Sure to please just about everyone, there are a multitude of shopping, dining and entertainment options located within minutes of Westover Hills.
Numerous grocery stores are all within a 10-minute drive, including Randalls and HEB. Shoppers can also choose the nearby Whole Foods Market, less than 5 minutes from home, which is well known for its healthful, gourmet prepared foods, a juice bar, and hundreds of organic grocery products throughout the store. Another convenient option, Sprouts Farmers Market also features a wealth of fresh organic fruits and vegetables, a terrific bakery and many gluten free and vegan choices.
Gateway Shopping Center, the location of Whole Foods Market, also hosts an REI, Crate & Barrel, Container Store, and a Regal Gateway 16 Cinema and IMAX, and North By Northwest Restaurant, among other destinations.
The Arboretum, just 5 minutes from Westover Hills, is a lovely shopping center set in a park-like atmosphere and features stores such as Barnes & Noble, GAP, Chico’s, and The Cheesecake Factory.
Exclusive Shopping, Fine Dining and Couture Fashion at The Domain
One of the most upscale shopping centers in Texas, The Domain, is just about 10 minutes from home. This center features 100 choice retail stores and restaurants including Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, Neiman Marcus, Maggiano’s Little Italy and McCormick & Schmick’s.
In all, there are six shopping centers only 15 minutes away or less including Arboretum at Great Hills, 1890 Ranch, Sunset Valley Market Fair, Barton Creek Square Mall, Shops at Arbor Walk, Lakeline Mall, and the Domain. Together, these shopping centers host an assortment of more than 400 additional fine department stores, local and national merchants, services, movie theaters, and restaurants.
Mighty Fine Burgers and Smoked Salmon Pizza with Goat Cheese
The area surrounding Westover Hills is a foodie’s paradise, with options from casual burgers and barbeque to truly top-notch fine dining. At Arbor Walk, locals love Lupe Tortillas’ rave-worthy fajita platters; and Mighty Fine Burgers offers all natural, never frozen, fresh ground hamburgers.
Or, for a great evening of delicious New American food and handcrafted beers, residents need go no further than North by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery, located in the Gateway Shopping Center. It gives connoisseurs a broad variety of interesting and unusual beer and food pairings. One hot combination is the Smoked Salmon Pizza with goat cheese, capers, red onions and field greens with a glass of house-brewed Py Jingo Pale Ale.
Brazilian Fine Dining and Savory Tex-Mex with Gorgeous Sunset Views
A Brazilian steakhouse, Estancia Churrascaria (located within the Arboretum) offers patrons delectable choices of meat, cooked to perfection and served kebab-style from swords, right at your table. The house favorite is the Fraldinha, a flavorful and tender cut from the bottom sirloin.
Z’Tejas, on the southmost tip of the Arboretum at Great Hills, is perched on top of a hill with a patio and huge plate glass windows around the dining room, all facing away from town and toward the lush green hills and gorgeous sunsets west of Austin. While the view is incomparable, the food is also a huge attraction. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and the upscale menu is full of bold and robust flavors from Arizona, California, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas. Nothing beats the Southwestern Caesar Salad topped with Ruby Trout on a warm Texas evening on Z’Tejas’ surprisingly cool patio. Customers have enjoyed the food and the view at Z’Tejas for almost two decades.