07-02-2025
After Wetzel's Pretzels and Starbucks, what else is coming to Barton Creek Square?
Barton Creek Square has long been a premier shopping destination in the Austin area. And despite turbulence in the shopping center space, the mall continues to add new stores.
From retail classics to local food vendors, Barton Creek Square is filling its spaces. Recently, the mall announced six new offerings, ranging from a salty staple to a new arcade.
Here's everything you need to know about the six new stores and other recent additions.
Purificación García describes itself as a Spanish design store specializing in accessories, womenswear, and menswear is a Chinese variety store chain that specializes in Japanese household and consumer goods including cosmetics, stationery, toys, and kitchenware.
Pastissimo serves made-to-order pasta through a five-step ordering process, allowing customers to choose from a variety of pasta, sauces, and proteins to personalize their dishes. Claw & Fun features a large collection of claw machines filled with prizes like plush toys and trendy collectibles.
Wetzel's Pretzels, a shopping center staple, offers hand-rolled, freshly baked pretzels, along with beef hot dogs and specialty pretzels popular as shopping snacks. Starbucks, the largest coffee chain in the U.S., reopened at Barton Creek Square with a location on the lower level.
Two of these stores, Wetzel's Pretzels and Starbucks, have already opened and can be found next to and across from Foot Locker. The remaining stores will open throughout the first half of the year, starting with MINISO, which is expected to open this month next to Abercrombie & Fitch.
In March, Pastissimo is expected to open next to AMC Theaters. Mall representatives have also announced that Purificación García will open next to Michael Kors sometime during the spring.
Lastly, Claw & Fun is expected to open this summer on the lower level next to Old Navy.
The addition of these six stores follows the opening of five stores last year. These include Chubby Cattle on the upper level near Nordstrom, Casper on the lower level next to Warby Parker, Fan Outfitters on the lower level across from Men's Wearhouse, Journeys Kidz on the upper level next to the Lego store, and Perfume Gallery on the upper level across from JD Sports.
Beck Andrew Salgado covers trending topics in the Austin business ecosystem for the American-Statesman. To share additional tips or insights with Salgado, email Bsalgado@
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Barton Creek Square to see six new stores, including Wetzel's Pretzels
