Breakfast News

Breakfast restaurant cracks open in Southlake with brunch and cocktails

A toast to Toasted Yolk.

Photo courtesy of The Toasted Yolk

There's more breakfast coming to town: The Toasted Yolk, a Houston-based chain that serves breakfast, lunch, brunch, and brunch cocktails, will open its first location in the DFW area in Southlake, at the Gateway Plaza Shopping Center at 2800 E. Southlake Blvd.

According to a release, it'll open in late fall.

The Toasted Yolk was founded by Chris Milton and Mathew DeMott, friends and industry veterans who opened their first location in Conroe in 2010 after noting a shortage of breakfast places.

They began franchising in 2017, and now have 15 locations open across the Houston area, with another four to come, plus locations set for Alabama and Tennessee.

But DFW was on their wish list, Milton says.

"Expanding into North Texas is something we've been wanting to do for a while," Milton says in a statement. "We didn't want to rush into anything, but we’ve found the perfect location and are confident we have the team in place to execute and replicate our standards of serving high-quality food in an upbeat atmosphere."

At the heart of each experience is an innovation of American favorites, which the release says are "remixed and remastered" for cultured and contemporary tastes. Sounds like they're making an album.

Breakfast options include egg specialties such as:

West Coast Arnold, with two English muffin halves topped with Cajun turkey, bacon, tomato, guacamole, poached eggs, and Cholula ranch
The Toasted Yolk, their signature dish, with two slices of sourdough bread grilled with an egg in the middle of each, with bacon, sausage, or turkey sausage
Churro-style donuts with caramel dipping sauce

They also have crepes, omelets, scrambles, pancakes, French toast, waffles, biscuits & gravy, oatmeal, avocado toast, bowls, brisket tacos, and breakfast burritos.

Lunch options include sandwiches, salads, and soups, such as:

Strawberry Field Salad with mixed greens, grilled chicken, strawberries, feta, candied pecans, and blackberry vinaigrette
"Junkyard" fries topped with chili, queso, and jalapeños
Chicken salad sandwich
Patty melt

Beverages include fresh-squeezed juices, coffee, bloody Marys, and Irish coffee.

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BBQ News

Dallas sauce guy opens Hump's BBQ restaurant in Arlington

Hump's BBQ

A Dallas sauce purveyor has opened a BBQ restaurant in Arlington: Called Hump’s BBQ, it’s at 2503 W. Pioneer Pkwy. in Pantego in a space that was previously home to Jambo's Barbecue Shack where it opened in early June.

Hump’s is from restaurateur and pitmaster Antionne Ivory, a former real estate and mortgage professional who began his barbecue journey in 2017, when he started making and selling his own BBQ sauces. He opened a vendor booth at the Dallas Farmers Market in 2019.

Ivory took the next step in 2022, when he opened the first Hump's BBQ, a takeout and drive-thru in Oak Cliff at 4367 S. Hampton Rd. It closed in April after a fire, though Ivory says they're working to rebuild it.

"I grew up cooking and watched my grandfather cook, who was a World War II military vet," Ivory says. "I named the sauce and restaurant after him."

The menu includes brisket, pulled pork, beef and lamb sausage, smoked turkey legs, and pork rib tips, sold by the half pound or pound, $11 to $30, or as a sandwich for $11-$13. They also serve whole chicken wings for $3.50 each. Meats can be paired with Ivory's sauces, which include original, spicy, and honey sweet.

There's also a whole Southern side to the menu, with fried catfish baskets, turkey legs stuffed with toppings such as mac & cheese or greens & rice, plus baked potatoes you can order with one meat for $18. On Wednesdays, they do a special: their signature chopped beef sandwich with a side and drink for $13.50.

Desserts includes peach cobbler bread pudding and banana pudding. They also serve alcohol, namely margaritas, but will be adding beer.

Ivory describes his barbecuing as Texas style, but says there's also some Cajun influences woven into dishes like the fredo sauce (an alfredo sauce with Cajun spices) on stuffed turkey legs.

The space had a perfect BBQ house feel to it, with a built-in smoker. The interior is small and homey, with a walk-up counter and wood everywhere, from the walls to the ceiling to the tables and floors. There's one TV on the wall for watching games.

"My previous place didn't have seats, but I needed seats," he says. "It's a family business and we want to create a nice family vibe and have fun doing it."

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