Cajun meets California at new Huckleberry’s in Arlington, Keller
It took a while to figure out Huckleberry’s Breakfast & Lunch.
The diner chain is based around a berry popular in central California, but the theme and flavors are from Louisiana.
The Huckleberry’s locations in Keller and downtown Arlington look like typical Cajun restaurants. But they’re only open mornings and middays, for breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch with mimosas.
And the huckleberry itself requires study.
It’s a smaller, more tart blueberry unknown in Texas. So don’t miss the biscuits or beignets with huckleberry topping, or the huckleberry pancakes or waffles.
There’s another puzzler: Huckleberry’s serves bayou and Creole dishes, but they aren’t spicy. You’d almost swear the recipes were calibrated for Californians.
OK, stop overthinking breakfast and start eating it. Get out of your car and go enjoy a relaxed morning at 711 Keller Parkway or the new location in downtown Arlington, 209 N. Pecan St. at West Division Street (next to Babe’s).
One recent weekday in Keller, there was nobody else in the restaurant at 8 a.m. But there was an inexplicably long line of cars next door at the drive-through window for a very mediocre bagel/coffee chain.
The suburban crowds and families come at mid-morning, the server said, not at the height of Keller Parkway rush-hour torment.
The drive-through customers all missed out. Huckleberry’s has exceptional biscuits and gravy, particularly for a California transplant. The huckleberry waffle is far superior to any chain breakfast.
The server wisely suggested breakfast with “country reds,” potatoes sauteed with peppers and onions. They’re not as good as the home fries at the Keke’s chain, but they’re in that class.
Breakfasts include pancakes, bananas Foster French toast, crepes and chicken-and-waffles. There’s also an andouille sausage platter, omelet or Benedict, with chicken sausage as a lighter option.
The lunch menu offers burgers, a Monte Cristo, salads, soups, gumbo and either fried or pan-seared catfish, plus sides such as fried green tomatoes.
There’s a Huck’s Creole sauce, a Huck’s barbecue sauce and “Cajun chili,” so there are spicier options.
But you might not “get” Huckleberry’s unless you try something with huckleberries.
The Keller location is at Keller Parkway and Bourland Road, about 1 mile east of Old Town Keller or 1 mile west of Rufe Snow Drive.
The Arlington Huckleberry’s is about 1½ miles from AT&T Stadium, near downtown anchors such as Hurtado Barbecue and the new Rodeo Goat.
Both are open daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; huckleberrys.com.
This story was originally published December 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM.
