H-E-B opening

H-E-B's first Dallas County grocery store makes grand debut in Irving

H-E-B has opened at 2351 West Interstate 635, Irving.

Photo courtesy of H-E-B

The ribbon has been cut, and dinner is being purchased at the long-anticipated new H-E-B store in Irving. The Texas grocery chain officially opened the doors to the supermarket, at 2351 West Interstate 635, at 6 am Wednesday, June 17.

The store, the first H-E-B in Dallas County, is technically in Irving but is also convenient to Las Colinas neighborhoods, Coppell, Grapevine, West Dallas, and DFW Airport. Irving is also home to a location of Joe V's Smart Shop by H-E-B, a spinoff H-E-B concept, at 2407 W. Airport Fwy.

“We’re honored to open our doors to this wonderful community, where our committed H-E-B Partners are ready to earn the loyalty and confidence of local families,” says Juan-Carlos Rück, an H-E-B executive vice president, in a release. “We are eager to provide our customers in the Irving area with quality service and an outstanding selection of H-E-B favorites and flavors from around the world.”

A look around
The massive 112,000-square-foot store features not only groceries and home essentials but a True Texas BBQ restaurant with drive-thru, H-E-B Curbside and Home Delivery services with a large Curbside parking area, and full-service H-E-B Pharmacy with drive-thru.

Additional highlights include an expanded hot food offerings with several breakfast, lunch, and dinner options; a Meal Simple section plus Asian grill items such as rice and noodle bowls, True Texas BBQ favorites, True Texas Boil House seafood selections, hot soups, and bakery goods.

Specific to the Irving store, H-E-B has introduced Masala House, described as "an H-E-B product line that offers customers meal options made in-house daily such as chicken masala, butter chicken, naan bread, chutney dips, and more." There's also an international assortment of rice, lentils, and specialty items from Central America, Latin America, Britain, and Asia.

"Inside and out, the new store reflects the unique character of the Irving community," says the release.

H-E-B South Asian foods There's a special emphasis on South Asian foods at the Irving H-E-B.Photo courtesy of H-E-B

Like in other H-E-B stores, the Irving location offers:

Bakery with artisan breads, cakes, warm tortillas, and vegan options made fresh daily
Deli featuring an extensive cheese selection and charcuterie island
Sushiya with fresh-made sushi and an Asian grill serving rice bowls, teriyaki, and more
H-E-B Meal Simple chef-inspired meals prepared in store
Cooking Connection with live demos, samples, and easy recipe ideas
Produce department with large organic and Texas-grown selections
Meat market featuring Prime, natural, organic, and Wagyu meats, plus ready-to-eat options
Blooms floral department with online ordering and delivery
Extensive beer and wine selection with a tasting station
Healthy Living department with bulk foods, sports nutrition products, and supplements
Expanded frozen foods selection
Beauty department with cosmetics and personal care essentials
Pet department featuring Heritage Ranch by H-E-B food, treats, and toys
Household Essentials department with tableware, storage products, and Texas Tough items

The store opened at 6 am June 17 with fanfare that included H-E-B and community leaders, plus Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders - essential for any opening worth its salt in DFW. The company also presented checks totaling $40,000 for Irving-based nonprofits including Irving Family Advocacy Center, Level Pathways, Coppell ISD Education Foundation, and the Canine Companions.

H-E-B Irving The Irving store is just off 635, convenient to Grapevine, Coppell, DFW Airport, and West Dallas.Photo courtesy of H-E-B

First announced in August 2024, the Irving store is the latest in the San Antonio-based grocer's march across Dallas-Fort Worth. It is the second DFW opening in a month, following the H-E-B Midcities store in Euless on May 20.

H-E-B has also unveiled plans for stores in Garland, Murphy, Walsh Ranch, Carrollton, and Denton. H-E-B owns land in Dallas at Hillcrest Road and LBJ Freeway, the site will be the company’s first H-E-B store in the city of Dallas.

The Irving H-E-B store is open daily 6 am-11 pm.

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Matcha News

Dallas tea and coffee shop Matcha & Creme puts focus first on matcha

Matcha & Creme

Matcha & Creme serving matcha in Dallas

A shop dedicated to trendy matcha has debuted in Dallas: Called Matcha & Creme, it's a matcha and coffee bar serving ceremonial-grade matcha and specialty coffee drinks, located at 10455 N. Central Expy. #106, at a center on the west side of 75 above Walnut Hill Lane.

Matcha is the Japanese green tea powder that has experienced a surge in popularity, appearing in everything from drinks like the matcha latte to desserts like matcha mousse. It has been one of the biggest foodie trends to surface in the past few years, and the beverage can be found in many shops around DFW.

But this is one of the first shops to open in Dallas proper with matcha as its central theme.

Their menu of beverages includes matcha in a variety of flavors, starting out with the buzzy strawberry matcha latte. There's a cardamom matcha latte, featuring a house-made syrup starring cardamom, an underappreciated spice.

Other options include jasmine matcha cloud, pink coconut matcha cloud, sunset matcha cloud, and raspberry matcha latte. Most drinks are about $7.

There are also two drinks identified as einspänners: matcha einspanner and hojicha einspanner. According to Matcha.com, einspanner is a drink that originated in Vienna as a strong black coffee topped with whipped cream. Hojicha is a type of Japanese green tea that has been roasted to give it a nutty flavor, and is lower in caffeine than regular green tea.

In addition to matcha, Matcha & Creme serves espresso-based drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes, including flavored lattes such as their bestselling tiramisu, which comes topped with a decadent mascarpone foam. Other latte flavors include cookie butter, midnight mocha, and salted maple.

One unique trendy beverage they offer is the mont blanc, featuring sweetened cold brew combined with orange juice and topped with cold foam.

Food consists of pastries and treats including croissants and muffins such as carrot cake muffin and cinnamon cake muffin.

Matcha & Creme is from Muhammad Motiwala, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas who possesses an impressive entrepreneurial streak. While still in college, he launched his own extremely successful photography and videography business.

But he has a passion for coffee and saw a niche he could fill.

"I felt like there was a gap in the market for a matcha shop — especially a 'third-wave' cafe where the focus is on the experience," he says. "There are plenty of bigger cafes but my vision was a boutique store where we make everything in house, with a focus on matcha. Most of the cafes I've seen focus first on espresso, and while they serve matcha drinks, there are very few 'matcha-first' cafes."

The shop uses ceremonial-grade matcha, a crop that's said to be harvested from the most tender tea leaves of the green tea bush, which has become a benchmark in the U.S. for "good" matcha.

"In the U.S., it's become an indicator of the highest grade of green tea — it's what people are looking for when they drink matcha," Motiawala says. On the flavor front, "it results in a tea that's less bitter, with a nutty toasted flavor," he says.

One of his priorities was to create a shop that itself was symbolic of the matcha experience, with a spirit that matched the slightly laid-back pace that matcha itself nurtures.

"With coffee, it's a fast delivery of caffeine," he says. "With matcha, it comes on a little more slowly, more calm. Matcha & Creme reflects that. We slow things down a little bit and focus on the craft."

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