by Steven Doyle
The Best Little Brewfest in Texas is a Craft Beer Festival held at the infield garage of Texas Motor Speedway in Ft Worth, the ideal venue for anyone who loves craft beer. The hoedown is this Saturday June 22, 2013, and gates open at 1pm for VIP and 2pm for general admission, with last call for alcohol at 6:45pm that evening. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Throughout time baseball has been known for wacky schemes to promote attendance. You may recall the Bill Veeck story where he hired Eddie Gaedel to pinch hit during a game in 1951. Gaedel was 3’7 and had virtually no strike zone. The short player was subsequently disqualified. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Last evening we attended the Copper River Salmon and Alaskan Brewing Company dinner held at Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen in Preston Center. Although the restaurant was filled to capacity, chef Kent Rathbun and crew found a way to squeeze in another 60 diners to sample some of this season’s best salmon. To top this night Rathbun invited a few friends in Scott Romano (corporate chef at Nick and Sam’s) and Matt McCallister (chef-owner of FT33). Continue reading
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Recently we published a list of our ten favorite burgers in Dallas. The list included mostly mom and pop operations, some who have been in business for as long as 55 years. In the past few years Dallas has become a Mecca of burgers, which certainly cannot be a bad thing. We all love a good burger, and they are certainly fun to compare and contrast the flavors of beef, bun and oozing ingredients.
Yesterday we paid a visit to a new burger outlet that only recently opened for business in Richardson. Needless to say we loved what we found or you would not be reading this text today. Haystack Burgers and Barley is owned by couples Kevin and Jenny Galvan and Rob and Christine Wondoloski. Continue reading
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by Andrew Chalk
Kent Rathbun, Matt McCallister and Scott Romano team up to host a special Copper River Salmon dinner featuring Alaskan Brewing Company. At $60 per person (plus tax and gratuity) this is a great price for a four course beer dinner with these three talented chefs. Guests will also receive a souvenir Alaskan Brewing Co. pint glass. Make your reservations by calling 214-890-1103. The event is June 6, 2013, 6:30pm, and will be held at Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen.
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by Steven Doyle
Martin House Brewing Company is a new brewery in Fort Worth and today they send word that they will be joining forces of the guys from LUCK (Local Urban Craft Kitchen), a craft beer inspired kitchen and bar that is soon to open in Trinity Groves, for a marvelous cooking demonstration at Central Market in Fort Worth. Continue reading
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