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From seafood to a new wine bar and more, here are the latest business updates in the Bastrop-Cedar Creek area.

Now open

Dockside BTX

Owners Josh Nguyen and John Gross offer a curated menu at the former Cedar’s Mediterranean Grill spot, featuring seafood boils and fried foods, and plan to expand it in the coming weeks.
  • Opened Nov. 22
  • 904 College St., Bastrop
  • Facebook: Dockside BTX
Edge Ink + Ideas


The printing services company also helps authors from early-stage vision to final delivery.Palm Beach Tan

The salon offers sunbed tanning, spray tanning, skin care services and wellness products.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe offers a variety of smoothies, wraps, salads and more. (Courtesy Tropical Smoothie Cafe)
Tropical Smoothie Cafe offers a variety of smoothies, wraps, salads and more. (Courtesy Tropical Smoothie Cafe)


Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Menu items include a variety of smoothies, bowls, flatbreads, wraps, sandwiches and salads.Coming Soon


The Birdsong Bar and Patio

Owners Brittany and Kyle Stinson are opening a come-as-you-are hub that will feature pool tables, arcade games, a book and game nook, and patio games.
  • Opening by January
  • 1200 N.E. Loop 230, Smithville
  • www.thebirdsongbar.com
    Brittany and Kyle Stinson will open The Birdsong Bar and Patio along N.E. Loop 230 in December. (Courtesy The Birdsong Bar and Patio)
    Brittany and Kyle Stinson will open The Birdsong Bar and Patio along N.E. Loop 230 in late December. (Courtesy The Birdsong Bar and Patio)
Pluto’s Wine Bar and Bottle Shop

The bottle shop, restaurant and wine club will fill the former CC Wine and Co.What’s next—Permits filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Tractor Supply Co.


The 21,702-square-foot Smithville location—scheduled to begin construction at the site on July 6, and be completed by Jan. 18, 2027—will cost approximately $2.4 million
  • Smithville Industrial Park, intersection of Hwy. 230 and Hwy. 71, Smithville
  • www.tractorsupply.com
    Tractor Supply Co. has plans to expand to Smithville. (Courtesy Tractor Supply Co.)
    Tractor Supply Co. has plans to expand to Smithville. (Courtesy Tractor Supply Co.)
In the news

Bastrop Chamber of Commerce

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce a five-star accreditation, placing the Bastrop chamber in the top 2% of chambers of commerce nationwide.Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry

Construction of a new 9,200-square-foot facility is nearing substantial completion and will open for public service in the first quarter of 2026. The existing location at 806 Fayette St. will later be remodeled into a Community Education Center.
  • 1201 Pine St., Bastrop
  • www.bastropfoodpantry.org
    The Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry has provided more than 400,000 pounds of food in 2025. (Joel Valley/Community Impact)
    The Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry has provided more than 400,000 pounds of food in 2025. (Joel Valley/Community Impact)
Bastrop ISD


Bastrop ISD's 10th elementary school campus, a 106,477-square-foot facility, will be located near Waterford Boulevard in Cedar Creek. Construction is scheduled to begin in April and conclude in July 2027.Bastrop Providence Funeral Home

The locally owned business, which has a chapel that seats 250 with an additional family seating area and two staterooms, is celebrating 15 years of serving the Bastrop-area community.Lower Colorado River Authority

LCRA allocated $1.2 million for renovations of the day use and waterfront restrooms at Lake Bastrop South Shore Park.Sendero

The 75-acre mixed-use development team installed an arrowhead monument sculpted from steel on Nov. 20.
  • Sendero, 900 block Hwy. 71 W., Bastrop
  • www.senderobtx.com
    Houston-based artist Bobby Bacon sculpted an arrowhead monument that developer Pearl River Companies installed in late November at Sendero, a 75-acre mixed-use development in Bastrop. (Courtesy Pearl River Companies)
    Houston-based artist Bobby Bacon sculpted an arrowhead monument that developer Pearl River Companies installed in late November at Sendero, a 75-acre mixed-use development in Bastrop. (Courtesy Pearl River Companies)
Closings


Garcia’s Mexican Food Restaurant

The eatery offered breakfast, lunch and dinner plates alongside a full bar featuring margaritas, cocktails and beers.Worth the trip

Twin Isle

A new Caribbean restaurant from local chef Janelle Romeo, behind Shirley's Trini Cuisine, opened off Rosewood Avenue in September. Menu items are inspired by the flavors of Romeo’s native island, Trinidad and Tobago, and the surrounding Caribbean islands.