Hanshin Pocha, a restaurant known for a menu stacked with Korean comfort food, opened a new location near Lakeline Mall. The restaurant opened in February, according to a post on the Austin location's Instagram page.

A closer look: According to the restaurant's website, popular street food wagons called "pocha" were adapted into indoor stalls. Hanshin Pocha is an evolution of that same concept.

"The vision was to modernize the pocha with clean interiors and hygienic food offerings while retaining its romantic ambiance," the website says.

The menu features items such as fried dumplings, Korean pancakes, kimchi fried rice, stir-fried udon with brisket and more.

The Austin location is Hanshin Pocha's first in Texas, joining locations in California, Georgia and Arizona.

• Opened Feb. 5

• 11301 Lakeline Blvd., Bldg. 8, Ste.114, Austin

A planned consolidation of city technology workers is moving forward after weeks of pushback from some affected employees.

Updates to Austin's technology processes are among several government efficiency and cost-cutting efforts underway at City Hall. The plan initiated last year would eventually reorganize hundreds of information technology staff across all city departments under the roof of Austin Technology Services, or ATS.

The "One ATS" process is supported by city management based on findings from consultants, who reported Austin's IT spending is out of line with peers and that a centralized model could improve city systems. But it's been opposed by many impacted employees and their union due to concerns about public services and safety.

Some City Council members agreed and were readying to advance a formal request to halt the ATS reorganization this month. That measure was withdrawn after a recent public review and based on new assurances about the program from City Manager T.C. Broadnax.

From a new Target in Austin to elementary school construction in Leander ISD, here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Leander ISD Elementary School No. 32 ($65 million): The new elementary school will be 117,000 square feet. According to the district, the school is projected to open in 2028 and follow the same design used for recent elementary schools.

2. Paramount Theatre Restoration ($21.7 million): This project includes a partial renovation of the existing theater, and will be completed in the summer of 2027. 

3. Target ($19.3 million): A Target will anchor The Village at Dripping Springs shopping center. 

4. Lake Travis Fire Rescue ($8 million): This project involves the demolition of the existing fire station and construction of a new one.

5. Conner Tract Parking Addition ($2 million): This project involves an overflow parking addition for Liberty Hill ISD north of the existing Liberty Hill High School campus.

On May 26, Democratic voters will choose their nominee for Texas lieutenant governor in a runoff election between state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, and union leader Marcos Vélez.

The big picture: The Democratic race for lieutenant governor is one of several statewide contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

Goodwin and Vélez were the two highest-performing candidates in the three-person primary race, with Goodwin collecting 48% of the vote and Vélez receiving 31%. The winner of the May 26 overtime round will face incumbent Dan Patrick and potential third-party candidates in the November midterm election.

Some context: The lieutenant governor leads the Texas Senate and can exercise the powers of the governor if the governor dies, resigns, is removed from office or is absent from the state, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

At the polls: Texans can vote early from May 18-22, and runoff election day is May 26.