ATX-LTW: Impact 10/16/2025

The Austin-area Italian restaurant CraigO’s Pizza & Pastaria will open a new food truck in Spicewood this fall.

The overview: Items included on the menu at CraigO’s include pizza, pasta, calzones and subs, as well as desserts like cannoli and cheesecake. 

The details: The new food truck is currently in a “soft-launch” phase, with the business hoping for a grand opening in late October or early November, owner Andrew Rincon said. The business has four existing locations in Sunset Valley, Lakeway, Onion Creek and Balcones. 

• 22111 Hwy. 71, Ste. 601, Spicewood

Lake Travis Community Library West has been included in American Libraries Magazine’s 2025 Library Design Showcase, according to a news release from the library.

The overview: The showcase is hosted every year by American Libraries and is designed to celebrate new or renovated libraries across North America. Lake Travis Community Library West, located at 21209 State Hwy. 71, was recognized for a “radical reimagining” of its space, according to the news release.

The details: “Renovations at the Lake Travis West location highlight the area’s unique country character while paying homage to the building’s previous life as a pizza restaurant,” American Libraries state on the showcase webpage. “Open-table seating and pendant lights maintain the pizza-joint vibe, and the former drive-through window is now a pickup spot for reserved materials.”

What else?: Lake Travis Community Library West recently expanded its operating hours, now open on Monday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m, and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Texas House and Senate are launching new legislative committees to “get to the bottom of exactly what occurred” during this summer’s deadly Central Texas floods, state leaders announced Oct. 13.

The details: The bipartisan panels, known as the House and Senate General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events, will meet jointly to conduct “a comprehensive and thorough review” of the floods, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.

Lawmakers will be tasked with:

• Identifying strategies to strengthen Texas’ disaster preparedness
• Helping communities respond to future floods
• Examining actions taken at summer camps in the flood zone