{"id":384331,"date":"2026-07-23T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:27:08","slug":"amor-y-queso-cheese-shop-in-dallas-deep-ellum-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384331\/","title":{"rendered":"Amor Y Queso cheese shop in Dallas’ Deep Ellum closes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amor Y Queso, the blue-walled cheese store in Deep Ellum<\/a>, closed July 20, 2026, due to dwindling sales, owner Sarah Carlock said.<\/p>\n

The bodega, located at 2932 Main St., reopened to the public on June 1 with an expanded offering of local snacks, sweets and pastries, as well as coffees, matcha and a sandwich menu, in the hopes of increased foot traffic during the World Cup<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was busy enough to give me hope,\u201d Carlock said. But sales dwindled over time. \u201cI was losing money every day that I was open.”<\/p>\n

Carlock announced<\/a> the closure on Instagram on July 22.<\/p>\n

The business stemmed from her passion and childhood tradition of making charcuterie boards with family. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she launched a catering business and eventually made about 40 cheese boxes every week using local ingredients.<\/p>\n

In the first week of December 2020, when people started gathering again in masks, she opened her brick-and-mortar in Deep Ellum, the same blue-walled shop that closed on July 20.<\/p>\n

She always dreamed about having a little shop where people could come and sit. \u201cThen we could talk and I could sell other makers\u2019 cool stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 700-square-feet shop became a space for pop-ups and community gatherings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of feeding countless people,\u201d Carlock said. \u201cI\u2019ve had the absolute pleasure of getting to work alongside some of the most incredible chefs in Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2022, Carlock stopped opening the shop to the public, partly due to a drop in traffic, and began to use it only as a prep kitchen for her catering business. But eventually that slowed down as well, and she had to look for other jobs.<\/p>\n

This May, when the restaurant she managed closed, she decided to reopen Amor Y Queso to walk-in customers. It was open for almost two months before she closed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t have to buy my kids school snacks at least through December,” she said, “because I\u2019ve got an entire store full of snacks that never sold.”<\/p>\n

Carlock hopes to continue her catering business in the future through a commissary kitchen, a space where businesses prep their food.<\/p>\n