{"id":270371,"date":"2026-04-28T22:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270371\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:12:34","slug":"this-is-the-giant-concha-that-every-bread-lover-in-d-fw-must-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270371\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the giant concha that every bread lover in D-FW must try"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dipping a piece of bread<\/a> in coffee or chocolate is a pleasure many cherish, but what if you had to use both hands to dip this huge bread?<\/p>\n

This is what happens at Con Azucar Cafe<\/a> in Fort Worth, the spot that sells the largest concha in all of D-FW and draws crowds with its eye-catching product.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandmas come here with their families, order a giant concha, and share it with their family,\u201d owner Samantha Echeverria told The Dallas Morning News. \u201cNo one has managed to finish it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concha is one of the most traditional and popular items in Mexican bakeries. It is a soft, fluffy sweet bread, covered with a crunchy sugar crust and decorated with a pattern that mimics seashells. The most common flavors are vanilla and chocolate, but there are many variations.<\/p>\n

At this caf\u00e9, the concha<\/a> weighs 3 pounds and can be paired with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate that holds more than a gallon of liquid. This can easily feed a dozen people.<\/p>\n

Every week, Echeverria sells more than 40 giant conchas, mostly to families or groups of friends who decide to venture out and try the massive pastry.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere at Con Azucar Cafe is anything but serious. Its decor makes it an Instagram-worthy spot with plants and lights, as well as Mexican artifacts and a mural commemorating Frida Kahlo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re different from businesses like Starbucks, for example, which is more European, more American,\u201d said Echeverria. \u201cWe\u2019re Mexican; we have that nostalgia for when people went to Mexico or when they lived in Mexico and were with their mom, with their grandma.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Fort Worth location opened in December 2025 and is the brand\u2019s first in Texas. (An\u00a0Edinburg location is opening soon.) Echeverria\u2019s shop operates as a franchise of the original business, which launched in San Jose, Calif., in February 2022 and now has 17 locations open, with plans to open more than 180 locations in Los Angeles and other California counties alone.<\/p>\n

In addition to giant conchas and standard-size pastries, Con\u00a0Azucar Cafe serves sandwiches, protein beverages, hot and cold coffee, smoothies and aguas frescas.<\/p>\n

This is Echeverria\u2019s tenth business; she also owns other ventures, including an ice cream shop, a boutique, and a Mexican norte\u00f1o music group.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice to women entrepreneurs is to never stop,\u201d she said. \u201cMany will tell you that you won\u2019t succeed, that you should stay home, but don\u2019t listen to them \u2014 just keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dipping a piece of bread in coffee or chocolate is a pleasure many cherish, but what if you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,12120,88934,96858,88643,89307],"class_list":{"0":"post-270371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news","11":"tag-hispanic","12":"tag-tp-bakery","13":"tag-tp-coffee-shop","14":"tag-tp-fort-worth","15":"tag-tp-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270371","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=270371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}