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Panda Fest Returns to Carpenter Park With 150-Plus Asian Street Foods

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:19:20 Z

(Crave DFW) Panda Fest is coming back to downtown Dallas, so go hungry and wear comfortable shoes. The traveling Asian food and culture festival made its Dallas debut at Carpenter Park last November, and it returns to the same spot, 2201 Pacific Ave., Nov. 6...

Chicken Fried Royalty: Street’s Fine Chicken Does CFS Right

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:06:10 Z

(Crave DFW) If you want to understand how chicken fried steak became Dallas everyday dinner, start at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Reagan Street. In 1975, Gene Street and his partner Phil Cobb opened the first Black-eyed Pea there, in a brick building...

The Uchi Veteran and the French Laundry Chef Behind Sushi Kozy

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:39:21 Z

(Crave DFW) photos by Joey Stewart Paul Ko was the head sushi chef at Uchi when he decided to leave. He d been there since 2017, seven years in all, and he gave up that job to open a place with his name on it. It took a while. Sushi Kozy ran into construction...

Sacrifice Vineyards

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:06:58 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) We visited the new winery Sacrifice Vineyards in Brenham, Texas, whose Grand Opening was on October 15, 2026. Read More

Foiled Again: A Brief History of Capsules

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:53:02 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Uncover the purpose of the foil capsule on wine bottles. Discover its history and significance in your wine experience. Read More

One Dish: The Grilled Lamb Chops at Café Izmir

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:29:55 Z

(Crave DFW) Some dishes belong to a restaurant the way a song belongs to the voice that made it famous. Other people can sing it. Other kitchens can cook it. But there is a version that is the version, and if you know, you know. At Café Izmir on Lower...

What to Order at Maroma, From the Raw Bar to the Mesquite Gril

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:51:18 Z

(Crave DFW) Maroma changes as the day goes on, and that is the whole idea. At lunch the room is bright and coastal, the sort of place where a ceviche and a cold glass of something make sense at noon. By dinner the lights come down, the patio glows, and the...

Family-Friendly Halloween in DFW 2026: No Chainsaws Required

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:18:59 Z

(Crave DFW) Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, which means the whole weekend belongs to costumes, candy and the question every parent asks by mid-October: where are we going? Here is the family-friendly side of Halloween in Dallas-Fort Worth, with no jump...

What Mole Really Is, and Where to Find It Done Right in DFW

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:55:52 Z

(Crave DFW) Mole is the dish that separates a Mexican kitchen that is cooking from one that is trying. A true mole from scratch can take days. It can call for 30 ingredients or more. It cannot be rushed, it cannot be faked, and when it is done right, there is...

Chef Aubrey Murphy’s Brute Is Coming to Lower Greenville in November

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:57:02 Z

(Crave DFW) Lower Greenville is getting another restaurant, and this one has been a long time coming. Chef Aubrey Murphy , who ran the kitchen at SĒR Steak + Spirits atop the Hilton Anatole, is opening his first restaurant of his own. It is called Brute , and it...

Texas’ Most Famous Gas Station Chicken Fried Steak

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:20:28 Z

(Crave DFW) Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day is Monday, October 26, and if you want to celebrate it properly, consider a road trip to a convenience store in Belton. The woman behind one of the most talked-about chicken fried steaks in Texas has a secret, and it is...

Cookie Butter Pear Danish and More: Sugar & Sage Rolls Out Fall

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:04:46 Z

(Crave DFW) The Cristo Amann has company. A few weeks after Sugar & Sage Bakery turned Dallas on its ear with a Monte Cristo baked inside a kouign-amann, the little bakery on Lovers Lane has rolled out its fall lineup, and it is the best argument yet for setting...

Silver Dollar Winery and Bowen Family Wines Take Home 8 Gold Medals at 40th Annual GrapeFest

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:38:19 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Silver Dollar Winery takes the spotlight with Gold wins at the 40th GrapeFest. Learn more about this impressive achievement. Read More

Zalat Pizza Opens Its 30th Location Today in Duncanville

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:39:29 Z

(Crave DFW) Zalat Pizza opens in Duncanville today, Monday, October 12, and it is a milestone. The new shop at 325 S. Cedar Ridge Drive, in the Cedar Park Shopping Center near Wheatland Road, is the 30th Zalat in Texas. That number still takes some getting used...

