The Definitive Dallas Coffee Guide By Eve Hill-Agnus Dallas is a city of coffee fanatics, aficionados, and nerds. These people want you to know the story, the sourcing, roasting, brewing—and have an experience. They have a relationship with the coffee. Sometimes, we feel like we’re intruding. But we’re glad to scatter croissant crumbs over the table […]
Life & Work with German Sierra of Dallas By VoyageDallas Today we’d like to introduce you to German Sierra Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?My story with coffee started as a […]
A Slow and Steady (but Bittersweet) Victory Against Arcane Parking Mandates By Asia Mieleszko When Germán Sierra bought a one-story home in 2020, he anticipated the types of headaches and hiccups that accompany every renovation. His dream was to convert the home—already zoned for commercial use—into a coffee shop and community space. What he didn’t […]
Slow & Steady Reaches the Finish Line in Dallas By Howard Bryman In a converted midcentury ranch house, a new cafe called Slow & Steady Coffee is offering homey coffee experiences in Dallas. Within the approximately 1,235-square-foot space on quiet corner lot in the Elmwood neighborhood of Oak Cliff, roughly half the shop is devoted […]
Oak Cliff’s largest neighborhood offers more than meets the eye By Emma Ruby Elmwood sits on the other side of the tracks. For a long time, the neighborhood’s claim to fame was its cameo in Tom Cruise’s 1989 film, Born on the Fourth of July. At the time, the Downtown shops that lined Edgefield were […]
Elmwood coffee shop pops up with soft openings By Rachel Stone| A coffee upstart in Elmwood is easing into service with pop-ups. Graf Kofe is in a renovated house, painted black, at Edgefield and Tennessee. The photo below, via Google Maps, shows what it looked like under renovation. Owner German Sierra is a Los Angeles […]
Slow and Steady Coffee in South Dallas Channels Good Coffee and Music This new coffee shop is part of a burgeoning scene in the Elmwood neighborhood. At the corner of Edgefield and Tennessee avenues in the Elmwood neighborhood of Oak Cliff sits a black coffeehouse surrounded by residences. German Sierra, the owner of Slow and […]
Dallas coffee roaster brews new shop with drinks and snacks in Oak Cliff longtime Dallas coffee roaster now has its own shop: Slow and Steady, who’ve been roasting beans for local coffee shops, have opened their own spot in North Oak Cliff, in the heart of the Elmwood neighborhood at 1805 S. Edgefield St., where […]
Four New Dallas Neighborhood Coffee Shops to Try During National Coffee Month Walk, run, or bike over to one of these new neighborhood coffee shops. If you haven’t heard, the drink of the summer is plain black coffee. August also happens to be national coffee month, but please, don’t limit yourself to just plain coffee. […]
This Dallas Coffee Shop Wants to Build Community. The City Wanted It to Build Parking Spaces. In Elmwood, Graph Coffee’s opening has been delayed for months because of a city code that dates back to 1965. When Germán Sierra purchased the home at 1805 S. Edgefield Ave. in October 2020, he hoped one day he […]
