The next Lemma Coffee Co bar is being built around a three-group Slayer LP at 5331 Mockingbird Ln., Ste. 150, inside Mockingbird Station. Lemma Coffee Mockingbird Station will be the roaster’s fourth cafe, its first Dallas address, and a 1,300-square-foot shop targeting an end-of-September 2026 opening (Culturemap).
For Dallas coffee people, the address matters. Mockingbird Station gives Lemma Coffee Co a different counter than its existing shops: a shopping center with lofts, a movie theater, and retail stores, plus the kind of daylong foot traffic that changes how a bar moves from first espresso to afternoon drip. Owner Daniel Baum revealed the location in an Instagram reel on Saturday, August 1, and the shop lands after nine years of Lemma building from Denton markets into a North Texas roasting and cafe network (Culturemap).
Lemma Coffee Mockingbird Station Opening Details
The new Lemma Coffee Co shop is planned for 5331 Mockingbird Ln., Ste. 150, Dallas, TX 75206, inside Mockingbird Station. It will be the brand’s first Dallas cafe address and its fourth cafe location. The footprint is compact by local cafe standards, but the room is being arranged around the bar rather than around a long menu board.
Baum described the space to Sprudge in counter-level terms: "Our shop is right at 1,300 square feet. It's on the smaller side for shops around here, but it'll fit right in with our first three. It has a great deal of natural light, a massive (to us) bar that will allow us to keep the experience coffee focused."1
That line about the bar is the useful one. A cafe can spend its square footage on soft seating, retail shelving, or kitchen reach. Lemma is pointing the room toward coffee service, with limited bar seating for guests who want to watch baristas work, several single-person tables, and natural light. For a roaster-operated cafe, that bar is where the new location earns its keep.
The opening target has been described as the end of September 2026. Treat that as the date to watch, especially if you want to taste a roaster’s first week in a new room, when grinder settings, bar rhythm, and guest flow are still settling into each other.
A Fourth Cafe With a Different Daily Pattern
Lemma Coffee Co began in Denton in 2017, selling at local farmers markets before opening a coffee truck in 2018 and a location at The University of Texas at Dallas. The company opened its downtown Carrollton shop in the summer of 2019, added Frisco in December 2020, and opened downtown Plano in 2022 after a space became available there (Advocatemag).
Mockingbird Station changes the pattern. Carrollton, Frisco, and Plano each place Lemma in North Texas neighborhoods with their own regulars and routines. The Dallas shop enters a mixed-use shopping center, where residents, office workers, shoppers, moviegoers, and students can all move through the same block at different times of day. That matters for coffee service because a commuter rush, a study table, and a pre-film drink ask different things from the same bar.
The new cafe’s size sharpens that. At 1,300 square feet, there is less room to hide behind sprawl. The bar must carry the room. Single-person tables suggest laptops and short stays. Limited bar seating gives the coffee-curious a place to watch a shot prep, a dose settle, or a pour-over draw down if the slow bar is active. Natural light helps, but the working center is the bar.
For Lemma Coffee Mockingbird Station, the scarcity is practical rather than theatrical: fourth cafe, first Dallas address, smaller room, bar-forward layout. Lemma is adding a Dallas counter that fits with its first three cafes, using a footprint that forces choices. The choices named so far all point back to service: espresso machine, grinders, drip equipment, slow bar devices, and seats close enough to watch the work.
From Denton Markets to a Coppell Roastery
Baum founded Lemma Coffee Co in 2017. The company now operates a roasting facility in Coppell, supplying its own shops and wholesale customers across North Texas. Those wholesale accounts include DFW Common Good, Oak Cliff Bread, Brewed, Seventh Day, and Local Good (Culturemap).
That wholesale list gives the Mockingbird Station opening some context. Lemma is already present in Dallas-area routines before this cafe opens its doors. People may have met the coffee through a bakery counter, a church-adjacent cafe, or a neighborhood shop rather than a Lemma-branded bar. The Mockingbird Station cafe puts the roaster’s own name over the counter in Dallas and gives drinkers a direct place to taste how Lemma wants its coffee served.
