The State Fair of Texas is showing some appreciation for the waste not/sustainability/be a good human movement in food. As part of the State Fair Cares initiative, the fair has asked its food and beverage vendors to donate leftover food items to local food pantries and shelters in the South…
It seems like yesterday we were just hearing, “Howdy, folks” for the first of the State Fair of Texas season, and we were just learning what the finalists were for this year’s top foods. But here we are at the last weekend. After the food is eaten, the rides are…
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU you didn’t need to go to the State Fair of Texas to devour the foods from hell. Enter the gates, passing by the monolith of Big Tex, you will encounter a wagon-red doughnut. What is it? Is it cherry-flavored? Nope. Is it from the darkest deepest…
Every year since 2005, the State Fair of Texas has awarded Big Tex Choice Awards to top new foods. For the first 12 years, they gave the title to two different new foods: the best tasting and most creative. Beginning in 2017, the state fair expanded the winners to three…
It’s the end of an era for East Dallas coffee drinkers, with sad closing news coming from Lower Greenville. Mudsmith is closing its original location Sunday, Oct. 6, after eight years at 2114 Greenville Ave. It was one of Dallas’ first independent coffee shops that served as a hub in…
There is a bountiful surprise at the State Fair of Texas this year, tucked away in a greenhouse beyond the Star of Texas Ferris wheel and carnival games. Big Tex Urban Farms is instilling urban agriculture practices to help fill in food deserts of South Dallas. A hydroponic garden is…
We’re just over a week away from the opening of the State Fair of Texas, which is nationally recognized for its battered and fried, over-the-top calorie bombs. In the spirit of the season, many Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants are following suit and serving fair-inspired cuisine. If you can’t make it to…
For all of the frenzied development near the intersection of O’Connor and Las Colinas boulevards in Irving over the last two years, one vital element has been highly conspicuous in its absence: coffee. Thankfully for the cubicle warriors and apartment dwellers who hustle and bustle inside the always buzzing Las…
We’re less than a month away from Fair Park coming alive again with the annual State Fair of Texas. I used to cover community news, which meant finding new angles every year about the fair: the history of the parade, the voice behind Big Tex, etc. But now, I get…
The State Fair of Texas has released its lineup of judges for Sunday’s Big Tex Choice Awards. The fair saw 49 entries this year, which were narrowed to 33 semifinalists (20 savory, 13 sweet). Ten of those will compete in the final round at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 25…
The State Fair is rearing its head once again, and we all know what that means. Start loosening those belts, add a few miles to the treadmill now and maybe purchase a couple of extra stocks in Pepto-Bismol, because the food this year has no shortage of creative, unique and…
We are deep into another Texas summer. And as the temperatures rise, Dallas-Fort Worth’s coffee cravings stay the same. But who wants a hot latte or drip coffee in 100-plus-degree weather? No one. As temperatures rise, your coffee’s temperature should get cooler. But before you add ice to your hot…
Potpourri Boulangerie is a little yellow house that sits on Zang Boulevard, just south of the Bishop Arts District. Originally a wedding cake and flower shop, this place was known as Potpourri of Silk up until late June. Three years ago, the owners’ son transitioned it to a cafe; this…
The recent swell of restaurants and bars arriving in Victory Park continues to transform the area into a destination in its own right. No longer just a neighborhood for a Stars game or concert, Victory Park is now a growing neighborhood and place to visit, regardless of events happening down…
There’s a new player in the DFW coffee scene, and it’s been in hibernation since November 2018. Bear Cave Coffee, Mesquite’s newest independent coffee shop, is run by husband and wife Sean and Hillary Belknap. “My wife and I got married almost six years ago and honeymooned in Wyoming. I…
Just hours after Christmas in 2017, Joey and Amy Hawkins received the shock of a lifetime. Their popular Denton coffee shop, Jupiter House, had burned down. Jupiter House had served as a staple in Denton for years, and to learn that it had caught fire overnight was heartbreaking for the…
Formula Wellness Center in West Village bills itself as a “wellness services provider focused on on-site medical testing and other treatments that refresh and energize the body,” according to a press release. It also has a coffee and “bone broth bar.”
San Antonio’s Local Coffee has opened Merit Coffee, a new Deep Ellum coffee shop with slick design touches and perfectly pulled espresso.
Dallas loves to sit outside, especially this time of year, when our brief but furious winter gives way to a beautifully breezy and even more brief spring. La La Land Kind Cafe, a new Lowest Greenville coffee shop, is capitalizing on this adoration for patio space with its airy new…
Fletch, a new event-based corn dog pop-up, may not have the support of their family’s business, Fletcher’s Corny Dogs, but they do have a semi-permanent location in the works.
Is it weird that I wish every coffee shop had its own built-in dog park, even though I don’t have a dog?
Jason Roberts and Amy Cowan of Better Block, Oddfellows and AJ Vagabonds open a new Oak Cliff small-batch coffee roaster — Rabble Rousers Coffee Co. — in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District.
