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Sweet dessert shop in Arlington is all about cobblers and pudding

Peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream from Peach Cobbler Factory.

Peach Cobbler Factory

There's a dessert shop in Arlington with a decadent and delicious focus: Called The Peach Cobbler Factory, it specializes in homey desserts, particularly cobbler and banana pudding.

The shop is part of a chain based in North Carolina and is located at 4000 Arlington Highlands Blvd. #125, in a space that used to be a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

The concept started out as a food truck in Nashville in 2013, before growing to a small chain that began franchising in 2022. Arlington was the first location in Texas, opened by franchisee Corley Lee in February. A second location from a different franchisee will open in Richardson in the fall.

Cobber is the centerpiece of the menu, served warm with ice cream, in 12 flavors including peach, strawberry peach, blackberry peach, and cinnamon praline peach. Non-peach flavors include cherry, caramel-apple, honey-apple, apple-walnut-raisin, and sweet potato-pecan.

They also offer 12 varieties of banana pudding with additions like Nutella, Oreo cookies, and Butterfingers. Red velvet banana pudding features red velvet cake with cream cheese icing layered into the banana pudding. Similarly, cheesecake banana pudding layers in New York-style cheesecake with graham-cracker crust. Prices average about $9.

For those who can't decide, they offer dessert flights that let you mix-and-match four flavors. You can choose either from the cobbler category, banana pudding, or both. (They'll have dining-in with about 12-15 seats plus more seating on a small outdoor patio.)

There are oversized snickerdoodle cookies, as big as pizza, topped with cobbler; and oversized brownies in flavors such as salted caramel and peanut butter-and-jelly. Other decadent desserts include cinnamon rolls, cobbler-stuffed cinnamon rolls, churros, and milkshakes.

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Food Truck News

Ghost Food Park brings fun food truck culture and energy to Arlington

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Food spread at Ghost Food Truck Park

A food truck park is gaining traction in Arlington: Called Ghost Food Park, it's a venture owned by two brothers, located at 2601 W. Arkansas Ln., in the Dalworthington Gardens area.

The outdoor concept was founded in 2023 by Juan and Chris Labra, who are hosting it on the property of their print shop, New Gen Print and Designs. Juan handles the social media and marketing for the park; Chris handles the contracts for the trucks.

They feature six food truck vendors — the maximum number allowed by the City of Arlington — that operate on different schedules every day of the week.

“A popular BBQ truck called 225 BBQ first put us on the map," Juan says.

Dishes span several cuisines: from hibachi to Venezuelan to BBQ fusion. The main attractions include:

King Hibachi with steak and noodle plates and loaded fries
Autana Food & Catering with Venezuelan arepas and cheese-stuffed bread rolls
Karibou Coffees

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There’s also a local celebrity chef most weekends: Marc Fadel of Habibi Barbecue.

Fadel and his truck were featured on HBO MAX’s BBQ High, a show about several groups of high school culinary teams competing for a state BBQ championship. He whips up dishes that include brisket, pork ribs, and Lebanese sides like tabbouleh (a parsley salad) and batata kizbara (fried cubed potatoes).

“He’s this college kid, and as much as he would want to open more time, he’s focusing on school now, but he does open on weekends,” Juan says.

Prices range from $10 for a pulled pork sandwich at Habibi Barbecue to $30 for a hibachi combo plate at King Hibachi. Truck hours are daily, with Thursdays-Sundays from 11 am-9 pm the most active.

They’ve recently expanded out to hosting weekend markets as well — often with a theme such as Halloween, when they did a cute "truck or treat" theme. They open the park to other non-foodtruck vendors, crafters, and jewelry makers. There’s outdoor seating, with umbrella-shaded tables, and yard games with space to play pickleball.

It's still in test mode. “We’ve got a good sized waiting list since it’s been getting some good traction recently," Juan says.

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