{"id":226768,"date":"2026-03-30T10:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226768\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:01:12","slug":"fort-worth-area-cafe-livens-up-old-time-roller-skating-rink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226768\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-area cafe livens up old-time roller skating rink"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHITE SETTLEMENT<\/p>\n

The Silver Whee<\/a>l roller skating rink on Grants Lane dates back to the Cold War and the first flights of B-52 bombers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the restaurant next door is polished and new, and brings a sunny, fresh daily breakfast and lunch already popular far beyond the nearby Naval Air Station Fort Worth<\/a> base and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics<\/a> defense plant<\/p>\n

K & K Cafe doesn\u2019t look like an old home-cooking cafe. It\u2019s bright, clean and well-lit, with a ceiling mural celebrating the hometown Brewer High School<\/a> Bears.<\/p>\n

Yet the cooking is like from your grandma\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

\"Blackberry Blackberry cheesecake at K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, seen March 28, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

Breakfast with thick waffles or puffy omelets come with housemade fresh cinnamon rolls the size of a baseball, drizzled with icing.<\/p>\n

The K & K lunch menu offers what you\u2019d expect: chicken-fried steaks, chicken tenders and burgers, with daily lunch specials such as meat loaf or turkey and dressing.<\/p>\n

Brooke Duffey, a Granbury Realtor, brought family recipes and some family members to live out her lifelong dream of owning a restaurant, she said in a casual conversation.<\/p>\n

K & K \u2014 named for children \u2014 is already making an impression with the crowd that loves home-cooking places such as River Oaks Cafe<\/a> and the larger and more elaborate West Side Cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Fried Fried catfish with green beans and french fries is a Friday special at K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, seen March 28, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

K & K is smaller than both. But it was full on two recent visits, including for an excellent fried catfish lunch with homestyle green beans, pintos and fresh-cut fries<\/p>\n

Lunches come with rolls or some of the best cornbread in a local cafe. Try some with the pintos.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the dessert case.<\/p>\n

So far, it\u2019s been loaded with tres leches cake, carrot cake, chocolate pie and a hotel-quality blackberry cheesecake.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all from the K & K baker\u2019s kitchen. Dessert alone is worth a stop.<\/p>\n

K & K is usually open weekdays and Saturdays at 6 a.m., Sundays at 8 a.m. It closes at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

On Easter, K & K will have special hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.<\/p>\n

The exact address is 7628 Corina Drive, but just look on Spur 341 along the Naval Air Station runway 1 mile north of Interstate 30; 682-255-5370<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The The K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, has a separate entrance from the roller skating rink next door, seen March 28, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"K K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, serves breakfast and lunch next door to a 75-year-old roller skating rink. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"The The Star-Telegram featured the Silver Wheel Skating rink in White Settlement, Texas, in a 2002 story on nostalgic entertainment. Ralph Lauer Star-Telegram archive <\/p>\n


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Bud Kennedy is celebrating his 40th year writing about restaurants in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has written the \u201cEats Beat\u201d dining column in print since 1985 and online since 1992 \u2014 that\u2019s more than 3,000 columns about Texas cafes, barbecue, burgers and where to eat.
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