Ice Pops News

Dallas healthy dessert shop chills the suburbs with frozen pops and bowls

Berrynaked is expanding north.

Photo courtesy of Berrynaked

After winning over healthy dessert fans in Dallas' Inwood Village, gourmet frozen-pop stand Berrynaked is taking it north with two new branches opening in Dallas' northern realms. The first branch will open on June 17 in Richardson. That will be a flagship location, with an expanded menu.

The second new location will open at Legacy Hall, the food hall at Legacy West in Plano, with a targeted date of September.

The Richardson location is at 326 W. Campbell Rd., in the Canyon Creek Shopping Center, just off of North Central Expressway, in the NE intersection of Campbell and Collins. It'll be the first to premiere a new Berrynaked product: a line of superfood-focused purée bowls.

"Our Richardson flagship store is a bit different than our Inwood location," says founder Heather Kim. "We are not only introducing a completely new product line, but also offering more of a cafe experience with often-requested table seating and sofas with free Wi-Fi. We encourage any of our customers to enjoy a more relaxed environment, to study, to surf, to converse, and to participate."

The purée bowls are a fruit purèe-based snack or meal-replacement and are made-to-order, so customers can enjoy a customized creation with a selection of delicious ingredients and toppings. The purée bowls are divided into two categories:

Soulful — Superfood focused bowl, with flavors like Pitaya (dragon fruit), açai, and matcha protein bowl topped with fresh fruits, and nutritious toppings such as hemp hearts, bee pollen, coconut shavings, goji berries, and cacao nibs.
Sinful — Dessert bowl featuring familiar flavors like Strawberry Creme, Cookies n’ Cream, and more adventurous concoctions like Hazelnut-butter Banana and Avocado Coconut presented in a waffle bowl with various sweet toppings and drizzles.

Berrynaked in Richardson will also feature its pops, all made with fresh, natural, and organic ingredients whenever possible. The gourmet pops come in a wide selection of flavors in four categories:

Signature — quintessential pop, with flavors like Prickly Pear Lemonade, Hibiscus Raspberry and Carrot Orange.
Luxe — flavors range from Chocolate (made scratch from organic cacao) and Strawberry Cream to vegan options such as Avocodo Coconut and Key Lime Coconut Cream.
Vitality — superfoods for the health nut, from Hydrate (made with coconut water with slices of seasonal fruit) to Green Power (kale, avocado, banana, and lime).
Crazy — from Cookies n’ Cream to Azuki Bean Mochi to Blueberry Cobbler with Piecrust.

Robot News

Food delivery robots are rolling into downtown Dallas

Avride

Avride robot

Self-driving robots are rolling out in Dallas: Launched by a company called Avride, they'll roll through the sidewalks of downtown Dallas carrying small food deliveries.

Avride, which has been creating self-driving vehicles and robots since 2017, formed a partnership with Uber in October 2024 to expand food delivery with both its sidewalk robots and autonomous robotaxis. So far, more than 160 robots have made over 200,000 deliveries across five countries, including the U.S. and South Korea.

All the cool cities have them including Austin, where Avride robots made their debut in mid-November, delivering food from restaurants in the Mueller district, including Colleen's Kitchen, Rebel Cheese, and Xian Sushi and Noodle.

Now that list includes Dallas, says Avride Head of Communications Yulia Shveyko in an email.

“Starting today, customers can enjoy robot deliveries from participating restaurants in the area, with more locations and restaurants to be added soon,” Shveyko says.

The way it works is that users will place an order through the Uber Eats app, but choose autonomous delivery to have a robot drop off a meal at their doorstep. Users can track the robot’s location just as they would an Uber in the app.

Once it arrives, there’s an “unlock” button in the app that opens the hatch of the robot to access the food inside. Rain or snow doesn’t interrupt service; the little robot is water resistant and designed for any weather.

The hatch that holds the food can accommodate approximately six boxes of pizza and three 1.5 liter bottles or bags of groceries.

Some of the participating restaurants so far include Salsa Limón and Bread Zeppelin. A bonus perk of the service is no tipping is required.

According to a memo from a Dallas assistant city manager, the delivery robots are 35 by 27 by 47 inches, featuring six wheels with a speed of five miles per hour, and carrying up to 44 pounds. They deliver within a two-mile radius.

To make the robots look more "friendly and approachable," they’re designed with a face on an LED screen that can "wink" and change eye expressions and neutral colors.

The next step in Avride’s Uber partnership is debuting robotaxis in Dallas by 2025.

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