Waco, Texas · Founding Table Hospitality

I run a hospitality portfolio in downtown Waco, Texas.My AI runs everything else.

Whiskey, cigars, coffee, real estate — built from scratch, documented in public.

Andrew Steakley, founder of Founding Table Hospitality

Downtown Waco

One downtown. A working portfolio.

  • Barnett’s Whiskey House

    whiskey bar & live music, built from the ground up

  • Humidor on Austin

    a private cigar lounge, built for a different pace

  • Kairova Coffee

    performance coffee, coming online now

  • The Drunken Duck

    the smashburger trailer with a cult following

  • 1910 Austin

    short-stay in the heart of downtown, live August 2026

Held under Founding Table Hospitality — because everything worth building starts around a table.

Why

This started as a business plan and became an assignment. I came up building houses. I moved to hospitality because tables do something houses can’t — they put people face to face.

Faith is the foundation of how I build. Community is the point of it. Downtown Waco is the place.

The full story lands here July 27.

The Operator’s Machine

The portfolio runs on an AI machine we built.

  1. 01

    The media

    drafted, designed, scheduled, and answered by AI, approved by Andrew

  2. 02

    The books

    every entity reconciled on autopilot

  3. 03

    The story

    everything you see documented in public, in real time

Built with Bennett & Howell.

See the case files →

The Operator’s Machine — Waitlist

Five operators. Fall 2026.

I’m taking a small group of hospitality operators and installing the same machine — the systems, the media engine, the books. Quietly, one operator at a time. Leave your name; when the doors open you’ll be first to know.