{"id":466796,"date":"2026-10-15T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466796\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:46:07","slug":"ajeena-mediterranean-cafe-bakery-sets-richardson-opening-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466796\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajeena Mediterranean Caf\u00e9 &#038; Bakery sets Richardson opening | Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ajeena Mediterranean Caf\u00e9 &amp; Bakery will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Deaf_aAREuw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">soft opening<\/a> Oct. 17 in Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Abdul Rahman said the caf\u00e9 is rooted in Palestinian and Lebanese heritage and will offer a mix of traditional and modern Mediterranean cuisine, including sweet and savory baked goods.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u201cAjeena\u201d means dough, Rahman said in an email, and the caf\u00e9\u2019s specialties will include freshly baked mana\u2019eesh, a Levantine flatbread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond its food, Ajeena emphasizes community and hospitality, aiming to create a welcoming space where guests can gather and connect,\u201d Rahman said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ajeena Mediterranean Caf\u00e9 &amp; Bakery will hold a soft opening Oct. 17 in Richardson. Owner Abdul Rahman said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[158887,109938,322,131639,158888,158889,2377,160,162,161,959],"class_list":["post-466796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-abdul-rahman","tag-ajeena-mediterranean-cafe-bakery","tag-bakery","tag-campbell-road","tag-lebanese","tag-manaeesh","tag-palestinian","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466796","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=466796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}