New Food Hall Opens in Mueller Town Center

Austin, TX · March 22, 2026

Happy Sunday, Austin — hope you saved room for brunch.

Local Pulse

  • Mueller Town Center Food Hall Announces Vendor Lineup Eight locally owned restaurants have signed leases in the new 12,000-square-foot food hall, including a Vietnamese pho stall from the team behind Pho Saigon and a dedicated breakfast taco window from Valentina's Tex-Mex.

  • Austin Water Lifts Stage 2 Conservation Rules After strong winter rains pushed Lake Travis above 665 feet, Austin Water moved the city back to Stage 1 restrictions. Residents may now water lawns twice per week using their assigned schedule.

  • Capital Metro Extends Weekend Rail Hours Starting next Saturday, MetroRail's Red Line will run until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, adding two late-night departures from downtown to Leander.

Today's Outlook

  • High 75°F · Low 54°F Partly cloudy with a light breeze from the south. A slight chance of afternoon showers east of I-35, but nothing to cancel outdoor plans over.

What's On Around Town

  • SoCo Sunday Market South Congress Ave between Monroe and Milton 10 AM – 4 PM Browse local crafts, vintage finds, and street food along the six-block stretch. Live music rotates every two hours.

  • Austin Symphony Free Concert in the Park Wooldridge Square, 9th and Guadalupe 6 PM – 7:30 PM Family-friendly outdoor performance featuring Copland and Gershwin. Bring blankets and picnic baskets.

  • Barton Springs Night Swim Barton Springs Pool, 2201 Barton Springs Rd 8 PM – 10 PM The beloved spring-fed pool stays open late tonight. Bring a towel and a flashlight for the path.

Spotlight & Story

  • Austin Bat Watch Volunteer Program Every evening from March through October, a handful of trained volunteers gather under the Congress Avenue Bridge to answer tourists' questions and count the colony's emergence. The program, run by Bat Conservation International, has logged over 15,000 volunteer hours since 2010 and helped establish Austin's Mexican free-tailed bats as the city's most iconic wildlife residents. Peak emergence — up to 1.5 million bats spiraling into the sunset — starts in June.

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