Doughnut News
Cafe with made-to-order mini-doughnuts to open near TCU in south Fort Worth
When the doughnuts are smaller, you can get more than one and not feel guilty.
Little doughnuts are rolling into south Fort Worth via a new doughnut cafe. Called Batter & Beans, it'll serve doughnuts, coffee, and more, and it's opening at 3548 South Hills Ave., south of TCU in Westcliff Center.
They'll be right around the corner from Cafe Bella [which it should be noted recently won Best Neighborhood Restauant in CultureMap's 2023 Tastemaker Awards].
Batter & Beans will be a family-owned collaboration between Matt Whip, a partner at Ernst & Young, and his brother-in-law Jacob Soltysiak, who worked for a restaurant group in Michigan and brings the food knowhow.
They'll be doing miniature doughnuts, similar to the Pittsburgh-based Peace, Love, and Little Donuts chain (which has one location in Texas, in Southlake).
They're aiming to be open by early fall.
UPDATE 1-15-2024: Batter & Beans is now open.
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"We'll be doing fresh, made-to-order mini cake doughnuts plus premium coffee we're sourcing out of Chicago, from Metropolis, a small-batch artisan roaster," Whip says. "We're originally from the Chicago area, and that's always been my favorite roaster, and they also roast coffee for Yolk, which has a location in Sundance Square."
The cafe will also offer fresh lemonade, iced tea, and ice cream, for neighbors who want to stop in for a treat at night.
Whip and his family first relocated from the Chicago area to North Texas in 2018, then moved down the street from the shop last year. It's a small storefront, about 920 square feet, and they're currently in the final stages of design and permitting.
"There's lots of kids in this neighborhood, and I think a place with mini doughnuts would do well," Whip says.
It was only after they signed on to do the shop that they learned from a neighbor that the space they're taking had good doughnut karma, with a longtime history as a doughnut shop, most recently a place called Donut Palace. Sadly, it closed during the pandemic. Now the doughnuts will return.
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