Sweet Stacks, the Japanese soufflé pancake concept that turned heads in Fort Worth earlier this year, has opened a second location in Frisco at 252 W. Stonebrook Pkwy. #640, taking over a storefront previously occupied by sister restaurant Sweet Rice. The new spot serves the same made-to-order pancakes that took up to 30 minutes to prepare, alongside a menu of Lao-Thai and Chinese dishes and a beverage program built around matcha lattes.
The Frisco opening was first reported by CultureMap Dallas, which detailed the menu and noted that Sweet Stacks is a spinoff of Sweet Rice, the Lao-Thai chain founded by Von Linavong. Chef Mina Sourignavong, who previously ran the kitchen at the Frisco Sweet Rice location, is also part of the Sweet Stacks team, according to the outlet. The Frisco restaurant now has its own in-house dining room, and per the same report, the brand is already planning another location in Arlington.
Sweet Stacks first debuted in Fort Worth on Magnolia Avenue, a launch Hoodline reported on in January when the restaurant opened in a storefront formerly occupied by Vice Burgers, according to CultureMap. That original location, along with the Frisco expansion, represents a strategic pivot by Linavong and Sourignavong, who have built out Sweet Rice locations across North Texas — including a Bishop Arts District flagship that opened in 2024 — before repurposing some of those storefronts for the pancake concept.
What's On The Menu
The signature souffle-style pancakes come in two forms: savory versions with bacon and eggs priced at $18, and sweet versions topped with fresh fruit for $16, per the CultureMap report. The pancakes themselves are described as taller, light, fluffy, and jiggly compared to standard American pancakes. Beyond the pancakes, Sweet Stacks serves a wide-ranging menu that includes chicken wings, edamame and other Japanese dishes, pad kra pow with rice, protein, garlic, chillies, basil, and a fried egg, and spicy basil spaghetti with stir-fried cabbage, onion, green bell pepper, and Thai basil chili sauce.
The menu also features khao soi with egg noodles in coconut curry, yellow, red, and green curry options, and Laotian spicy sausage made in-house. Diners can also order Chinese dishes including potstickers, egg rolls, crab wontons, and fried rice. On the drink side, matcha lattes come in strawberry, mango, and Thai tea flavors.
The Craft Behind The Jiggle
Making a proper Japanese soufflé pancake is no quick task — the technique requires whipping egg whites into a stiff meringue and cooking the batter slowly at low temperatures. To master it, the restaurant's owner traveled to Japan for specialized training, according to Fort Worthians101. That same source notes the pancakes are made to order with a 15-to-25-minute prep time, and that the kitchen takes a scheduled daily pause between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. — details worth knowing before planning a visit.
That labor-intensive process helped fuel the original Fort Worth location's rise as one of the city's most viral dining spots, a reputation that WFAA credits with driving the brand's rapid expansion from Tarrant County into Collin County. The trend for these bouncy, egg-white-heavy pancakes has been building in North Texas for years, gaining serious momentum when Toronto-based chain Fluffy Fluffy made its Texas debut in Frisco back in December 2023, according to CultureMap's earlier coverage.
A Growing Market For Asian Dining In Frisco
Frisco's demographics help explain why a concept like this finds a ready audience. The city's Asian population has grown from 12% in 2013 to more than 27% today, making Asian residents Frisco's largest minority group, per data cited by Community Impact. That shift has fueled demand for specialized Asian dining and dessert concepts in the area.
The Stonebrook Parkway address carries some recent regulatory history worth noting. Before it became Sweet Stacks, the space operated as a Sweet Rice location that Hoodline reported was cited by city health inspectors in April for gnat activity in the kitchen. More broadly, the Sweet Rice brand faced additional scrutiny in July when Dallas city inspectors logged health scores in the 70s and 80s during visits to that city's location, a pattern Hoodline also tracked in its ongoing coverage of DFW restaurant inspections.
