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A taste of home: Chicago classics find a place at The Red Door Kitchen in Georgetown

After years of hearing the same request from loyal customers just up the road, restaurateur Bill Nychay brought a taste of Chicago to Georgetown in February 2025.

His newest venture, The Red Door Kitchen, builds on the success of his sandwich shop WiseGuys, while expanding into pizza, pasta and weekend breakfast. The spot draws in locals eager for an authentic bite of the Windy City, especially those chasing the unmistakable comfort of a dipped Italian beef sandwich, Nychay said.

The backstory: WiseGuys has been around for 15 years. Nychay opened a Round Rock location about 10 years ago, and found that many of his customers live in Georgetown.

Respecting the craft: Red Door Kitchen ships in poppy seed buns from Chicago and the hot dogs are all Vienna Beef brand.

Craving Italian beef? Nychay said the star of the show at Red Door Kitchen is the Italian beef sandwich, which is layered with thinly sliced Italian beef with sweet peppers or hot giardiniera on a Turano roll.
 
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Electronics manufacturer Compal secures Williamson County economic incentives

Williamson County commissioners approved a tax abatement agreement April 14 with Taiwan-based electronics company Compal USA Technology for its server service center in Georgetown.

What it means: The agreement between Compal and the county includes a 30% reduction in property taxes for 10 years in return for Compal’s $35 million capital investment in its facility and the creation of at least 100 full-time jobs.

The company will manufacture technological products, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence servers, at the Georgetown facility, People Operations Director Rick Ortiz said at the meeting.

Compal is still working to complete construction on the server service center and is aiming to begin manufacturing operations in June, Ortiz said.

In case you missed it: Georgetown City Council also approved economic incentive agreements with Compal in December. The agreements include payments and tax abatements in return for performance-based milestones.

 

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Texas education board moves forward with first mandatory K-12 reading list

The State Board of Education gave preliminary approval April 10 to roughly 200 literary works that all Texas public school students would be required to read beginning in 2030.

What happened: The SBOE trimmed about 100 titles from a list proposed by the Texas Education Agency, which board members and educators criticized as too long to be taught. The Republican-led board signed off on a revised list in a 9-5 party-line vote April 10.

The details: The draft list ranges from nursery rhymes and short stories in early grades to classical and 20th-century literature in high school. The list also includes about a dozen excerpts from the Bible. While students learn about world religions today, Texans testified that if the reading list is approved, it would be the first time in recent history that state leaders mandate religious readings in the classroom.  

Next steps: Board members are scheduled to take a final vote on the reading list in June. If approved, the list will be used in classrooms in the 2030-31 school year.

 

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