Postino’s third location in Austin is now open at the Village at Westlake.

On the menu: Postino offers a large selection of food, including paninis, salads, bruschetta and charcuterie boards.

The wine cafe also provides an extensive wine list, craft cocktails, beers and a variety of non-alcoholic drink options.

This will be Postino’s third cafe in Austin, with other locations in Bryker Woods and South Central Austin.

The details: Postino also offers a “Bottle Club,” a monthly membership starting at $20 that includes up to three bottles of wine, an extra happy hour and other perks.

Guests who sign up for Postino Bottle Club membership during opening week will receive founding member bonuses, including an extra bottle of wine.

• Opened Sept. 13

Austin's City Council District 8 will soon elect a new representative at City Hall for the first time in nearly a decade. Voters can check their council district online.

The details: Southwest Austin voters have a choice between two candidates, Jeffery Bowen and Selena Xie, in the November 2026 election. Longtime council member Paige Ellis will leave office in January 2027 after reaching her term limit and unsuccessfully petitioning to run for a third term. Ellis was first voted into office in a 2018 runoff and was re-elected in 2022.

Keep in mind: Early voting runs from Oct. 19-30, and Election Day is Nov. 3.

Check out the latest transportation project updates across the Austin metro.

Georgetown to reduce speed limit on Ronald Reagan Boulevard: Georgetown City Council gave preliminary approval Aug. 25 to adjust speed limits on Ronald Reagan Boulevard and Westinghouse Road, as well as in school zones on Hwy. 195 and Woodlake Drive.

Planning continues for Hwy. 46 expansion project in New Braunfels: The Texas Department of Transportation is continuing to work on a $1.4 billion project geared toward improving traffic flows on Hwy. 46 in Comal and Guadalupe counties. For Comal County, the project looks to construct elevated main lanes over the existing Hwy. 46 roadway and two direct connecting flyover ramps between Hwy. 46 and I-35. In Guadalupe County, TxDOT officials are proposing to expand Hwy. 46 to a four-lane controlled-access highway with two-lane, one-way frontage roads.

Southwest Airlines to open lounge at Austin airport: Southwest Airlines will open a lounge at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, set to welcome guests in late 2027. The lounges are already under construction.

The first public air taxi test in Texas debuted in Fort Worth Sept. 10 with an audience that included U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, Sen. Ted Cruz and numerous federal, state and regional leaders.

The takeaway: The Texas Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration, officially launched Project Nexus at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The project is a pilot program for electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOLs.

The initiative will bring together federal, state and regional transportation leaders with aviation manufacturers and operators to begin testing how advanced air mobility can be safely integrated into the nation’s transportation system, according to a news release.

“For those of y'all who are old enough to remember 'The Jetsons,' I remember flying cars and we’re at the verge of seeing flying cars,” Cruz said. “We’re at the verge of air taxis and drones and transportation being transformed.”