Take a look at the top five trending stories across Community Impact Newspaper’s coverage areas in Texas as of March 2.

Note: The following stories were published Feb. 28.

Central Texas

Austin woman helms family restaurant empire


Prior to starting a restaurant group that would go on to open eight locations, Gabriela Bucio was working at a law firm by day and bartending at night.


“I just wanted to open up my own business so my brother and I could live our dreams,” Bucio said, referring to Arturo, who is the co-owner of Gabriela’s Group.

ROUNDUP: 6 restaurant updates in Cedar Park, Leander

Catch up on recent Cedar Park and Leander dining news from February.

Greater Houston


The Crack Shack coming soon to Katy

The Crack Shack, a California-based chicken restaurant, will be opening a location at LaCenterra this spring.

ROUNDUP: 5 businesses now open, coming soon in the Conroe, Montgomery area

A food truck park, a specialty cookie shop and more businesses are now open or coming soon to the Conroe and Montgomery area.


Dallas-Fort Worth

$20M new construction for H-E-B to be finished by 2023 and 4 other commercial projects in McKinney

Want to know more about McKinney’s upcoming businesses and renovations? Find details on the five latest commercial projects filed in McKinney here.

Taylor Girtman, Darcy Sprague, Benton Graham, Laura Aebi, Summer El-Shahawy and Maegan Kirby contributed to this report.