Archive for December 6th, 2008
Coffee and a Gordita for less than you’d pay for a vente at Starbucks
Where: On Magnolia avenue just off Hemphill in South Fort Worth, just south of the hospital district, in the St. Mary of the Assumption Church parish hall basement.
What: Breakfasts cooked by two prayer groups: the Guadalupana and the Pueblo De Dios. These breakfasts are offered as a service to parishioners and friends and as ongoing fundraisers. All proceeds go to projects of the prayer groups involved.
Fare: Specialties include homemade gorditas and burritos filled with chorizo, potatoes, or carne asada. Also pancakes. Especially choice are the gorditas. Prices range from $1.50 for a gordita or taco to $4.50 for a plate with eggs, chorizo, sausage and pancakes. Also coffee, not as good as Starbucks but at twenty five cents, it’s a bargain.
How: Go down into the basement, take up a position on line in front of the card table, and place your order. Then sit at one of the tables and wait for your number to be called. At first it is likely to be in Spanish, but if no one answers, they will try it in English. Amenities are minimal: it’s a church basement and it looks like one. But the food is very good for the price, and it’s a veritable cultural exchange.
When: Sunday mornings from around 8 to about noon most Sundays of the school year.
Parish History: St Mary’s Church has offered breakfast to parishioners and friends for years, but only recently was the service offered every week. The ornate, barrel-vaulted church dates from the early 20th century and has extensive stained glass work and statuary. The parish serves a large Hispanic population as well as a few former Episcopalians who came here with Fr. David Bristow, a convert to Catholicism and one of American’s few married Roman Catholic priests. Mass at 8 and 10 in English, noon in Spanish, and 5 in Latin.
St. Mary of the Assumption Church website
The breakfasts will be offered tomorrow and on the 14th, then there will be a break for Christmas, and they will resume on January 4th.
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