Golden Hour Cafe & Wine Bar serves patrons at two key hours of the day: the golden hours. Early morning visitors can stop in for fresh tea or coffee and a breakfast burrito. At 6 p.m., laptops disappear and natural wines are poured by the glass or presented by the bottle with marinated olives or a housemade focaccia slice. 

The background: For owner Barclay Stratton, the goal is to bring customers the highest-caliber ingredients for three meals a day at an everyday price point.

What’s on the menu: Golden Hour offers breakfast classics like homemade yogurt and granola, avocado toast, biscuits and its famous breakfast burrito, made with potato, egg, cheese, chipotle and green onions. 

Learn more: The lunch menu features a Paris ham melt and a chicken Caesar wrap before the kitchen closes to prepare for evening bites. After 3 p.m., the cafe and wine bar serve focaccia by the slice with cheese, crackers and hojicha tea basque cheesecake for dessert. 

• 7731 Menchaca Road, Ste. 100, Austin

The city of Austin is seeking to have a say in the future of some Austin ISD campuses—10 of which are slated to close this summer.

What happened: At a March 26 meeting, the Austin City Council approved a resolution to form a policy around the redevelopment of public land by AISD and other entities.

Additionally, council approved refining the city’s process for managing condemnations of city-owned parkland, including some AISD school playgrounds.

The overview: Fuentes’ resolution seeks to preserve publicly owned land for uses that are beneficial to the community. The city manager will develop a land policy around when to acquire or partner in the redevelopment of land owned by other public groups, such as local school districts, CapMetro, Central Health, Austin Community College and Travis County.

What else? Council member Ryan Alter said his resolution aims to raise transparency and protect the public’s interest in the condemnation of city parkland by other governmental entities. The city manager must now develop a process for managing these condemnations.

Discussions surrounding water conservation, availability and use by developments continue in Hays County as the Commissioners Court discussed the proposed creation of a division within the Development Services Department to review projects that require significant resources.

What happened: Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra placed an item on the court’s April 14 agenda to consider the creation of a High Intensity Development Review Division.

If approved, the item would have increased the responsibility of a current position within the Development Services Department to include evaluating developments that demand significant water, power, land or infrastructure systems, according to Becerra.

Another viewpoint: Precinct 4 Commissioner Walt Smith raised concerns about the county’s authority to review proposed high-usage developments differently from other projects. A similar concern was raised at a Feb. 24 meeting regarding a proposed moratorium on developments requiring large amounts of water.

Going forward: Following court discussion, the commissioners directed staff to work with the Development Services Department to make recommendations for how best to move the proposed review division forward.