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- Oct 1, 2026
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Fall kicks off with a dozen new Dallas restaurant openings (opens the original)
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Who could blame a restaurant for slating an autumn opening? By this time, school is back in session, football has kicked off and Dallasites are returning to their routines. Some are returning from Euro summer, while the rest of us have been here, relieved for the day that the weather finally dips below 100. Last month, about a dozen new concepts opened, ranging from upscale to casual to coffee to something familiar. KFC wants to pilot new recipes in North Texas at a brand-new concept; a family-r
Two Dallas Starbucks locations have closed their doors for good (opens the original)
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Are nearly 1,000 location closures enough to save Starbucks’ business model? Over 30 years ago, the first Starbucks opened in Highland Park Village and helped shape Dallas’s coffee culture for the next three decades. When that location closed in 2023, Victoria Snee, the marketing director at Highland Park Village, told the Observer that because Starbucks had changed its business model in recent years to cater to to-go and mobile orders, the big and inviting interior of the Park Cities location w
Popular Japanese ramen chain opening first U.S. location in Plano (opens the original)
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Kouchan, the Japanese chain known for Hakata ramen, is gearing up to make its U.S. debut this year, as first reported by Culture Map. In November, it will open in West Plano at 4709 W. Parker Road in the same shopping strip as Tokyo Shokudo and Campisi’s. Kouchan is one of several concepts operating under the Ikkousha Group, which has several Hakata ramen concepts across Asia. One of them, Hakata Ikkousha, is famously known for creating bubble-style tonkatsu, which they say they pioneered in 200
Texas Hill Country Wines are having a moment — and coming to Dallas for a roadshow this fall (opens the original)
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In case you missed it, Texas wines are having a moment. While global wine regions like Napa Valley, Bordeaux and Tuscany have dominated the wine market for centuries, the vino spotlight is starting to shift from the big leagues to smaller regions like our own Texas Hill Country. As we enter peak harvest season, Texas Hill Country wineries are hosting wine stomps, tastings, and other events to celebrate, but if you can’t make it down there, 22 wineries are coming to us for the first-ever Texas Hi
2 North Texas barbecue joints earn high praise from Southern Living (opens the original)
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Every two years, Southern Living heads due South to eat its way through pounds of tender brisket, baked beans and smoked sausage looking for the best new barbecue restaurants ‘round our parts. The updated list highlights 16 different restaurants around Texas, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. Not only did they find stellar barbecue in unconventional places like Orlando, but they also found a nontraditional barbecue spot in North Texas fusing Texas barbecue and Iraqi spices: Kafi B
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