DTX-GCS: Impact 10/14/2025

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Restaurant owners Jena and Gino Seferi are back in the business of serving breakfast.

The former owners of Morning Edition Cafe in Flower Mound have opened Daytrip Diner in Grapevine, moving into the former location of Waffle Way.

The background: The Seferis sold the cafe in 2023. A text message last year from a former regular at the Flower Mound business told them about Waffle Way closing. Since taking over the business in November 2024, the two have remodeled the former Waffle Way spot from the ground up with new floors, booths and walls in the 1,600-square-foot space.

“Grapevine chose us,” Jena Seferi said. “God put us in the right place.”

The details: The breakfast menu includes items such as corned beef hash and eggs, chicken fried steak and eggs, pancakes, French toast, waffles, egg scrambles, eggs Benedict and skillets.

A Celina woman has turned selling roller skates on Amazon and teaching lessons into a brick-and-mortar business.

Ashley Reed will open Galaxy Skate in Grapevine on Oct. 15 and will hold an official grand opening Oct. 18.

Zooming in: Reed calls herself an avid roller skate enthusiast who started her professional career as an accountant. After a few years, she started thinking about opening her own business. She officially created Galaxy Skate in May of 2024.

How we got here: Reed found what she called a diamond in the rough in the form of SkateTown, a business that operated in Grapevine from 1997 until closing in 2021.

The owner of InterSkate Roller Rink in Lewisville suggested she look at the vacant property.

“It was perfect,” she said. “We had a roller coaster of luck; it was the right place at the right time. I felt the building was waiting for us.”

Looking to explore food opportunities beyond your community? Check out the following restaurant news from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, as previously reported by Community Impact. 

1. Grapevine: Daytrip Diner
The restaurant serves elevated diner food including breakfast items such as corned beef hash and eggs, chicken fried steak and eggs, pancakes, French toast, waffles and egg scrambles. For lunch, offerings include salads, sandwiches, sandwiches and cheeseburgers.

• Opened Sept. 29
• 1206 W. Northwest Highway, Grapevine

• Opened Oct. 5
• 5757 Main St., Frisco

Tarrant County College has seen a 4.31% year-over-year increase in enrollment from the 2024 fall semester.

The overview: Tarrant County College has 49,393 students enrolled for the fall 2025 semester, according to a news release from the college. Student enrollment is counted from the 12th class day of the semester, Sept. 10, for 2025.