Retro restaurant with a secret bookstore opens in Arlington

Open novel on a stack of books in a store
Open novel on a stack of books in a store Photo credit Getty Images

Arlington is home to a new restaurant called Smash Toast that aims to bring you back to the turn of the century.

Per CW33, It’s designed with a 90s/2000s theme and serves food that harkens back to what your mother might’ve made you after school: grilled cheese, pb&j, and other delicious melts.  They even bake their own bread and sell it by the loaf.

The real treat of Smash Toast though, is the secret it’s hiding: it also has a secret bookstore!

Folklore Grove is the bookshop inside the store, and you access it through a bookcase.  Who doesn’t love a secret passageway?!

Smash Toast/Folklore Grove is located at 2410 W Abram St #116, Arlington, TX 76013.

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