Restaurants

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.

This city does not focus enough attention on tortillas, according to one Austinite. KUT's ATXplained project set out to learn why.

The lack of new funding means more than 12,000 Texas restaurants are in danger of closing, according to the Texas Restaurant Association.

Launderette and Fresa’s appeared to be among the first restaurants in the Austin area to announce a requirement. But a new law prohibits businesses from requiring customers to show proof of vaccination.

Average wages for nonmanagers at restaurants and bars hit $15 an hour in May, but many say no amount of pay would get them to return. They are leaving at the highest rate in decades.

Retail sales were flat in April from a month earlier as Americans spent less on things such as clothes or sporting goods but increased their spending at bars and restaurants.

Lawmakers in both houses overwhelmingly approved extending the COVID-era waiver that allowed bars and restaurants to sell booze to-go. The governor signed it. Now, it's law.

It was a summer of turmoil for Luby's. The COVID-19 pandemic has driven down traffic in many restaurants, and the future of the beloved cafeterias is…

From Texas Standard:Some of the state’s most populated cities and counties are mandating businesses require customers to wear face masks. The ordinances…