Beyond Austin: 10 recent restaurant openings in nearby towns

Rush Bowls — Round Rock

115 Sundance Parkway, Suite 340, Round Rock, TX 78681 · Round Rock

Opening: September 5, 2026

Rush Bowls has opened in La Frontera Village with fruit bowls and smoothies. The official Round Rock page confirms the Sundance Parkway suite and lists daily service from 8:30am to 8:30pm. Local reporting dates the public opening to September 5, following a soft opening the day before.

Hopdoddy Burger Bar — Leander

19389 Ronald W Reagan Boulevard, Suite 100, Leander, TX 78641 · Leander / Highway 29

Opening: September 2, 2026

Hopdoddy’s new Leander branch is at Ronald Reagan Boulevard and Highway 29. Burgers and fries lead the menu, with a full bar alongside them. WilCo Guide distinguishes its August friends-and-family preview from the September 2 public opening, and the restaurant’s own branch page now confirms it is open.

Sangam Chettinad Indian Cuisine — Leander

14300 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, #106, Leander, TX 78641 · Cedar Park–Leander border

Opening: September 22, 2026, according to local reporting

Sangam Chettinad has added a third Austin-area kitchen, bringing its South Indian cooking to the Ronald Reagan corridor. The restaurant’s website lists this branch separately from its Parmer Lane and Round Rock locations. Use suite 106 when looking for the new dining room.

The restaurant is along the Cedar Park–Leander border and has a Leander mailing address, with postal code 78641.

Tutta Bella Italian Restaurant

1310 Cypress Creek Road, Suite 120, Cedar Park, TX 78613 · Cedar Park

Opening: September 2026; exact day unconfirmed

Tutta Bella is an Italian restaurant from the team behind Bella Sera of Leander. It serves pasta, chicken, veal and seafood dishes at its Cypress Creek Road location.

Rose & Dagger Coffee Co.

1005 S Rock Street, Georgetown, TX 78626 · Georgetown

Opening: September 5, 2026, for the permanent café

Rose & Dagger’s move into a permanent café gives the existing Georgetown coffee business an indoor home on South Rock Street. Later September coverage reports the completed move, following an earlier announced August opening target. The change is from a trailer to a café, rather than the launch of an entirely new business.

Treze

318 N Main Street, Buda, TX 78610 · Downtown Buda

Opening: Confirmed open by September 3, 2026; exact day unconfirmed

Treze is a family-run addition to downtown Buda, with sandwiches, soups and made-to-order meals. Buda’s economic development corporation announced that it was open in early September. The restaurant’s own site confirms the North Main Street location, while its ordering menu adds breakfast tacos, salads and burgers to the picture.

A Little Shady

5172 Farm to Market 1626, Kyle, TX 78640 · Kyle

Opening: August 4, 2026

A Little Shady brings a new restaurant inspired by Austin’s former Shady Grove to Kyle. Burgers and familiar dishes such as green-chile cheese fries feature on its current menu. The City of Kyle reported the completed August 4 opening, and the restaurant’s official site confirms its FM 1626 address.

Chicken Salad Chick — Kyle

19037 IH 35, Suite 1, Kyle, TX 78640 · Kyle

Opening: August 19, 2026

Chicken Salad Chick opened its Kyle shop in the Amberwood Retail Center on August 19. The restaurant serves a variety of chicken salads at its IH 35 location, in suite 1.

True Texas BBQ — San Marcos

1074 E McCarty Lane, San Marcos, TX 78666 · San Marcos

Opening: October 7, 2026

San Marcos gained a True Texas BBQ restaurant when the new H-E-B at McCarty Lane opened. H-E-B’s own post-opening announcement confirms the restaurant, including indoor seating. The barbecue location has its own published service schedule, so grocery-store opening hours should not be used to plan a meal.

The Toasted Yolk Cafe — Bastrop

853 State Highway 71, Suite 150, Bastrop, TX 78602 · Bastrop / Sendero

Opening: August 24, 2026, according to local reporting

The Toasted Yolk’s Bastrop café is one of several restaurants that have opened at Sendero on Highway 71. It serves breakfast and lunch daily from 7am to 3pm. This listing covers the Bastrop branch, in suite 150.