Long-awaited blooms

Museum at UT Austin unveils French café from acclaimed restaurant team

Visitors to Austin's Blanton Museum of Art will soon have an excuse to linger even longer over breakfast, a cocktail, or other French classics. Café Fleurs de Nuit, a new concept by the team behind Austin's leading French restaurant, Justine’s Brasserie, will open Friday, November 20.

The concept was originally announced in 2024, went quiet for a couple years, and updated Texans and travelers in March of 2026. Since then the team's been drumming up a little more pre-opening intrigue. In the past few weeks some artsy new photos that would be right at home in a fashion magazine appeared on social media.

$Caf\u00e9 Fleurs de Nuit at Blanton Museum$ There will probably be lots of fashionable visitors to the new café.Photo by Barbara FG

$Caf\u00e9 Fleurs de Nuit at Blanton Museum$

Photo by Barbara FG

Artsy photos show a strong point of view at Café Fleurs de Nuit.

"Fleurs de Nuit" means "night-blooming flowers" in French. Unlike the flowers, the concept brings the museum to bloom all day, though it does stay open a bit later each day. The museum itself closes at 5 pm most days and 8 pm on Saturdays, and the café will be open until 6 or 10 pm. It also opens earlier than the museum Tuesdays through Fridays, so guests don't have to worry about cutting into their art-viewing time if they want a really full day. Grab-and-go items will be available for even quicker stops.

The current food menu is compact, featuring eight dishes. Of course, there's a classic omelette with Boursin cheese and two quiches: one with bacon lardons and gruyère cheese, and the other with spinach, mushrooms, leeks, and more gruyère. Three tartines (toasts) prop up avocado, salmon, and cheese with honey, respectively. Two more breakfasts round it out: a croissant sandwich with breakfast sausage and the Justine's Breakfast with a soft boiled egg, cured salmon, crème fraîche, and sourdough toast.

$Caf\u00e9 Fleurs de Nuit at Blanton Museum$ France is present in everything at Café Fleurs de Nuit.Photo by Barbara FG

Guests at the 2026 Austin Food and Wine Festival on Sunday, November 8, also got to try a dish in advance of the opening: chicken sausage with sauce ravigote, crispy alliums, and toasted brioche. However, that dish doesn't appear on the current online menu.

The Blanton Museum is located at the University of Texas at Austin. The café overlooks its grounds, plus the famous cathedral-inspired structure Austin by Ellsworth Kelly, and the Texas State Capitol. The interior was designed by Joel Mozersky, best known for his work for Uchi, and was inspired by Parisian cafés.

$Caf\u00e9 Fleurs de Nuit at Blanton Museum$ The café is close to the city, but peacefully removed.Photo by Barbara FG

Café Fleurs de Nuit will be open from 8 am-6 pm Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 am-10 pm Saturdays, and 10 am-6 pm Sundays.

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Pack Your Patience

DFW declared No. 2 worst airport for flight delays and cancellations

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DFW International also ranks as the second-worst airport for flight disruptions over the holiday travel season.

Ahead of the busy holiday season, North Texans should budget extra time into their travel plans before flying out of the metro's bustling Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

DFW was just declared the No. 2 worst airport in the nation for flight disruptions by consumer review platform ConsumerAffairs, which analyzed the rates of moderate and severe delays, diversions, and cancellations at the 29 biggest U.S. airports. DFW also appeared as the No. 2 worst airport where holiday travel causes the biggest disruptions.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia led the nation as the No. 1 worst airport overall — the only airport deemed more disruptive than DFW.

Unlike many other airports on the list that experience high cancellation rates, the report revealed DFW's biggest issue is its high volume of flight delays. DFW has the No. 1 highest moderate delay rate out of all the airports examined, with more than a quarter of all flights (25.18 percent) delayed by 15 minutes and up to three hours.

"It’s the kind of delay that eats into your day without necessarily blowing up your whole trip," the report's author wrote.

Nearly two percent of all flights are delayed over three hours, making DFW the fifth worst airport for severe delays. However, the study says there is a silver lining for travelers saddled with severe disruptions.

"DFW offered more scheduled backup flights to the same destination than many of the other airports on this list, giving travelers a decent shot at rebooking if a flight fell through," the report said.

These are the cancellation and diversion rates at DFW, per the report:

Cancellation rate: 2.31 percent
Diversion rate: 0.29 percent
Average same-day flights to the same destination: 3.95
Cancellations that were the last flight of the day to that destination: 24.88 percent

Flying at DFW will be even more stressful during the holidays, as 30 percent of flights will suffer from disruptions during the Thanksgiving and winter holiday travel periods — starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving through the Monday after, and again from December 18 to January 5.

DFW has the eighth highest holiday disruption rate out of the biggest airports, and the fifth highest holiday severe delay rate. Put some padding on your itinerary, because about 2.5 percent of all flights will be delayed more than three hours during the holidays.

In ConsumerAffairs' separate list of the worst medium-sized airports, Dallas Love Field landed as the 15th worst out of 32 U.S. airports. About 22 percent of all flights at DAL experience moderate delays — the No. 1 highest rate in this category — and 1.07 percent are severely delayed.

Additionally, over 26 percent of all DAL flights will be disrupted during the holiday travel season, and two percent of flights will experience severe delays.

The top 10 worst U.S. airports for delays and cancellations are:

No. 1 – Ronald Reagan Washington National
No. 2 – Dallas Fort Worth International
No. 3 – Newark Liberty International
No. 4 – Miami International
No. 5 – Philadelphia International
No. 6 – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
No. 7 – LaGuardia
No. 8 – Tampa International
No. 9 – Washington Dulles International
No. 10 – George Bush Intercontinental

Surprisingly, Los Angeles International Airport landed as the best major U.S. airport for avoiding travel disruptions. Phoenix Sky Harbor International (No. 2) and Seattle-Tacoma International (No. 3) round out the top three best airports for on-time travel.

The report offers the following suggestions to help anxious travelers avoid flight disruptions: look into travel insurance to protect against delays or cancellations; look for nonstop flights; or book flights with earlier departure times on an airline with multiple departures to your destination.

For flights that do get delayed or cancelled, travelers need to "act fast" to rectify their situation, says Jennifer Rykaczewski, the CEO of nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Affordable Skies.

"In the first 10 minutes, open the airline app, see whether you have already been rebooked and search for acceptable alternatives," Rykaczewski said. "Throughout the process, save any documentation of the delay or cancellation, plus receipts for meals or hotels, in case you need it for an insurance claim later."

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DFW declared No. 2 worst airport for flight delays and cancellations