{"id":354657,"date":"2026-06-29T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354657\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:21:07","slug":"piada-italian-sets-plans-for-new-500k-restaurant-in-austin-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354657\/","title":{"rendered":"Piada Italian sets plans for new $500K restaurant in Austin area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Italian pasta bowl chain is setting its sights on growing its footprint in Central Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/mypiada.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Piada Italian Street Food<\/a> is planning to build a new restaurant in Leander, a fast-growing suburb north of Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026023701\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing<\/a> reveals\u00a0Piada will soon be renovating a space\u00a0at 516 E. San Gabriel Pkwy., Suite 110, Leander, TX 78641. This new location will mark Piada&#8217;s second Austin-area location in the works, as the chain continues expansion efforts in the Central Texas region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the new Piada in Leander is set to begin on July 24 and is expected to wrap by September 1. The scope of work for the $500,000 project includes the interior renovation of a 2,750-square-foot space for a new tenant, with the developer building the shell of the building.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Piada&#8217;s\u00a0Leander address is set to be within\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northlineleander.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Northline<\/a>, a new downtown district in the city slated to be fully complete by 2031. The mixed-use\u00a0community, set to transform Leander and Williamson County,\u00a0will\u00a0offer restaurants, retail, residential, offices, a hotel and public gathering spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2010 by Chris\u00a0Doody\u00a0in\u00a0Columbus, Ohio, Piada is an Italian concept inspired by the roadside family-run street food carts of Rimini, Italy. The fast-growing chain is known for its customizable and made-to-order piadas,\u00a0pasta bowls, Italian wraps and\u00a0chopped salads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With more than 60 restaurants nationwide,\u00a0Piada operates 19 locations throughout Texas, mainly within\u00a0the Dallas-Fort Worth metro and Houston-area.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A viral Italian pasta bowl chain is setting its sights on growing its footprint in Central Texas. Piada&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,821,820],"class_list":["post-354657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysabusiness","tag-mysastaff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}