RESTART PRESS 2025
May 2025 — Best Canned Seltzer: RESTART Rita
May 2025 — Restart CBD + THC, which offers CBD, THC and related products, opened a second location in Cedar Park on May 12.
May 2025 — Restart CBD + THC, which offers CBD, THC and related products, opened a second location in Cedar Park on May 12.
Austin Monthly: Best of ATX 2025
September 2025 — Best CBD Brand
October 2025 — Founded in Austin in 2018, RESTART focuses on making high-quality cannabis products accessible. From drinks like RITA to edibles, oils, and flower, the company’s products create positive experiences for anyone seeking natural remedies or alcohol alternatives.
Austin Business Journal: Restart CBD + THC Winner of Austin Family Business Awards
October 2025 — Austin Business Journal started the program in 2020 to honor businesses that form the economic backbone of Central Texas — those that have slowly but surely built the foundation for the region’s current growth trend.
KVUE: Austin Hemp Retailers Brace For Impact with Federal THC Ban
November 2025 — “Shayda Torabi, co-owner of Austin-based Restart CBD, said the new restriction threatens an industry that many Americans rely on for relief from anxiety, chronic pain and other conditions.”
My San Antonio: What To Know About Today’s TABC Hemp Hearing in Texas
December 2025 — “We, as retailers, have already been advocating for 21 and up age gating,” she says, “and so from my seat, we’re grateful… This is going to help bolster and give more confidence to those operators who are playing by the rules in the industry.”