The mixed-beverage permit for ANCHOR BAR ended on 2023-11-20. Final receipts reported: November 2023.
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 ANCHOR BAR is a record of what was filed, not a claim about what is open today.
SAN MARCOS Bar Revenue History
ANCHOR BAR
$7,542 in mixed-beverage sales, July 2023 (-45.3% vs. June 2023)
ANCHOR BAR also filed a mixed-beverage return for November 2023 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 July 2023, the newest month with receipts.
1400 AQUARENA SPRINGS DR, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666Hays County
📊About ANCHOR BAR
ANCHOR BAR reported mixed-beverage sales at 1400 AQUARENA SPRINGS DR, SAN MARCOS, Texas 78666 in Hays County. Its last reported month was July 2023, at $7,542. 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 $232,507 over 26 monthly returns, October 2021 through November 2023 (2021 – 2023). 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 2022, at $30,101.
The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for this location as having ended on 2023-11-20. 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 ANCHOR 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.
ANCHOR BAR filed 26 consecutive monthly returns through November 2023.
Comparisons we cannot make for this venue (4)
- 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.
- Seasonal pattern: Needs 3 complete calendar years of filings; this venue has 2.
📈Monthly Receipts, October 2021 – November 2023
26 monthly returns filed by ANCHOR 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.
A later return was filed for November 2023 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.
Monthly Revenue by Category
26 months of data • Hover or tap to explore12 of these 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 of 12 (partial) | $0 | |
| 2022 | 12 of 12 | $133,335 | |
| 2023 | 11 of 12 (partial) | $99,172 | -25.6% |
🥃What Sold: Revenue Mix
Share of reported receipts by category over December 2022 – November 2023 (the last 12 reported months). Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller; food is not in this dataset.
ANCHOR BAR — Address on File
The address the Comptroller has on the final filing (November 2023).
Where It Ranks
By July 2023 receipts alone — a single month, not a lifetime total.
Filing Record
❓Frequently Asked Questions
- Is ANCHOR BAR still open?
- The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for ANCHOR BAR as having ended on 2023-11-20, with its final return filed for November 2023. 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 July 2023, at $7,542. 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 ANCHOR BAR make? (July 2023)
- ANCHOR BAR reported $7,542 in mixed-beverage gross receipts for July 2023, -45.3% against June 2023 and -74.9% against July 2022. That is a single month, not an average: over its whole reported history the venue has filed $232,507 across 26 months. This is mixed-beverage (alcohol) receipts only, not total business revenue. ANCHOR BAR also filed a mixed-beverage return for November 2023 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 July 2023, the newest month with receipts.
- Where was ANCHOR BAR located in SAN MARCOS?
- ANCHOR BAR filed mixed-beverage returns for 1400 AQUARENA SPRINGS DR, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666, in Hays County. The address is taken from the venue's filings, the most recent of which covers November 2023.
- What did ANCHOR BAR sell?
- Over December 2022 – November 2023 (the last 12 reported months), ANCHOR BAR reported 36% liquor, 2% wine, 63% beer and 0% cover charges. The largest share was beer. Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller — food sales are not in this dataset.
- Is ANCHOR 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 ANCHOR BAR is. The closest proxy: by receipts reported for July 2023, ANCHOR BAR ranked #1442 of 1751 Austin-metro venues that filed for that month, and #61 of 73 venues in ZIP 78666. 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 ANCHOR BAR data cover?
- 26 reported months, October 2021 through November 2023. 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 ANCHOR 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. ANCHOR BAR last filed for November 2023, 32 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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