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Ridge Creek Ranch Wine Bar: Twenty-Five Years in the Making

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:20:57 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Discover Ridge Creek Ranch Winery, a dream realized over 25 years in the making, located near Cedar Creek Lake and owned by Tony and Lisa Alexander Read More

The Peach Cobbler Factory Continues Aggressive Growth in Texas with New Wichita Falls Location

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:01:37 Z

(Restaurant News) Fort Lauderdale, FL ( RestaurantNews.com ) The Peach Cobbler Factory , one of America’s fastest-growing dessert franchises, is proud to announce its continued expansion across the Lone Star State with the opening of its newest location in Wichita...

Make Your Plans for Messina Hof Winery’s 49th Annual Harvest Festival

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:05:45 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Messina Hof's 49th annual Harvest Festival is taking place in July and August at two locations. See all the events that are taking place and sign up for one or more! Read More

Dallas’ Coolest Summer Escape: The Pittman Hotel

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:12:19 Z

(Crave DFW) Every neighborhood should be so lucky as to have its history hold the best corner. In Deep Ellum, that corner is 2551 Elm Street, where the Knights of Pythias Temple has stood since 1916, designed by William Sidney Pittman, Texas first Black...

Ojos Locos Launches Casa de Fantasy Draft, Giving Leagues a New Home for Draft Night

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:11:16 Z

(Restaurant News) Culturally-Rooted Sports Cantina to Host Fantasy Football Draft Parties Featuring Free Tacos, Drink Specials, and Exclusive Commissioner Rewards Dallas, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) Ojos Locos Sports Cantina , the culturally-rooted Latin sports...

8th Fort Worth Burger Week is Aug. 17-23; Burgers Are $8 – Dallas Added

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:35:18 Z

(Crave DFW) Fort Worth has kept a good thing mostly to itself for seven years. That ends this August, when the eighth annual Fort Worth Burger Week runs August 17 through 23 and Dallas finally gets a Burger Week of its own, held the same week, with the same...

Restaurant Week Reservation Day is Tomorrow July 16th

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:24:42 Z

(Crave DFW) Set your alarms. The 30th annual DFW Restaurant Week reveals its full restaurant lineup tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, and reservations open the same day for what has grown into the region s largest dining event and the second longest running...

Nick the Greek Records Impressive Midyear Results With Strong Sales, New Menu Innovations and Widespread Industry Recognition

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:23:40 Z

(Restaurant News) Nick the Greek Celebrates an Impressive First Half of 2026 Popular Greek Chain Surpasses 100 Restaurants and Delivers Double-Digit Same-Store Sales and Transaction Growth San Jose, CA ( RestaurantNews.com ) Nick the Greek , a national chain serving...

Texas Fine Wine Gives a 2026 Harvest Outlook

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:22:06 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Texas Fine Wine tells the stories behind the Texas harvest of 2026 and the resilience of their wineries amid challenging weather conditions Read More

Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream Breaks Into Texas With Multi-Unit DFW Franchise Agreement

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:30:34 Z

(Restaurant News) BB3 Hospitality Co., led by Jeremy and Elizabeth Aune, signs on for multiple new locations across Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties Davenport, IA ( RestaurantNews.com ) Happy Joe s Pizza & Ice Cream , the iconic restaurant concept...

Dalmoros Fresh Italian Announces Major Nationwide Expansion Into Key U.S. Markets

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:10:05 Z

(Restaurant News) The Popular, Fast-Casual, Fresh Pasta and Italian Cuisine Restaurant Continues Rapid Expansion with Upcoming Locations in Midtown Manhattan, Texas Walmart Stores and Pentagon City Mall (DC), Plus Metropolitan Philadelphia on the Horizon St....

Legacy Hall Welcomes Cheese Lab to Its Eatery Lineup

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:25:32 Z

(Crave DFW) Legacy Hall has added a new tenant, and the timing could not be better. Cheese Lab, the Nashville concept built entirely around grilled cheese, is now open inside the Plano food hall, and its arrival happens to land on National Mac and Cheese Day....

