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La Ruina owners Olaf Harmel and Gerry Shirley will open the bar Saturday, Sept. 3.
Harmel and Shirley purchased and began renovation on the bar, located on the ground floor of the historic Robitzsch Brothers Building at 410 Austin St., before the COVID-19 pandemic. Harmel and Shirley created the custom baseboards, accents and bar top using wood pulled from the building’s walls. The new owners sanded and planed the longleaf pine — commercially extinct for almost 100 years — and put it to use throughout the space. They also repurposed ceiling slats, transforming them into a wall treatment for the impressive back bar.
“There's lots of trees, and it was already a bit of an oasis out there, so we went around every single tree and maintained that gorgeous canopy,” Shirley said. “We hear all the time from people that frequent [nearby bars] Boxcar [Bar] and Burleson [Yard]. They're in this parking lot all the time, and they're always surprised that that backyard oasis is here.”
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