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🔝 TOP 3 IN 10 SECONDS
🆕 Halftime Sports Bar & Grill (Cedar Park) — A chef-driven sports bar with a 15-foot LED wall and 50+ drafts just soft-opened at Lakeline Mall.
🆕 Southern Steer Butcher (Cedar Park) — A neighborhood butcher with marinated steak tips and a dry-aging program opens August 1 on the 183A corridor.
🆕 The Goat Restaurant & Bar (Leander) — A big all-day restaurant-and-bar is the answer to what's rising near Hero Way & Main.
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🏗️ COMING SOON & RUMORED
🆕 Southern Steer Butcher (Cedar Park) — A Florida-born neighborhood butcher bringing artisanal cuts, signature marinated steak tips, prepared sides, and a members-only dry-aging program with custom nameplates.
⏰ Opening: August 1 (this Saturday)
📍 Address: 4701 183A Toll, Bldg. A, Ste. 100, Cedar Park
🌐 Website: southernsteer.com
📞 Phone: TBD
🆕 The Goat Restaurant & Bar (Leander) — A lively all-day social hub from Lifestyle Communities — power bowls, tacos, pizza and American mains, plus coffee from an in-house Morning Ritual bar and community events — rising at the new LC Leander community.
⏰ ETA: TBD (under construction)
📍 Address: Hero Way & Main Street, Leander
🌐 Website: lcgoat.com
📞 Phone: TBD
🆕 Dough It Up (Leander) — The family-owned Italian kitchen behind the Cedar Park favorite is opening a second location, with scratch-made brick-oven pizza, homemade pasta, house sauces, and wine and beer.
⏰ ETA: Late August 2026
📍 Address: 15609 Ronald W. Reagan Blvd., Ste. D160, Leander
🌐 Website: doughitup.com
📞 Phone: TBD
🆕 The Kebab Shop (Cedar Park) — A San Diego-born Mediterranean spot bringing gyros, flame-grilled kebabs, fresh bowls, wraps and seasoned fries — all made to order — to the Arrow Point development.
⏰ ETA: TBD
📍 Address: SWC of Arrow Point Dr. & E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park
🌐 Website: thekebabshop.com
📞 Phone: TBD
✅ NOW OPEN (Last 60 Days)
🆕 Halftime Sports Bar & Grill (Cedar Park) — A high-energy, chef-driven sports bar now open at Lakeline Mall, with specialty pizzas, wings, burgers, 50+ draft beers and a massive courtside LED wall.
📅 Opened: Late July (soft opening)
📍 Address: 11200 Lakeline Mall Dr., Unit F-18, Cedar Park
🌐 Website: halftimesbg.com
📞 Phone: (512) 829-6090
📑 ON THE RADAR — NEW FILINGS & PERMITS
Early signals from filings, permits, and city sources — spotted before the official announcements.
🆕 Jersey Mike's Subs (Cedar Park) — A second Cedar Park location for the fresh-sliced sub chain is filed for Parmer Lane, joining the longtime Whitestone Blvd. store.
⏰ ETA: Late 2026 (construction completion targeted October)
📍 Address: 2301 W. Parmer Lane, Unit 204, Cedar Park
🌐 Website: jerseymikes.com
⭐ FEATURED SPOT
Halftime Sports Bar & Grill (Cedar Park) — Cedar Park's newest sports bar isn't trying to be your average wings-and-a-TV spot, and the scale of it makes that clear the second you walk in.
The Vibe: High-octane and built for game day — a 15-foot courtside-style LED wall so there's no bad seat, 50+ beers on tap spanning domestics, Texas craft and Austin locals, live music on Friday nights, and servers styled as "refs." It's a family-and-weekday spot by day, late-night watch party by night.
Must-Order Items: The kitchen is chef-led and leans big — the Gridiron Pizza is a 32"-by-48" monster built for a whole crew. Start with Wisconsin cheese curds, work through the wings and burgers, and pair it all with a signature cocktail or one of the local drafts.
Pro Tip: Ask about the Golden Wings Pass — a one-time $50 buy-in that gets you 10 wings a week for a full year. If you're local and go even occasionally, it pays for itself fast.
📍 Address: 11200 Lakeline Mall Dr., Unit F-18, Cedar Park
🌐 Website: halftimesbg.com
📞 Phone: (512) 829-6090
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