Central Austin Edition | March 2022

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FEATURED IMPACT ANNIVERSARIES The Central Texas Food Bank celebrated its 40th anniversary March 3. The nonprot was originally called the Capital Area Food Bank. It opened in 1982 and was the second food bank in Texas. The nonprot serves 21 Central Texas counties, including Travis, Williamson and Hays. Last year, the food bank distributed over 64 million pounds of food, according to a press release. The food bank is located at 6500 Metropolis Drive, Austin. 512-282-2111. www.centraltexasfoodbank.org

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B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub

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Road, Austin. Co-owners Devon Ponds and Ben Sabins oer several beers, including a Sportsball Pilsner, Springda- le While Ale and The Noisy Cricket IPA. The brewery also includes an indoor and 5 B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub will celebrate its fth anniversary at its Mueller loca- tion at 1905 Aldrich Ste. 130, Austin, in April. The pub opened its rst location in 2000 on Sixth Street but closed that location in August 2020 due to the pan- demic. 512-580-3782. www.bdrileys.com outdoor patio. 512-765-5240. https://friendsandallies.beer 6 February marks the 30th anniversary for the Travis County Center for Child Protection . The center—located at 8509 FM 969, Bldg. 2 Austin—opened in 1989, then called the Travis County Children’s Advocacy Center. The center brings to- gether legal, forensic and other services for children who have been abused and streamlines the process so children only have to share their story with one team. The center has provided services to more

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EAST AUSTIN NOWOPEN 1 Art & Joy of Nutrition opened a second location at 5322 Cameron Road, Austin, on March 13. The shop oers snacks, including protein shakes, teas and healthy takes on crepes and waes. Local owner Ana Esparza said the inspi- ration behind her cafes is keeping Austin healthy. Her rst cafe is located at 5312 Airport Blvd., Austin. 512-947-0839. www.facebook.com/artjoyofnutrition 2 Local owner Thaison Nguyen opened food truck Pho Craft Vietnamese in Jan- uary. Nguyen is the son of Thai and Son Nguyen, who own Austin chain Pho Thai Son. Thaison Nguyen and his managing partner, Samantha Brown, took over the 71

old LeverCraft Coee trailer at 3307 Oak Springs Drive, Austin. The menu includes pho, banh mi and vermicelli bowls. 737-300-1240. www.phocraftatx.com COMING SOON 3 Chef Tatsu Aikawa and the team behind Tatsu-Ya will open a yet unnamed new concept restaurant that combines ramen and barbecue. The restaurant is to be located at 2027 Anchor Lane , Austin, the previous location of Contigo. It is expected to open in the summer. No contact info is available at this time. ANNIVERSARIES 4 East Austin’s Friends & Allies Brewing opened March 1, 2017, at 979 Springdale

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130 TOLL than 63,000 children, according to the release. 512-472-1164. www.centerforchildprotection.org IN THE NEWS 7 Circuit of The Americas announced Feb. 18 that it had come to an agreement with Formula 1 to extend its contract until 2026. The 2021 Grand Prix had the biggest attendance of any F1 race in Aus- tin since the sport came to COTA in 2012. F1 will return to Austin in October. www.circuitoftheamericas.com

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