{"id":227717,"date":"2026-03-30T23:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227717\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:48:54","slug":"a-new-fort-worth-area-cafe-in-an-old-roller-rink-is-drawing-crowds-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227717\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Fort Worth-area cafe in an old roller rink is drawing crowds. Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>\n

Blackberry cheesecake at K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, seen March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

(Bud Kennedy\/bud@star-telegram.com)<\/p>\n

Breakfast with thick waffles or puffy omelets come with house-made 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<\/p>\n

Fried catfish with green beans and french fries is a Friday special at K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, seen March 28, 2026.<\/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.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, has a separate entrance from the roller skating rink next door, seen March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"K<\/p>\n

K & K Cafe in White Settlement, Texas, serves breakfast and lunch next door to a 75-year-old roller skating rink.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Star-Telegram featured the Silver Wheel Skating rink in White Settlement, Texas, in a 2002 story on nostalgic entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Silver Wheel roller skating rink on Grants Lane dates back to the Cold War and the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,88089,79129,88088],"class_list":["post-227717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-grandmas-house","tag-lockheed-martin-aeronautics","tag-naval-air-station-fort-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}