Cedar Park is getting its own Paris Baguette, with the Korean bakery café chain confirming plans for a location at 901 Arrow Point Drive, Building A, Suite 103, inside a larger complex still under construction. The franchisee is targeting a late May or early June 2027 opening, though the timeline depends on permits still working their way through the approval process.
As reported by WhatNow Austin, the franchisee expects to take handoff of the space around January or February 2027, leaving a tight window to build out the sales, dining, and kitchen areas before the planned opening. That timeline lines up with a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project filing registered in August 2026, which pegs the 3,473-square-foot site's interior buildout at an estimated $750,000, with construction scheduled to run from November 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, according to public filings. The franchisee described Paris Baguette as a very strong brand and said the choice to land in Cedar Park came down to the region's momentum, diverse demographics, and strong consumer purchasing power.
That read on the market tracks with numbers from the Cedar Park Economic Development Corporation, which puts the city's population above 84,000, its median household income at $124,554, and the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher at 56.6%. The franchise owner put it more bluntly: austin and the suburbs are coming up very fast, the owner said, per WhatNow's report.
A Complex Still Taking Shape
The Paris Baguette suite sits inside a larger development still under construction, per the franchisee, and it won't be the only new tenant on Arrow Point Drive. Pet retailer Chewy is also building a 3,774-square-foot Chewy Vet Care clinic at the same address, in Building 1, Suite 101, with construction running from December 2026 through April 2027, according to Community Impact. The overlapping construction windows suggest the broader complex is filling out on a similar clock, even as each tenant works through its own permitting and buildout schedule.
The Cedar Park deal traces back further than this year's filings. RestaurantNews.com reported in May 2023 that Paris Baguette had signed a single-unit franchise agreement for Cedar Park with franchisee Sushma Koritala, part of an 18-store Texas expansion deal at the time. It remains an open question whether the current franchisee group confirmed by WhatNow is working from that original 2023 agreement, and whether the construction timelines now underway at 901 Arrow Point Drive will ultimately align with the planned opening.
Menu And Roots
Paris Baguette's menu spans cakes, pastries, breads, sandwiches, and coffee, blending French-inspired baking techniques with Korean bakery traditions. The chain was founded in 1988 by Paris Croissant and describes its mission around hospitality, with a stated motto to share joy and be a part of the community.
The franchisee group behind the Cedar Park café has broader expansion plans beyond this single site, though additional locations have not yet been identified publicly and the group is still awaiting corporate approval on specific additional sites. WhatNow's reporting notes Paris Baguette has recent opening plans in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio as well, part of the chain's continued rapid U.S. expansion.
A Statewide Buildout Pattern
The Cedar Park numbers mirror a buildout template Paris Baguette has used elsewhere in Texas. Hoodline previously reported on a $750,000 buildout for a Tomball location at Spring Cypress Village Station, and a nearly identical filing surfaced for a San Antonio café at Stone Oak Mercantile. State regulatory records show a standardized roughly $750,000, 3,400-square-foot buildout model that the chain has now applied across multiple suburban Texas centers.
The Cedar Park café also follows close on the heels of a new Paris Baguette bakery café that opened last week in nearby Georgetown, at 1314 W. University Ave., marking the chain's 28th location in Texas as part of its Central Texas expansion, according to PR Newswire. Georgetown sits directly north of Cedar Park in Williamson County, giving the chain two footholds in the same fast-growing corridor within weeks of each other.
The Bigger Growth Picture
Cedar Park's café is one small piece of a much larger national build-out. Paris Baguette is aiming to scale to 1,000 North American locations by 2030, up from more than 300 operating across the U.S. and Canada as of August 2026, a goal detailed in the chain's own release. That growth is backed by a $160 million, 260,000-square-foot bakery manufacturing plant under construction near Fort Worth, expected to open by 2027 to supply dough and ingredients to regional cafes and lower operating costs, according to 1851 Franchise.
Nation's Restaurant News has reported that Paris Baguette expanded its U.S. unit count by 27% in 2024, logged 31% annual sales growth nearing $500 million, and reached 19 consecutive quarters of positive same-store sales growth by early 2026. Industry coverage from 1851 Franchise also notes the brand's growth model has shifted over time, moving from a focus on predominantly Asian-forward demographic hubs toward broader mainstream suburban markets — a pattern that fits Cedar Park's profile as a fast-growing, higher-income Austin suburb.
Cedar Park joins a growing list of Central Texas suburbs adding fast-casual and bakery concepts to their retail corridors; Hoodline recently covered Dave's second Austin-area store opening in the same city. For now, the Paris Baguette timeline hinges on permits clearing and construction wrapping on schedule, with the franchisee's late spring 2027 target still contingent on both.
