City Cafe & Bakery

If you've never tried fuul, I highly recommend you visit City Cafe for a delicious breakfast/brunch. Fuul is a breakfast staple in the Middle East/East Africa - fava beans enriched in spices and flavor! We order ours with extra scrambled eggs and it already comes with an assortment of veggies on the side plus sesame seed oil or olive oil. You eat it with a baguette or French bread. Just delicious comfort food! City Cafe also makes a delicious cappuccino and gelato. So good.

I've been to a few Ethiopian places in Dallas (not enough to be honest), but this one is the only one to have me coming back more than twice. Maybe it's because it is the only place I know of that serves Habesha (Ethiopian/Eritrean) breakfast in the Metroplex. And it's the first time I've had it anywhere. And for an ethnic breakfast, this is as good as it gets for the DFW, especially when most other popular ethnic groups in the Dallas area pretty much DON'T eat healthy breakfast or drink coffee in the morning (Asians eat soup, Mexicans eat tacos, etc) - don't look at me, you know it's true that breakfast isn't their real forte!And thank god for the Ethiopians, for being the people that gave the world coffee (yes, it originated in Ethiopia) and has some interesting Arabic and Italian influences (after all the Horn of Africa points to the Arabian Peninsula and the area allowed easy access for the Italians to later colonize Eritrea, and maybe further enrich the coffee-drinking culture?). So what to order here... Baklava? Sounds good. Tiramisu with a cappuccino? I wouldn't mind at all. While these are all fine, the real star of the place lies in its menu. FUL, similar to Arabic foul mudammas (mashed fava beans), is made spicier here but they'll happily oblige to put the spicy stuff on the side. But even so, they're well prepared, filling, and great with a side of eggs and french bread. I also in particularly love the quanta firfir which is a spicy stewed mixture of dried beef tidbits with broken pieces of injera bread, and this comes with additional injera. Do I have a preference between the two? No... depends on my mood, but if you come with a dining companion, just order both and enjoy the meal (and good coffee).Staff is both warm and friendly, and surprisingly the patrons are too - as they won't shy to make recommendations as well. The two times I came here, the place was packed, and with people watching the soccer games on television.This place is a MUST for those wanting to experience a true taste of ethnic Dallas, especially for breakfast.

Impeccable Eritrean and Ethiopian breakfast food. The ful and egg fritata with silsi tastes delicious! If you wanted traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean breakfast cuisine, City Cafe is the perfect place.

This is my other fav place to go after having brunch at Desta restaurant. Their pastries are so delish reminds of the back home, Ethiopia. My favs are the cream puffs, we call it Boksegna, Tiramisu, Yellow cake, and MILLEFOGILE CAKE

Bumped in this place by accident. Friendly service. Great cappuccino and dessert. I'd go back!

If you love traditional habesha breakfast then you will love this place. They have the best fuul which is made from chickpeas and it is served with bread I have attached a photo so you all can see. It is absolutely delicious!!

I wanted to finish my Ethiopian themed lunch and went to the bakery next to Desta to find dessert. I ordered a machiato and baklava and sat down. It's a very small restaurant/bakery but very cozy. And in the 3 minutes that I was waiting for my drink to be made I saw several people coming in and out picking up their cake and other baked good orders. I liked the buzzing atmosphere and looked around at the food being brought out to different tables. Everything looked awesome. I'd like to eat lunch here one day. Baklava was divine as expected.

One of the Best places for a decent meal, and exquisite ambiance! No1 Cake source for ALL EVENTS! Respectable family business for decades! LOVE YOU TESS & JUDY !!!

Great service and food! Recommend this place for anyone looking for great tasting cakes. Love supporting family owned businesses.

The coffee is so good, and the food too, I really like this place , a touch of Mexican flavor