Restaurant Updates 7/3/26

🆕 Piada Italian Street Food (Leander/Northline) — A new fast-casual Italian spot is headed to Northline with pasta bowls, piadas, chopped salads, cannoli chips and a buildout expected to wrap this fall.
🆕 Pepper Lunch (Leander/Northline) — The Japanese hot-plate chain is also landing at Northline, bringing its “cook-it-yourself” sizzling beef pepper rice, steaks, teriyaki and Asian comfort food.
🆕 Foxtail Coffee Co. (Leander/Bryson Ridge Crossing) — Leander is getting a new coffee-and-hangout concept with craft coffee, matcha, gelato, local bites and beer/wine service planned.

🆕 = new this week.

🆕 Piada Italian Street Food (Leander) — This fast-casual Italian chain is moving into Northline with made-to-order pasta bowls, Italian flatbread wraps, chopped salads, cannoli chips and garlic dough. This one matters because Northline is starting to stack real restaurant density, not just “future mixed-use someday” promises.
⏰ ETA: September 2026 buildout; opening TBD
📍 Address: 516 E. San Gabriel Parkway, Ste. 110, Leander, TX 78641
🌐 Website: https://mypiada.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

🆕 Pepper Lunch (Leander) — Pepper Lunch is bringing its Japanese sizzling-plate concept to Northline, where meals arrive on hot iron plates so diners can mix and finish the food at the table. Expect beef pepper rice, steak, teriyaki, curry, pasta, seafood and plant-based options.
⏰ ETA: Late 2026
📍 Address: 516 E. San Gabriel Parkway, Ste. 130, Leander, TX 78641
🌐 Website: https://pepperlunchrestaurants.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

🆕 Foxtail Coffee Co. (Leander) — Foxtail Coffee Co. is planned for Bryson Ridge Crossing with premium coffee, matcha, gelato, local bites and beer/wine service. This looks like more than a grab-and-go coffee stop; it’s positioned as an all-day hangout spot.
⏰ ETA: October 2026
📍 Address: 149 Bulbine Drive, Ste. 160, Leander, TX 78641
🌐 Website: https://www.foxtailcoffee.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

🆕 Huddle Tavern (Cedar Park) — A new tavern project is tied to a tenant alteration at 604 N. Bell Blvd., with work scheduled to start now and continue into late 2026. Details are still thin, but the filing points to a real buildout, not just a rumor floating around Facebook.
⏰ ETA: December 2026
📍 Address: 604 N. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613
🌐 Website: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tbd
📞 Phone: TBD

Chicken Salad Chick (Leander) — The Southern-style fast-casual chain is building out a Hero Way location focused on chicken salad scoops, sandwiches, soups, sides and catering. The project is an $850K restaurant buildout, so this is one to watch closely as August approaches.
⏰ ETA: August 2026
📍 Address: 1060 Hero Way, Building 2, Leander, TX 78641
🌐 Website: https://www.chickensaladchick.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

Shu & Spice (Cedar Park) — A new restaurant project is moving through an interior renovation at Shops at Lakeline. The name hints at a spice-forward concept, but the public filing does not yet give enough menu detail to call the cuisine with confidence.
⏰ ETA: October 2026
📍 Address: 115 S. Lakeline Blvd., Ste. 300, Cedar Park, TX 78613
🌐 Website: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tbd
📞 Phone: TBD

J. Alexander’s (Cedar Park) — This is the big-dollar anchor of the week: a $4.25M ground-up restaurant project on E. New Hope Drive. The brand is known for polished casual dining, steaks, seafood, salads and a more upscale chain-restaurant feel.
⏰ ETA: November 2026 buildout; opening TBD
📍 Address: 750 E. New Hope Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613
🌐 Website: https://www.jalexanders.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

La Tequila Jalisco (Liberty Hill) — This long-discussed Mexican restaurant project appears to be moving again with a new construction filing on Hwy. 29. Expect a menu built around tacos, burritos, enchiladas, fajitas, soups and a bar program if it follows the brand’s existing format.
⏰ ETA: March 2027
📍 Address: 13800 W. Hwy. 29, Liberty Hill, TX 78642
🌐 Website: https://latequilarestaurant.com/
📞 Phone: TBD

🆕 Casa Xcaret (Cedar Park/Lakeline Mall) — A new food court restaurant is reportedly preparing to open at Lakeline Mall. Details are limited, and no opening date has been announced, so this one stays in the “watch list” bucket until more is confirmed.
⏰ ETA: TBD
📍 Address: 11200 Lakeline Mall Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613
🌐 Website: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tbd
📞 Phone: TBD

🆕 Atomic Wings (Leander) — Highlighting the South Brook Station retail expansion, this New York-born chicken institution has officially debuted. The kitchen focuses entirely on fresh, never-frozen wings spun in bold signature sauces, alongside crisp chicken tenders, sandwiches, and halal-friendly selections.

🆕 Crust Pizza Co. (Leander) — This beautifully built, family-oriented thin-crust establishment has officially launched operations at South Brook Station. They are gathering high community praise for their premium Chicago-style thin-crust specialty pies, loaded calzones, scratch-made pastas, and dedicated outdoor neighborhood dining patio.

Crust Pizza Co. (Leander) — A stellar, highly polished addition that has officially anchored the booming South Brook Station retail development. Tailor-made to serve as a high-hospitality hub for local families, this exceptional neighborhood pizzeria introduces a true artisan standard of Chicago-style thin-crust baking accompanied by a full layout of craft drafts, wine selections, and open-air relaxation.

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