Cafe Medi has shuttered its Keller restaurant after 13 years in business, closing the doors on a Greek and Mediterranean spot that had become a fixture of Old Town Keller's dining scene at 129 E. Olive St. The family behind the restaurant is now directing customers to its original location in Hurst, where the business got its start.
According to Community Impact, the Keller location opened in 2013, eight years after co-owners Manos Moursi and Theresa Moursi launched the original Cafe Medi at 420 Grapevine Highway in Hurst in 2005. That Hurst restaurant, which is managed by Manos Moursi's brother, Mat Obli, remains fully operational and is now the only place to get the family's Greek cooking.
Manos Moursi moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area from Greece in 1995 and built the menu around his grandmother's recipes, per the same account. The Keller location served staples including kefta, souvlaki chicken, gyro, souvlaki lamb, spanakopita, moussaka and dolmas, with gyros made from roasted beef and lamb alongside chicken shawarma and basa fish. The moussaka, a casserole layered with eggplant, beef, parmesan and bechamel and topped with marinara sauce, was among the dishes that anchored the menu.
A Neighborhood Hangout With Live Music and BYOB
Beyond the food, Cafe Medi's Keller outpost built a loyal following through its weekend atmosphere. The restaurant hosted live music Friday and Saturday nights, according to its website, and allowed patrons to bring their own alcohol while offering outdoor patio hookah service, features highlighted in a local Facebook group post and reported by Community Impact. That combination of BYOB flexibility, hookah, and live entertainment made the Old Town restaurant a regular weekend destination rather than just a lunch stop.
The closure comes roughly two years after the Keller location invested in itself rather than pulling back. Cafe Medi underwent interior renovations in spring 2024, temporarily closing the dining room for four to six weeks that April and May while owners pointed regulars toward the Hurst restaurant during the remodel, according to a separate Community Impact report. The City of Keller later spotlighted Moursi and the restaurant in June 2025 on its municipal YouTube channel as part of a “Foodie Friday” local business series, underscoring how recently the restaurant was still being held up as a neighborhood staple before its shutdown this month.
Old Town's Redevelopment and a Pricier Restaurant Landscape
Cafe Medi's Old Town address placed it inside a district the city has been actively reshaping. Keller has used Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone II, or TIRZ II, funding to upgrade streetscapes, drainage and pedestrian utilities in the area, part of a broader push to turn Old Town into a walkable evening entertainment corridor, per Community Impact's coverage of that development. Commercial retail lease rates in Old Town typically run $18 to $26 per square foot, according to Daniel Weber Commercial Real Estate, compared with $22 to $35 per square foot along the busier Keller Parkway corridor.
Keller's median household income exceeds $135,000, a level of local purchasing power that has drawn a competitive mix of independent and chain eateries into the suburb, per Daniel Weber Commercial Real Estate. Staffing has also been a long-running pressure point for the family business: in 2021 reporting, Moursi said post-pandemic labor shortages forced family members to pick up extra shifts just to keep both restaurants running.
What's Left for Cafe Medi Fans
For now, the Hurst restaurant is the only place carrying on the Cafe Medi name and menu. That location has an advantage Keller never had: a dedicated drive-thru window for pickup orders, built into the Hurst property's layout. Customers looking for updates can still check the restaurant's website at www.cafemedi.com.
The closure adds to a string of recent shifts in Keller's dining scene. Hoodline has reported on Red Pepper Wok filling an old Buffalo Wild Wings spot and on Gyro360 abandoning its Keller expansion plans, leaving a prime Parkway storefront empty. It remains to be seen what commercial concept will move into the 129 E. Olive St. space as the city continues its Old Town streetscape upgrades.