Restaurant Franchise News from Huckleberry’s Breakfast & Lunch, The Brass Tap, Chronic Tacos, and More!

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:58:34 Z

(Restaurant News) The latest restaurant franchise news highlights Huckleberry s Breakfast & Lunch bringing its signature Southern comfort food and bayou-inspired atmosphere to Gresham, Oregon. Meanwhile, The Brass Tap in Colorado Springs has reopened its doors with a...

Texas Hill Country Wineries Welcomes Three New Member Wineries

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:43:52 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) The Texas Hill Country Wineries has added three new member wineries to their association Read More

There’s an H-E-B in Texas With Five Restaurants and a Full Bar

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:22:43 Z

(Crave DFW) Somewhere along the way, H-E-B stopped thinking like a grocery store. The clearest evidence sits inside the company s Mueller location in Austin, where shoppers can finish the weekly run, order duck fat fried chicken from a Top Chef alum, and settle...

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day in Dallas!

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:19:08 Z

(Crave DFW) Sunday, July 19 is National Ice Cream Day, a holiday Ronald Reagan put on the books in 1984 and one of the few proclamations everyone has managed to agree on since. In a Dallas July, it barely needs the excuse. What it needs is a plan. So here is...

How to Eat Like a Frenchman in Dallas This Bastille Day

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:25:25 Z

(Crave DFW) Bastille Day arrives Tuesday, July 14, and while Dallas will not be storming any prisons, we can honor the occasion the way the French would prefer: at the table, unhurried, with a glass of something cold and no particular plans afterward. The French...

Dallas Gets Its First Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:57:14 Z

(Crave DFW) Dallas has argued about lobster rolls for a long time. We were there when TJ s griddled its first Connecticut-style bun back in 2012, and the debate has never really cooled since. Now the conversation has a new address, and it happens to sit in one...

Bastille Day in Bishop Arts Looks Different This Year — Here’s the Plan

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:48:47 Z

(Crave DFW) Every July 14, Bishop Arts remembers something most of Dallas has forgotten: this city has French roots. Real ones. In the 1850s, about 350 French, Swiss, and Belgian settlers crossed an ocean to build a utopian colony called La Reunion on the west...

The Largest Record Store in Texas Is Hiding in Plain Sight in Grand Prairie

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:30:58 Z

(Crave DFW) The largest music store in Texas — by its own count, though nobody has stepped up to argue — doesn t sit in Austin, and it doesn t sit in Deep Ellum. It sits on the service road of Highway 360 in Grand Prairie, in an unassuming building between...

Scilla, a Coastal Italian Restaurant on July 17 in Dallas’ Preston Center

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:08:56 Z

(Crave DFW) Duro Hospitality opens its eighth Dallas restaurant on Friday, and this one puts the group s name on Preston Center for the first time. Scilla opens for dinner July 17 at 8111 Douglas Avenue, on the ground floor of the newly finished office tower...

Gong cha and 19 More Restaurant News Headliners of the Past Week

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:48:09 Z

(Restaurant News) Gong cha, Hot Dog on a Stick, Huckleberry s Breakfast & Lunch, July Restaurant Deals, and Panda Express lead RestaurantNews.com s Top 20 stories for the week ending July 12, 2026. 1) Gong cha Launches New Campaign To Celebrate the 25th Anniversary...

Staying Connected to Texas Wine Country from Anywhere

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:53:38 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Wine has aways been about sharing and connecting with other people. These days you can do it even if you are not near each other. Read More

Paris Baguette Expands Their Footprint with New Bakery Café in Plano, Texas

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:05:47 Z

(Restaurant News) CJ Singh and Punya Kushalappa opened their Paris Baguette bakery café at 5500 State Highway 121. Plano, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) Paris Baguette and franchise owners CJ Singh and Punya Kushalappa proudly opened their newest bakery café at 5500...

The World’s Smallest Chef Is Cooking in Dallas

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:03:32 Z

(Crave DFW) The chef at this table is six centimeters tall, made entirely of light, and better at his job than most people twice his size. Le Petit Chef has taken over a private room at The Westin Galleria Dallas, and the premise sounds like something a...

