Spider House in Longhorn Living

"A quiet coffee house might not be the best first date for everyone. For those who find first dates nerve-racking, take the pressure off with music. Spider House Patio Bar and Cafe is the perfect place for a first date, filled with coffee, food and music. The interior of the quirky home-turned-coffee house is warm and inviting with four boxy, dimly lit rooms. Three of the rooms are spotted with tables, couches and booths conducive to intimate conversation and studying with laptops. The outside patio is less intimiate, but life-saving when the conversation lulls. Rhythmic head bobbing to crazy beats spun by one of Austin's hip DJs boosts the mood..." -- Longhorn Living, December, 2007

Spider House in Rare Magazine's Nightlife Issue

"Spider House is nestled amongst thick folliage on a cozy street just north of the UT campus. The low-key sign slyly lures you into an historic Austin home, decorated in a style that's tastefully kitschy. The outdoor patio seats patrons in comfortable gliders and twinkling lights illuminate gatherings which breed a cool intelligent atmosphere... Piece by piece, they've turned Spider House into one of the funkiest properties in Austin by collecting knick-knacks to create a comfortable and familiar setting...  This Europea-style cafe continues to be a cultural landmark for the funkiest city around. Good food, better drinks and the overwhelmingly pleasant atmosphere make Spider House the most unique experience in Austin." -- Rare Magazine's Nightlife Issue, July 2008

Spider House in Austin Monthly Cool Coffee Guide

"You and your friends just got ot of a movie and you want to sit and hash out that crucial scene. Or maybe you just want to sit and muse or hang out and pose. On the edge of the Univsersity of Texas Campus is Spider House Patio Bar ang Cafe (2908 Fruth St.), a sprawling coffee shop-slash-bar with a large outdoor spce and several cozy rooms inside. The flavor here is funky, with a hodgepodge of retro furniture reminiscent of the 1970s and colorful lights strung along the patio's trees. Inside, the dimly lit rooms encourage conversation and relaxation, not note-taking or work. Alcohol is served and smoking is allowed out-side. An outdoor stage is the setting for live music, and the palce is open until 2 a.m." -- Austin Monthly Cool Issue, December 2007

Actress Amber Heard Praises Spider House in Austin Monthly

"...one of the places she visits right after landing at Austin Bergstrom is Spider House Café, a lace where she can always find something she says is lacking in Hollywood: 'Conversation! That's the thing you can find in Ausitn that you can't easily find in L.A.--a really good conversation.' Amber had many great conversations at Spider House back in high school; she would stop there nearly every day while trekking between St. Michael's Academy and her home in Northeast Austin (where her parents still live). 'I'd go there after school to do my homework, before school and when I was skipping school,' she says, laughing. I've met so many people there, so many friends. It's really the most unique place.'" -- Austin Monthly Magazine, October 2008