Dandelion Cafe Bellaire

"The charming neighborhood café offers a daily menu of locally sourced, made-from-scratch breakfast, brunch, and lunch options. Aside from breakfast highlights like buttermilk pancakes, French toast, and biscuits and gravy, the café also offers paninis, salads, and occasional off-menu features by chef JC Ricks. Coffee is, of course. serious business. Made by local brewers like Greenway Coffee, Dandelon’s drinks are prepared with housemade flavored syrups, including bourbon caramel and peppermint." - Minh Truong, Sean Hekmat

"Dandelion Cafe, a family-owned restaurant and coffee shop in Bellaire, is known for its competition-worthy chicken and waffles. After being hit hard by Hurricane Beryl and losing power for nine days, the cafe experienced significant financial losses. However, support from the community and appearances on Good Morning America have helped the business recover. The cafe continues to serve its customers with a limited menu while getting back on its feet." - Brittany Britto Garley

"The coffee shop and breakfast spot Dandelion Cafe is beloved by the neighborhood folks in Bellaire. We can’t tell if that’s due to how bright and colorful every square inch of the cafe is, or how ridiculously good the fried chicken and waffle tastes. Probably both. If you want breakfast, Dandelion can set you straight, fill you up, and maybe even make you feel as though you are being lovingly tucked into bed. Try a soft scrambled egg breakfast sandwich on a kaiser roll, chicken chilaquiles, and, of course, the 24-hour marinated fried chicken served over a fluffy cornbread waffle with spicy maple butter. Load up on espresso, juice, or even a few flavored mimosas if that’s how you roll at brunch." - gianni greene, chelsea thomas

"If you want breakfast, Dandelion Cafe in Bellaire can set you straight, fill you up, and maybe even make you feel as though you are being lovingly tucked into bed. Try a soft scrambled egg breakfast sandwich on a kaiser roll, chicken chilaquiles, and, of course, the 24-hour marinated fried chicken served over a fluffy cornbread waffle with spicy maple butter. We appreciate the large coffee menu, fresh juice, and the build your own omelet option—something a small cafe like Dandelion is brave and talented for offering. Get here early on weekdays to avoid the neighborhood crowd of early office lunch-goers and parents holding impromptu PTA meetings." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene

"This Bellaire cafe welcomes the community to kickstart their day with freshly brewed coffee concoctions, build-your-own omelets, breakfast tacos, and “sweet stuff” such as buttermilk pancakes and blueberry lemon curd French toast sticks. Be sure to try out its competition-winning chicken and waffles — a combination of cornbread buttermilk waffles and marinated and fried boneless chicken, served with compound butter, maple syrup, honey, chili flakes, and hot sauce, with a sprinkle of powdered sugar." - Sean Hekmat, Brittany Britto Garley