Local Coffee Shops | TheaterFire

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It may depend on what kind of coffee he is into. Is he into espresso, pour over, or looking for unique coffee drinks. I don't go to a lot of cafes, but I am big into pour over and a few of my favorite local roasters are Noble Coyote, Merit, Lemma and Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters. So anywhere those are served will generally be pretty good. I would love more recommendations of roasters if others have any.

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musicd65@reddit

Full city rooster, wayward, west Davis coffee (it’s also a bakery)

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K_Shock04@reddit

Cedric’s Coffee Truck!

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mideon2000@reddit

I enjoyed the coffee at oak cliff bakery and ill be damned if it isn't the best bakery in the city in my humble opinion. Knock out 2 stones with one bird before the chickens hatch or whatever the saying is

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John-3-30@reddit

I love Merit Coffee(Preston Hollow) and Ascension Coffee (has lots of elevated food options)

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strawberryblushrose@reddit

If you’re in Oak Cliff, I’d also try:

Huitzitzilin Cafe on Jefferson—pretty new spot with delicious Mexican flavors

Everyday Works on Hampton—newish and also offers breakfast

Olmo Market on Edgefield—good coffee and matcha

I usually drink iced americanos, and judge a place purely on their espresso. These are all pretty solid spots.

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Formatting is super weird but the check is coffee shop name and the bully’s are notes I personally made. The emojis are my own ranking system haha

