An Italian-inspired coffee shop is coming to Dallas-Fort Worth: Called Qargo Coffee, it's a chain from Florida that will open three DFW locations in summer 2025.

The cafes will be at the following addresses:

• Grand Prairie: 7501 Lake Ridge Pkwy. at Lake Ridge Center
• Irving: 3990 N. Belt Line Rd. in a former Wendy's
• Fort Worth: NWQ of I-35 and Basswood Blvd. #100

Qargo Coffee was founded in Miami by Sam Shenouda and Bernadette Bastorous, along with development manager Mark Bastorous, who opened their first store — a kiosk in Tampa International Plaza — in 2022. There are currently more than a dozen locations in Florida, California, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington D.C., as well as one in Edinburg, Texas. (The company is also the subject of a complaint by the Federal Tarde Commission for failing to disclose information required by the Franchise Rule, a case that is still pending.)

Their menu features coffee and desserts with an Italian theme including a partnership with Lavazza, the iconic Italian coffee roaster, for all of its coffee products.

Menu items include cold brew, boba tea, seasonal drinks, plant-based Lotus Energy drinks, and drinks crafted for pets such as sweet potato puree topped with whipped cream.

They also serve all-day breakfast items such as breakfast and lunch sandwiches, pastries, tiramisu, chocolate ganache cheesecake, French macarons, and mini Dutch pancakes topped with chocolate syrup, powdered sugar, and whipped cream.

Each location also customizes offerings with regionally inspired beverages and food items.

Introducing the concept to DFW is franchisee Kushal Bastakoti, an art gallery owner who has owned and operated cafes in Dallas and Fort Worth, such as boba tea and specialty drinks shop Feng Cha, for 10 years.

Bastakoti says he found the brand appealing because of how it uses art as a way to connect the community and also to share some of the art found at his gallery, Kush Art Gallery and Lounge in Fort Worth.

"Each location will be feature an open show art gallery and activations inside in addition to drive-thru ordering," Bastakoti says.