Snack attack

Snack Global Kitchen on Henderson closes temporarily to prep for new concept

Snack Global Kitchen + Bar, the Henderson Avenue restaurant from Avner Samuel and chef-partner Jon Stevens featuring small plates with recipes from around the globe, will no longer be featuring small plates with recipes from around the globe.

The restaurant has been closed since Sunday brunch and won't reopen until next week, when it debuts a new concept, Samuel says.

"We're trying to reconcept that," he says. "We've changed the menu three times, and we're still not where we want to be."

"I don’t think it’s the location," Samuel says. "I think that what we did was maybe too adventurous for the area and maybe for the city."

The location has had a number of entities already, including a pizza joint and Horne & Dekker, a restaurant from colorful Shawn Horne, the new manager at Stephan Pyles' Stampede 66. But Samuel says he doesn't think the space is jinxed.

"I don’t think it’s the location," he says. "I never believe that stuff. If I was able to get people into Snider Plaza with Bistro A, then I think I can overcome a bad location. I think that what we did was maybe too adventurous for the area and maybe for the city."

He says that he is reconcepting and will reopen within a week or two.

A staffer at a neighboring business says that she heard the new concept would be "more of a bar-style place."

In mid-September, the restaurant sent out a press release announcing that it had "new management and a new attitude." The new general manager is Vito Calo, who worked at Samuel's other concept, Nosh Euro Bistro, and who told Eater that the menu had been completely overhauled, switching its focus from small plates to more traditional appetizers and entrees.

Since Calo came on board, Snack cut back on its hours, including shutting down on Sunday nights.

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Coffee News

New Dallas coffee shop opens with good coffee — and great hair

Common Good

Common Good coffee and good vibes

A new coffee shop with some serious styling has opened near downtown Dallas: Called Common Good, it's located at 1619 N. Hall St., right off Ross Avenue, in what was previously a retail outlet for Rakkasan Tea Company, who left the space in mid-2024.

Common Good is more than just a coffee shop – it's a coffee shop-hair salon from Christopher Bermudez, a stylist who previously owned Ellum Salon in Deep Ellum which he sold in 2022. Their motto: "Good coffee, good hair, good vibes."

Bermudez was born in Mexico City and moved to Dallas when he was one year old but remained close to his culture and often travels to Mexico City, where he found the inspiration behind this new concept.

"I was inspired by the multiuse spaces in my hometown of Mexico City: coffee shops that turn into a nightclub or tequila tasting rooms in the evening. Great vibe is what we are going for," he says.

The coffee shop is in the front, while the hair salon is in the back, divided by a large glass. The salon has eight stylists, including Bermudez.

The shop also features all-vinyl jam tables where guest DJs play music most weekends, creating a cool atmosphere. The décor resembles listening rooms that are popular in South Korea, with custom-made wooden walls and modern furniture.

Good vibes at Common Good Coffee and hair salonCommon Good

Heading the coffee operation is Jesse Nava, who recently worked at Xaman Coffee in Oak Cliff, and they're partnered with Lemma Coffee for beans and barista training. The shop offers a small but solid menu, with espresso and coffee classics, plus some specialty drinks including pistachio matcha, cardamon rose latte, espresso freddo, and a Mexican mocha.

“We want to stay consistent with a small menu — we want to get it right, then eventually add to it," Bermudez says.

They plan to add food, as well, working with a local bakery still to be decided for muffins, croissants, kolaches, cookies, and bagels.

They're open Tuesday-Saturday from 7 am-7 pm, with shorter hours Sunday and Monday, from 7 am-2 pm, since the salon portion is closed those days.

They've witnessed a big demand for coffee, since the center they're in had coffee history: The storefront on the corner at 1623 Hall St. was once Method Coffee, then Fiction Coffee, which closed at the end of 2023. (It's now home to Black Swan Saloon, the resuscitated bar from acclaimed mixologist Gabe Sanchez.)

They see themselves as a neighborhood coffee shop, where residents of the multiple apartment complexes around can become regulars. They are dog-friendly, serving pup cups.

"I always believed that if you have a good product people will come," Bermudez says.

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