✓   Inclusion coffee (Arlington) 🌈
•   Great seating and vibe
•   Downtown parking but not too bad
•   Really great missions 
•   Rotating menu of drinks 
•   Easy to blend in
•   Two stories, large windows 
✓   Fount board and table ☀️
•   Cute vibes
•   Neighborhood parking can be tough 
•   A bit noisy due to it being an older house
•   Cute food (tbd)
✓   World Blend Coffee (ft worth) 🌈
•   Talk about a surprise! So cute 
•   Good parking (shopping center)
•   “Hidden” back room that’s more quiet 
•   Has drop off mail??
•   Really good vibe
✓   Pax & Beneficia (victory park) 🌤️
•   Free validated garage parking 
•   Not a ton of seats and gets busy with F45 next door 
•   Good amount of plugs
•   Lattes are very heavy 
✓   Slow and steady coffee ⛅️
•   Cute vibes but not great seating 
•   Would recommend for outdoor potentially but not to work 
•   Really good drip coffee 
•   South Dallas neighborhood parking 
✓   Fairgrounds coffee ☀️
•   Cute ambience 
•   Lots of plants and natural warm lights 
•   Parking in RH can be risky 
•   Good option for syrups 
✓   La reunion 🌈
•   What a VIBE - patio seating between buildings so alley feels, bar space and tables. 
•   Overhanging plants are lovely. Since its bishop arts, parking can be very hit or miss 
•   Good flat white 
✓   Common good ☀️
•   Next to old fiction location (RIP) 
•   Unique setup, with a hair salon inside as well. One row of bench seating that fills up fast, but incredible vibe with lots of records. 
•   Ube horchata?? 
•   Parking isn’t ideal, but it’s also walkable from home 
✓   Noble coyote 🌤️
•   Very limited seating, and street parking
•   Very cute neighborhood shop with lots of locals.  
✓   Sip stir coffee house 🌤️
•   Off McKinney so parking is tough 
•   Decent amount of tabled seating and cute layout. 
•   Easy place to go solo, no secluded areas 
✓   White Rhino (Thomas st) 🌤️ (BOYCOTT)
•   Gets full fast due to being in neighborhood of uptown. 2 stories, very house feel for a chain. Great patio option but will fill up fast 
✓   Wayward coffee co. 🌈
•   Terrific amount of seating and natural light. Plants add a nice splash against bright whites. Easy parking. Seats can be uncomfortable and it can get loud due to amount of seating. 
✓   Merit (Deep Ellum location) 🌈
•   Excellent seating, with good sunlight and plants. Parking is pretty solid as well and their seasonal drink (maple sugar float) was incredible. 
✓   Cultivar 
✓   Brewed ☀️(closed)
•   Deep golds and teal give this a great 1920’s vibe. Lots of space and easy parking garage 
✓   Merit (oak lawn) 🌤️
•   Smaller space but lots of hidden parking in the back. San Antonio local and cute corridor seating outside. Good stop for oak lawn wandering 
✓   Opening Bell Coffee 🌈
•   Deep woods, eclectic decoration and an awesome underground tunnel connection. Can get crowded but should be a go to. 
✓   State street coffee ☀️
•   Lovely atmosphere with easy parking behind. No menu here, must have coffee knowledge
✓   Cafe Victoria ⛅️
•   Extremely cute, but very limited seating. Will validate parking 
✓   Magnolias sous le pont 🌈
•   Adorable seating and spacious. Parking can be iffy but low light and warm atmosphere with a Victorian feel 
✓   Union (new location) 🌤️
•   Bright with lots of windows and two stories. Tons of outside seating and easy parking with the church. 
✓   Fiction coffee (closed)
•   Cute and small, has a great vibe but can be pricy and parking is ruff
✓   9 rabbits bakery ⛅️
•   Out of the way but very bright and touristy Korean shop. Feels commercial but efficient 
✓   Murray st coffee 🌤️
•   Lovely owner with a lot of knowledge. Two stories but still feels small and parking seems only paid 
✓   Full city rooster 🌈
•   Masculine feeling shop but the owner is very welcoming. Lots of space in the back with their own roaster. 
✓   Peridot coffee ⛅️
•   Out of the way but best flat white so far. Feels like a Starbucks 
✓   Stupid good coffee 🌧️
•   Parking is a nuisance and it can be very hard to find this shop as it’s part of an office building. Not a convenient spot 
✓   Herbs house 🌤️
•   Love their mission here and so close to work but their drip is not the best. Parking can be ruff but is free. 
✓   Davis st. Espresso 🌈
•   One of the best vibes in a shop. Love their unique and darker atmosphere and the seating is gorgeous. 
✓   La La Land Kind Cafe ☀️
•   Be prepared to park at trader jo’s (risk) and it is ALWAYS busy but this place has a wonderful mission and a hidden door
✓   LDU (fitzhugh) 🌈
•   Nicest owner ever. Takes time to know your name and has a very small area without being smothering. No WiFi on the weekends 
✓   Civil Pour ☀️
•   Not a ton of plugs, but so spacious and sparkling water on tap. 
•   Open late
✓   Brewed+Pressed (uptown) 🌧️
•   Pretentious feeling and not very good.
✓   Pandacorn ☀️
•   Cute aesthetic, and serves Asian food
•   Open late 
•   Not strictly a coffee house
•   Off the main strip of the gayborhood, tough parking 
•   Lots of seating space  
•   Fun people watching on the street
✓   Well grounded Coffee ☀️
•   Great mission, helping previously incarcerated women gain employment. 
•   Old style cafe vibes, terrific for a rainy day in white rock. 
•   Very Christian oriented 
•   Choose your own coffee mug bar 
•   Easy parking 
✓   Juju’s cafe 🌈
•   Easy parking 
•   Best coffee I’ve had in Dallas 
•   Not a ton of seating but good natural light 
•   Very kind baristas 
•   Neighborhood vibes all around 
✓   Read shop ☀️
•   Not great to sit, but phenomenal to sip and browse 
•   Very clean, good vibe 
•   Come back here for greeting cards 
•   Good place for book gifts

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Bodwest9@reddit

Ai goop

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havronl@reddit

LOL -- AI is not anywhere close to this level yet

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

How do you figure?

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BadLemur@reddit

Note that there are two Wayward locations. Based on your description you're talking about the Design District location. The original Davis Street location also has great plants, but a cozier vibe. Also a neat general store next door.

