Northwest Austin Edition | February 2022

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Businesses that have recently opened or are coming soon, relocating or expanding

include chicken parmesan, lasagna and pizza. Veneto Hospitality operates Juliet Italian Kitchen and recently opened Ben- volio’s, which is available out of Kitchen United Mix and Juliet Italian Kitchen. 512-400-3052. www.little-juliet.com 9 IVitamin Hydration Lounge opened its second location at 2700 W. Anderson Lane, Ste. 227, on Jan. 21. The lounge oers a range of IV drips that focus on energy, immunity, hydration and more. The rst location is at 515 S. Congress Ave., Ste. 104, Austin, and opened in 2016. 512-275-6448. www.ivitamintherapy.com COMING SOON 10 Z’Tejas Southwest Grill is prepar- ing to open its Avery Ranch location in mid-March. This location—at 14900 Avery Ranch Blvd., Ste. B100, Austin—marks a return for Z’Tejas to the Avery Ranch area, as the restaurant group closed a dining room o West Parmer Lane in 2017. Z’Tejas serves a variety of Southwestern and Mex- ican dishes, including fajitas, enchiladas and tacos. The restaurant group operates one other Austin kitchen downtown on West Sixth Street after its location at The Arboretum closed in July. www.ztejas.com 11 KinderCare will open a location at 9706 Anderson Mill Road, Austin, in late summer. The center provides day care, preschool and prekindergarten programs for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old. The new KinderCare location will be in the former site of Xplor Preschool & School Age Care. KinderCare operates several centers in Austin and Round Rock. 833-905-3276. www.kindercare.com 12 Game Worlds will begin stang a permanent location at 7950 Anderson Square, Ste. 109, Austin, on March 1. Game Worlds oers a summer camp in which participants learn how to make their own video games from start to nish. With the opening of the new location, the business also plans to oer workshops, an af- ter-school program and game nights. Prior to the pandemic, Game Worlds had been running its summer programming out of the Austin Community College Highland Business Center at 5930 Middle Fiskville 13 QuikTrip is planning to open a loca- tion at the southwest corner of Howard Lane and Metric Boulevard in Northwest Austin. The gas station and convenience store chain plans to have the project completed by winter 2023, said Aisha Jef- ferson-Smith, spokesperson for QuikTrip Corp. QuikTrip has six Austin locations, including one at Tech Ridge Boulevard and East Parmer Lane. www.quiktrip.com ANNIVERSARY Road, Austin. 337-519-7790. www.gameworldscamp.com 14 Bluebonnet School of Cedar Park reached its 20th anniversary in Febru- ary. Nancy and Charles Chick opened the independent, family-owned preschool in 2002. The school teaches students from infant age to kindergarten prep age. After-school care and summer camps are also oered. The school also has tree-shaded playscapes, outdoor areas for

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NOWOPEN 1 Blue Starlite Drive-In held a soft opening for a tiki-themed North Austin location Feb. 18. Located in the parking lot of Garbo’s Fresh Maine Lobster at 12709 N. MoPac, Austin. Customers will be able to enjoy Blue Starlite’s lineup of classic and modern movies alongside dinner from the seafood restaurant and dessert from Connor’s Creamery, its adjoining ice cream truck. Blue Starlite’s North Austin location features a main screen to show new Hol- lywood releases and a smaller screen for new independent art house lms. This is Blue Starlite’s fourth location. 512-850-6127. www.bluestarlitedrivein.com 2 Town Square , an adult day center, held its grand opening Feb. 24, after press time. Located at 13450 Research Blvd., Unit 106, Austin, the business transports seniors back to the 1950s where they can enjoy 13 themed activity rooms, including a theater, a diner, a craft corner and a recreation center. The Northwest Austin location is Town Square’s fth U.S. franchise and aims to provide an aordable, safe environment for seniors, especially those living with cognitive impairments. 512-375-4328. www.townsquare.net/nwaustin

3 ArtUs Co , a nonprot organization that supports local artists by providing aordable work spaces, moved into its permanent location at The Arboretum in February. Located at 10000 Research Blvd., Ste. 141 in Austin, ArtUs Co. has nine studio spaces for artists as well as a gallery for them to sell their work and space for a seasonal pop-up market. ArtUs Co previously operated a store in The Arboretum, where it showcased and sold the work of more than 100 local vendors. www.artusco.com 4 Amanda Gibbons Brows opened Feb. 1 at 13377 Pond Springs Road, Ste. 105- D, Austin. Owned by Gibbons, the studio focuses on eyebrow shaping and oers a number of services including eyebrow waxing, tweezing and tinting as well as eyelash tinting, lip waxing and full-face waxing. First-time appointments include a consultation in which Gibbons helps clients nd the best shape for their face. 323-989-2769. www.agbrows.com 5 Room & Board , a modern home furni- ture and decor store, opened a showroom Feb. 11 in Domain Northside. Located at 3200 Palm Way, Ste. 170, Austin, the 12,000-square-foot store features a variety of room setups, home decor items and a custom design center. This is Room

& Board’s second Texas location, with the rst in Dallas. 512-813-7180. www.roomandboard.com 6 An Ace Hardware store opened Feb. 1 at 13450 Research Blvd., Ste. 240, Austin. The retailer sells a number of home construction supplies including paint, lawn and garden tools, plumbing and electrical equipment, and building materials. The North Austin franchise is owned and operated by Breed & Co., which has several hardware stores throughout the Austin area. 512-852-9300. www.acehardware.com 7 Always Best Care of Austin opened at 13625 Pond Springs Road, Ste. 102, Austin, on Dec. 27. The senior care business pro- vides nonmedical in-home services such as companionship, home help and personal care services as well as assisted living referral services. Owned by Kyle and Lori Green, the Austin franchise serves com- munities throughout Central Texas, includ- ing Georgetown, Round Rock, Pugerville, Lakeway and Austin. 737-295-0441. www.alwaysbestcareaustin.com 8 Little Juliet , a new Italian concept from Veneto Hospitality, began serving food for takeout or delivery out of Kitch- en United Mix at 8023 Burnet Road, Aus- tin, on Feb. 4. Menu items at Little Juliet

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