Restaurants opening in Austin and Central Texas in 2021
Austin 360
After the worst year for restaurants and their workers in memory, I’m happy to put 2020 in our rearview mirror and start thinking about what 2021 might look like.
With good and exciting news in short supply, it’s nice to think about what the new year will bring with it.
This list of forthcoming restaurants won’t be as robust as in years past, because most restaurant owners will probably spend most of their energy on their current projects, trying to figure out how to bridge through the spring and early summer to what promises to be a much brighter fall.
Austin 360
The family behind one of Austin’s longest-running interior Mexican restaurants is set to take over one of the city’s iconic restaurant spaces.
The Garcia family, which opened Curra’s Grill on Oltorf Street in 1995, will mark its 25th year as restaurant operators by opening Curra’s Grill Hyde Park in the space at 4215 Duval St. that was home to Mother’s Cafe for 40 years before the vegetarian staple closed in the fall.
The new Curra’s will feature a menu of interior Mexican classics like cochinita pibil and mole enchiladas from the original and, of course, the restaurant’s famous creamy avocado margaritas. There also will be a newly created “Tia’s menu” section with rotating family recipes like duck quesadillas and scallops over smashed sweet potatoes. The restaurant also plans to have the unique offering of taco and margarita delivery via golf cart to the Hyde Park and Hancock neighborhoods.