New restaurants around Austin

Opening news, new addresses and places to try next in Austin and the surrounding towns.

Beyond Austin: 10 recent restaurant openings in nearby towns

Restaurant openings around Austin reach well beyond the city limits. These ten late-summer and fall arrivals range from a South Indian kitchen on the Cedar Park–Leander border to a family-run restaurant in downtown Buda and barbecue in San Marcos.

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8 new Austin-area restaurants and cafés: October 2026

A handroll trailer has a new dining room in South Austin. A Korean-inspired café has expanded to Round Rock. In Sunset Valley, a burger kitchen has joined the restaurants at Leona. These eight recent openings offer new options for coffee, lunch and dinner around Austin.

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