A new beer garden concept could be coming to Kyle. According to public filings, Hoff House Beer Garden Restaurant is aiming to open at 1225 Seton Pkwy, inside the Kyle Parkway Multi Use Multi Family Building No. 9. The restaurant would span approximately 7,500 square feet. Construction is projected to complete on early August 2027. Zachary Ray, the grandson of the founders of Austin’s Original Hoffbrau Steakhouse, is listed as the tenant. What Now Austin tried to reach him to know about the opening timeline but could not get a response prior to this publication.
The Original Hoffbrau is an institution in Austin and Texas, founded on August 4, 1932, by brothers Coleman and Tom Hamby on West Sixth Street in Austin, and it is widely regarded as one of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in the city. What started as a bootleg biergarten during Prohibition, serving cold cuts and nickel beers, grew into a multi-generational institution, with the Hamby family maintaining ownership for over nine decades.
But the road to the present has been anything but smooth. The restaurant closed temporarily in the summer of 2022, citing extreme heat and the physical limitations of a senior staff that had, in some cases, worked there for more than 50 years. By May 2023, it was, posted on The Original Hoffbrau Facebook page that the closure had stretched to six months with no clear end in sight, adding that finding the right people to carry Hoffbrau forward remained the central obstacle.
In June 2025, the family signaled a potential revival, as it was announced that renovations were underway, and that Zachary was heading the effort as the fourth generation of family ownership.
Ray launched Rustic Tap in 2016 by converting the steakhouse’s old parking lot into an outdoor music venue with over 20 local beers on tap. Whether Hoff House Beer Garden in Kyle would follow a similar model remains unclear.
If realized, the project would arrive at a notable moment for Kyle. According to Kyle News, the 101-acre mixed-use development where Hoff House Beer Garden is planned, broke ground earlier this year and is projected to generate roughly 800 jobs as it adds new retailers, restaurants and apartments to the corridor.
