SOUTH AUSTIN COWORKING SPACE IS TURNING INTO AN ALL-DAY RESTAURANT

A Bouldin Creek coworking space and event venue off South First is going to be turned into a casual all-day restaurant. Vuka will be closing its flagship location at 411 West Monroe Street on September 30. And then, Austin restaurant group Nova Hospitality will be turning the address into a casual all-day restaurant and membership space, set to open in early 2025.

The shutter and forthcoming restaurant and business was announced to Vuka’s members in a newsletter dated June 17. For the unnamed restaurant, Nova CEO and founder Jack Zimmerman shares via the newsletter that it will serve wood-fired pizza, pasta, and gelato, rounded out by beverages like Italian wines, cocktails, and nonalcoholic options. Presumably, this will be overseen by Nova’s vice president of restaurants and development Jon Oh, director of operations Sam Tiano, and beverage director Patrick Gartner.

The whole membership program is still being developed. but Zimmerman notes in the newsletter that the team wants the space to work as an office that isn’t an office for people essentially.

Other restaurants under the Nova umbrella include downtown Mediterranean cocktail lounge Devil May Care, downtown Japanese restaurant TenTen, mini-chain cafe the Well (two downtown locations and one Westlake), and the former La Zona Rosa music venue (which it turned into an events venue called LZR).

Vuka opened in 2012 on West Monroe Street, and expanded into North Loop in 2017 (this one will remain open).

Just a street over, French bistro 1417 closed suddenly in late May because its address is being developed into a condo. And then, south of Vuka/new unnamed restaurant, longtime Zilker wine bar House Wine is relocating onto South First this summer too.

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