Swamp Café Brings a Bit of the Bayou to Farthest North Dallas
, located at the Northwest quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and Trinity Mills, is run by David Cui, a chef with over 30 years of experience. Originally from Shanghai, he was a chef and restaurateur for decades in New Orleans before moving to the DFW area about five years ago, first with a sushi spot but now returning more to his Louisiana roots with this little Cajun joint that offers the requisite po'boys, etouffee, gumbo and beignets.
Cui was running the counter as well as cooking the day we went for a quick bite at lunchtime, and between courses and other customers, he chatted with us about his café that has been operating for three years now. He chose the location in part due to its proximity to several business parks along the tollway, and the first year, the pre-COVID year, he was doing well just supplying these businesses with delivery at lunchtime.
Still, he persisted and is around to tell the tale, though he told us that every day he thinks about closing up shop to relieve his burden. He said this with the infectious laughter that peppers all of his talk, however, so we assumed he was kidding. We’re glad for that because Cajun cuisine is few and far between in our neck of the woods, we ordered a couple of po'boys, some fried green tomatoes and hush puppies, and of course, some beignets to finish off the meal.
Beignets come three to an order, but sometimes it's hard to wait to get your camera out to take photos.Finally, he brought us our beignets when we were done with our sandwiches. Not really much to say about them; who doesn’t like a nice hot fresh beignet? Disregard the photo; they come three to an order, not two, but someone simply could not wait and ate the first one before he got his camera out. Oh well, I’ll take more pictures next time.
Swamp Café, 17721 Dallas Parkway, Suite 104. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. 10 p.m.; Closed Sunday., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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