Plano is getting a big new player in the pastry game. San Martín Bakery, the Guatemalan bakery-café known for flaky croissants and a sprawling all-day menu, is set to open this spring at 5500 Preston Rd. The Plano shop will be the chain’s third Dallas-Fort Worth location and another U.S. outpost for the family-owned brand that started in Guatemala in 1974. Just like its other Texas spots, the Plano café is expected to feature a front-of-house bakery counter and an attached dining room that looks into an open kitchen.
“We don’t like to see ourselves as exclusive, but a neighborhood shop for everyone,” Santiago Castillo, the brand’s country manager, told CultureMap Dallas. That coverage notes that San Martín runs about 68 stores in Guatemala and 11 in El Salvador, and that the Plano café will mirror the menu at the Uptown and Addison locations. CultureMap Dallas also describes the concept as a blend of Latin American and European bakery traditions.
Menu, Prices and Coffee
On the breakfast side, customers can expect chilaquiles, molletes and pancakes alongside European-style croissants, tarts and sourdough loaves, with many morning plates landing in the roughly $5 to $15 range. The brand’s online listings show salads, pastas, burgers and pinsa flatbreads for lunch and dinner, plus a full pastry case at the bakery counter. San Martín also roasts its own coffee in Guatemala City and sells beans for home brewing; the company’s online listings lay out sample items and prices. San Martín Bakery details specific selections and sample prices.
Bakery Layout and Baking
Inside, the bakery section sits at the front of the shop, with self-serve sideboards where guests can grab breads, cookies and pastries before heading back to the café seating and open kitchen. Earlier local coverage described the Plano build-out as an open, plant-filled space and highlighted the brand’s focus on breads and pastries baked fresh each day. The Dallas Morning News reported that design firm GFF is handling the project’s fit-out near the Preston and Spring Creek corridor.
Local Context and Timing
Community Impact first flagged plans for a Plano location last spring, noting the site near the Preston and Spring Creek corridor and an initial summer opening target. As with many regional build-outs, permitting and construction timelines have shifted since that early projection, and those estimates have moved around. The arrival of a third D-F-W San Martín location underscores the continued local appetite for Latin American bakery concepts expanding in North Texas.
When It Will Open
More recent coverage puts the opening in spring 2026 and lists hours of operation as seven days a week and on holidays, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, with extended evening hours on Fridays and Saturdays. For the latest on the opening date, reservation details and menu updates, the company advises checking its website and social channels. CultureMap Dallas and San Martín Bakery’s website carry the current local reporting and store information, including menus and contact details for its Texas locations.
