{"id":343343,"date":"2026-06-19T20:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343343\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:54:10","slug":"popular-dallas-coffee-chain-debuts-first-drive-thru-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343343\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Dallas coffee chain debuts first drive-thru in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/food\/article\/merit-coffee-company-houston-22302514.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Dallas coffee<\/a> shop chain has officially landed in another part of the Houston area.<\/p>\n<p>After much anticipation, <a href=\"https:\/\/lalalandcafe.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">La La Land<\/a>&#8216;s new cafe in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/article\/cypress-manor-rental-communities-22153885.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Cypress<\/a> is now open at 9935 Barker Cypress Rd. in The Boardwalk at Towne Lake. The cafe, which occupies the former Thousand Hills Coffee &amp; Bakery space, marks the chain&#8217;s first Houston-area location with a drive-thru and is already drawing big crowds.<\/p>\n<p>For hours, long lines wrapped around the new cafe Friday, with customers waiting outside and cars backed up in the drive-thru. Some customers arrived before the shop opened at 7 a.m., a staff member told Chron.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the new Cypress shop, customers will find La La Land&#8217;s signature aesthetic\u2014bright white interiors accented by cheerful pops of yellow\u2014along with patio seating. Like the chain&#8217;s other locations, the cafe serves coffee, matcha and tea drinks, as well as fan-favorite specialty beverages like the La La Latte and Banana Cloud Latte. Guests can also choose from a selection of sweet and savory toasts, sandwiches and wraps.<\/p>\n<p>With the Cypress opening, La La Land now operates five Houston-area locations, with another planned for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/food\/article\/la-land-houston-opening-dallas-21318446.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Katy&#8217;s Meadows Marketplace.<\/a> The Dallas-based chain now has 32 locations nationwide, including cafes in California and Arizona, though the majority remain in North Texas,where La La Land first launched in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Cypress cafe will remain in its soft-opening phase through June 26, offering 50% off drinks from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The grand opening is scheduled for June 27, when the discount will apply to both drinks and toast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular Dallas coffee shop chain has officially landed in another part of the Houston area. After much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1703,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-343343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronfood","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343343","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=343343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}