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Read about the latest restaurant openings, a new emergency room, updates to long-standing San Marcos businesses and more. This list is not comprehensive.
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IKEA
The furniture store opened in the former Conn’s Home Plus within San Mar Plaza. IKEA’s small-scale store offers more than 2,000 products and a selection of Swedish Food Market items.
Ally Medical Emergency Room is now providing care at what was previously Mr Emergency Room 24/7. The ER is equipped to treat both minor and major medical emergencies for children and adults, according to the business’s website. This is Ally Medical’s third location in Hays County.
The chicken restaurant’s menu features items like the O.G. Chicken sandwich, mac and cheese, and deviled eggs, plus salads, milkshakes, and monthly sandwich specials. Tumble 22 also offers a full bar.
The Texas-based liquor chain opened its third San Marcos location within the Aquarena Crossing development near Chipotle. The store sells a variety of beer, wine, liquor and mixers.
The second location of San Antonio’s high-end dress store is now open in the San Marcos Tanger Outlets. Gautier sells formal dresses, including ones for prom, quinceañeras, pageants, and weddings.
Ollie’s Market
Owners Eli and Natalie Zablosky offer locally sourced, health-conscious produce, pantry staples, dairy, meat and more. Ollie’s Market will also have an in-house deli offering freshly prepared food like sandwiches and salads on a rotating seasonal menu.
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe
The Mediterranean food chain will open a location in San Marcos, according to its website. The cafe offers gyros, salad bowls, soups, homemade dips and more. Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe also has locations in New Braunfels and San Antonio.
A filing with TDLR indicates a 980-square-foot market is planned for the Texas State University Recreation Center. The $550,000 project involves converting an existing office space and will include new finishes, ceiling and lighting upgrades, refrigeration, and a double-door storefront.
Gil’s Broiler & Manske Roll Bakery
The longtime downtown San Marcos restaurant temporarily closed for renovations in June and reopened July 1. Owner Cristian Becerra said they added more indoor games, like pool tables and dart boards, to the space.
Tantra SMTX
Tantra, a cafe with coffee, cocktails and live music seven days a week, announced that its kitchen is now closed. The spot still offers live events, drinks and grab-and-go food from El Taco Feliz and Ollie’s Market.
The Austin-founded sports bar is celebrating 30 years in July. Co-founders and co-owners Mark Greenberg and Dave Paul were recent graduates of The University of Texas at Austin when they opened the first Pluckers near the school's campus in 1995.
Rush
A social club and nature reserve spanning more than seven acres is set to open in South Austin, offering racquet sports, food and drinks, entertainment and community events. Amenities will include a clubhouse with locker rooms, showers, saunas, cold plunges and a kitchen. The site will also feature a three-acre nature reserve with trails, an urban garden and lookout spots.