Feng Cha Expands Community Impact Initiatives, Reinforcing Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility Across Its Growing National Franchise System

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:49:58 Z

(Restaurant News) Pictured: Tony Roach (Southwest) and Roz Nelson (Southwest) with Dessie Brown, Director of Marketing for Feng Cha. Photo credit: The Andersons Photography Brand Celebrates Strategic Community Partnerships While Launching New Local Engagement...

Richardson’s Quiet Jordanian Gem Just Hosted a King

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:33:27 Z

(Crave DFW) A king walked into a strip mall on Sherman Street this summer, and the people working the counter at Khashoka still talk about it like it happened yesterday. King Abdullah II of Jordan and Crown Prince Hussein stopped in before the Jordanian national...

Le Rêve Opens Its Second Location at Mockingbird Station

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:07:28 Z

(Crave DFW) Le Rêve has a second address in Dallas, and this one comes with a train running past the window. The gelato and pastry shop that built a following in North Dallas s Preston Valley Shopping Center has opened at Mockingbird Station , taking over the...

Why People Drive 2 Hours to a Belton Convenience Store for Chicken Fried Steak

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:15:09 Z

(Crave DFW) The best chicken fried steak in Bell County is sold next to the beef jerky rack, behind a counter that also rings up gas and lottery tickets, at a family-run convenience store called Expo Quik Stop . This is not a backhanded compliment. Uncle Bob s...

Delilah Is Getting a Neighbor: Juliet Brings Its Movie-Theater Steakhouse to Dallas

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:51:08 Z

(Crave DFW) The Design District s transformation into Dallas s dinner-and-a-show corridor continues. Juliet, the Houston steakhouse built around a movie-theater fantasy, is coming to 1400 Hi Line Drive, directly next door to Delilah, with a late-summer opening...

North Texas Uncorked: Six Wineries in Two Days

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:15:17 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Ron discovered how the North Texas Wine Country had exceptional wineries as he spent two days visiting six different wineries Read More

Sushi Bar Speakeasy Hiding inside a Kosher Steakhouse

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:55:47 Z

(Crave DFW) There is no sign outside Shi-Ya. You walk into Meat Point , the kosher steakhouse that has held down its stretch of Campbell Road since 2014, take an immediate right, and suddenly you are somewhere else. Sage green club chairs. Gold-rimmed tables. A...

Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream Reports 8% Sales Growth, Two New Store Openings in Strong First Half of 2026

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:02:44 Z

(Restaurant News) The brand s first-half results included record-fast store openings, positive same-system momentum and new technology investments to support franchisees. Miami, FL ( RestaurantNews.com ) Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream , the 17-unit nitrogen ice cream...

Layne’s Chicken Fingers Brings the Crunch to Cypress with a July 18 Grand Opening and Free Layne’s for a Year

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:46:11 Z

(Restaurant News) Masroor Fatany to open Layne s Chicken Fingers in Cypress as part of the brand s continued expansion in Texas. Cypress, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) Layne s Chicken Fingers , the fast-growing, 50+ location chicken finger franchise known for its...

Restaurant Franchise News from Blue Mint Thai, Del Taco, Twin Peaks, and More!

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:09:09 Z

(Restaurant News) The latest restaurant franchise news highlights strong momentum for Blue Mint Thai , which secured three signed letters of intent for up to ten potential new locations across Frisco and the greater Austin metro area. Meanwhile, Del Taco has...

Briar Creek Vineyards Grower Profile

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:20:22 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) This month's Grower Profile features a winery that also has a vineyard, and that vineyard produces all the grapes for their wines except for one wine. Don and Donna Freeman are the proud owners of the Briar Creek Vineyards winery and vineyard. Read...

Birdcall and 19 More Restaurant News Headliners of the Past Week

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:58:07 Z

(Restaurant News) Birdcall, Golden Corral, Blue Mint Thai, Red Lobster, and Chili s lead RestaurantNews.com s Top 20 stories for the week ending July 5, 2026. 1) Birdcall Maps Out Major Midwest Expansion Plans Birdcall has unveiled plans to add nearly 100 new...