It’s the opening weekend for the State Fair of Texas, yes, but there’s a lot more happening outside of Fair Park: ***** The eighth annual Foodiepalooza benefits the East Dallas Boys & Girls Club Advisory Council. Food and beverage stations from a host of local bars and restaurants will provide…
Fall festivals are ramping up big time. Get in on the action at some of this weekend’s best food and drink events: ***** Feeling the urge to sip on drinks adorned with tiny umbrellas and to mentally hula your way into a carefree state of mind? If so, Ida Claire…
Swirl, sniff and become one with your inner Frasier Crane at GrapeFest. This marks the 31st year for what is hailed as the biggest wine fest in the Southwest. Sample wines from Texas to Australia and everywhere in between as part of guided tastings. Truly, there’s something for every wino…
If you like beer and chocolate — and you live in Dallas — you’re about to have a very good weekend: ***** Judging by the look of your sauvignon-stained hydration bladder, you’re someone who appreciates a good pre-party. And whether you have plans to attend Dallas Observer’s BrewFest or not, there’s…
With adulthood comes many things, like taxes, responsibilities and an appreciation for foodstuffs that are universally sworn off by children. But if you’re anything like us, though your palate may have expanded over time you will forever keep a place in your gastronomic heart for the PB&Js and bologna sandwiches…
In this weekend’s round-up of Dallas food events, we see further evidence that plant-based eating is spreading around North Texas. ***** V Market provides a venue for local vendors to market their sustainably and ethically produced vegan goods. More importantly, it has chocolate-dipped vegan paletas. Stop by CocoAndrea Chocolatier for…
From wine walks to pub runs to a celebration of the humble hatch chile, there’s a lot happening this weekend. Here are a few ways to pass the time with food and drink: ***** If public school is consistently good at one thing, it is instilling a deep and abiding…
The tiki cocktail reigns supreme this weekend. Zombie on, Dallas. ***** Beats and Eats returns to the Granada Theater this Thursday for another evening of delicious food and great tunes. This month, Austin soul band Tomar and the FCs will take the stage as the Blind Butcher’s Oliver Sitrin takes…
This weekend, take a class to learn more coffee or cheese — or just get hopped up at National IPA Day. The choice is yours. ***** For Halloween, you carve a pumpkin. For Easter, you hide some eggs and pretend to be religious. And while we as a society have…
From beer brunches to seafood fiestas to cheese-making classes, there are a ton of food events this weekend in DFW. Here’s a rundown: ***** Belly or strip? When it comes to which type of clam New Englanders prefer, the resounding answer is belly. The belly affords a great deal more…
If you dig beer, get ready to live it up this weekend — several beer events are at the top of our must-party calendar. ***** It’s Belgian Beer Week at Flying Saucer on the Lake, which means it’s time to get in touch with your Flemish side. The weeklong festivities…
It’s not all sunshine and pupusas at Nazca Kitchen in West Village.
So you’ve been to the Deep Ellum Wine Walk and the Bishop Arts District Wine Walk, but have you, my cabernet-guzzling friend, been to the Plano Wine and Art Walk? Downtown Plano can be quite charming, especially under the influence of a few sample pours of vino. Purchase tickets online…
If you’ve still got any party in you after the holiday weekend, there’s plenty to do this week. Hydrate, people. We know how you get on Fourth of July. ***** It’s summer, which means grocery store shelves are brimming with peaches. Sweet, juicy peaches with tender skins and firm flesh…
After all these years, Bread Winners is still a solid brunch option.
It is noon on a Sunday and a line is predictably snaking its way from Jonathon’s Oak Cliff. People drive for miles to have their chicken and waffles, making Jonathon’s more than a place to simply consume brunch, but rather a brunch destination. But if you keep walking down North…
Hooray for the greatest of summer greats: the long holiday weekend. Unless you’re like us and have to come in Monday. Either way, we’ll take that weird little Tuesday off, an island in the midst of sweaty despair. We’ll also take the opportunity to eat and drink the weekend away…
This weekend, hit up the tail end of Tiki Week, take a cocktail class or gorge at a brunch festival: Dallas, your prayers are finally being answered. No, the potholes are still there and Jimmy’s Food Store is still closed on Sundays. We’re talking about the other prayer — the…
After a recent attempt to dine at a trendy Uptown brunch spot was derailed by a clearly posted, racism-tinged dress code, we high-tailed it to Deep Ellum, where general douchebaggery is stamped out by the firm foot of Wednesday night heavy metal shows and shops that peddle succulents because they’re nice,…
This weekend, it’s all about British baked goods, sushi burrito pop-ups at Oak Cliff dive bars and a food truck so cute, it traveled here from another dimension inhabited by a cartoon cat. ***** The upcoming British pop-up at the Craft Beer Cellar is guaranteed to be bang-on. It will…
An 18-foot-tall art installation? Check. Cornhole? Check. Avocado toast? Check, of course. Wheelhouse is one of three Design District eateries recently opened by Headington Concepts, the restaurant group behind CBD Provisions, The Rustic, Midnight Rambler and The Porch, to name a few. It shares a courtyard with one of its…
This weekend, it’s all about birds, beer, burlesque and barbecue. Also rosé. And … other things. Here’s a rundown of this weekend’s best Dallas food and drink events. ***** Honey Cocoa Bordeauxx is: A. the name of a vintage cocktail B. the name of a renowned burlesque performer C. a…
