Celebrated barbecue restaurant Interstellar BBQ opened a South Texas taco truck in October. Yellow Bell Tacos is located at the second location of Austin Beerworks in Northeast Austin. The menu includes tacos with smoked chicken, brisket, and lamb as well as quesadillas, crispy dogs, and aguas frescas. There are indoor and outdoor dining locations at the brewery.

Specialty grocery store Tiny Grocer paired with chef Jo Chan (formerly of Eberly and a contestant on Top Chef) to create a French bistro in Hyde Park that opened in October. It opened in the former neighborhood post office along with coffee shop/bookstore First Light Book Shop and a forthcoming location of pizzeria Allday. Look for dishes like steak frites, confit duck legs, roast chicken, and brunch. There are indoor and outdoor dining spaces.

This new cafe in Mueller which opened in August serves popular ice cream truck Merry Monarch’s rich Philadelphia-style scoops in flavors like Oreo miso. Bottega also offers coffee and snacks like bruschetta and tinned fish. There are indoor and outdoor dining areas.

All-vegan fine dining restaurant Fabrik opened in August with influences from Japanese, Italian, and Nordic cuisines. Its ever-rotating tasting menus include dishes like parsnip cappelletti and pickled and smoked tomatoes with cultured cashews and compressed koji melons. Everything from the pasta to the tofu to the infused vinegars is made in-house. There are indoor dining services.

Taco truck Cuantos Tacos expanded into other offerings in August with new sibling truck Cuantos Hamburguesas, also located in the Arbor Food Truck Park. The menu has four kinds of hamburguesas as well as fries fried in beef tallow. There are outdoor dining areas.

Neapolitan pizza specialists Bufalina’s new restaurant Palm Pizza opened in October, focusing on New York-style pizza. Bufalina chef Grae Nonas has moved over to develop the menu, which includes thin-crust pies with large slices cooked in gas ovens and chopped salads. Palm Pizza is to-go only for now.

Nomade Cocina y Raw Bar opened in October with a gluten-free menu of dishes from Yucatán, like grilled shrimp, sikil pak (a pumpkin seed salsa), and coconut flatbreads. Nomade comes from the team behind popular South Congress sushi spot Lucky Robot. It has indoor and outdoor dining areas.

Former pop-up Elementary opened a restaurant on South Lamar in July for chef and co-owner Colter Peck’s global fare. That means dishes like birria soup dumplings and a banh mi eclair along with great cocktails from a full bar. It’s open for indoor dining services.