Central Austin Edition | February 2022

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

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Nate's Baked Goods and Coee

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4 Real estate development rm Regent Properties plans to build several new retail spaces in its newly acquired oce building at 816 Congress Ave., Austin. The rm bought the tower for $174 million at the end of December. New retail stores will occupy 12,000 square feet on the ground level. Regent has not

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announced an opening date. www.regentproperties.com RELOCATIONS

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5 Music venue The Parish, now named Parish , will relocate to 501 Brushy St. on March 10. The venue was formerly located at 214 E. Sixth St., Austin. The new, larger facility will include a new bar and listening lounge concept called My Oh My in the attached back area of the venue. My Oh My will serve cocktails, beer, wine and food options. www.parishaustin.com ANNIVERSARIES 6 Nate’s Baked Goods and Coee is celebrating its fth anniversary. Owner Susan Shields opened the bakery at 401 Orchard St., Austin, on March 2, 2017. The shop headed by chef Nathan Bauman brews from locally roasted coee beans and oers baked goods including muns, scones and handmade breads, all made in-house daily. 512-220-0462. www.natesbakedaustin.com 7 Two Bucks Austin opened ve years ago at 503 E. Sixth Street on Feb. 1, 2017. The locally owned bar oers $2 drinks and higher-cost handcrafted cocktails, such as the New Fashioned

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with Jim Beam rye, Luxardo maraschino, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, orange peel and cherry. 512-825-6868. www.facebook.com/twobucksaustin CLOSINGS 8 After a re Jan. 24, longtime Austin restaurant Texas French Bread is closed indenitely. The building at 2900 Rio Grande St., Austin—originally Ship- wash’s Grocery, later the Rome Inn—had served as Texas French Bread since 1987. Owners said they currently do not have enough information to decide their next steps. www.texasfrenchbread.com 9 Russian House , a restaurant and bar, is set to relocate following news that the building at 307 E. Fifth St., Austin, will be demolished for construction of a high rise. Couple Varda and Vladimir Gribkov opened the restaurant 10 years ago. The menu of Eastern European cuisine includes Russian dumplings, tandoori chicken, beef strogano and Kiev cake. www.russianhouseofaustin.com

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cuts of meat. Executive chef Nick Erven previously worked for local restaurants Aba and Perla’s. www.waxmyrtles.com COMING SOON 3 A new women’s health tower will open on the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin campus in fall 2024. The new center will provide women’s clinical services, including urogynecology, gyne- cologic oncology, breast diagnostics and surgery. The facility will also allow for increased patient capacity and training space for future caregivers. Construction is set to begin this fall on the south side of the campus at West 38th Street in Austin. www.healthcare.ascension.org

1 La Colombe cafe opened Jan. 15 at the Whole Foods Market store at 525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin. The cafe brand has 32 locations across seven states, but the Lamar location is the rst in Texas. In addition to coee drinks, the brand sells coee grounds. 737-910-3780. www.lacolombe.com 2 Wax Myrtle’s Club & Pool opened Feb. 14. The restaurant and bar on the fourth oor of the new Thompson Hotel at 506 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin oers sea- sonal produce, local sh and sustainable

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