A tenant-funded Jimmy John’s is planned inside Texas State’s Undergraduate Academic Center, with a summer build‑out and a planned opening for the 2026–27 school year.

After 25 years in downtown Round Rock, the Louisiana Longhorn Café will close on Saturday, June 20. Owners thanked the community in a social-media post.

A halal smash-burger truck from Smash City has opened at 2601 W. Braker Lane, parked in the Sunoco lot near Q2 Stadium and serving late-night smash burgers, tacos and shakes.

Stoya Bread & Co.'s tiny Hyde Park bread shed reopens this Friday as founders shift from students to full-time bakers and roll out a summer cookie.

A chef-driven Tex-Mex cantina on Leander’s 183 corridor, Conejos mixes al pastor tacos and short-rib quesa-birrias with rotating, scratch-made specials.

Austin‑based Milk + Tea opened its first Dallas‑Fort Worth location in Richardson on June 1, taking over the Campbell Road storefront formerly occupied by Ding Tea.

State project records show the former Jack in the Box at 16330 N FM 620 will be remodeled into a Taco Bell, with work scheduled Aug. 3–Oct. 29, 2026 and an $800K buildout.

Bar Fino expanded into the bungalow next door on Rainey Street, adding Fleet Coffee Roasters and La Santa Barbacha to the property and bringing morning and midday service to the block.

Houston‑born The Rice Box is opening in East Austin with neon‑lit American‑Chinese takeout and late‑night favorites.

Beatrice, Oak Cliff’s B‑Corp Cajun restaurant, will close as chef Michelle Carpenter recuperates from surgery. The dining room’s final meal is this Sunday.

A $1.5M McDonald's is planned at E. Braker & Wedgewood, directly across from Vazquez. Construction is slated Jan. 1–July 1, 2027.

Mountain Mike’s is coming to Cedar Park at 100 E. Whitestone Blvd., part of a local franchise rollout led by Rajeev Dewan and aimed at families and sports fans.

A family-run Marble Falls restaurant founded by Hurricane Katrina evacuees is serving authentic Creole dishes — gumbo, étouffée and charbroiled oysters off Hwy 281.