Bacon and Eggs

Breakfast-obsessed restaurant cracks open locations around Dallas

Brunch is the most important meal of the week.

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Daytime restaurant specialist First Watch is the latest breakfast-centric concept to colonize Dallas. In mid-July, the Florida-based chain is hitting Dallas' suburbs, with openings in Plano and Richardson, and up to a dozen more coming down the road.

The first two branches will take over what are currently Egg & I restaurants, at 3131 Custer Rd. in Plano and 930 E. Campbell Rd. in Richardson.

Egg & I has two franchisees in the Dallas area. Other branches of Egg & I set to become First Watch include North Richland Hills, Frisco, Flower Mound, and Fort Worth.

These branches are being opened by KBP Cafes, a division of Kansas City-based KBP Foods, who see First Watch as embodying a new wave of restaurants that are open only during the daytime, with a fresh approach to breakfast, brunch, and lunch.

First Watch serves its entire menu every day, from 7 am to 2:30 pm. It ranges from traditional favorites, such as omelets, pancakes, sandwiches, and salads, to unique specialty items like the Chickichanga and fruit crepes. It also has avocado toasts; avocado toast is a trend. In 2014, its quinoa power bowl won an award for best healthful innovation. The restaurant also offers complimentary newspapers and free Wi-Fi.

First Watch operates more than 280 restaurants in 26 states, including more than 165 First Watch restaurants, 100 The Egg & I restaurants, 4 The Good Egg restaurants, and one Bread & Company restaurant in Nashville (with another one under construction).

Breakfast-obsessed chains coming to Dallas are definitely a growing thing. Other recent entries to North Texas include Yolk, which has opened branches in both downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth, with another set to open in Preston Center (in the former LYFE Kitchen space); and Hash House A Go Go, which debuted in Plano in the spring and is also open for dinner as well as breakfast and lunch.

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Supermarket News

Tom Thumb debuts 2 new supermarkets in the Dallas area

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Venerable supermarket chain Tom Thumb is celebrating the opening of two new stores in the Dallas area.

Sanger
A new Tom Thumb opened in Sanger at 1413 W Chapman Drive in Sanger on December 12. The long-awaited store spans 50,000 square feet with tens of thousands of items plus more than 1,000 local products.

The store features a bakery, deli, meat & seafood, produce, and floral, as well as an in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk, pharmacy in store plus drive-thru lane, and Drive-Up-N-Go grocery pick-up.

“We are so excited to open this Tom Thumb for the Sanger communities," says Division President Bill Neve in a statement. “Tom Thumb is excited to showcase our full-service grocery store and fresh new items that customers in Sanger will love."

Sunnyvale
On December 17, a Tom Thumb will open in Sunnyvale at 3400 N. Belt Line Rd. The first 300 shoppers will receive a bag of groceries, and all shoppers will enjoy the incredible deals and sensational offerings.

The Sunnyvale store is slightly larger, spanning 59,000 square feet, but with a similar lineup of bakery, deli, meat & seafood, produce, and floral. The store will also feature an in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk, pharmacy in store plus drive-thru lane, and Drive-Up-N-Go grocery pick-up. The Sunnyvale in-store Starbucks kiosk is the first for Tom Thumb to offer mobile ordering in addition to in-store ordering.

Division President Bill Neve says that they're "incredibly grateful to the town of Sunnyvale for their support of this new store and have been looking forward to meeting our newest customers and welcome them into their Tom Thumb!"

Store details
Store details include:

Prepared foods: Sushi made in-store, full-service salad case, hot line offerings, 400-plus cheese and charcuterie items, and what they call "the best fried chicken in town"
Bakery: Bread baked daily, deserts, five-star cake decorator on staff, in-store fried doughnuts, and exclusive items such as Christie’s cookies and Blue Bell ice cream cakes
Floral: Texas grown poinsettias for the holidays, bouquets, and arrangements, FTD service, balloon bar
Meat & Seafood: USDA choice and prime beef, organic and grass-fed, plus seafood purchases steamed at no additional charge
Wine and Beer: More than 1,000 wines and 85 local Texas craft brews

Starbucks coffee baristas are ready to make customers’ favorite beverages whether they are hot or cold, including Nitro and Cold Brew, along with Starbucks brand pastries.

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