Gul Rahman and Sadia Pathan used to run a pizza place in Mesquite. Good, steady work. Then they walked away from it to open an Afghan restaurant on Lower Greenville, in a space barely big enough to seat a dozen people, in a neighborhood that eats restaurants alive. Their friends probably had opinions about this.
Those friends were wrong.
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Born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, East London, Alfred Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer and worked his way through every department — art direction, editing, screenwriting — before landing behind the director’s chair. That ground-level apprenticeship showed in everything he made. By the time producer David O. Selznick lured him to Hollywood in 1939, he had already directed 23 films in Britain and was the most sophisticated thriller filmmaker working anywhere. Hollywood gave him resources, technology and the biggest stars of the era — Cary Grant, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman — and he used all of it with a control that made lesser directors look like they were guessing.
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The Texas Rangers have always understood something most teams don’t: the food is part of the show. Globe Life Field has been raising the bar on ballpark concessions since it opened, and the 2026 lineup might be the most ambitious yet. Bring your appetite and possibly a change of clothes.
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The Fort Worth food community lost one of its own this week. Jack Renfro, longtime Chief Operating Officer of Renfro Foods and son of company founders George and Arthurine Renfro, died April 6, 2026, at the age of 89, following a recent throat cancer diagnosis.
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If you follow Texas Rangers baseball in North Texas, you know Evan Grant’s name. If you listen to 96.7/1310 The Ticket, you definitely know his voice. And if you love a good burger — well, April just got a lot more interesting.
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In Texas, queso is not a side item. It’s a litmus test. A bowl of bad queso can ruin the whole table’s mood; a great one turns strangers into friends before the chips are gone. Dallas takes this seriously, and its queso scene ranges from Tex-Mex institutions that have been doing it the same way for decades to newer spots putting real thought into what goes into the bowl. These are seven worth driving for.
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Some evenings just have a built-in story to tell. The Jazz Wine Train in Grapevine is one of those nights — the kind where you arrive slightly dressed up, leave a little flushed, and find yourself already thinking about when you can come back.
The premise is simple and wonderful. You and your person settle into a 100-year-old Victorian rail coach, a glass of Texas wine in hand, live jazz filling the air, the Texas night sliding past the windows. For two hours, nothing needs your attention except the music and what’s in your glass.
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Every April, something quietly wonderful happens at the Dallas Arboretum. The gardens fill with chefs, students, and people who just love good food, and for two hours, the lines between classroom and kitchen disappear entirely.
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