The Best Haunted Houses in Dallas-Fort Worth for Halloween 2026

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:31:09 Z

(Crave DFW) Cutting Edge Every October, a handful of North Texas buildings stop pretending to be warehouses and meatpacking plants and go back to what they apparently always wanted to be, which is terrifying. Dallas-Fort Worth has one of the strongest haunted...

Plano’s Jashan Is the First Indian Restaurant in DFW to Make the Michelin Guide

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:18 Z

(Crave DFW) photos by Joey Stewart Collin County has become one of the best places in Texas to eat Indian food. For three years, the Michelin Guide did not seem to notice any of it. This month that changed. Jashan , an upscale Indian restaurant in Plano, landed...

Empower Ride App Pays Drivers 100%, Here’s How

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:42:42 Z

(Crave DFW) There is a newer way to get around Dallas-Fort Worth, and in our experience it has been cheaper than every other rideshare app we use. It is called Empower, and it arrived in North Texas this spring. Empower works differently from Uber and Lyft....

The State Fair Spent a Year Trying to Win You Back. Here’s How to Spend Its Final Week

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:22:25 Z

(Crave DFW) The State Fair of Texas is down to its last week, and this year it has something to prove. Last fall was rough. The 2025 Fair drew 2,020,064 people, roughly 400,000 fewer than the year before, and that was the lowest turnout in at least eight years....

Alex Fletcher’s Rising Tides Is the Best Kind of East Dallas Dive

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:02:08 Z

(Crave DFW) If you have had a good cocktail in Dallas any time in the last 15 years, there is a decent chance Alex Fletcher had a hand in it. He started as a barback at The Quarter Bar, then ran the bar programs at The Quarter, Bread Winners, Victor Tangos and...

Texas Mead & Music Festival Makes Its North Texas Debut at Scarborough Faire

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:47:40 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) The Texas Mead Music Festival made its North Texas debut at Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie, drawing nearly 3,000 visitors for a day of Texas mead tastings, live music, medieval entertainment, and more. Read More

Rolling Vineyards Launches Mobile Tasting Room

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:07:11 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Experience rolling vineyards like never before with Rolling Vineyards, a mobile bar serving curated Texas wines. Their first event is at the Round Top Antiques Fair. Read More

The Brisket-Stuffed Jalapeño That Made Hutchins BBQ Famous

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:39:00 Z

(Crave DFW) At this very moment, somebody in a Hutchins BBQ kitchen is probably hollowing out a very large jalapeño. That pepper has a big day ahead. It s about to be stuffed with chopped brisket and cream cheese, wrapped in thick-cut bacon and sent to the...

What to Watch When Michelin Reveals Its 2026 Texas List Thursday

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:21:21 Z

(Crave DFW) Come Thursday morning, a lot of chefs in Dallas and Fort Worth will be hitting refresh on their email. The Michelin Guide will release its third Texas selection on Thursday, October 8. This time there s no ceremony. The last two years, Michelin threw...

Where to Drink with Ghosts in Dallas and Fort Worth

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:05:39 Z

(Crave DFW) Ask a bartender who has worked a few closing shifts in an old building, and sooner or later you ll hear about the door that swings shut by itself, or the footsteps upstairs after everyone has gone home. Believe it or don t. Either way, every stop...

Docent Steak Opens in the Harwood District with Certified Kobe and Samurai Art

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:42:14 Z

(Crave DFW) Dallas has no shortage of steakhouses, and Harwood Hospitality Group knows it. Maybe that s why it took more than two years to open the newest one. Docent Steak finally opened its doors October 1 in the Harwood District, with two things no other...

The Zodiac Room Lives On: Neiman’s Popovers Move to NorthPark November 20

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:00:50 Z

(Crave DFW) The lights went out at the downtown Neiman Marcus on Wednesday, September 30. After more than a century on Main Street, the flagship store closed for good, and the Zodiac Room on the sixth floor closed with it. Some longtime customers showed up that...

Caviar, Truffles and Foie Gras: Avner Samuel Is Cooking at La Stella

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:19:26 Z

(Crave DFW) Avner Samuel is cooking in Addison now, at La Stella Italian Steakhouse and Music Lounge , and his latest tasting menu reads a lot like the old days on Oak Lawn. There s live scallop with osetra caviar, scrambled eggs under black truffles, foie gras...