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White Rhino Coffee brews up new kind of cafe in Dallas' Oak Cliff
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Dallas coffee chain White Rhino Coffee has opened a cafe at 1607 Fort Worth Ave. — inside the chain's roasting facility.
The location, which opened on October 1, is a replacement-of-sorts for the location they had in Bishop Arts, which closed in mid-September, after four years in the space.
The new cafe occupies a 900 square-feet space, featuring murals from local artists, inside the roastery, which the company opened in a former warehouse in 2021; the facility roasts and supplies coffee beans to all White Rhino locations.
Moving the cafe to the roastery, not even two miles away, was not only a consolidation, it also creates a different kind of cafe — one that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the company's roasting and bean operation.
In addition to their regular menu of drip coffee, espresso, cold brew, lattes, cappuccinos, matcha lattes, and chai, the cafe will be the only location to offer samples of experimental items in progress. They'll also host $20 roastery tours, which begin on November 2.
This cafe follows the recent news that a location is opening in Cypress Waters in 2025.
White Rhino Coffee was founded by Chris Parvin in Cedar Hill in 2007. According to the release, Parvin wanted to create a space where community members could get a cup of craft coffee and connect with neighbors.
“As always, we’re excited to share our craft drinks with customers, but now we have made it more approachable by educating coffee enthusiasts to the growing, harvesting, and roasting process that spans the globe, makes up a multi-billion dollar industry, and involves hundreds of people from different countries and cultures,” says Parvin in a statement.
The Dallas restaurant will introduce some menu items not available at the original Austin location.Photo by Justin Cook
The design features warm wood tones and minimalist Japanese-inspired interior elements.Photo by Justin Cook