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Austin pizzeria makes new Food & Wine list and more popular stories

Allday is the only Texas restaurant on Food & Wine's best pizza list.

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Editor's note: The top Austin news of the week includes a major nod for a local pizzeria and a guide to Formula 1 fun. Read on for our most popular stories, then find more weekend happenings here.

1. Austin pizzeria is only Texas pick on Food & Wine's new best pizza list. One of the best pizzas around, according to Food & Wine, is the Pep & Pepp at Allday Pizza. The specialty slice made the magazine's list of "The 27 Best Pizzas in America Right Now."

2. All the best events and free pop-ups during F1 race week in Austin. It's time for the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas, and that means F1 teams and partners are flocking to Austin with race-themed events, pop-ups, and more.

3. Austin restaurant group behind Roya trades one coastal concept for another. Keepers Coastal Kitchen will close Saturday, October 24 to make way for Mi Vecino, a new coastal concept from the same group.

4. First Light Books to open second Austin shop in former church. The beloved Hyde Park bookstore has confirmed plans to open a second location in 2027 inside a former Clarksville church.

5. 13 Austin Halloween events summon ghosts, pumpkins, and grown-up scares. Halloween season is going strong in Austin, so get your fill of haunted houses, pumpkin trails, scary movies, and costumes galore.

UMLAUF Strawfest is a free family event at the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden. Photo from UMLAUF

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Austin's Seaholm Waterfront project moves forward and more top stories

Photo courtesy of Austin Parks and Recreation

Austin's Seaholm Intake Facility has an interesting design but has been out of use for decades.

Editor's note: The top Austin news of week includes the transformation of an iconic Austin facility and national awards for local restaurants. Plus, a long-awaited cafe is ready for its debut. Read on for our most popular stories, then plan your weekend via this guide.

1. Transformation of Seaholm Waterfront for community use moves ahead. The Trail Conservancy and Austin Parks and Recreation are kicking off Phase 2 of the Seaholm Waterfont project, turning the iconic Austin facility "into a vibrant community hub."

2. Austin chef and ramen joint win national restaurant awards from Eater. National restaurant news site Eater recently announced the winners of its 2026 Eater Awards, including several from Austin.

3. French café at top Austin art museum almost ready to open after 2 years. Visitors of the Blanton Museum of Art will soon have an excuse to linger even longer over breakfast, a cocktail, or other French classics. Café Fleurs de Nuit, a new concept from the team behind Justine’s Brasserie, will open November 20.

$Caf\u00e9 Fleurs de Nuit at Blanton Museum$ The Café Fleurs de Nuit menu is dedicated to classic French food. Photo by Barbara FG

4. Austin Persian concept makes The Infatuation's best new restaurants list. Three Texas restaurants have charmed restaurant review platform The Infatuation and ended up on its Best New Restaurants of 2026 list. One is in Austin.

5. Sustainable Austin general store starts counting: 3,439 sales before 2026 ends. Austin's creative, low-waste general store Parker + Scott has calculated that it needs to make 3,439 sales by New Year's Eve to maintain business operations.