
For decades, there’s been a place in Austin that people quietly point to when the conversation turns to the most haunted locations in the city. Not just a passing rumor… but something that’s followed the building through generations—through different owners, different businesses… and the many lives that have passed through its doors. Most people people today remember it most as the Austin Pizza Garden—where stories of unexplained voices, shadowy figures, and something lingering in the building became part of its identity. The kind of place spoken about in the same breath as Austin’s most infamous hauntings. But today, that same building lives on in a new form. A kava bar in Oak Hill—SquareRut Kava Bar to be exact —operating inside what’s known historically as the Old Rock Store of Oak Hill… a structure that’s stood here for well over a century. And the stories… they never really died. Now, for the first time, The Night Owl is stepping inside this historic landmark to investigate. I...