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    Coffee and Wine

    Cypress Waters in North Dallas signs on burgers, coffee, and winery

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 14, 2018 | 11:11 am
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    Burgers will be on the menu.
    Photo courtesy of Rodeo Goat

    Cypress Waters, the 1,000-acre Billingsley Co. mega-development that spans Dallas, Coppell, and Irving, has signed up four new food-and-beverage spots, including burgers, fish, coffee, and wine.

    They're joining the excitement at The Sound, the cornerstone of Cypress Waters, a mixed-use project with retail, offices, and residences, from Billingsley Company located north of Belt Line Road and 635.

    According to a release, the four restaurants will open somewhere between the end of 2018 and early 2019, and are as follows:

    Rodeo Goat. "Better" burger chain with gourmet burgers and craft beer is from restaurateur Shannon Wynne. The chain debuted in Fort Worth in 2012 and has since opened locations in Dallas' Design District as well as Houston, with another location set to open in Plano.

    Flying Fish. Fast-casual seafood chain with an East Texas/Louisiana slant is from restaurateur Shannon Wynne. Menu includes fried catfish, boiled shrimp, oysters, crab legs, burgers, chicken, and crawfish in season. There are locations in Dallas, Addison, Arlington, Garland, and Fort Worth, as well as Arkansas and Tennessee.

    Ascension Coffee. Craft coffee shop chain with an Australian slant is from Russell Hayward. It made its debut in Dallas' Design District and is about to have six locations, including The Shops at Willow Bend and at The Star in Frisco.

    Landon Winery. Bob Landon founded his tasting rooms in McKinney, where he features ultra-premium wines by the glass or bottle, harkening back to the days when his German grandfather grew grapes. There are also locations in Greenville and Wylie.

    "The Sound was a perfect fit with its emphasis on events, live music, and experiences where we foresee people enjoying premium wine," Landon says in a release. "Our location on the water, across from the music stage and event area with the ability for customers to purchase our wine for off-premise consumption seems ideal."

    Flying Fish and Rodeo Goat will be anchor locations at The Sound with large wrap decks over the water of North Lake.

    "This area feels very different from our other Rodeo Goat locations," Wynne says. "It's innovative, with lakeside appeal, and when we saw the plans to place two of our most popular concepts on piers over the lake, we knew that would make this a unique attraction."

    Ascension Coffee's Russell Hayward sees his coffee shop as appealing to both the business and the residential community at The Sound.

    "I don't know of anywhere else in Dallas you can sit and sip coffee with brunch or lunch on a patio with a lake view, and the idea of that was impossible for me to resist," he says. I live close to The Sound and I can’t wait to open in this vibrant community and incredible development that Lucy [Billingsley] has created."

    Sumner Billingsley, VP of Retail and Multifamily Development, says The Sound is not only "the heart and soul" of the Cypress Waters development, but a game changer for the area.

    "We're proud to bring this deep bench of top notch local restauranteurs to the area as well as programming a variety of Instagrammable moments, live music, experiences, and events, all on the water," she says.

    "Our goal was to make this completely original, taking inspiration from the West Village in Manhattan and Abbott Kinney in L.A. but still staying true to our Texas roots and style," she says. "We want to create places and events for you, your kids and your dogs to enjoy."

    Beginning in September, there will also be event spaces for rent including The Sound Stage, amphitheater, event lawn, trails for 5K and 10K races, and The Town Hall, a 3,000-square foot indoor venue for receptions and corporate trainings.

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    Chocolate News

    Richardson dessert shop Chocolate Drip lays out eye-catching treats

    Lauren Durie
    Dec 26, 2025 | 3:09 pm
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    Chocolate Drip
    Chocolate bear with pistachio sauce at Chocolate Drip

    A dessert shop in Richardson has become the toast of the sweets world: Called Chocolate Drip, it opened in August at 1057 S. Sherman St., in a center east of US-75 near Spring Valley Road, where it's rolling out some eye-catching chocolate treats.

    Chocolate Drip is a passion project from Mohammad Quzmar, a Palestinian-born owner who moved to Dallas four years ago and taught himself to cook through tinkering. That experimentation has translated into a constantly evolving menu, with new creations appearing whenever inspiration strikes — earning him a growing reputation as something of a modern-day Willy Wonka.

    "Chocolate is my passion. I just love being in the kitchen and creating,” he says.

    The cafe's offerings are extensive, from sweet breakfast staples like pancakes and waffles to off-menu items teased on the café’s Instagram, such as the Dubai Drip platter — an interactive fondue plate with fruit, brownies, waffles, marshmallows, to be dipped into melted chocolate and pistachio cream.

    Many of his items have the kind of eye-catching twists and table-side presentations that draw attention on Instagram, such as the cruffle (a waffle made from a croissant) topped with spaghetti-like strands of gelato, which a server extrudes through a potato ricer right before your eyes.

    Other signatures include a teddy bear made of chocolate mousse and kanafa, finished with pistachio sauce for $13.30, and crepes filled with a brownie, with pistachio and chocolate sauce for $15.

    Prices are not cheap but these are ultra-decadent items with generous portions, often meant for sharing.

    The drink list is ambitious, spanning coffee, matcha, smoothies, milkshakes, and nonalcoholic mocktails. It's obvious Quzmar is having fun, rolling out his versions of viral items like the famous s'mores hot chocolate pioneered by New York dessert shop Glace, which features a cap made of marshmallow meringue that’s torched.

    There are also a few savory offerings like egg-and-cheese crepes, a salmon croissant, and a turkey waffle. Those in the know also come to order Middle Eastern treats like salab, a creamy milk drink topped with cinnamon; and Om Ali, a sugary pudding with nuts, dried fruit, and coconut.

    Named after the Gen Z slang for “cool” or “stylish,” Drip is meant to be a hangout spot more than a quick dessert stop, Quzmar says — a place to linger over brunch, then return late night to a place that feels buzzy and fun sans alcohol.

    “Everyone who works here is either family or treated like family and everything is homemade with love," he says.

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