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

Crave DFW 7/13 11:22A Steven Doyle

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...

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day in Dallas!

Crave DFW 7/13 10:19A Steven Doyle

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...

How to Eat Like a Frenchman in Dallas This Bastille Day

Crave DFW 7/13 6:25A Steven Doyle

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...

Dallas Gets Its First Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls

Crave DFW 7/13 5:57A Steven Doyle

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...

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

Crave DFW 7/13 5:48A Steven Doyle

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...

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

Crave DFW 7/13 5:30A Steven Doyle

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...

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

Crave DFW 7/13 5:08A Steven Doyle

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...

Staying Connected to Texas Wine Country from Anywhere

Texas Wine Lover 7/10 9:53P Gus Hall

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

North Texas Uncorked: Six Wineries in Two Days

Texas Wine Lover 7/9 7:15P Ron Martin

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

Briar Creek Vineyards Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 7/7 12:20A Chandler Gibson

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....

Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards

Texas Wine Lover 6/30 4:31A Jeff Cope

While I was in North Central Texas, I made a point to visit Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards located in Cresson, Texas. The winery and vineyard were easy to find just southwest of Cresson, directly off US Highway 377.     After parking next to...

2026 International Women’s Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 6/19 12:27A Jeff Cope

Winners have been announced in the 19th annual Women’s International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWWSC). The competition, which took place recently in Santa Rosa, Calif., was founded on the premise...

BOĆE Coasters Review

Texas Wine Lover 6/18 12:30A Jeff Cope

We received the product for review and all opinions are our own. Some links are affiliate links meaning at no additional cost to you, this site may get a small commission if you make a purchase. I have done many wine accessory reviews over the...

2026 Decanter World Wine Awards – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 6/17 2:02A Jeff Cope

The results of this year’s  Decanter World Wine Awards  (DWWA) were released, revealing a global wine landscape that is more diverse, competitive and exciting than ever before. As the world s largest wine competition, DWWA offers a unique snapshot...

Meredith Reed Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 6/16 12:57A Jeff Cope

Some winemakers start their career in another field and then discover the wine industry, which leads them down a different path. Meredith Reed is someone who worked in the healthcare field, but once she discovered the wine industry, it was the...