Here are the latest updates on businesses that are coming soon to the Austin area.
Pavement, a vintage store selling new and used clothing, will open a new location at 2932 Guadalupe St., Austin, in December in the former Centennial Liquors location just north of the University of Texas campus. Managing partners Avery Robinson and Trent Sellers opened Pavement's first Austin location on South Lamar Boulevard in August. The first store opened in Houston in 2011. www.pavement.store
Aba, a new Mediterranean restaurant, will open Oct. 1 in the Music Lane development, 1011 S. Congress Ave., Bldg. 2, Ste. 180, Austin. This is the first restaurant in Austin for restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, which manages more than 130 restaurants. It will be the second location for Aba and Chef CJ Jacobson; the original opened in Chicago in 2018. 737-273-0199. www.abarestaurants.com
Two Hands, an Australian cafe with four locations in New York City, will open at 1011 S. Congress Ave., Austin, in late September, according to its website. The cafe featuring coffee, brunch, sandwiches and cocktails has existing locations in Nolita, Tribeca, Williamsburg and NoHo—this will be its first restaurant outside of New York. www.twohandsnyc.com
