Sign up to get a ‘mystery box’ of barbecue for a good cause, Meat Fight on May 4
Boxes cost $135 and come with ribs, pulled pork, pimento cheese and more.
Slow Bone BBQ is one of the barbecue joints making meaty little bites for Meat Fight s $135 mystery box. Who knows what you ll get? Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 4, 2021.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
At 10 a.m. May 4, 2021, barbecue fans in-the-know will race to their computers.
Dallas nonprofit Meat Fight is selling $135 boxes of food, available for pick-up via a drive-through on May 29, 2021, at Lakewood Brewing Co. Each box, described by Meat Fight organizer Alice Laussade as “part barbecue, part mystery box,” will have 15 items in it.
Follow the bunny trails to Easter eggs and springtime festivities in Dallas-Fort Worth Shannon Sutlief, The Dallas Morning News
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Easter Bunny will be hopping into Dallas-Fort Worth for a few events. Here are some places where he’s likely to make an appearance.
Easter Weekend at the Arboretum
Celebrate among the Dallas Blooms festival’s thousands of tulips, azaleas and other colorful blossoms. Easter festivities will take place April 2-4 and include face painting, a petting zoo, photos with live bunnies (April 2-3 only) and performances by Karate Dance Party (April 2), Counterfeit Radio (April 3), Groovadelix (April 4) and more. On April 3-4 in the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, children can try egg-themed experiments, learn about animals that lay eggs and more. On Easter Sunday, enjoy a picturesque brunch at Restaurant DeGolyer.
So, who needs a beer? One silver lining of Gov. Abbott’s I m so over this mask thing announcement is that taprooms can now open. And while some local breweries applied for a food and beverage permit allowing them to operate as a restaurant over the past years, others have been shuttered for almost a year now. So, they, like
Peticolas Brewing Co, are dusting off the divan for guests once again. Most taprooms in North Texas are still adhering to social distancing and mask protocols.
Community Beer Company gets gold stars all over their chart for helping out a lot of local homeowners who had busted pipes and no water after the winter storm. After Hurricane Harvey hit Houston they created non-profit, The Greater Good, with the intent of helping communities, specifically low-income and elderly homeowners, after crisis hit. Needless to say, they ve been busy.
The Dawn of the North Texas Distillery Golden Age
In just over a decade, North Texas spirits have come of age. Hit the distillery trail to find history, black-eyed pea martinis, and the best bourbon in the world.
By
Zac Crain, Matt Goodman, Eve Hill-Agnus, Tim Rogers, Rosin Saez, Peter Simek, and Kathy Wise
Published in
D Magazine
January
2021
Photography by Elizabeth Lavin, Jill Broussard, and Zac Crain
Just over a decade ago, the craft spirit movement in Texas began with Garrison Brothers and Balcones. Now there are as many distilleries in Texas as there were in the country when the American craft whiskey scene started gaining traction after the Great Recession of 2008.