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Taqueria de Diez now open in West Lake Hills

Taqueria de Diez opened its third location in West Lake Hills last spring.

On the menu: Taqueria de Diez opened its first location in downtown Austin in 2024, and serves up a variety of tacos, burritos and quesadillas along with traditional sides like chips and guacamole.

The restaurant operates as an open kitchen style where customers can watch their food be prepared, as previously reported by Community Impact.

The details: Taqueria de Diez is in the process of opening two other locations on Guadalupe Street and at The Domain, according to the restaurant’s website.

  • Opened spring 2026

  • 3736 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 2, West Lake Hills

 
Travis County Coverage
Travis County child care funding outpaces its teachers

Travis County's push to expand affordable child care is running up against a workforce shortage.

The problem: Travis County committed $51.7 million to make child care affordable, but there aren't enough teachers to staff the classrooms that money is meant to open.

Providers sit at 65% capacity as low wages drive turnover past 40% a year.

The wage issue: For the first time, Travis County will require child care providers to pay a baseline wage—pegged near Austin's $22.05 per hour living wage—to win contracts.

The county will begin procuring an administrator for the designated slots program, including a minimum wage for teachers, this fall.

 

FOODIE FRIDAY
Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Austin area.

Ramen Del Barrio reopens on Kramer Lane

This Michelin-recognized restaurant specializes in Japanese-Mexican fusion, offering ramen with classic flavors from the two cuisines. Menu items include the carnitas tonkotsu ramen, which comes with pork broth, mixed carnitas, grilled pepper and onions, radish and tortilla strips; and the mole tsukemen, made with thick noodles, house-made mole, mixed carnitas and tortilla strips.

The restaurant has been on a hiatus since it had to relocate due to the closing of Hana World Market in 2025, the Asian grocery store where Ramen Del Barrio first opened.


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🍣 NAYA now open downtown, offering Mediterranean-Asian fusion
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🥩 Texas Roadhouse joins Bastrop’s growing dining scene
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🍔 Halftime Sports Bar & Grill opens in Cedar Park
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🍴 Sangam Chettinad Indian Cuisine & Bar to debut Cedar Park, Leander location
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😋 A Little Shady announces opening date of Kyle location
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From farm to table: Astra brings fresh, community-focused dining to Buda

A new restaurant serving locally sourced, scratch-made cuisine has opened in downtown Buda.

Every item is scratch-made with no commercial ingredients, with produce locally sourced or grown in the restaurant's own 6,000-square-foot urban farm in San Antonio. Even the sourdough—fired daily in a wood-fired oven—uses local organic flour from Barton Springs Mill, which also supplies the flour for Astra's pizza dough and handmade pasta.

The menu includes sandwiches like the Turkey Pep, starters like the Redfish Crudo and wood-fired pizzas such as the Confit Coppa Ham, alongside an artisan cocktail program.


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CI Texas
School closures are becoming more common in Texas. Here’s why.

Across Texas, public school districts have approved at least 150 campus closures in the last three years as they grapple with declining enrollment, state accountability issues and hefty budget shortfalls.

What's happening: Among the closures are 56 schools in Community Impact’s coverage areas. Some districts have said that additional closures are not off the table.

Roughly 76,000 fewer students were enrolled in Texas public schools during the 2025-26 school year than the year prior. This marks the first non-pandemic enrollment drop in recorded history, according to Texas Education Agency data collected annually since 1987.

Analysts warn that this year’s enrollment decline is not a one-off, with demographics expert Bob Templeton predicting that enrollment could “drop over 100,000 kids” next year.

What they're saying: “This was a decision that I made, even knowing some of the challenges our students are going to face, because I think the alternative is untenable,” Fort Bend ISD board President Kristin Tassin said as the district voted to close seven elementary schools ahead of the 2026-27 school year.

 

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