{"id":406845,"date":"2026-08-14T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406845\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:40:09","slug":"franklin-barbecue-claw-machine-arcade-h-e-b-updates-check-out-6-trending-austin-area-stories-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406845\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Barbecue, claw machine arcade, H-E-B updates: Check out 6 trending Austin-area stories | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out some of the most-read stories about the Austin area from Aug. 10-13.<\/p>\n<p>1. Franklin Barbecue to temporarily close in East Austin<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Barbecue is preparing for a summer hiatus, the restaurant announced on its Instagram. The East Austin barbecue joint is set to shutter its doors for 10 days in August.<\/p>\n<p>The East 11th Street staple will close on Aug. 10, resuming operations on Aug. 21, according to the post.<\/p>\n<p>3. New running shoe store to open in San Marcos outlets<\/p>\n<p>Popular retailer Hoka will open a dedicated store in the outlet mall. The brand makes footwear for individuals at all levels of physical activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-marcos-buda-kyle\/business\/new-running-shoe-store-to-open-in-san-marcos-outlets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more from Reporter Michael Milliorn.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Claw machine arcade coming soon to New Braunfels<\/p>\n<p>Ninja Claw, a claw machine-focused arcade, is opening in New Braunfels at the end of August, Owner Julie Rodriguez told Community Impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/new-braunfels\/business\/claw-machine-arcade-coming-soon-to-new-braunfels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check out when it will open from Reporter Emily Hart.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Discount Tire opens second location in Georgetown<\/p>\n<p>A second Discount Tire opened in Georgetown earlier this month, according to a news release from the company. The auto shop sells a variety of tires and wheels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out some of the most-read stories about the Austin area from Aug. 10-13. 1. Franklin Barbecue to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,61921,142412,142414,24191,142415,142413],"class_list":["post-406845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-cedar-park-transportation-projects","tag-claw-machine-arcades-new-braunfels","tag-discount-tire-georgetown","tag-franklin-barbecue","tag-h-e-b-pflugerville","tag-hoka-san-marcos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406845","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=406845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}