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Dallas coffee roaster brews new shop with drinks and snacks in Oak Cliff

Coffee's hot at Slow and Steady.

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A longtime Dallas coffee roaster now has its own shop: Slow and Steady, who've been roasting beans for local coffee shops, have opened their own spot in North Oak Cliff, in the heart of the Elmwood neighborhood at 1805 S. Edgefield St., where they're serving brewed coffee, espresso drinks like cappuccino, honey vanilla latte and cortado, plus chai, teas, and smoothies.

Slow and Steady was founded by Germán Sierra, a Kiest Park resident who developed a love for coffee on trips to Oregon, when he was working in finance.

"It started as a hobby, buying equipment for home, and little by little started growing more and more into a stronger passion," he says.

He transformed that passion into a wholesale business in 2016, roasting beans for other Oak Cliff businesses including Wild Detectives and CocoAndré Chocolatier, as well as pop ups at several coffee shops, including now neighbor Peaberry Coffee.

For food, he's partnered with local vendors such as Dillon Dishes Dallas, a catering business from chef Dillon Palmer Webb, who created dishes for the shop that include:

breakfast biscuit sandwiches with sausage, egg, cheese gravy, and strawberry jam
superfood parfait with overnight oats, chia seeds, dark berry puree, and maple chia granola
Pastries such as strawberry pop tarts and coffee cake

Sierra had his eyes on Edgefield Street for a while, and found the perfect spot in an abandoned house that was zoned for business, but required major renovations. He spent a year transforming it into a charming, welcoming space, with a few seating spots, and a back patio that will open in a couple of months.

The shop also features a retail area, with home equipment for purchase by Baratza, Fellow and Chemex, since one of their goals is helping people make better coffee at home.

Hours are daytime only for now: Monday-Friday 6:30 am-4 pm, and Saturday 7 am-3 pm. These will likely be extended once the shop is fully staffed.

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Spicy Food News

New restaurant Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine does it for real in Plano

Dallas Spicy

Fried rice and chicken at Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine

An authentic Chinese mom-and-pop restaurant has debuted in Plano: Called Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine, it opened in late 2025 at 4140 Legacy Dr. #310, at Coit Road, in the same center as Sprouts, taking over a space previously occupied by 369 Chinese BBQ, a long-timer that closed in 2025 after more than a decade.

Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine stands apart in the Chinese restaurant field thanks to a trio of elements:

Unusual dishes
They offer an array of Sichuan, Shanghai, and Taiwanese dishes, some not commonly found in DFW, such as:

Hot & Spicy Crayfish
Cumin Beef
Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs
Sauteed Bullfrog with Pickled Peppers

Dishes like their humongous Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs, a Huaiyang-style dish from Eastern China featuring pork meatballs simmered with Napa cabbage, and their Spicy Stinky Tofu — a Chinese tofu dish often sold as a snack at roadside stands — are earning raves for their home-cooked authenticity.

The menu has a big assortment of vegetable dishes, mostly stir-fries such as stir-fried shredded cabbage and stir-fried green beans with garlic, which has emerged as a major crowd-pleaser.

There are rice and noodle dishes such as chow mein, beef noodle soup, and dan dan noodles, a Sichuan classic with noodles, minced pork, scallions, and peanuts. An "American Chinese" category on the menu offers familiar staples such as honey walnut shrimp, orange chicken, and broccoli & beef.

Set price
A second distinction at Dallas Spicy is their "set price" dinner, like a Chinese version of omakase, featuring 10 dishes for about $150. It can be ordered in spicy or non-spicy versions.

The pandas
Dallas Spicy is obsessed with pandas: They've made pandas their decorative them, putting them everywhere: panda wall stickers, panda condiment shakers, and a massive installation featuring dozens of stuffed panda toys tacked to the wall in a heart shape.

The owners are hard to reach; they rarely answer the phone. But they'll provide attentive service if you dine in. They vow to be more than just a restaurant. According to their manifesto, they're a place "where stories are told through taste."

Dallas Spicy decor Pandas rule the decor at Dallas Spicy Chinese.Yelp

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