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Sweet Paris Creperie & Cafe brings French-y elegance to Southlake

S'mores crepe from Sweet Paris Creperie.

Photo by Julie Soefer

An elegant new spot serving crepes and more is coming to Southlake: Called Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café, it's a small chain that specializes in crêpes, hot drinks, mimosas, and more, opening in Southlake Town Square at 228 State St., in the former Rockfish Grill, which closed in June after 25 years.

According to a release, Sweet Paris is now open, with a grand opening event planned for late November.

The concept is coming to Southlake thanks to Edward and Cynthia Hymes and their son Edward, who also have plans to open four more locations in the DFW area.

Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café was founded by Houston husband-and-wife Ivan and Allison Chavez in 2012, and currently has 17 stores in operation in Austin, College Station, Houston, McAllen, and San Antonio, plus locations in Florida, Minnesota, and Mexico.

Their menu offers a wide variety of sweet and savory crepes, from classics like nutella and dulce de leche to chicken carbonara and turkey with grapes and brie. Delectable sweet options include Apple Cinnamon Crème Brûlée, featuring torched vanilla cream with caramelized apples, dulce de leche, & cinnamon. They even have a vegan option: Berry Agave with apples caramelized in agave syrup, plus strawberries and blackberries.

There are also waffles, omelets, salads, and panini. Beverages include mimosas, beer, wine, and cider, plus espresso and coffee drinks including a wide range of flavored lattes, as well as hot chocolate and milkshakes.

The Hymes family have been Texas residents for the past 26 years. Cynthia has experience in restaurant ownership and operations, while Edward Sr. has more than 35 years of business leadership experience serving in executive roles for companies including CEO of Eagle Point Lending, President and COO of Planet Fitness, CEO of Jiffy Lube International, and roles at Shell and Kmart. And Edward Jr. boasts restaurant, retail, and project management experience.

They were ready to take an entrepreneurial journey together and were also avid fans of Sweet Paris.

"Sweet Paris Creperie & Café is truly a one-of-a-kind brand that our entire family feels connected to,” says Edward Hymes Sr. in a statement. “We are committed to bringing a truly excellent and fresh dining experience to the community and could not think of a better place than Southlake for the first of several locations we plan to open.”

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Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

Photo courtesy of Visit Addison

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A decadent new doughnut shop is coming to Fort Worth: Duck Donuts, a North Carolina-based chain known for serving doughnuts made to order, will open a shop at 6387 Camp Bowie Blvd. #A within the Ridglea Plaza Shopping Center in Fort Worth.

According to a release, the shop will open on Saturday December 21 at 7 am.

Duck Donuts opened its first locations in 2007 in the beach resort towns of Duck and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the intention to create an oasis for vacationers. They're now headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and began franchising in 2013, with more than 150 locally owned and operated shops across 26 states and international locations. There was previously a DFW location in Addison on Belt Line Road that opened in 2020 but it did not survive the pandemic.

The Fort Worth shop is owned and operated by husband-and-wife Justin and Morgan Thomas.

“We are delighted to be opening in Fort Worth,” Justin says in a statement. “The community has been patiently waiting for us to open our doors, and now we cannot wait to sprinkle happiness to all with our warm, delicious and made-to-order doubhnuts.”

The 1,035-square-foot shop reflects the franchise’s reimagined design which gives a modern twist on their iconic beach theme and family-friendly atmosphere. Upon entering the store, customers are greeted by the aroma of warm, light vanilla cake doughnuts.

Customers can create their own combination by choosing from coatings, toppings, and drizzles, including traditional favorites such as chocolate icing with sprinkles and more adventurous creations such as maple icing with bacon.

Key to their appeal is the viewing area where children and adults alike can watch their doughnuts being made.

Many of their flavors have a beachy theme such as the Beach, a cake doughnut with vanilla icing dusted with cinnamon sugar; the Sunrise with lemon icing and raspberry drizzle; and the Beach Ball with vanilla icing, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle.

They rotate in seasonal offerings such as the current lineup of mint-flavored flavors including chocolate icing with mint buttercream. The doughnuts themselves are limited to vanilla and chocolate cake; the flavors come primarily from icing.

In addition to doughnuts, the Fort Worth location will serve coffee, doughnut breakfast sandwiches, doughnut sundaes — in which a doughnut is topped with ice cream and syrup — plus frozen beverages and milkshakes.

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