Tiny Grocer, a local grocery store in Hyde Park, opened a new cafe this spring.

What's on the menu: The Tiny Grocer Café serves all-day brunch and dinner, including French favorites and deli classic dishes alongside coffee, cocktails and dessert.

The cafe's menu features the following: 

• Brunch: omelette, Bacon and Egg’wich, Brioche French Toast, Avocado Tartine and Croque Madame

• Lunch: French onion soup, hot pastrami sandwich, turkey and havarti sandwich, BLT and French dip

• Dinner: Duck Leg Deconstructed Cassoulet, Chicken Paillard, Pommes Dauphine and half-roasted chicken

The background: The new cafe replaced Bureau de Poste—a French-inspired dinner restaurant at Tiny Grocer. 

Owner Steph Steele opened Tiny Grocer off South Congress in 2021 and opened a second location in Hyde Park in 2023. The business celebrated its fifth anniversary in March.

Stay tuned: Tiny Grocer is preparing to open a third location in East Austin off East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in late 2026, replacing the former Longhorn Meat Market.

• 4300 Speedway, Ste. 101, Austin

City Council voted to dissolve the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board, the body established almost a decade ago to help guide a wave of planned development south of downtown.

The details: The board's deactivation came after it had struggled to meet on a regular basis since early 2025, and as a series of civic planning updates made its duties less critical. Austin requires its resident-led boards and commissions to meet regularly or face the potential of being shut down. The South Central Waterfront board had experienced frequent turnover and meeting cancellations, only convening once in the year leading up to council's vote this spring.

The board's work is ending as Austin wraps the nearly 120-acre South Central Waterfront into a wider initiative for the future of the central city area stretching from south of Lady Bird Lake to The University of Texas at Austin campus.

Thrift @ The Warehouse, a sustainability-focused thrift store, opened in Central Austin at the end of last year.

How it works: The thrift store allows people to buy, sell and trade their clothes, shoes, accessories and purses. Clothing racks are curated by styles, such as Y2K, 90s, band tees, boho and alternative, owner Tony Marlowe said.

Shoppers can participate in night markets featuring live music, DJs and vendors every fourth Friday from 6-11 p.m. Every third Saturday, the store hosts a fill-a-bag event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in which shoppers can purchase a bag of items for $15.

The backstory: Thrift @The Warehouse first opened in San Antonio. The business began as a warehouse in which Marlowe was reselling items on Facebook Marketplace.

Something to note: Through its zero waste initiative, the business recycles any donated clothes at a textile facility and gives the proceeds to local charities, Marlowe said.

Stay tuned: Thrift @ The Warehouse is planning to open another Austin store in May, Marlowe said.

• 1104 W. 34th St., Austin

Three medical cannabis businesses have been conditionally approved to participate in the Texas Compassionate Use Program, state officials announced April 1.

The big picture: The companies received conditional licenses from the Texas Department of Public Safety in an effort to expand access to medical cannabis products. Under the compassionate use program, physicians can prescribe medical-grade, low-THC products to eligible patients in partnership with licensed dispensaries.

Zooming in: Two of the three businesses given conditional licenses April 1 are affiliated with existing medical cannabis dispensaries that work in several other states. The new licensees are:

• GTI Texas, LLC (doing business as RISE Dispensaries) in West Texas

• Cresco Labs Texas, LLC in East Texas

• Texas Medica Collective, LLC in Northeast Texas

Conditional licensees must pass additional state evaluations before they can begin operating, according to the DPS.

More context: As Texas expands its medical cannabis program, the state is also tightening restrictions on the multibillion-dollar consumable hemp industry, Community Impact reported.