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Chris4Hawks@reddit

State Street is closed btw 🥲

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Ah beans. Did they permanently switch to the wine bar?

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Chris4Hawks@reddit

What I heard is the wine bar ended their lease and opened their own coffee bar in the same corner. But I’ve had no interest in checking the new bar out because of how it went down

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CandiceFit69@reddit

You should try Slow & Steady. Such a great little shop in Oak Cliff with knowledgeable baristas and chill vibes

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Noted! Thank you for the rec 🙂

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AR116@reddit

This is a nice list with good notes, but if OP’s friend is “big into coffee” meaning the actual coffee it won’t be much help

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Hi, OP replied multiple times already and is very into the list. Thanks for the input 😊

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AR116@reddit

No shade on your list! It’s nice and it seems OP is personally into it. I’m just suggesting that OP consider if their friend prioritizes the coffee vs. the overall vibe more

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted here, this is an exhaustive list and I really appreciate it!!

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Bodwest9@reddit

Houndstooth walnut hill and 75

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Probably bc of the poor formatting which would also annoy me tbh. But this is an ongoing list I keep in my notes app and unfortunately it does not export well

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

You are exactly the type of person I strive to be, I try to keep my list of good places to go straight in a list in my head and just forget them. I should start writing things down. What’s the ranking system in the emojis, btw? Is rainbow the highest? Is it based holistically on the entire experience?

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Yep you nailed it. The less sun there is (cloud coverage) the lower it ranked on my rating. And it absolutely is based on total ambiance, not just quality of shot for an espresso. Sometimes someone wants a coffee rec where they stop in and out and get something strong enough to caffeinate an army, and sometimes someone wants a place where they can sit and read for awhile. I aim to be able to distinguish and tailor my recs based off what they want

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4ofheartz@reddit

Love your list!! Any of these places serve bagels? 🥯 ☕️

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

I know a good amount of them serve pastries but I’m not sure that any have homemade bagels. If I’m in the mood for one, I either hit up Benny’s if I want a breakfast one, or starship if I just want a standalone. Sometimes I’ll brave shuggs but only if I’ve got the emotional energy for that crowd lol

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4ofheartz@reddit

lol. Thank you. I need to do a Civil Pour & Starship run in the morning!! Have been to neither. Need to try Shuggs too. Your list is awesome 😎

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Thank you for the kind words. Happy exploring!

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

I am ABSOLUTELY an ambience type of person. I love going to a place and getting something I couldn’t get anywhere else, be it in the actual coffee or in the location itself. I think you and I have a lot in common here haha

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Especially if you play MTG still, I’m actually an MTG judge 🙂

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I’ve been playing pretty consistently for about a decade now (Jesus Christ I haven’t written it out like that yet) - I’ve thought about going the judge route since I’m usually the one my friends go to for rules questions but I just never knew the first steps, and these days I doubt it’d have the time

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Feel free to DM me, and maybe we can jam some games over one of these coffee options!

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brenddur@reddit

Noted for later 👀 Have you tried Soirée Coffee Bar in West Dallas? Great neighborhood vibes borderline jazz bar, very welcoming to POC and white ppl, not sure on LGBTQ inclusion

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

Oooh I have not thank you for the rec!

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bellakupkake@reddit

Have you tried BerniBean?

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

I have, both locations actually I just didn’t get it on the list haha

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LilAngelfxck@reddit

How do you feel about Triumph?

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Autumnfalcon1@reddit

I remember their latte being suuuuper sweet and making a mental note to ask for half sweet. It’s a bit of a louder joint so not the best for studying but they share outside seating which is lovely

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averydylan@reddit

Excellent list. Stupid Good is now closed but has been replaced by Deep Cuts Coffee. Its an 80s horror movie themed coffee place. Really good coffee and the owner is cool. A little pricey and the location is hard to get to but its worth checking out.

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havronl@reddit

There have been some good coffee shops pop-up -- I am in Frisco/Plano area and have 2 favorites: Summer Moon and 151 coffee...

