The Aussie Grind co-owner Lui Monforte said the café attracts a strong number of Australian and New Zealand customers.

It has a menu featuring Australian staples such as the flat white—an espresso-based coffee with steamed milk—and the chicken parmy, an Australian pub take on chicken parmesan served on a bed of fries rather than noodles.

In 2019, Monforte opened The Aussie Grind in Frisco with his wife Angie Monforte followed by a Flower Mound location in 2024.

On the menu: Prior to opening The Aussie Grind, the Monfortes owned and operated a cafe in Brisbane, Australia for eight years. Montforte said when they opened The Aussie Grind, they incorporated the last menu they used in their Australia cafe.

“We still use Australia a lot for our inspiration for our menus, because we want to try and be as authentic to the Australian cafe scene as possible,” Lui Monforte said.

• 3930 Preston Road, Ste. 120, Frisco

Frisco ISD will be closed Monday, Jan. 26 and Tuesday, Jan. 27 due to the winter weather.

What you need to know: FISD schools will be closed for instruction and business Jan. 26-27 due to poor road conditions, per the district's alerts webpage.

FISD will not need to utilize a bad weather make-up days as the district will still meet state requirements for minutes of instruction, the news alert states.

Texas Tabletop Society opened Jan. 19 in Frisco, business co-owner Reggie Bradshaw said.

Zooming in: The business is a family-friendly space and features a growing library of more than 1,000 modern board games, which Bradshaw said is one of the largest open collections in the area.

• 8050 Preston Road, Ste. 204, Frisco

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is under an Extreme Cold Warning from Sunday night until 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

What's happening: Temperature highs are estimated to remain in the 20s with the lows in the teens and single digits through Tuesday morning, according to the NWS's Fort Worth/Dallas office. Wind chills will range from -10 to 0 degrees Monday morning in DFW.

Wind chill values will make "Feels Like" temps as cold as -10 degrees with low temperatures ranging from -1 to 14 degrees across North Texas, per the NWS. The extreme temperatures create hazards for hypothermia and frozen pipes. 

Following winter weather and precipitation blanketing the North Texas area, several Dallas-Fort Worth school districts announced additional school closures for Jan. 27.

The specifics: As of Jan. 25, the following school districts and colleges have announced that they will be closed Tuesday

• Celina ISD
• Frisco ISD
• Prosper ISD
• Plano ISD
• McKinney ISD

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field continue to see cancellations due to Winter Storm Fern.

Zooming in: According to Flightaware.com, more than 1,000 flights to or from the Dallas metro area were also canceled on Jan. 25.

As of 3:35 p.m. Jan. 25, there have been 537 flights into DFW Airport and 518 flights out of DFW Airport canceled. In terms of delays, 180 flights are arriving at DFW Airport and 184 flights are trying to depart. According to the website, the average departure delay is 43 minutes.

Also of note: Dallas Love Field has had 133 flights canceled from there and 127 flights into Love Field canceled Jan. 25.

Delay-wise, there are a combined 47 delays for Love Field.

Stay tuned: There are already more than 200 cancellations for Jan. 26.

Several road projects are underway across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, including construction on the I-35 corridor to widen the four-lane highway to eight lines in Denton. Development also continues in Plano's Legacy and Granite Park areas.

Catch up on some of the latest news from Community Impact's DFW coverage areas.

1. Plano eyes Legacy, Granite Park area master plan amid market changes, major developments

2. Allen ISD superintendent to retire at the end of 2025-26 school year

3. McKinney to purchase 110 acres from MISD for city services, future recreation center

4. Proposed retail development in Frisco delayed by signage error

5. See 5 transportation updates around Dallas-Fort Worth

6. Learn more about 5 road projects in Flower Mound, Argyle