North Central Austin Edition | July 2023

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

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NAME CHANGES 7 WorkWell Austin, a holistic massage and acupuncture center, rebranded to Ceremony Social Spa and expanded its services in July. The spa, owned by Austin local Asenath Avinash, added a sauna, a cold plunge, life and business coaching, Buddhist meditation and other group classes. It is located at 1706 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin. 512-671-0224. www.ceremonyspa.com CLOSINGS 8 Vegetarian restaurant Mr. Natural closed its 2414 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. A, Austin, location after 20 years in business. The restaurant’s last day of service was June 30. Co-owner Isabel Mendoza said the business was unable to recover after closing for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Natu- ral’s east side location will remain open and began serving lunch specials July 1. www.mrnaturalatx.com ANNIVERSARIES 9 Cabo Bob’s celebrated its 15th anniversary July 26. Don Brinkman, Terri Brinkman and John Stepan opened the first restaurant at 500 E. Ben White Blvd., Austin, in 2008, offering cus- tomizable burritos and fish tacos. Since opening in South Austin, Cabo Bob’s has expanded to a total of nine locations in Texas, including one in Central Austin. 512-432-1111. www.cabobobs.com

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SOUTH CENTRAL NOW OPEN 1 Canva , a platform to create free online designs and visual communication, opened its flagship office in Austin on June 6 at 3212 E. Cesar Chavez St., Bldg. 1, Austin. The campus is 25,000 square feet and offers 108 work desks, 21 meet- ing rooms, eight solo pods and a training room. www.canva.com 2 The city of Austin celebrated the opening of the Metz Park Multi-Use Bike Polo Court on July 21. The court, located at 2407 Canterbury St., Austin, is the first bike polo court in Austin. The sport is similar to traditional polo, but played on bikes instead of horses. The court was installed by the city through the Austin Parks and Recreation Department in part- nership with the Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club. www.austintexas.gov

5 Queen Spa will open a second loca- tion at 1333 Shore District Drive, Austin, this fall. Owner River Nguyen said she wanted to open a new location as busi- ness is growing, and she chose the South Shore District to provide a convenient location to customers who live east of I-35. The spa will have 12 chairs and 10 tables, where specialists can provide services to customers. Queen Spa offers nails, lashes, skin and brow services. www.queenspa.com 6 Sweat 440 will open a location in the Zilker neighborhood in early fall. The studio offers high-intensity interval train- ing classes that consist of four 10-minute sessions. Every 10 minutes, people will have the opportunity to join in a class, and reservations are not required. The studio will be located at 300 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. O, Austin, on the ground floor of Cole Apartments. Sweat 440 has another Austin location open in the High- land area. www.sweat440.com

3 BOTE , which sells kayaks and other personal watercraft, opened at 312 Barton Springs Road, Austin, in July. The company began in Florida. The 3,400-square-foot space offers paddle- boards, kayaks, docks, floats and acces- sories. Bote will also host community events, including paddle demonstrations. www.boteboard.com COMING SOON 4 American pop-up restaurant Elementary will open a brick-and-mortar location at 2032 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin. The same team will also open a small second space called Hopscotch. Ele- mentary will serve a full dinner menu, while Hopscotch will focus on small bites using food trimmings from Elementary to reduce waste. The space was pre- viously home to Tiny Pies. The con- cepts will open in late July. Instagram: elementaryatx

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