Frisco | July 2022

DINING FEATURE Renew Coee N Bakery Frisco shop survives 2020 to thrive with quality O wner of Renew Coee N Bakery Peng Ren has almost a decade of experience in the shop’s customers had remained faithful and encouraged their friends to try it out, Ren said. BY MIRANDA JAIMES

coee making. He had a partnership with ve coee shops in China before he and his partner decided to open a store in Frisco in early 2020. Ren and his partner Xue Wen came up with the name Renew as a creative way of combining their two last names, with the name Ren making up the rst part of Renew and Wen’s mak- ing up the last part, only backwards. The name helps evoke what they hope to associate the coee shop with, Ren said. “We just want to let more people have this kind of lifestyle, where they can try quality coee, meet with friends and have a place like this to hang out with someone,” he said. The coee shop is located just o Frisco Square at the intersection of Main Street and Coleman Boulevard. It was exactly what Ren and Wen wanted because it was close to a lot of apartments, which meant a built-in customer base, Ren said. “The location is exactly what we wanted because there’s lots of apart- ments, which means we have lots of potential customers. And these people would be the local community,” he said. These customers would be the rea- son the shop was able to survive the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he said. Even though the shop was so new,

Renew’s best-selling latte is its Spanish latte, Ren said without hesitation. The drink originated from Spain and is made with sweetened condensed milk, but Renew adjusts the sweeteners to enhance the drink’s avor, Ren said. “Right now, a lot of people are looking for a healthy style, and they’re not really looking for a strong sweet avor,” he said. “In [the Spanish latte] you can taste not only the sweet but also the coee. It’s really great.” The shop also Renew has croissants and croissant sandwiches available during week- days for members of the working com- munity who want to grab a quick bite and a cup of coee, Ren said. On the weekend, however, Renew brings out its desserts, from cakes to tiramisu, he said. “We have a lot of dierent styles. They can sit down and try the coee with the sweets we have,” Ren said. In the two years its been open, the store has grown from three employees to 11, Ren said. It’s open every day, even on holidays. “We know no matter what day it is, there is always someone who needs their coee,” he said. provides quality food items with its own in-house baker, Ren said.

A Spanish latte ($4.95) and an almond croissant ($2.75) make for a quick meal at Renew Coee N Bakery. (Photos by Miranda Jaimes/Community Impact Newspaper)

“WE KNOW NO MATTER WHAT DAY IT IS, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THEIR COFFEE.” PENG REN, OWNER OF RENEW COFFEE N BAKERY

Desserts are made fresh each day at the coee shop.

Peng Ren opened Renew Coee N Bakery in 2020.

Renew Coee N Bakery uses beans from roaster Intelligentsia Coee. The brand was born in Chicago in 1995, but it has since grown to storefronts in ve U.S. cities. SELECTING QUALITY COFFEE BEANS

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Renew Coee N Bakery 8880 Coleman Blvd. 214-407-8739 www.facebook.com/Renew-Coee-and- Bakery-103584515025546 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sun. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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