A coffee shop with buzz has debuted in Wylie: Armor Coffee, a shop from Mike and Jenn Todryk, has opened a location at 3040 FM 544, where it's serving coffee as well as breakfast and lunch.
Jenn Todryk is the HGTV star known for her hit show No Demo Reno, wherein she devises cost-saving ways to transform homes with a goal of keeping the original floorplan.
She's the founder of a highly relatable blog called "Life as a Rambling Redhead" where she shares behind-the-scenes moments of filming, home projects, and motherhood, which has earned her more than 1.8 million followers on Instagram.
This new coffee shop is a second location for the couple, who opened the first Armor Coffee in Allen in 2019, taking over a space in the Village at Allen at 190 E. Stacy Rd. that was previously Village Coffee — rebranded as Armor, inspired by Mike's time as an armor officer in the military.
Jenn and Mike Todryk at their first Armor Coffee.Armor Coffee
They followed that with the launch of Armor Brewing Co., a craft beer brewery, also in Allen at 9 Prestige Cir., just beneath the city of Allen water tower, taking over the former Nine Band Brewing in 2023.
The Wylie shop, located in a booming new center at the intersection of 544 and McReary Road, has been designed as more than an ordinary coffee shop and is instead a community space, outfitted with a conference room for local meetings, interviews, Bible studies, and more. It's a pretty space dressed up with elegant use of stone including a marbled black counter and artisan glass tile in a deep glossy green.
It's also a cafe with a menu that includes coffee and espresso drinks, cold coffee, frozen coffee drinks, and teas. They roast their own beans.
There's also a plentiful selection of food including breakfast sandwiches and breakfast tacos, toasts, Belgian liege waffles, sandwiches such as grilled cheese and vegetarian Caprese, pretzels, and baked goods.
In a statement, Mike welcomed the residents of Wylie, Murphy, and Parker, saying that he was "beyond proud of this team, so much hard work is going into this one, and [were] excited for the Armor future."
