Read select business and dining news from August reporting in the Austin area.
Central Austin
Thom's Market to open fourth Austin location
Thom's Market will open at 5901 Burnet Road, Austin, in late 2020. This will be the fourth location of the locally owned market, which owner Bill Thom started on Barton Springs Road in 2008.
Georgetown
Sweet Lemon Kitchen now open for dinner twice a week in Georgetown
Sweet Lemon Kitchen is now offering dinner on Fridays and Saturdays until 8:30 p.m. Entree options include a steak dish, Asian citric shrimp, pork chop and apple chutney, and chicken fettuccini Alfredo. Patio seating is available along with to-go ordering and delivery. Sweet Lemon is also still open Tuesday through Thursday for breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at 812 S. Church St., Georgetown.
Lake Travis-Westlake
Frontyard Brewing set to open in Spicewood this fall
The Spicewood area will see the addition of a new brewery, Frontyard Brewing, in October, though the opening is dependent upon conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
The craft brewery, located at 4514 Bob Wire Road, Spicewood, will sit on nearly nine acres of land and will feature fire pits, pickleball courts and a seating area designed with artificial turf. Frontyard Brewing will also feature outdoor and indoor games as well as an on-site farm-to-table food truck, according to co-owner Chad Worner.
Leander-Cedar Park
Guns Warehouse: Cedar Park business serving community and law enforcement since 2015
After nearly 20 years of working in and owning gun shops in Austin, Russ Friesz decided to look homeward for his next business venture.
Friesz moved to Cedar Park in 1998 and watched as the city grew gradually—then rapidly—around him.
“I saw a need here in Cedar Park,” he said.
Guns Warehouse opened for business on July 7, 2015, in The Railyard at 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. 712, and recently marked its fifth anniversary.
New Braunfels
Mi Frijoles to open brick-and-mortar restaurant in New Braunfels
Mi Frijoles Taco Shop will open a new restaurant on South Union Avenue in New Braunfels in early October. The taco cart and catering operation specializes in breakfast tacos, specialty tacos, carne asada, and handmade flour and corn tortillas.
Northwest Austin
Texas-Vietnamese barbecue fusion spot Smokin’ Beauty celebrates grand opening
Mere weeks after Mike and Thao Roth announced their upcoming North Austin restaurant Smokin’ Beauty, the coronavirus pandemic forced all restaurants in Austin to shutter dining rooms.
The couple then pushed back their original target opening date in the spring until it was safe to open and waited. And waited. And waited.
Now, almost six months after the Roths initially teased their Texas-Vietnamese fusion menu, Smokin’ Beauty is set to hold its grand opening Aug. 28 at 11806 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin.
Round Rock-Pflugerville-Hutto
Nearby Coffee Co. opens in Pflugerville
Nearby Coffee Co. opened a brick-and-mortar coffee shop Aug. 3. The roastery is located at 16921 Joe Barbee Drive, Unit B, Pflugerville.
The business has served coffee in the Austin area from a mobile truck and kiosk setups for the past five years, owners David and Maggie Porcher said in an email to Community Impact Newspaper.
San Marcos-Buda-Kyle
After March fire, Helen's Casa Alde returns in food truck form in Buda
Following a devastating fire March 14 that rendered a Buda staple temporarily out of business, Helen's Casa Alde has just completed a soft opening at its new food truck.
General Manager Remy Fallon said demand was so high Aug. 7 that customers had to wait up to an hour for their orders.
Southwest Austin
Sweetgreen opening first Austin location on South Congress on Aug. 12
Sweetgreen will open its first Austin location Aug. 12 at 1007 S. Congress Ave., Austin. The salad and grain bowl-focused restaurant has more than 100 locations nationwide, including two that opened in Houston last year. Sweetgreen will open another Austin location, on The Drag, later this fall.
Jack Flagler, Sally Grace Holtgrieve, Amy Rae Dadamo, Brian Perdue, Taylor Jackson Buchanan, Lauren Canterberry, Iain Oldman and Brian Rash contributed to this report.
