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White Rock Coffee’s New Training Lab Wants to Teach You How to Make a Decent Cup of Coffee

By Tim Cox
Oct 4, 2017

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...
Goliath Imitates David With Starbucks’ New Reserve Coffee Bar in Uptown Dallas

By Tim Cox
Jul 11, 2017

How Starbucks' latest "craft" strategy imitates the third-wave craft coffee shops it's trying to destroy.
XO Coffee Co. Goes Where Few Coffee Shops Dare: Dinner

By Tim Cox
Jun 9, 2017

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...
Meet Nameless Chefs, the Wu-Tang Clan of Dallas Pop-Ups

By Tim Cox
Jun 7, 2017

A certain '90s hip hop group comes to mind as Josh Farrell explains Nameless Chefs, a fluid, ambiguous collective of local chefs and cooks that, while underground, feels more like a super group. In keeping with their fluid mission, these chefs cook what they want, when they want, via a...
For 35 Years, the Frisco Snow Cone Lady Has Been Commanding Long Lines for Icy Treats

By Tim Cox
May 26, 2017

Summer is quickly approaching, and for most Texans, that means a lot of iced teas and cold beers – because duh. But in Frisco, another cold treat is the star of the summer: snow cones. Not just any snow cones either, but snow cones from the Frisco Snow Cone Lady,...

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