Lake Highlands - Lakewood | October 2022

DINING FEATURE

BY JACKSON KING

JJ’s Cafe serves popular Mexican brunch dishes, including chilaquiles ($9.99).

Owner Jose Ramirez launched JJ’s Cafe in 2011.

DIFFERENT WAYS TO SERVE EGGS JJ’s Cafe oers a variety of dishes and cooking options for eggs.

Scrambled: The egg is beaten and stirred gently during cooking.

As part of its brunch menu, JJ’s Cafe serves a variety of crepes, including the Nutella crepes ($8.59). (Photos by Jackson King/Community Impact)

JJ’s Cafe’s tres leches pancakes ($8.59) are a sweet breakfast dish.

Sunny-side up: The egg is fried on one side only.

JJ’s Cafe Lake Highlands brunch spot oers Tex-Mex avors L ake Highlands restaurateur Jose Ramirez said he has put every part of himself into his

Poached: The egg has a runny yolk with no white remaining.

Omelet: Eggs are cooked with ingredients mixed in and served folded over.

pancakes infused with tres leches. In addition to brunch, Ramirez oers a select lunch menu, serving catsh, salad and burgers. Ramirez also oers the entire JJ’s Cafe menu for catering. He said a huge part of the cafe’s business is through its event space, the JJ Banquet Hall. “We’re only open from 7 a.m.- 2 p.m., so a lot of people kept asking me about hosting an event here at night,” he said. Since 2016, Ramirez said he has hosted parties of up to 65 people every weekend. Being able to provide food and an event area within the community has been rewarding for him after the locals supported the restaurant

during the pandemic, Ramirez said. “I’m very fortunate to be able to make it through COVID[-19],” he said. “I’m very proud of the com- munity that gave me the support needed.” Ramirez said he gives back to the community through a Thanksgiv- ing donation drive. What started as giving meals to families who needed it has expanded to selling Thanksgiving dinners to donate to homeless initiatives in the city. “I love what I do, and I love my customers,” Ramirez said. “I love spending my time here and serving customers and their families. It’s a real community-feeling brunch spot, and I hope to build upon it going forward.”

signature brunch restaurant. After a stint as a chef in southern California, he opened JJ’s Cafe in December 2011 in the Lake High- lands area of Dallas. Compared to other brunch restaurants, JJ’s Cafe oers a unique blend of traditional and Hispanic breakfast dishes, Ramirez said “I have a lot of strawberries and avocados on my plates, incorpo- rating Tex-Mex avors compared to a traditional breakfast oering,” Ramirez said. Popular Mexican breakfast items on JJ’s Cafe menu include huevos divorciados, migas, chilaquiles and

JJ’s Cafe 10233 E. Northwest Hwy., Ste. 434, Dallas. 214-221-4659 www.jjscafe.net Hours: Mon.-Sat. 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

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