I just read a story on News8Austin about the Black Star Pub. It’s to be Austin’s first community-owned beer bar. They began meeting earlier this month and are currently scoping out locations in East Austin. I’d be interested to hear more about how this might work. It’s still in the early stages if you want to get involved, although I’m guessing their membership just shot up in the wake of all this publicity. They’ve got a Google Group if you’re interested in participating. I’m sure the TABC will figure out some way to object to this. They always seem to make running a business that involves booze much more difficult than you’d think.