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    Bread News

    Ascension Coffee imports baked goodies not found elsewhere in Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 31, 2020 | 5:07 pm
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    Small but growing Dallas coffee-cafe chain Ascension Coffee has not gone unscathed by the coronavirus: They closed the Thanksgiving Tower location in downtown Dallas on August 10, and the Willow Bend location in Plano in May.

    But there's a lot of good things happening with this concept, including a new partnership with a famed bagel company from New York.

    According to company president Bill Schaffler, Ascension will launch a bagel program with H&H Bagels, the legendary New York city bagel company that's been making bagels "Like No Other Bagel in the World," as their slogan goes, since 1972.

    H&H ships its bagels around the country and is already for sale at Central Market stores. But the arrangement that Ascension has is unique: The bagels will arrive par-baked so that the coffee shops can do the final bake, resulting in a more authentic, less-stale bagel experience.

    The program will begin in mid-September. Schaffler says they'll start small, just a couple of flavors.

    "We'll have Plain and Everything bagels, and make our own cream cheese spreads," he says. "We wanted to provide a true New York bagel experience, and with ingredients being such a big factor, we felt like there was no substitution for getting them from New York."

    Schaffler joined Ascension in 2019. He and founder Russell Hayward met back in the '90s when both worked with the Carlson Group's Emerging Brands, the hotshot division that founded restaurant concepts such as AquaKnox. Schaffler also worked for La Madeleine and was most recently CFO for Nothing Bundt Cakes.

    Hayward is still on the board at Ascension but he's focused primarily on the beans: jetting around to plantations, meeting growers, and such. Very Russell.

    Schaffler is overseeing daily operations. That includes expanding the patio at their Addison location, building a catering operation at their Crescent location, and significantly expanding the space at their Design District original.

    "We're going to expand it by 1,500 feet," he says. "We're absorbing the space next-door that used to be occupied by a salon and taking the opportunity to expand the kitchen so we can offer off the menu items we've pioneered at our other locations in Addison and Cypress Waters, like bowls and sandwiches that we didn't have room to do."

    They're also expanding the outdoor space, not so much for COVID-19-related concerns but because they have room for what he feels can be a lovely, larger patio area.

    One promising sign is the quality of the pastry program they recently launched: They've partnered with Black Rooster Bakery from Fort Worth, easily one of the top two bakeries in DFW.

    "We wanted to have the best baked goods in Dallas," Schaffler says. "The first thing was to get a pastry program we could be proud of. And if you know Black Rooster, you know how good they are."

    Black Rooster makes deliveries to all five of their cafes — Design District, Addison, Crescent Court, The Star, and Cypress Waters — every day.

    They get Black Rooster's killer plain, chocolate, and almond croissants, lemon-blueberry scones, and chocolate-espresso cookies, plus items exclusive to Ascension. For example, an espresso cruffin, the cruffin being the trendy pastry that's a cross between a croissant and a muffin.

    "We're the only game in town for the espresso cruffin," Schaffler says. "It's a cruffin filled with tiramisu which is blended with our Levitate blend coffee."

    "We also get seasonal cruffins like raspberry and pumpkin spice," he says. "We have a banana bread muffin, a craft coffee cake, and Aussie hand pies, that's Russell's legacy, he's from Australia, it's like an egg and sausage empanada, but with puff pastry, filled with egg, sausage, and cheese."

    Fort Worth is not so far away that someone in Dallas couldn't drive to Fort Worth themselves for Black Rooster's goods — but it is surely convenient, maybe even essential, to have such treasures nearby.

    "Ascension is a special brand," Schaffler says. "I feel like there's a lot we can do with it."

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    Slushies News

    Best frozen drinks in Dallas for summer tippling

    Raven Jordan
    May 22, 2025 | 6:35 pm
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    As Memorial Day approaches, the temperatures climb. Dedicated tipplers know that the best way to beat the heat is with a frosty drink. This list of frozen drinks being served at Dallas restaurants and bars hits them all: margaritas, frosé, milkhakes, and slushies.

    Here are some of the best, newest (and in some cases, limited-edition) frozen beverages for the summer in Dallas:

    Aire Libre
    Poolside restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas serves up a Baja vibe and coastal menu. They offer a frozé made with Argyle brut rosé, Aperol, prickly pear, passionfruit, and lemon. The drink is available for $16.

    Cane Rosso
    Neapolitan-style pizza and a frozen rosé might just be a match made in heaven. Local pizzeria chain offers a frosé featuring strawberry, vodka, rosé, and lemon for $10. Available at locations in Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth.

    Hampton Social
    Buzzy coastal restaurant in downtown Dallas loves rosé to the point they have 20 options on their wine list. But it gets better— the restaurant has a signature Hampton frosé made with Tito's Handmade vodka, rosé, peach purée. The drink is $17.

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    José
    Mexican restaurant on Lovers Lane has a frozen watermelon margarita available for a very limited time. It features watermelon flavoring, Socorro Blanco, seasonal puree, and lime juice for $16. Available through Memorial Day weekend from May 22-26.

    Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar
    Loro's expansive, yet laid-back picnic table setup inside and out is tailor-made for summer nights. Loro has a broad menu of frozen drinks, from a frozen spicy watermelon margarita, to boozy Vietnamese coffee, to mango sake slushees. Can't decide? Try a frozen slushee flight for $14.25.

    Mi Cocina
    Just about every Tex-Mex has a frozen margarita, but this middle-class chain is home to what is arguably the most famous: the Mambo Taxi, a margarita swirled with sangria featuring Sauza Silver Tequila, lime juice, sangria with pinot noir, brandy, and fruit juices. The drink is $10.

    Milkshakes and slushie drinks

    Black Tap
    Victory Park restaurant and bar has a collection of eight "crazyshake" milkshakes with unconventional toppings such as cake slices and cookie sandwiches. The cinnamon bun shake, priced at $18, features a whole cinnamon roll on top. There's a vegan option on all shakes for those steering clear of dairy. For a smaller, boozy take, get a shake shot with soft serve and choice of vodka or whiskey base for $9.

    Lazy Dog
    Restaurant chain has a new frozen cocktail: the prickly pear sloshie. It's inspired by founder Chris Simms’ adventures in Wyoming, and blends Pantalones Organic Reposado Tequila, prickly pear purée, agave nectar sweet and sour, triple sec, and a salt rim. It's $15. Available for a limited time.

    Pinstack
    Eatertainment venue is known for bowling lanes and arcade, but they also have all kinds of shakes, both boozy and 32-ounce nonalcoholic ones stacked with toppings. There are three alcoholic adult shakes such as the boozy berry and chocaholic, both with Smirnoff vodka; or the churrochata, with Fireball. Boozy shakes start at $14, nonalcoholic shakes are $10. Available at Plano, Las Colinas, Allen, and Westlake locations.

    Sonic
    Drive-thru chain is bringing back slushies in two fab flavors: watermelon andlemonberry, which is swirled with real strawberries and a squeeze of lemon. They also offer half-price shakes — with flavors like strawberry, hot fudge, and peanut butter — daily after 5 pm. Slushes start at $2 for a small, shakes start at $4 for a small.
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    Katherine Stinson contributed to this story.

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