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Oktoberfests, Idina Menzel and the State Fair: Your Big DFW Weekend Guide

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:45:56 Z

(Crave DFW) North Texas doesn t do quiet weekends in late September, and this one might be the busiest of the fall. The State Fair opens Friday. There s a German festival in McKinney, a Broadway legend at the Meyerson, a honky-tonk headliner at Billy Bob s, a...

Formando Vineyards to Open New Texas Hill Country Tasting Room on October 1

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:55:22 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Formando Vineyards in the Texas Hill Country is set to open October 1st, 2026. The winery north of Fredericksburg features wines with fruit grown at its Willow Creek estate. Read More

2026 People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic winners at the 40th Annual GrapeFest

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:44:44 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) These are the 2026 People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic winners at the 40th Annual GrapeFest. Congratulations to all the Texas wineries. Read More

How Texas Wineries Turn Festival Booths into Loyal Fans

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:23:17 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Learn about Texas wine festivals and their importance in showcasing local wineries. Join the celebration of wine culture and heritage. Read More

Martha Stewart’s Fall Menu is at Maman in Dallas, and One Cookie Leaves September 30

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:16:16 Z

(Crave DFW) Maman s fall collaboration with Martha Stewart is now at all three of the chain s North Texas cafes, and one item is on a short clock. The oatmeal raisin sandwich cookie, two chewy oatmeal cookies with golden and dark raisins and cream cheese...

La Calle Doce Celebrates 45 Years, You Should Too

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:05:45 Z

(Crave DFW) La Calle Doce opened on September 15, 1981, in a renovated house on West 12th Street in Oak Cliff. Oscar and Laura Sanchez ran it, and they served Mexican seafood at a time when most people in Dallas ordered a cheese enchilada plate and called it a...

A Late Night Fort Worth Staple: Ol’ South Pancake House

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:34:33 Z

(Crave DFW) Pull into the lot at Ol South Pancake House at three in the morning and you ll find more cars than you d expect. TCU students, mostly, plus whoever else in Fort Worth is up at that hour and hungry. Inside, the coffee is on and somebody at a back...

Retro Movie Review: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:15:00 Z

(Crave DFW) Forty-three years ago today, on September 21, 1983, a new David Mamet play opened in the smallest theater at London s National Theatre. Seven men, two rooms, a lot of talking. Mamet had worked in a Chicago real estate office for a while in the late...

Judy’s Kitchen is a Tasty Reason to Visit Garland

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:15:50 Z

(Crave DFW) Start with the pie case at Judy s Cafe . Judy bakes them every day, and on a good morning the case holds coconut cream, chocolate cream and cherry, with cakes and cobblers filling in around them. If you want a whole one, call a day or two ahead. They...

Ethnic Dish Explained: Vitello Tonnato, The Italian Veal and Tuna Dish, and Where to Find It in Dallas

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:55:35 Z

(Crave DFW) vitello tonnato Across Piazza Carignano in Turin , the brick facade of Palazzo Carignano ripples like a curtain in a breeze. The first Parliament of a unified Italy met behind those walls. Directly across the square sits Del Cambio , which opened its...

State Fair of Texas 2026: Free Concerts Move Indoors, Plus Everything New at Fair Park

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:36:16 Z

(Crave DFW) The State Fair of Texas opens Friday, September 25, and runs 24 days through Sunday, October 18, at Fair Park. This is the fair s 140th year, and the theme is Stars, Stripes, and Howdies. Gates open at 10 a.m. daily, closing at 9 p.m. Sunday through...

Teen Spooky Perler Beads

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:06:06 Z

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No. 16 SMU's visit to No. 23 Louisville headlines ACC's Week 3 schedule

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:09:46 Z

(NBC DFW) Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Game of the week No. 16 SMU (2-0, 1-0 ACC) at No. 23 Louisville (1-1, 0-0), Saturday, 2:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2) This is an early matchup of the teams picked to be the top contender to...

The Bar That Died in the Pandemic Just Came Back Stronger

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:54:02 Z

(Crave DFW) Gabe Sanchez saved up for years to open the Black Swan Saloon . When he finally did, in 2010, he put it in Deep Ellum on West Elm Street and built it around a simple idea: artisan cocktails at working-man prices, served by someone who actually knew...

Tim Love’s 20th Restaurant Is His Most Ambitious. It’s Also Full of Hummus

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:23:15 Z

(Crave DFW) Tim Love has opened 20 restaurants across Fort Worth. Steakhouses, barbecue, Mexican, Italian, burgers, a music hall, a hotel. At some point you run out of cuisines to tackle, and Love apparently landed on that point sometime last year. His answer...

Zio Al’s Cedar Springs: Pizza Until 3 a.m.

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:34:43 Z

(Crave DFW) Cedar Springs Road at 1:30 in the morning operates on its own set of rules. The bars are still going, the sidewalks are still busy, and at some point everyone on that strip remembers they re hungry. Most of the kitchens in Oak Lawn have already...

Beef Lounge Is Back at Goldee’s Wednesday — And It Might Be the Last Pop-Up

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:52:42 Z

(Crave DFW) We wrote about Jonny Butch back in May, before most people in Dallas-Fort Worth had heard his name. If you missed it, here s the short version: Butch works the pits at Goldee s Barbecue in Fort Worth, the place Texas Monthly has ranked number one in...

Ethnic Dish Explained: Thiéboudienne Is the National Dish of Senegal

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:50:40 Z

(Crave DFW) Thiéboudienne Senegal is about as far west as you can go on the African continent before you hit the Atlantic. Dakar , the capital, is a port city — noisy, packed, ocean-salted, alive. People eat well there. They have for a long time. And the dish at...

Jason Dodson Winemaker Profile

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:03:48 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) The September Winemaker Profile features Landon Winery's head winemaker, Jason Dodson. Jason produces the wine behind the state's largest number of tasting rooms. Read More

Beckers Spine Review Hails Collin Countys Dr. Krishna Satyan as a Neurosurgeon to Know

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 Z

(Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter) Beckers Spine Review has named Collin Countys Krishna Satyan, MD, to its latest list of Neurosurgeons to Know. It identifies 20 neurosurgeons across the country who are making an impact on the field through clinical innovation, research and...

How to Do the State Fair of Texas the Old-Fashioned Way: Bring Your Own

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:53:05 Z

(Crave DFW) There s a reason people have been hauling their own food through the gates of the State Fair of Texas for as long as the gates have existed. The fair food is part of the deal — the corny dogs, the fried everything, the Big Tex Choice Award winners...

Addison Oktoberfest 2026: Everything to Know Before You Go

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:11:16 Z

(Crave DFW) The keg tap swings down on the first ceremonial barrel at Addison Circle Park on September 17, and for four days after that, Addison sounds nothing like Addison. Polka horns replace traffic noise. Lederhosen and dirndls outnumber golf shirts. A crowd...

What to Do in Dallas September 14–20: Wine, Football, and a Full Calendar Through Sunday

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:51:07 Z

(Crave DFW) Jimmie Vaughan Fall lands on the calendar this week, even if the thermometer hasn t gotten the memo. Between a wine festival taking over Grapevine, the Cowboys home opener, back-to-back J. Cole shows, a ballet company built around one of history s...