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1800 Main St. Dallas, TX 75201

469-248-3028

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Cuisine(s): Coffeehouse

Hours: Sun 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri 7am-9pm, Sat 8am-9pm

Price: $
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Attire: Casual

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snack Food
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Not Necessary

Parking: Street

Description

Mercantile Coffee House isn't a place to grab a quick cup of coffee or even a moderately fast-paced cup. This downtown café uses a hand-brewing system so pokey that customers are urged to have a seat while awaiting their orders. But coffee connoisseurs swear by the Merc's Intelligentsia brand beans, and the glass-walled isolation booth in back's a boon for freelancers seeking office space. The coffee shop is equally cognizant of the needs of Main Street Garden-goers, offering frozen yogurts for people and dogs.

Revising and Re-imaging History

By Brentney Hamilton | Thu, May 17, 2012

When is revisionist history ever a good thing? Well, when artist Betsy Williamson is the one making the cuts and pastes. Williamson’s Rewriting Art History re-imagines the field by reappropriating historically significant works in a way that chall... More »
Gone to Pot

By Brentney Hamilton | Thu, April 05, 2012

Once upon a time, Schoolhouse Rock taught children about “The Great American Melting Pot” and how liberty was built on the amalgamation of diverse ethnic, religious and cultural ideas. These days, “immigrant” is often an epithet, and many consider... More »
Art and Adventure Collide

By Brentney Hamilton | Thu, January 26, 2012

Imagine that Cervantes’ quixotic hero weren’t so deluded after all, and that he truly saw fantastic adventures of derring-do that the rest of us Sancho Panzas can hardly conceive. Well, Dallas artist Liz London has just such a vision and would-be ... More »
Percolating Art

By Jayme Rutledge | Thu, November 03, 2011

Museums generally have many rules: no drinking, no smoking, no photography, no loud talking, no touching, no fun. It’s a lot like elementary school — not a place where anyone necessarily wants to go, but in the end you’re glad you did. If you can ... More »
Coffee House Cutism

By Seth Cohn | Thu, August 18, 2011

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary has teamed up again with the art-loving folks at Mercantile Coffee House to showcase the funkiest local art Dallas has to offer. The works of Dallas' own Julia McLain will be featured through September 10. McLain's... More »
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Mercantile Coffee House

1800 Main St. Dallas, TX 75201

469-248-3028

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By Brentney Hamilton | Thu, May 17, 2012

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By Seth Cohn | Thu, August 18, 2011