The Rainey House | Intergalactic Disco on Rainey Street, Austin

The white bungalow at 76 Rainey Street with its round saucer sign

An astronaut and a green alien sharing a booth and a margarita

Two things landed that year.

Apollo 11 touched down on the moon. And Efren Regalado bought a little bungalow at 76 Rainey Street, back when Rainey was just a street where families lived.

His son Joe grew up in this house. Today it's a cocktail lounge built as a love letter to both landings, and to Austin.

1969The moon landing, and the Regalados move in.
The years betweenRainey grows from a quiet block into Austin's bungalow bar street.
March 2025The family home reopens as The Rainey House. Still locally owned, still family run.

The mirror-ball saucer hanging over the glowing pink bottle pyramid

The mothership hangs over the bar.

A mirror-ball saucer, beaming down onto a glowing pyramid of bottles. A ceiling that sparkles like the inside of a disco ball. Neon trim that shifts from green to pink to red as the night goes on.

Grab a stool, order a round, and look up.

The bottle pyramid glowing pink under the saucer, astronaut floating above

Saucer with a pink neon ring in front of the hand-painted space mural

Two cocktails on the bar, one with a chili-salt rim

The back room: arcade game, alien claw machine and a photo booth

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Out back, the rec room.

Walk through the house and there's a second bar, a room full of games, and a patio with heaters for the cold nights.

Claw machineStocked with little green aliens. Take one home.
Photo boothProof you were abducted, in a strip of four.
ArcadeThere's a high score on the board. Go beat it.
The astronautHe's usually sitting in a booth with a drink. Say hi, take the picture.

The front lawn at The Rainey House where market vendors set up

About two Sundays a month

The Sunday Market

Local makers take over the whole house: handmade goods and craft vendors through every room, with music going all afternoon. It runs five to six hours, so come hungry and stay a while.