Editor's note: The top Austin news of the week includes our guide to the latest local restaurant openings and closings, a famous family's ranch hitting the market, and a tasty Austin doughnut tour. Check out our five most popular stories, then plan a fun-filled weekend using this guide.

1. 9 openings and closings to know about this April in Austin food news. Austin had a slow winter in terms of restaurant news, but it never fully died down, and now some of the promises that were made during that slow time are coming to fruition.

2. Famous bakery family's Hill Country ranch hits market for $10.95M. A famous Hill Country ranch owned by the Mrs. Baird's family is back on the market, but it’s going to cost its future owner a lot of bread.

3. Austin trailer for vegan comfort food moves into brick-and-mortar. Community Kitchen and Taproom recently opened in Tarrytown, serving plant-based versions of fried chicken, surf and turf, and barbecue plates alongside classic Southern sides.

A "fried chicken" sandwich, actually mushroom-based, from Community Kitchen. Photo by Kimberly Reeves

4. New South Congress doughnut and sweets tour launches in Austin. Were he in Austin, Homer Simpson would probably be drooling right now. The Underground Donut Tour has launched, well, doughnut tours along South Congress Avenue, part of a three-city expansion in Texas.

5. Austin saw 4th biggest drop in housing prices in the U.S. since 2025. Austin-area homebuyers can benefit from this market upset: Local housing prices are nearly 6 percent cheaper than they were a year ago, a new housing analysis has revealed.