Breakfast News

Biscuits rise in downtown Dallas via incoming homey Atlanta restaurant

The biscuits are upon us.

Photo courtesy of Sara Hanna Photography

Homey Atlanta restaurant The Flying Biscuit Cafe, which has been slaying all of Richardson and North Dallas with its crumbly sugar-sprinkled biscuits, will soon slay downtown Dallas as well.

The chain is opening a location inside the Central Business District, in the 1700 Pacific building, in the space that was previously occupied by Camille's Sidewalk Cafe. According to a spokesperson, the restaurant will open in late fall, pending a remodel.

Famous for its biscuits and grits, Flying Biscuit debuted in Atlanta in 1993, and now has locations throughout Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas. Yet, it has maintained its quintessential neighborhood spirit, with a focus on Southern-inspired comfort food.

It serves breakfast all day, with options that go beyond bacon and eggs. There are biscuits with eggs and gravy, penne pasta with chicken sausage, grits, wrap sandwiches, and even a vegan barbecue burrito.

There is turkey hash, flatiron steak with eggs, oatmeal pancakes, omelets, a biscuit Benedict, and a tofu scramble.

There's also shrimp and grits, biscuit pot pie, turkey pot roast, meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes, and oven-fried chicken. Sandwiches include pimiento cheese, fish tacos, and a fried-green tomato BLT.

Drinks include coffee, chai latte, and a "sledgehammer" combining four shots of espresso with half-and-half.

The Richardson location opened in December 2017 in a new-build center at 746 South Central Expy. at Spring Valley Road.

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Ice Cream News

Global gourmet ice cream chain debuts in U.S. with 2 Dallas-area shops

Dumont Ice Cream

An ice cream concept from India has made its U.S. debut, right here in Texas: Called Dumont Creamery & Cafe, it's an ice cream chain founded in Hyderabad that now has two locations in the Dallas area.

Their first location was Frisco, which opened at 1951 FM 423 at the end of 2023; a second location opened in late October in Coppell at 1535 S. Belt Line Rd. #160.

Dumont was founded in 1999 by brothers Vivek and Bhashkaar, and currently has 23 locations in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Vijayawada listed on their website.

Bringing the concept to Texas are local franchisees and friends Sai Sashank and Tarang Tirumala, who moved to the U.S. in 2005 to attend college.

Both have successful consulting careers, but craved a taste of home.

Ice cream is the centerpiece at Dumont with more than two dozen flavors, ranging from gourmet to classics to flavors boasting global influences: from Italian-inspired sorbet to a New Zealand-inspired honey ice cream called "hokey pokey."

There is vanilla, chocolate, and mint chocolate chip — but also unique options such as cake and jam, an ice cream with a vanilla base, bites of cake, and spiced jam; and kheer, a coconut ice cream studded with dried fruits and nuts — a nod to the kheer rice pudding that's one of India's favorite desserts.

A single scoop is $4. They have cups and a cute version of waffle cones: shorter and fatter than usual, to provide a greater ratio of ice cream-to-cone.

In addition to ice cream, they have a beverage program with coffee and espresso drinks such as lattes, plus boba tea. There are also special drinks like falooda — an exotic Indian milkshake with rose syrup and vermicelli — as well as limited-edition drinks like iced kheer, a cool beverage version of that same popular rice pudding dessert.

Both locations are spacious, bright, and clean, with pale green banquettes at Frisco, and pale blue chairs and tables at Coppell. Both feature an astronaut theme with statues and framed photos and cartoons on the wall. The Coppell location also has a mural dedicated to great moments in Coppell history.