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Check out the latest Northwest Austin business updates, including new Asian restaurants, health food cafes and retailers.
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Allways Barefoot
The retail store sells men, women and kids minimalist shoes designed to mimic walking barefoot, as well as other accessories such as socks and massage balls.
Bluefin Sushi & Ramen
The restaurant’s fifth location serves classic, chef specialty and sashimi rolls, ramen bowls, small cold and hot plates, poke bowls, and bento boxes.
Bombas
The retailer is known for its variety of socks, underwear, slippers and apparel for men, women and kids, with the company matching one donation with each purchase.
Churchrow Tejas BBQ
The restaurant features barbecue with a Tejano twist, alongside tacos and specialty plates once barbecue is sold out each day. It also includes agave-forward cocktails and draft beers inspired by Tex-Mex barbecue flavors.
Everbowl
The franchise cafe serves a variety of acai bowls, signature smoothies, avocado toast and cookie sandwiches. Patrons can build their own bowls or order off of the set menu.
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
The Nashville-based chicken restaurant opened its second Austin location at Domain Northside and offers menu items such as hot chicken sandwiches, fries with chicken and mac and cheese, fried pickles and banana pudding.
Lone Star Nutrition
The health food cafe serves smoothie bowls, protein snacks, shakes, pre- and post-workout drinks, coffee, and loaded thermogenic teas, which can include add-ons such as collagen, protein juice, fiber, probiotics and an immunity boost.
Moncler
The store sells high-end clothing for men, women and children, and is known for its down jackets and outerwear. The store also sells accessories such as scarves, gloves, beanies and sunglasses.
PURE Yoga Texas
After closing its Anderson Lane location in mid-August, the yoga studio opened a new location, offering hot yoga classes.
Shallots Indian Cuisine
The Indian restaurant serves classic Indian breakfast dishes such as dosas and idli, street snacks, drinks, and desserts.
Coming soon
Flame Broiler
Opening in the new EastVillage mixed-use development, the restaurant serves Korean spicy chicken, bowls and plates featuring steak bulgogi, tofu and white meat chicken, salads, mini bowls, and more.
United Heritage Credit Union
The credit union offers a variety of financial services, including checking and savings accounts, insurance and investment options, loans, a money market, and 24/7 ATMs.
Wow Poke
The food truck is opening its first brick-and-mortar restaurant and serves create-your-own or house poke bowls, wraps, dumplings, wings, Hawaiian chips, spam musubi and mochi ice cream.
What’s next—Permits filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Raising Canes
The fast food chicken chain is slated to open a new Austin location, per a TDLR filing. Menu items include chicken fingers and chicken sandwiches served with Texas toast, coleslaw or crinkle-cut fries.
In the news
Medi-Weightloss Austin North
Shankar and Indira Bellam took over as owners of the franchise Oct. 13. The clinic provides a variety of services to support weight loss such as IV therapy, vitamin and nutrition injections, medications, and will soon launch bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Zara
The clothing retailer was closed for four months to increase the store size from 11,000 square feet to 35,000 square feet.
Closings
Hana World Market
The Asian grocery store announced in a social media post that it will close by the end of the year due to rising rent costs. The store sells meat, seafood, pantry items and has an on-site food court.
Orvis
The outdoor supplies store sells sportswear, home furnishings, travel accessories and dog products and is currently promoting its closing sale, including 40% off some apparel items.