The company’s coffee approach, as Baum has described it, centers on sourcing, roasting, and serving while building relationships with exporters and producers. Lemma’s labels highlight producers and share their stories. That detail belongs in the opening story because retail cafes often flatten coffee into drink names. A roaster-run cafe can tie the cup back to the producer named on the bag.
There are no tasting notes to borrow here, and that is fine. The useful pre-opening detail is structural: a Coppell roasting facility feeding multiple shops and wholesale partners, plus a new Dallas bar designed to keep the service coffee-focused. The first weeks at Mockingbird Station will show how that roasting program reads in a smaller, high-traffic room.
The Equipment List Tells You Where to Stand
Lemma is installing another three-group Slayer LP at Mockingbird Station. Baum said this will be the company’s fifth LP, which tells you the machine is part of Lemma’s working language behind the bar.
The rest of the list follows the same logic. Ceado grinders will handle espresso. A Mahlkönig EK43 will sit in the workflow, the kind of grinder many coffee people still look for when they want to know how a shop treats brewed coffee and single-dose grinding. For drip, Lemma is going with a Twin G4 Curtis. The cafe will also use a number of slow bar brewing devices.
Here is the insider read for opening week: start with espresso. The three-group Slayer LP is the piece of equipment Lemma chose to name first, and a straight espresso or milk drink will show how the bar team has dialed its first coffees in the new room. If brewed coffee is running through the Curtis, take that next, especially if the staff is pouring something from the Coppell roastery that also appears on retail bags.
The equipment also explains why the bar seating matters. If you care about coffee process, sit where you can see the workflow. Watch how the espresso grinder gets used during a rush, how the EK43 enters service, and how baristas divide attention between the Slayer, drip, and slow bar. A new cafe’s first month is often less about polish and more about calibration. Grind changes. Recipes tighten. The room teaches the staff where the pressure points are.
Why Mockingbird Station Fits the Next Step
Mockingbird Station is an established shopping center with lofts, a movie theater, and retail stores. For a cafe, that mix can stretch service across the day. Morning coffee may come from residents and office traffic. Midday tables may fill with single guests working or studying. Evening traffic can come from retail visits and movie plans.
That mix gives Lemma a different test from a purely neighborhood shop. A fourth cafe has to serve regulars, but it also has to catch people who did not plan their day around coffee. The bar has to make sense to the person ordering a familiar drink and to the person asking which producer is on brew. Lemma’s stated approach, keeping the brand and atmosphere approachable while roasting and serving at a high level, becomes practical at a place like Mockingbird Station.
The buildout itself is mild compared with starting from scratch. Heavy-duty electric and plumbing were already in place, which lowers construction waste for the project. That is a small but concrete opening detail, and it matters because cafes often spend months solving invisible infrastructure before the first shot ever runs. Here, the existing bones of the space allow Lemma to focus on the counter, equipment, and guest flow.
Dallas has no shortage of coffee counters, but roaster-owned cafes still occupy a specific role. They let drinkers taste the roasting decisions at the point of service, then buy beans from the same company if the cup lands. Lemma Coffee Mockingbird Station adds that kind of counter to a retail center where many guests may encounter the brand for the first time.
Address, First Order, and the Time to Watch
The practical plan is simple. Watch the end of September 2026 opening target, then go to 5331 Mockingbird Ln., Ste. 150, Dallas, TX 75206. If you want the room at its most instructive, arrive early in the day when espresso setup and drip service define the pace. Ask what coffee is on the Slayer LP. Then ask what is brewing through the Curtis or available on the slow bar.
Name to know: Daniel Baum, founder of Lemma Coffee Co. Order to start: espresso from the three-group Slayer LP, followed by brewed coffee if the bar is running a Coppell-roasted selection. Time to show up: as close to opening as your morning allows once the Dallas cafe starts service, while the new Mockingbird Station counter is still showing its first working habits.
Lemma’s fourth cafe gives Dallas coffee drinkers a new place to read the roaster directly, without guessing from a wholesale cup across town. The first useful signs will be at the bar: how the grinders are set, which coffees get brewed first, and how quickly Mockingbird Station turns into a regular stop for people who plan mornings by the counter.