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Alex_z33@reddit

LDU on Greenville!

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enoughofordinary@reddit

I recently went to Dessert Avenue in Lewisville and had a carmel latte that was excellent. They have lots of little treats there. A bit pricey but it was really nice.

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neonsadgirl@reddit

Leila Bakery & Cafe in Lakewood. The coffee is delicious and strong, and they have the yummiest, freshest baked goods.

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MsMo999@reddit

For coffee & dessert (cakes,pies & cobblers) I like to do old style diner type places like Norma’s Cafe in Oak Cliff

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FamousVegetable@reddit

LDU!

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BadGolferDallas@reddit

I’m not a coffee snob by any means but LDU iced latte with almond milk is damn good.

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P9613@reddit

Filtered in McKinney is also pretty good

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Impossible-Hotel-293@reddit

Leila’s bakery in east dallas (not necessarily the best coffee but they have amazing baked goods). Also down the street is Jujus.

Cafe duro, killer joe, common good, ascension

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P9613@reddit

There's a coffee event at Karmic grounds in Frisco on May 1st. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXLG1g1lkja/?igsh=MWFzaTRiem9qaDY1ZA==

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Leader_Bud@reddit

I think with vegan options, I’d say Tribal. Wouldn’t be number on my coffee list, but if you’d like that…I think you’d be in love. There are also many other coffee shops and bookstores in walking distance.

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Brassanthe@reddit

Ascension coffee in the Design District

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almightymegala@reddit

killer joe off columbia.

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Actual-Contract2128@reddit

Moon Wolf in Richardson just opened! Good folks happen to be my neighbors so give them a visit.

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AlwaysMorePlants@reddit

Got a matcha latte from there the other day and I gotta say it was real good. Everyone does them super sweet these days. You could actually taste the macha.

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crooke86@reddit

I'm excited to try there this weekend. Eiland and Starship Bagel as suppliers is a heavy boast.

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Legovida8@reddit

Drip on Lovers Lane

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Alternative_Tie4451@reddit

Triumphs in design district is top 3, don’t see it mentioned

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innocuouseight@reddit

Triumphs for sure!

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Signal-Slice-7522@reddit

houndstooth

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innocuouseight@reddit

This! Used to work and hang out here, great spot and great coffee

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CPLCraft@reddit

1418 Coffee in downtown Plano is good. Has great soft cookies among other pastries.

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Not_Dana196@reddit

They also sell pie from Emporium Pies in Bishop Arts!

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fleckspeck@reddit

Full City Rooster

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HunterSuspicious371@reddit

Eiland is top roaster in the area and it’s not really close

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AR116@reddit

If good coffee is a priority, I would recommend:

Houndstooth Wayward Coffee Merit (some variability across locations, but beans are legit) Pax & Beneficia

Also keep an eye on Kilo, opening soonish in Snider Plaza. I have high hopes they’re going to take specialty coffee in Dallas to new heights

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mmaur@reddit

Native and Wayward

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volkerer@reddit

Wayward looks good. I never make it to that part of town, but hopefully someday.

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AR116@reddit

There are 2 locations. Oak Cliff and Design District

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RyanWillisbeerbottle@reddit

Triumphs and Killer Joe

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Goosimus-Maximus@reddit

Dark Ritual in Fate is my personal favorite!

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jaytee61799@reddit

Each of these roasts their own or uses coffee from known local roasters…

Tre Stelle in far North Dallas Noble Coyote Cultivar Lemma (several suburb locations) Eiland 1418 Cliff Coffee Coffee del Rey

And if you want an absolute sleeper that people don’t mention but it’s great, go to Central Market in Plano. They roast their own coffee and have a coffee bar with several of their roasts available. $3 for a large and they give you a dollar off if you bring your own cup. They also have a prepared food section and a grill so you can eat there also. Central market has other locations also that might also have the coffee bar, I’m not as familiar, and if they do it’s gonna still be the coffee they roast in Plano because their only other location they roast at is in Austin. I’d assume other DFW locations just get the roasts from Plano so probably still real fresh.

