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Several businesses recently opened in Cedar Park and Leander, including a new farmers market, a dog boarding and day facility, and a locally owned bagel company as well as a handful of restaurants.
Learn more about these and others that are either new, coming soon, celebrating a milestone or have closed.
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1. Lakeline Farmers Market
The farmers market will be held in the former Texas Farmers’ Market location, which moved to Cedar Park’s Bell District in May. Per a representative, the market will feature local produce, meat, dairy, baked goods and other food items; handmade goods; and activities, such as live music, children’s games, plant swaps and cooking demonstrations.
Owned and operated by Kimberley Elliott and Chris Click, the Leander facility has 42 cabins and two luxury suites for overnight dog boarding in addition to three outdoor and three indoor climate-controlled play yards. Pet parents also have the opportunity to monitor their pups in the play yards and suites via webcams.
At the family-owned shop, customers can build their own bagels from an array of types and cream cheeses, or choose from a menu of sandwiches. The bagels are hand-rolled, boiled and baked in-house every day. Alexandra Lawson and her husband, Scott, own the shop, while her sister Kennedy Fox is its head chef.
The craft beer bar and entertainment venue opened following several months of permitting delays. The business offers an extensive list of draft beers, including those from local breweries, as well as cocktails and wine. Its food menu includes sharable appetizers, burgers, wings, tacos and salads. The Leander location is co-owned by franchisee Ridham Bhatt.
The national restaurant chain opened a new location in Bar W Marketplace on the border of Georgetown and Leander. The business serves American and Tex-Mex fare, including fajitas, steaks, burgers, chicken, pasta, seafood and more.
The studio offers group classes, private lessons, choreographed dances and social events weekly. Dance and fitness classes are available, and options exist for both adults and children. Owner Fanny Gonzalez opened the studio’s first location in Austin in 2009.
The family-owned restaurant serves omelets, breakfast sandwiches, classic breakfast plates, burgers, soups, salads and more. It offers breakfast specials M•on.-Fri•. from 7-11 a.m. and daily lunch specials with a complimentary drink. The new business replaced Bright Restaurant and Bar.
The neurodiversity-affirming speech and occupational therapy clinic offers a wide variety of services for patients up to age 21, including developing motor skills, such as handwriting, tying shoe laces, jumping or catching a ball. The clinic’s lead therapist Claudia Gregg said the clinic also helps children with emotional regulation, social skills and pronunciation.
Owned by Katie Castillo, the business specializes in addressing the physical needs of women during and after pregnancy. Castillo said some of the common conditions treated at the practice include urinary leaking, pelvic organ prolapse, pain and cesarean-delivery recovery. The physical therapy clinic also offers learning opportunities for pregnancy-safe workouts and postpartum recovery.
10. Austin Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
More than 560 community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first Austin-area temple on Aug. 17. The 30,000-square-foot, one-story temple will serve about 32,000 area members. The temple will be reserved for church members to hold ceremonies, including weddings and baptisms by proxy for the deceased.
The academy will accept children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old for its full-time enrollment and students up to 12 years old for its after-school program. Curriculum at the school will include science, history, math, language, music and movement. The academy will also offer extracurricular activities, such as robotics, dance, STEM classes and soccer. Owner Mani Gudavalli said he has yet to receive the exact building number for the school. However, he said the school will be located on San Gabriel Parkway.
11. The Crossover
The more than 200,000-square-foot sports, wellness and entertainment complex has a new management partner in Oak View Group, according to an Aug. 21 news release. Under this partnership, Oak View Group will manage, program and sell sponsorships at the Crossover. Oak View Group aims to add more live entertainment options, including concerts and comedy shows, as well as youth sports programming, particularly ice hockey events, to the venue.
Based in Kerrville, the family-owned jewelry retailer is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year with a traveling trunk show Aug. 16-Oct. 14. The company sells jewelry pieces for men and women, including charms, pendants, earrings, necklaces, chains, bracelets and rings. Jewelry pieces are available in sterling silver, 14-karat yellow gold and bronze.
The movie theater marked its 40th anniversary in August with a week of showing select movies from 1984 for $5 each. The Plano-based company operates more than 500 theaters in 42 U.S. states as well as in 13 South and Central American countries, according to its website.
14. Buca di Beppo
The company filed for bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas on Aug. 5. In the bankruptcy documents, the franchise stated they have been seeing a decrease in profits since the beginning of 2021. The national Italian franchise closed 18 locations in 2024, including 12 in July, two of which were in the Austin area.
