Restaurants

Austin-based autonomous vehicle startup Avride deployed its robots between Cesar Chavez and 15th streets and I-35 and West Avenue this week.

"Katz's Never Kloses" may once again be an accurate phrase in Austin after the 24-hour restaurant announced plans to reopen in its original Sixth Street location.

The East Austin Tex-Mex establishment received the money from a program benefitting historic businesses. The owner plans to use the money for building upkeep.

The first shop is set to open in Round Rock as early as the end of the year with construction beginning in June.

Tamale House has been an Austin institution since 1958, when Vasquez-Valera's parents opened the restaurant's first location on Congress Avenue.

The restaurant closed Aug. 16 after the city shut off most of its electricity. Now the city is requiring Nixta to go through the permitting process from the beginning before reopening, which could take months.

Summer is typically slow, especially for restaurants in college towns. But for Austin restaurants, this season’s numbers are down considerably from last year.

Sixty local restaurants will donate a portion of their sales to the Maui Food Bank.

Only a small fraction of plastic waste in the U.S. ends up being recycled. The Plastic Reduction Project wants to help people in Austin rely less on the plastic containers, forks, cups and bags we use once and then toss out.

Project Connect's Orange Line will run from Stassney Lane through the UT campus and up to the North Lamar Transit Center. Maps show how Guadalupe Street would be redrawn between 29th and 27th streets to accommodate the rail.