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New grocery app delivers kitchen staples and delicious delicacies to Dallas

Let someone else do the shopping for you.

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From dalgona coffee to sourdough bread, we have all turned to the kitchen for comfort in recent months. Luckily, there's a new way to keep your fridge full and quarantine cravings satisfied (put your hands up and step away from the cookie dough).

Cornershop is an on-demand grocery delivery app operating in Latin America, Canada, and now the United States. It's a quick and easy way to get your groceries — a couple of clicks and boom: groceries and specialty products at your doorstep.

Simply pick your favorite store on the website or app, load your cart, and go through checkout. A personal shopper will pick everything out and deliver it to your door. It's so easy your pet cat could do it (in between plotting your death, of course).

In addition to Cornershop handling your weekly grocery list, the app also delivers from some of your favorite specialty stores, bakeries, and more in the Dallas area.

The taste of Texas is now at your fingertips, so sit back, relax, and think of a babbling brook while your specialty products and groceries come to you.

Guatemalan roots, Parisian flair
If your preferred four main food groups are pastries, bread, cake, and pie, then this spot for is you. Experience the best of both worlds at San Martin Bakery and Restaurant — with its Guatemalan roots and French-style specialties, this local gem is bound to cure any sweet tooth. From fresh-roasted Guatemalan coffees to made-from-scratch cafe favorites, the iconic taste of San Martin Bakery is brought right to your door with Cornershop's on-demand delivery.

Cupcakes and cookies and cakes, oh my!
What's better than a freshly baked cupcake? A freshly baked cupcake on-demand. Next time you hit "Yes" on the "Are you still watching?" screen, sweeten up the situation with a Cornershop delivery from Smallcakes.

Smallcakes' sugary creations (cupcakes, brownies, cookies, cakes, and pupcakes) are made in-house every morning, with only the freshest ingredients. Choose from 15 different signature cupcakes or the daily featured frosted masterpieces.

These cupcakes have won three seasons of the Food Network's Cupcake Wars and have been selected as a "must-try cupcake shop" by USA Today. So, yeah, these aren't your Grandma's cupcakes.

Give Cornershop a try and enjoy $20 off your first order of $30 or more through this link.

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New all-day French bistro in downtown Rockwall is all from scratch

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Belle View Bistro Rockwall

An all-day French bistro has made its debut in Rockwall: Called Belle Vie Bistro, it’s a new mom-and-pop in the charming historic downtown district, at 112 E. Rusk St., the former home of The Fatted Calf restaurant, where it opened its doors on November 12.

Belle Vie is from Luis and Iliana Marquez, a hard-working couple who also own Los Marquez, a popular taco--themed food-truck-turned-restaurant in Rockwall they first debuted in 2019. In May, the couple took over the former Fat Chicken space to open a brick and mortar location of Los Marquez, where they serve well-made Mexican food like tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, but also burgers & fries. They open for breakfast with breakfast tacos, and run a daily lunch special, often creative, always popular, such as birria ramen with choice of beef or lamb for $11.

But the couple had a bigger vision of creating a place where chef Luis could stretch and showcase his skills.

"Luis has a lot of culinary experience, and it’s something that he’s been putting aside,” Iliana says. “We were just waiting on the perfect time to bring this to life.”

"This is something exciting and new for us, it’s something that we always wanted to make,” Luis says.

Like Los Marquez, Belle Vie is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving classics like French onion soup, moules frites, escargot, and duck confit. There are also comforting and American dishes like spinach-artichoke dip, crab cakes, and fish & chips.

Lunch features Cobb salad, a French dip, and chicken & Brie panini, while an extended breakfast -- which runs from 7 am to 4 pm — includes pancakes, waffles, eggs benedict, beignets French toast, and crepes, plus pastries and breads made from scratch.

Mural on the wall at Belle Vie Bistro RockwallFacebook

The bakery counter is a delight, with eclairs, croissants, scones, fruit tarts, and cake slices in flavors like carrot cake and white chocolate raspberry. There's also a serious coffee program with espresso drinks such as lattes.

"We pride ourselves on making everything from scratch," the duo says. "Our bread—whether for sandwiches, paninis, hamburgers or anything listed on our menu is made fresh just for us by our incredibly talented pastry chef and baker. The same care goes into our pastries and desserts ensuring every bite is special and crafted with love."

The dining room is warm and cozy with dark wood chairs and plush booths and a full-wall mural depicting a street in Paris. They also have a full bar, with cocktails and beer on tap. Prices are reasonable, ranging from $9 for a Belgian waffle during breakfast to $45 for prime ribeye at dinner.

For now, they're not taking reservations — it's first come, first serve.

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