Business News in Austin, Texas

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Small Businesses

ATXtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love

Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.

October 29, 2025 03:21 PM

Emily Shea-Owen

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Business

Step into a time machine: Iconic Austin businesses by decade

Journey through local history and travel into another era by visiting these businesses, restaurants, and bars where time stands still.

September 9, 2025

Morgan O’Neal

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Business

Meet the top 15 Austin companies that made the 2025 Inc. 5000 list

Look out, you just might be working for one of these trailblazing companies that are growing faster than you can say “Inc. 5000"

August 12, 2025

Laura Figi

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Business

Industry ICYMI: 3 Austin business headlines you may have missed

Catch up on Austin’s business industry news with some of the biggest headlines of the week.

August 7, 2025

Laura Figi

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Food

Keep Austin eating: 3 morsels of food + restaurant news

There are two new openings and a closure on the way, including Chef Janelle Romeo’s new Trinidad and Tobago cuisine, an Irish cafe, and a Tatsu-Ya restaurant closing.

August 5, 2025

Laura Figi

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Real Estate

ICON breaks ground on a dozen new 3D-printed homes in Mueller

Act fast if you’re interested in living in one of the new Mueller homes, because only a few are still available.

July 31, 2025

Laura Figi

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Food

Ramen Del Barrio will move into its first brick-and-mortar this year

The Bib Gourmand Japanese-Mexican fusion restaurant will stay in north Austin and take over the former Bullseye Bakery space.

July 28, 2025

Laura Figi

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Food

“King of The Hill”'s signature Alamo Beer will launch in stores this month

The preferred brew of Arlen’s back alley hangouts will be available in H-E-B in late July, just before the series reboot drops on Hulu.

July 15, 2025

Laura Figi

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Food

‘Once you taste this food, it’s really hard to go back': How to eat local with Farmhouse Delivery

Farmhouse Delivery founder Stephanie Scherzer answered our questions about the newly relaunched local food delivery service, which aims to get people eating local.

July 8, 2025

Laura Figi