"I'm reporting that Happy Lamb Hot Pot is slated to open sometime in early 2024 in North Austin at 13343 North Highway 183, Suite 290, according to What Now Austin. The chain — a sibling company to the international Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot — focuses on Northern-style Chinese hot pot with broths and soups like the spicy marrow and the tomato; thinly sliced meats such as beef, lamb, and pork; and other items including seafood, meatballs, pastes, vegetables, noodles, and tofu. Ingredients are typically available a la carte, though there is sometimes an all-you-can-eat lunch special. This Austin location would be the national chain’s fifth in Texas (two in Houston and two in the Dallas–Fort Worth area). I also note that a lawsuit filed by staffers in Boston alleging labor violations against Happy Lamb was settled in 2019." - Nadia Chaudhury