Royal Blue Grocery is doubling down on its Austin roots with a fresh outpost headed to Mueller, where the neighborhood market is planning a 2,158-square-foot shop at 2010 Aldrich Street. The tenant build-out is pegged at about $800,000, with construction currently slated to run from early May through early August 2026, extending the chain’s compact, neighborhood-centric model into one of Aldrich Street’s busiest stretches.
According to project filings highlighted by MySA, the state registration with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation lists the work as a tenant finish under project number TABS2026017106, along with the 2,158-square-foot size and the roughly $800,000 cost estimate. The TDLR project page shows a registration date of April 8 and a tentative construction window from May 1 to Aug. 1, 2026, describing the scope simply as finishing out a suite in a newly constructed building.
What Royal Blue Will Offer
Royal Blue pitches itself as a compact urban market that wears a lot of hats. Per Royal Blue Grocery’s about page, each shop blends local produce, everyday groceries, housemade specialties, coffee and a curated beer and wine lineup, with the offerings tweaked to fit each neighborhood. The company, which first opened downtown in 2006, currently lists six Austin locations plus one in San Antonio and leans heavily on grab-and-go meals and a steady stream of neighborhood regulars.
Where It Will Sit In Mueller
The future store at 2010 Aldrich Street is positioned along Aldrich’s retail spine, a corridor that has been steadily filling in with a mix of local and national names. It will land among operators such as Chuy’s and Honest Mary’s, and it will sit in the orbit of longtime favorites and entertainment anchors like Alamo Drafthouse and Kerbey Lane.
Coverage from Community Impact on Chuy’s plans, along with the Mueller Business District’s amenities map, paints Aldrich Street as a dense dining and retail strip that Royal Blue is poised to plug into…