ATX-CPF: Impact 10/20/2025

A family affair: Co-owners Bulmaro and Manuel Berrios opened Dos Hermanos Café and Tex Mex in Cedar Park in January 2024, according to manager Jackie Jaimes. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with a menu stacked full of Tex Mex, American classics and craft cocktails. 

The background: The restaurant moved into the former Gloria's Cafe & Bakery spot, which many of the current Dos Hermanos Café and Tex Mex employees worked at prior to its closure in May 2023. 

On the menu: Dos Hermanos Café and Tex Mex has a range of menu offerings for each meal time. Breakfast options include skillets, steak and eggs, breakfast tacos, omelets, chilaquiles, migas and more. 

The large selection of different foods is what sets the restaurant apart from other competitors, Jaimes said.

A quarterly budget update from Round Rock ISD staff urged caution around projections for a budget surplus in the 2025-26 financial year.

What you need to know: RRISD Chief Financial Officer Dennis Covington told the board of trustees that legislative changes around school funding implemented this year, combined with uncertainty about an increase to the homestead exemption, has projections for the budget somewhere between an $11 million shortfall and $5 million surplus.

Early voting in the Nov. 4 election begins Oct. 20 and runs through Oct. 31. During early voting, registered voters can cast ballots at any polling place within their county of residence, according to the secretary of state’s office.

What to bring: Voters must bring one of seven forms of identification to the polls:

• A Texas driver license (issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety)
• A Texas personal ID card (issued by the DPS)
• A Texas handgun license (issued by the DPS)
• A Texas election ID certificate (issued by the DPS)
• A U.S. military ID card with the voter’s photograph
• A U.S. citizenship certificate with the voter’s photograph
• A U.S. passport

Officials are readying for the impending expansion of flying vehicle use, and reviewing how the city will be able to regulate the new mode of transportation in Austin's skies.

The details: Plans for the rollout of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing, or eVTOL, aircraft are already in the works in other major cities, and Austin should prepare sooner than later for local impacts in the near future, Assistant City Manager Mike Rogers told City Council. Austin leaders should start considering eVTOLs' likely impacts on Austin's zoning, utilities, transportation networks and public safety while new regulations between local, state and federal governments are decided, he said.

Following a June executive order from President Donald Trump, the Federal Aviation Administration is working to launch an eVTOL pilot program that could involve local governments like Austin. Rogers said it remains to be seen how the city could get involved with that work or other partnerships with aircraft companies.

As Community Impact enters its third decade, it’s returning to its roots of growth and deeper reader connections. The “Patron” program, which began in 2020 by reader demand, is relaunching as the InCIder this month.

“This relaunch represents our renewed commitment to readers who support our local news,” CEO John Garrett said. “Beyond funding great journalism, we also want to reward our InCIders and build deeper connections with them, creating a true sense of community around the work we do.”

The InCIder program currently gives donors access to a special Saturday email edition across each metro: Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.

Memberships are currently $10 per month or $110 annually. A membership will include the previously mentioned perks, as well as:

• Quarterly discounts at local businesses 
• Invites to in-person events
• Optional naming and “thank you” in our newspaper
• Community Impact swag
• InCIder anniversary gift

Check out the top trending Community Impact stories in the Austin metro from
Oct. 13-17.

1. Williamson County Fair and Rodeo coming to Taylor in October

2. Trader Joe’s expected to begin construction in Cedar Park this January

3. Pflugerville home sales decline, prices drop in Hutto

4. Austin ISD offers naming rights at district facilities to generate additional revenue

5. 'Shovel-ready:' Austin ISD nears groundbreaking on affordable apartment community

6. Home sale prices continue to decline in September for Cedar Park and Far Northwest Austin