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Bad Habits Card Company now open in Georgetown

Bad Habits Card Co. opened this month off Williams Drive in Georgetown. 

Learn more: Owned by Brodie Sachs, the business is geared toward collectors and players to buy, sell and trade cards, both sports and trading card games. The shop offers a selection of sealed sports and TCG products, as well as single cards.

Sachs plans to host TCG tournaments in the space. 

  • 3629 Williams Drive, Ste. 101, Georgetown

 
Stay In The Know
Georgetown Recreation Center closed for maintenance Aug. 31-Sept. 7

The Georgetown Recreation Center will be closed for a week at the beginning of September for regular annual maintenance, according to a city newsletter.

What you need to know: While the facility will be closed from Aug. 31-Sept. 7, employees will still answer phone calls and return emails from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Contractors will focus on preventative maintenance and upgrades to the facility, including:

  • Plumbing fixture replacements
  • Locker room lighting
  • Cleaning the facility and equipment
  • Flooring projects
  • Administrative tasks and organization
  • Staff training

Additionally, the indoor recreation pool is closed for plaster replacement and will open in early October, the newsletter states. Recreation center members can use the pool at 3201 Williams Drive during this time.

 

FOODIE FRIDAY
Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Austin area.

Baldinucci Pizza Romana debuts Domain Northside location

Family-owned Baldinucci Pizza Romana, operated by Salvatore, Patricia, and Gabriel Baldinucci, has debuted its second Austin location at Domain Northside. The Italian eatery specializes in high-quality ingredients and traditional cooking methods, featuring two distinct dough styles: New York and Roman.

The Roman-style dough is crafted with imported Italian flour and pure extra virgin olive oil. Pizza is served by the slice with toppings like margherita, sausage and honey, or fig and arugula. The menu also includes a variety of salads (house, Caesar, and Greek), New York hero sandwiches, and small dishes such as meatball parmigiana. The original West Lake Hills location is currently closed for renovations and will reopen in November.

  • 11501 Rock Rose Ave., Ste. 146, Austin


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🍗 Duff's Famous Wings opens second Texas location in Cedar Park
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🍄‍🟫 Plant-based tasting room Fabrik relocates to Tarrytown
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🍽️ Picnik relaunches with new dining concept
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🍖 Good BBQ Company expands to Hudson Bend area
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Local Foods opens second Austin location

Local Foods' second Austin location is officially serving lunch, dinner, cocktails and coffee, and will debut weekend brunch in September.

The eatery offers fan favorites alongside expanded entrees and is committed to sourcing from Texas producers. Exclusives to this location include the Borracho Beef Sandwich—featuring Mexican-style red wine braised beef, cilantro-cabbage slaw, pickled peppers, and aioli on toasted ciabatta—and a sesame-tamari marinated salmon poke bowl. Patrons can also enjoy salads, bowls, sandwiches, soups, and desserts.

  • 3800 N. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 170, Austin


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CI Texas
Texas Department of Insurance must work to reduce home insurance costs, Gov. Abbott says

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."

 

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