the Comptroller has on the final filing (April 2025).

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Where It Ranks

By March 2020 receipts alone — a single month, not a lifetime total.

#549 of 1485
Austin-metro venues that reported receipts in March 2020

Filing Record

StatusPermit ended April 2025
Taxpayer nameCOVER 3 DOWNTOWN, LLC
TABC permitMB885463
First reported monthSeptember 2014
Latest return filedApril 2025 (no receipts)
Latest month with receiptsMarch 2020
Months filed128
Permit responsibility ended2025-04-30
Newest metro month publishedJuly 2026
Months behind15
Official Data Source
Texas Comptroller
Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is COVER 3 still open?
The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for COVER 3 as having ended on 2025-04-30, with its final return filed for April 2025. 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 2020, at $27,661. 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 COVER 3 make? (March 2020)
COVER 3 reported $27,661 in mixed-beverage gross receipts for March 2020, -57.3% against February 2020 and -71.3% against March 2019. That is a single month, not an average: over its whole reported history the venue has filed $5,436,571 across 128 months. This is mixed-beverage (alcohol) receipts only, not total business revenue. COVER 3 also filed a mixed-beverage return for April 2025 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 2020, the newest month with receipts.
Where was COVER 3 located in AUSTIN?
COVER 3 filed mixed-beverage returns for 1717 W 6TH ST STE 2, AUSTIN, TX 78703, in Travis County. The address is taken from the venue's filings, the most recent of which covers April 2025.
Is COVER 3 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 COVER 3 is. The closest proxy: by receipts reported for March 2020, COVER 3 ranked #549 of 1485 Austin-metro venues that filed for that month, and #13 of 27 venues in ZIP 78703. 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 COVER 3 data cover?
128 reported months, September 2014 through April 2025. 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 COVER 3'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. COVER 3 last filed for April 2025, 15 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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