A coffee shop with a mission on the side has opened in Fort Worth: Called Bread & Better Life Café, it’s serving coffee and classes and is now open at 1010 W. Magnolia Ave., in the space previously occupied by Beast and Company.
Bread & Better Life Café is brought to the community by the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s regional offices in the Southwest. The Southwestern Union Conference launched this initiative which is made possible through partnerships with local and national Adventist organizations.
According to a release, the café has a mission “to empower individuals” by offering free classes and workshops designed to enhance their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
They’ll be open weekdays only, with sweet and savory hand-baked goods and hot and cold beverages, including bean-to-cup coffees, specialty espresso drinks, teas, and fruit smoothies.
Their menu of snacks includes oatmeal, brownies, molasses ginger cookies, snickerdoodle, Danishes — in flavors such as blueberry-lemon, strawberry, cream cheese, and chocolate chip cream cheese — plus cinnamon rolls and blueberry lemon scones. They’re partnered with Baked Bread & Pastry Co. out of Granbury to supply all baked goods.
Workshops and classes will be held daily in a community room equipped with seating, tables, and presentation screens. Every class offered falls into one of six “Life Modules” Physical Health, Emotional Wellness, Money Matters, Resilient Relationships, Personal Improvement, snf Nurturing Faith. Current class topics include grief recovery, financial literacy, and marriage strengthening.
Every Monday at 12 pm, Better offers Mindful Mondays, a series of 50-minute presentations on topics such as anxiety, depression, boundary setting, and stress.
The location is a two-story, 3,000-square-foot space originally built in 1940 restored by Fort Worth-based Turnkey Project Services LLC and Raintree Contractors, featuring a red brick exterior with white trim, with much of the original architectural features still intact, including ceilings with original geometric detail, exposed brick walls, and large display windows.
The space has comfortable seating arrangements with oak wood cushioned chairs, a restored church pew, a separate bar top seating area, potted greenery, and gold chandeliers with exposed bulbs.
“Our goal is to offer a space where people can gather not just to enjoy coffee and bakery items, but also to engage in meaningful conversations and personal growth opportunities,” says general manager Phil Robertson.