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A New Vendor Brings Pierogies to the State Fair, and a Century of Pennsylvania History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:18:57 Z

(Crave DFW) The State Fair of Texas picks up a new vendor most years, and this year one of them is making a case for a dish Fair Park has mostly ignored. Tanya Rose runs Pierogizilla LLC, and her booth on the Funway is serving fried pierogies built around her...

On the Rocks Is Open, and Kent Rathbun’s Lobster Shooter Already Has a Trophy

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:55:52 Z

(Crave DFW) Kent Rathbun has been one of the defining names in Dallas dining for the better part of three decades. He opened Abacus in 1999, followed it with Jasper s in 2003, cooked for Queen Elizabeth and the Bush inaugural ball, beat Bobby Flay on Iron Chef...

Mercado369 and the Restaurants That Surround It Are Oak Cliff’s Real Hispanic Heritage Month

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:24:36 Z

(Crave DFW) Hispanic Heritage Month began yesterday, and today, September 16, is Mexican Independence Day . Dallas will mark it with parades and festival stages across the city. Oak Cliff has been marking it every day for years, in a building most of Dallas...

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

Missick Cellars Finds a New Home in Boerne

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:24:49 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Missick Cellars has opened its doors in Boerne and is owned by Chris and Laure Missick. The couple showed their perseverance as they overcame obstacles for over a year to finally open. Read More

Bella Mia Winery: A Story of Pivots and Perseverance

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:33:16 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Bella Mia Winery’s path to opening involved canceled vineyard plans, three years of construction delays, and plenty of unexpected pivots. Now, the Texas winery has found its home inside a beautifully restored 1885 building in downtown Pilot Point....

Guest House Makes Its Dallas Debut This October

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:31:26 Z

(Crave DFW) Another Austin concept is coming up I-35, and this one is at least honest about wanting to be a party. Guest House opens in October at 1900 Cedar Springs Rd . in Uptown, the fourth location for a brand that started in Austin in the spring of 2024 and...

Chef Eduardo Osorio Named Culinary Director of The Village

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:09:08 Z

(Crave DFW) Eduardo Osorio is taking over the food at all of it. The Village Dallas named him culinary director this morning, which puts him over Meridian, Over Under, Village Beach Club, Anise and Buzz & Bustle, plus whatever the property opens next. He stays...

Texas Hill Country Wineries’ Texas Wine Month Passport Now Available

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:33:22 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Celebrate Texas Wine Month with the Texas Hill Country Wineries passport event in October. Experience the beauty of the Hill Country and enjoy tastings at over 45 wineries with tickets you can buy now. Use the Texas Wine Lover mobile app to help you...

Where Dallas Eats Brunch When Nobody’s Trying to Impress Anyone

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:40:43 Z

(Crave DFW) Brunch here has drifted toward the reservation, the bottomless carafe and the seventy-dollar table for two. Some mornings do not call for any of that. Five Dallas rooms where the coffee keeps coming, the plates land fast and nobody upsells you a...

Retro Film Review: West Side Story (1961)

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:03:53 Z

(Crave DFW) The film opens on a finger snap. No dialogue, no exposition, just a helicopter shot dropping out of the Manhattan sky onto a playground, and then a gang of young men moving down a street with the coiled economy of dancers pretending not to be...

Enjoying Brunch at Crown Block

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:06:50 Z

(Crave DFW) Duck Hash The elevator does the work of an overture. You step in at ground level in a parking structure off Reunion Boulevard, the doors close, and by the time they open again the city is 561 feet below and coming at you through glass on every side....

Canada’s Most Luxurious Rail Trek Across the Country

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:46:42 Z

(Crave DFW) The blind goes up somewhere west of Edmonton and the window fills with fir trees running past at speed. Then the trees drop away and the eastern wall of the Rockies stands there in the early light, pink at the top, close enough to feel rude. Coffee...

Cune Crianza: Old-World Rioja Without the Old-World Price

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:13:03 Z

(Crave DFW) Some wines earn their price through packaging and a good marketing budget. Cune Crianza earns it the harder way: a hundred and forty-five years of not screwing up a formula that already worked. The winery traces back to 1879, when brothers Eusebio...

SHEF Food + Wine Is Back, Bigger, and Still Grand Prairie’s Best Kept Secret

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:34:01 Z

(Crave DFW) Two years in, and Tiffany Derry s food festival already feels like it s been part of the fall calendar forever. SHEF Food + Wine returns for its third run October 9 through 11 at EpicCentral in Grand Prairie, and this time Derry didn t just bring...

2026 New York International Wine Competition – Texas Results

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:22:43 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) These are the Texas winery results for the 2026 New York International Wine Competition Read More