Aug 3, 2026 | 9:20 am
Neko Yubu, a Dallas-based Korean restaurant, has launched its soft opening phase and is on the way to showing Austin the wonders of yubu, or yubuchobap, like sushi that’s stuffed into pockets of fried tofu skin. Neko Yubu is now open at 1910 Guadalupe St., near the University of Texas campus.
Every day until August 7, the shop will give away a yubu box of four to each of the first 30 customers. Online orders are not active during the soft opening, but they will be when the shop is fully open.
The new location transforms the former home of Taiwanese restaurant CoCo’s Cafe, which operated out of the space for 25 years and closed in April 2026. The chaotic, but fun yellow-and-pink exterior has been painted over with a calmer red-and-white color scheme, but the newcomer has its own flourishing sense of whimsy in the interior and visual branding…