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ArrowTechIV@reddit

Why not try a Yemeni coffee place?

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

I hadn't considered it before! What sets coffee from Yemen apart, in your opinion?

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Rosie_Raccoon@reddit

Chimlanh - Vietnamese coffee in the Cedars.

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rouge_hero@reddit

Pax & Beneficia 1418 Native Coffee

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getdatwontonsoup@reddit

I like yiayia’s and Ascension, George’s provisions and Cafe

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notphill@reddit

For Dallas:

Cultivar Coffee

Native Coffee

Wayward Coffee

For Fort Worth:

Cafe Momento

Avoca Coffee

Flat Track Coffee

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CowboyCryptid@reddit

Definitely check out La Casita, Cafe Meltie, or 1418!

La Casita has several locations but Richardson is my favorite. Personable baristas, great food options, plenty of parking, house made syrups, seasonal items, and dine-in seating. Not a traditional coffee shop because of its layout but they make a delicious cup of coffee!

Cafe Meltie is super new. Limited seating but it’s across a nice park. The shop is a local business with kind owners. Small food menu but high quality. They focus on their croissants/bread. Located in downtown Plano.

If you’re looking for a cozy, more traditional coffee shop then I’d recommend 1418 (also in downtown Plano). Cozy furniture and outdoor seating make it a great spot to relax. They serve pastries (pies, muffins, cookies) and hot sandwiches if you’re looking for a bite to eat.

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Ok_Yesterday1370@reddit

Hit up triumphs for a jazzy whiskey experience and in house made every thing.

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DaDidko@reddit

I have yet to have really good coffee in DFW, but Eiland in Richardson, Buon Giorno in Grapevine are among the places i like to go

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volkerer@reddit

Have you tried Davis Street Espresso, Cultivar, Native, and/or Houndstooth? I haven't gotten out to try many of the "newer" places, but these are all pretty top notch from my experience.

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DaDidko@reddit

I've only tried Houndstooth on that list, and the cappuccino is pretty good. I'll have to check out the others.

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DoctorEthereal@reddit (OP)

This is why I love making posts like this, it gives recommendations to other people too

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DaDidko@reddit

that's what local subreddits are all about :)

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_Carnage_Asada_@reddit

A lot of suggestions Writing these down 👀

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Former_Respect_6240@reddit

El Portón coffee

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notadamnprincess@reddit

Halcyon on Greenville. Good coffee, nice brunch with a vegan menu, nice vibe.

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brenddur@reddit

Soirée Coffee Bar in West Dallas. I stop here an embarrassing number of times when I stay at my sister's. I'm usually in yoga/workout stuff Sat am but it is on my list to dress cute and go to for brunch. They have live music and the food looks soooo good. Check the website (not just Google) bc they open in the evenings some days!!! Black owned business and seem to have an interest in community and being a third space 💜💜 Iced brown sugar latte (the Ella Fitzgerald) I literally said "oh my God" out loud on my way out the door when I grabbed it otw to work from my sister's. I am very glad it's very much out of the way from where I live bc I'd be there daily!

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Fearless_Part_258@reddit

If you like a plain black coffee I recommend LDU.

That’s the only way I drink it so that’s as far as I can recommend.

The indoor ambience of the shop is okay, nothing super comfortable, but I’ve talked for hours in there because the cowboy cold brew is genuinely the best brew in the city.

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jello87@reddit

Halcyon has an entire vegan menu

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Tennisballwrangler@reddit

I’ve found my favorite coffee shops in the DFW area:

Bird Bakery Highland Park Village

Ascension Coffee (Several locations)

Buon Giorno Grapevine (bit of a drive from Dallas)

KONA Coffee (Frisco)

Pax & Beneficia Coffee (several locations)

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Killer Joe (east Dallas)

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