The Adolphus is nearing the end of its two-year renovation, and this week, the downtown hotel is opening its latest new concept: Otto’s Coffee & Fine Foods, a “Viennese-inspired café” in partnership with Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters that “will present a unique-to-market concept for European-inspired coffee and fine foods,” according to…
Urban Alchemy Coffee + Wine Bar is a recent addition to downtown Arlington. It opened in February behind Shipley Do-Nuts, near the University of Texas at Arlington campus. Owner Tony Rutigliano ran the Downtown Arlington Management Corp. for six years, and his work there led him to open Urban Alchemy…
George Coffee + Provisions sits on the square in Old Town Coppell. Owners Laura and Christian Hemberger opened George in July, and they live above the shop with their two sons. Visiting Old Town Coppell, tucked behind a swath of office buildings and warehouses, you almost feel like you’re in…
There’s a new coffee shop on Fitzhugh Avenue that brings something different to the Dallas coffee scene: Australian coffee culture. Step into LDU, and you’ll be greeted by friendly Australian-accented baristas with shorts, Foals T-shirts and tousled hair. It’s a small space, but one that has proven popular with commuters…
We’re all guilty of it: revisiting the same neighborhood coffee shop so frequently, the baristas start your almond milk vanilla cappuccino before you’ve even stepped in the front door. There’s nothing wrong with that — gotta support your local caffeine slingers — but if you’re looking to shake things up…
Last week, the Dallas coffee scene got a tiny new addition: a solar-powered Houndstooth Coffee shop at Walnut Hill Lane and Central Expressway. The cafe is in what are essentially two tiny houses designed by Lake Flato, an Austin/San Antonio company that specializes in sustainable architecture. In the main tiny house…
On a chilly Halloween morning, I approached the new Internet Cafe 2 in Oak Cliff to find the spookiest pumpkin ever sitting on the front steps. Decorated simply in splashes of paint and black marker, it sent shivers down my spine with just three words: “BUT HER EMAILS.” If you’re…
Why I stopped eating food at the State Fair of Texas? Because it’s expensive, that’s why.
Today, just about every neighborhood in Dallas — and increasingly, more of the ‘burbs, as well — enjoys at least one coffee roasting company. There are specialty cafes aplenty, and even at Central Market or Cox Farms, the shelves are stocked with a variety of locally roasted beans. Rewind a…
The recent Big Tex Choice Awards gave us a peek at some of the new dishes at this year’s State Fair of Texas, but those 10 dishes are by no means the only newcomers you’ll find scattered around the fair. Yesterday, the fair released a list of other new dishes,…
On a sleepy stretch of Plowman Avenue in Oak Cliff, a pink-accented anomaly that recently popped up has neighbors scratching their heads. “New coffee shop, who dis?” stickers on the front read. A tiny window in the door is labeled “peep show,” allowing curious people to peek inside at what…
On Sunday afternoon, the State Fair of Texas hosted the annual Big Tex Choice Awards, where a panel of judges tasted 10 new dishes — each a finalist in this year’s competition — that will be served at the fair, which opens Sept. 30. This year, there were three awards:…
Every year, the State Fair of Texas hosts a contest to see which vendor can create the tastiest, most unusual, often deep-fried food creation. Today the fair unveiled this year’s 10 finalists, chosen from 47 entries. This year, there will be winners in three categories: Best Taste: Sweet, Best Taste: Savory…
Matcha is everywhere right now. A staple of Japanese tea ceremonies, matcha is pure, unadulterated green tea powder made by grinding the entire shade-grown tea leaf, which helps explain its status as a trendy health food high in antioxidants and amino acids. It’s also become popular among people who find…
How Starbucks’ latest “craft” strategy imitates the third-wave craft coffee shops it’s trying to destroy.
Food in coffee shops is not a new thing. While muffins, croissants and the like have been café staples for decades, more often than not, new cafes are opening with kitchens and full food menus. Typically, these menus don’t stray too far from the standard coffee-shop archetype of breakfast sandwiches…
Looking for a new place to grab a cup of coffee? The DFW craft coffee scene is expanding rapidly, which means you have more new options than ever — and a lot of those options are easily accessible to those outside of Dallas proper. XO Coffee Co. 1023 E. 15th…
Dee Traylor’s exuberance can border on overwhelming if you’re not prepared for it. By the time you’re done introducing yourself, you’ll more than likely be enveloped in a massive bear hug. His nickname, Walt Deezy, is a variation of an earlier nickname, Easy Deezy, and Walt Disney, a company with a hospitality-centric nature…
Dallas is no stranger to the pop-up dinner, a recurring trope used by everyone from chefs hosting illicit cannabis dinners to buzzy restaurants expanding into the Dallas market. But as with many dining trends, our suburban neighbors often get left out of the fun. While Dallas residents are enjoying Brooklyny-burgers…
In 2012, Ascension Coffee opened its first location next to Meddlesome Moth in the Design District, and the cafe has taken a full steam ahead approach ever since, opening a roastery about a mile away in 2014 and a second cafe in the Crescent in 2016. Ascension clearly doesn’t plan…
If you’ve ever worked a job that you hate, you know how unfulfilling it can be spending hour after hour trying to stop day-dreaming scenarios in which your life hadn’t led you to this point. A couple years ago, Ben Owen and Brolen Jourdan found themselves in just this situation…
On an overcast Friday afternoon, a tiny bird lost its way and found itself inside what is currently storage space next door to Local Press + Brew in Oak Cliff. “Oh, a little birdy came in,” Ben Johnson says, losing his train of thought. “Looks like a fledgling just learning…
