by | January 2, 2026 · 5:02 am

Best Equipment for Foodservice Business Success

A packed dining room can hide a kitchen that is barely holding together during a rush. You hear doors slam, tickets stack up, and staff scramble for cold items at peak time. That is when equipment choices show up in the food, the pace, and the stress.

Most owners do not think about compressors and gaskets until something warms up. If you are comparing options, even searches like commercial fridges in Toronto can help you benchmark features and formats. The goal is simple, keep food safe, prep steady, and service smooth on your busiest nights.

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by | December 31, 2025 · 2:12 pm

Sprinkles to Close all Stores

Sprinkles Cupcakes, the bakery that helped turn cupcakes into a national obsession, appears to be shutting down all of its brick-and-mortar locations nationwide. The company, founded in 2005, currently operates about 20 bakeries across six states and Washington, D.C. If reports from employees are accurate, the ovens go dark on Dec. 31.

Sprinkles has not issued an official announcement, but an employee reached at the company’s D.C. location confirmed that all stores are expected to close by the end of the year. Similar accounts from other markets say the bakeries will permanently shut their doors at 8 p.m. local time. The company’s online ordering system tells the same story: orders are available for New Year’s Eve only, with “no times available” starting Jan. 1, 2026.

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by | December 31, 2025 · 1:46 pm

Retro Movie Review: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard doesn’t waste time explaining itself. A dead screenwriter narrates his own downfall, and that alone tells you how little Billy Wilder cared about comfort. The plot mechanics are almost beside the point: a broke writer ducks into the wrong driveway, meets a forgotten silent-film star, and accepts an arrangement he knows better than to trust. That’s all you really need. The rest is atmosphere, attitude, and slow, deliberate suffocation.

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by | December 31, 2025 · 11:55 am

Po Melvin Schools Us In The Art Of Black-Eyed Peas, Just For Good Luck

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Black-eyed peas are a New Year’s Day “good luck” tradition.  But for Mel LeMane, the Southern staple is something more.  Black-eyed peas literally launched his family into the restaurant business, and they’re the most requested side dish at Po’ Melvin’s, which serves up Southern comfort fare from an unassuming strip mall space in Irving.   Continue reading →

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by | December 30, 2025 · 3:45 pm

Dallas Burgers You Won’t Expect — But Can’t Ignore

When you think of Dallas burgers, the mind usually jumps to classic burger joints and craft spots. But some of the city’s most exciting burgers come from places you wouldn’t expect. They’re tucked inside breweries, Irish pubs, or even soul food kitchens — and each one delivers a bite that’s worth hunting down. Here are three unusual burgers that have earned their place in the city’s conversation.

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by | December 30, 2025 · 3:01 pm

Be Lucky in 2026, Eat Your Peas -or- How to Appease Your Peas


by Steven Doyle

Black-eyed peas have long been a traditional New Years dish with the thought that they bring the eater good luck. The tradition dates back to the Civil War, when Union troops, especially in areas targeted by General William Tecumseh Sherman, typically stripped the countryside of all stored food, crops, and livestock, and destroyed whatever they could not carry away. At that time, Northerners considered “field peas” and field corn suitable only for animal fodder and did not steal or destroy these humble foods.

It’s a southern thing.

There are a few great places to enjoy your personal pot of good luck in the Dallas area. Certainly, look to the obvious spots such as Celebration where they have been serving up southern hospitality since 1971. In addition to your black-eyed peas, you can also find a great chicken fried steak, catfish and other hearty dishes to start your year off right.    Continue reading →

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by | December 30, 2025 · 2:41 pm

Café Dior: Almost a Year In, and Dallas Is Still Talking About It

It’s hard to believe Café Dior by Dominique Crenn in Highland Park Village has been open for nearly a year. When it debuted in early 2025, it instantly turned heads — not just because it’s tied to a global fashion powerhouse, but because it dared to bring haute cuisine and couture-style dining together in a way Dallas hadn’t quite seen before.

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by | December 30, 2025 · 1:24 pm

Howdy Homemade Scoops Up New Partner to Fuel National Growth

Undivided Life is stepping in as a co-owner of Dallas-based Howdy Homemade Ice Cream, teaming up with founders Tom and Margaret Landis to help take the mission-driven brand into its next chapter of national growth.

The goal is simple and ambitious: open more stores, grow the catering business, and create even more opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities—all while serving what fans already know as some of the city’s best super-premium ice cream.

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