Central Austin Edition | February 2022

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Owners Jena Pickle, left, and Jennifer Plaia will move to a new salon space this summer. COURTESY JENA PICKLE FEATURED IMPACT RELOCATIONS Ladybird Society , a full-service salon specializing in custom balayage, color and haircuts, will

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upgrade from a two-chair space at 311 Bowie St. to a 12-chair space at 2300 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin. Owners Jena Pickle and Jennifer Plaia are having the new space built and hope to open in June. www.instagram.com/ladybirdsocietyatx

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spring. The store will sit across from Men’s Wearhouse on the lower level and will occupy a roughly 6,000-square-foot space at 2901 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Austin. 866-533-4783. www.rue21.com summer. Sola is a brand of luxury salon studios focused on supporting beauty professionals with equipment needed to launch their own business. The new salon will be located on the upper level of the mall next to Nordstrom and is currently leasing space. www.solasalonstudios.com RELOCATIONS 5 Tiny Pies , a mother-and-daughter business founded by Amanda Wadsworth 4 Sola Salon Studios will open in Barton Creek Square Mall this and her mother, Kit Seay, moved to a new space at 1100 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 1116, in November after closing its 2032 S. Lamar Blvd. location. The restaurant sells handheld pies range from sweet to savory. The brand has two other Austin

1 Trudy’s Del Mar , a coastal Tex-Mex restaurant stemming from the Trudy’s brand, opened Dec. 29. The restaurant will serve, among other oerings, bloody marys, carrot cake French toast, seared sh and New York strips. The new space at 1600 S. Congress Ave., Austin, replaces the former South Congress Cafe. 512-447-3905. www.trudysdelmar.com COMING SOON 2 Austin’s Pizza will open a new location at 1600 S. First St., Austin, in the rst 2022. The space will be the 14 Austin area location. The menu features original pizzas and build-your-own options as well as salads and desserts. www.austinspizza.com 3 Fast fashion retailer Rue21 will come to Barton Creek Square Mall this

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locations on Burnet and Bee Caves roads. 512-460-9697. www.tinypies.com ANNIVERSARIES 6 Aordable housing community Bluebonnet Studios marked ve years at its 2301 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, location in February. Nonprot Foundation Communities owns the residence, which features 107 low-cost, eciency

apartments for single adults. The complex opened Feb. 15, 2017. 512-617-4441. www.foundcom.org CLOSINGS 7 The Toms shoe store at 1401 S. Congress Ave., Austin, closed Feb. 14. A spokesperson conrmed the closing, but did not provide further information. www.toms.com

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