Chef Aaron Staudenmaier Joins District as Chef Partner for Addison Opening This Fall

Chef Aaron Staudenmaier, a local chef with 25+ years in the food and beverage industry has been named Chef Partner for The District in Addison – a beloved Northern California neighborhood restaurant and bar set to open its first Texas location this fall at 5100 Belt Line Road (Village on the Parkway). Staudenmaier will bring his culinary expertise to the globally inspired concept as he oversees sourcing ingredients, creating the menu and a polished yet approachable culinary experience for guests.

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Lizzie Lu’s Luxury Treats Makes Life Even Sweeter

T’Juanna Winters (called Lil’ Lizzie by her family) learned to bake at the feet of grandmother, Elizabeth Jones. She always loved being in the kitchen and bringing joy to others through the foods her family created together but never considered turning her love of culinary arts into a career. At the urging of family and friends, Winters launched Lizzie Lu Luxury Treats in December 2019 to honor her grandmother’s belief that if you do good, you’ll do well. The store was an immediate hit, but T’Juanna was forced to shutter her doors just a few months after the opening due to the pandemic.

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Roundhouse Food Hall in the Village – The Jetty

Photos and Story by Joey Stewart

The Roundhouse Food Hall at The Village is now open, and we checked out one of the eight spots housed there: The Jetty.

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World Food Championship Returns to Dallas

by Alex Gonzalez

The World Food Championships is back in Dallas, and this year, at a new location. This year’s WFC will take place from November 5 through 7 at Fair Park, allowing room for over 1500 chefs to go head to head for cash prizes. 

The last World Food Championships took place in 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Although the competition was expected to return to Dallas in 2020, COVID shut those plans down. Now, at Fair Park, chefs will cook across over 40 different food stations in games of Olympic proportions—appropriately titled Biscuits & Jampionships, Bourb’N’Que, Fire Woman, the latter of which highlighting four female pitmasters as they compete for the title of Fire Woman, as well as a cash prize.

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Know Your Beef

Everybody loves a good steak. There is nothing quite like a beautiful beef cut cooked on the grill or pan-seared to perfection. But, unfortunately, not everyone knows steak cuts well enough; some are even oblivious to the fact that there could also be bad steaks.

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Dakota’s to Re-Open Sept 13

Dakota’s Steakhouse  will reopen its doors on Monday, September 13. After closing its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic after 37 years, the iconic subterranean restaurant is reopening under new ownership and chef at the helm. In anticipation of the restaurant’s second debut, Dallasites can now reserve a table on OpenTable

Dakota’s Steakhouse, the storied underground staple of Downtown dining, is revived by Meredith McEneny, the new sole owner who assumed controlling interest in January 2021, and Chef Ji Kang.

Many Dallasites are familiar with the McEneny name due to her husband, Tim McEneny, a local restauranteur with years of hospitality experience under his belt. After 10 years of supporting her husband’s companies, McEneny is thrilled to channel her talents and expertise toward re-launch the historic restaurant.

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Addison Oktoberfest returns with custom packages – Tickets are available NOW and packages are limited

Addison Oktoberfest has been recognized as one of the most authentic Oktoberfest celebrations outside of Munich for over three decades. This year, approximately 50,000 fans will come together September 16-19, 2021, to share a love of polka, German food and, of course, the same Paulaner Bier that would traditionally be served at Bavaria’s favorite festival.

Hotel and ticket pakets – no, that’s not a misspelling; it’s the German word for packages – run $20 and up, and include lots of extras.

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3 Food Startups Worth Trying

The food business is massive, and every year, thousands of new entrepreneurs try their luck. While it’s now easier than ever to get in, it’s getting more competitive every day, and unless you have a great idea and know how to execute it, you’ll have trouble staying afloat. Thankfully, there are tons of proven businesses that you can start in this space, and many of them only require a minimal investment. Here are a few food startups worth trying.

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Virtual Restaurant

Virtual restaurants have been around for a while, but have exploded during the pandemic. These are restaurants that only exist online and rely solely on delivery services for clientele. There are many benefits to this model.

For one, you can greatly reduce your overhead costs. Not only that, but you won’t even need to think about things like staffing. That’s because you can use a ghost kitchen and have them prepare the dishes for you. All they need are the ingredients and recipes and they’re good to go. You can also rent kitchen space and run the whole thing yourself if you want to.

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