This massive entertainment destination in Cedar Park opened in January with bowling, golf, and Southern food. The Spare Birdie menu includes a short rib melt, blackened shrimp pasta, grilled oysters, and a truffle brie grilled cheese. The bar also offers cocktails and local beer and wine. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Chef Ling Qi Wu, the dumpling master behind Lin Asian Restaurant and other restaurants, opened her intimate 10-seat tasting spot in Wooten in November. The restaurant serves a tasting menu of pan-Asian fare along with wine and beer and is open for indoor dining only.

Pastrami experts Mum Foods opened a new deli again in December. The farmers market favorite — whose stalls will remain open — serves barbecued meats, smoked chicken salad, sides, desserts, beer, wine, and coffee, out of the Pecan Springs-Springdale neighborhood. There are indoor dine-in areas.

The Mexican seafood spot from the Suerte team, including lauded chef Fermín Núñez, opened in October in the former home of Eastside Cafe (and yes, the restaurant uses the on-site garden). Dishes include charcoal-cooked oysters, fried fish tacos on corn tortillas, and grilled shrimp. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Six-time James Beard Award nominee Steve McHugh opened his first Austin restaurant in a new downtown hotel, Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue Austin, in February. The San Antonio chef’s menu includes charcuterie (which he is known for at his restaurant Cured) and seasonal Texas fare. Luminaire is on the ground floor of the hotel with indoor and outdoor seating options, and there’s also a rooftop bar, Las Bis, with cocktails, snacks, an outdoor terrace, and skyline views.

The local pizzeria brought stellar chef Grae Nonas on board for its new location, which means in addition to Neapolitan pizzas, there’s now fresh pasta dishes like tagliatelle bolognese and appetizers like spicy suppli and gooey stracciatella. This location of Bufalina, which opened in November, is indoor dining only.

This counter-service Mexican restaurant opened on South Lamar in January with tacos, tortas, queso, and more. The recipes come from chef and operating partner Roberto Campos’s grandmother. There’s an indoor dining area and a covered patio.

This new pizzeria on South First comes from a superstar hospitality team Present Tense, which includes members from restaurants like Lenoir, Salt & Time, and Rosen’s Bagels. The menu includes salads, pastas, and pizza, which come with a house-made chili crisp in lieu of parmigiano and red pepper flakes. The restaurant opened in November in the former Mumtaz Market, and has indoor and outdoor dining available.

A cafe by day and wine bar by night, Golden Hour opened in November with indoor dining, a patio, and to-go wine. In the mornings and afternoons, the cafe serves breakfast pastries, cheese plates, and cakes, while by night expect raw bar dishes and seafood — plus, low-intervention natural wine and snacks all day.