Cultivar Coffee Reopens Oak Cliff location for curbside pickup after being closed for over two months

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Cultivar Coffee, the beloved local micro-roaster and coffee shop with two Dallas locations in East Dallas and Oak Cliff reopened their Oak Cliff location on June 1 for curbside pickup after closing their doors in March due to the impact of COVID-19. The East Dallas location has remained open throughout this time for curbside pickup. Continue reading

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Dining Impact on Casinos

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Gambling for centuries has been a major recreational activity for people around the world. In the past decade, people needed to visit a land-based gambling venue to play casino games. Today, players can easily access their favorite casino games from the comfort of their home. Also, they can now use their mobile devices to access Winissimo Casino and other online gambling sites across the globe. If you need a quick recommendation of an online casino game, check out this one review of this poker room with quick withdrawals. Continue reading

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Addison Kaboom Town a Go for 2020

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For more than three decades, one of the nation’s most impressive and unique Independence Day celebrations has been held in the North Texas town of Addison. While 4.4 square mile Addison is only home to 15,000 residents, each July 3rd  Addison Kaboom Town! wows fans as one of the top fireworks shows in the country. Continue reading

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Addison Drive-In Kicks Off July 17th

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Addison is known as the place to gather and celebrate with great music, food and fun. The town’s Special Events team has worked to create ways to safely allow guests to congregate and enjoy live music, and thus has launched Addison Weekend Drive-In presented by Oncor, two weekends of live music offered to patrons in a drive-in environment. The concerts replace Addison After Dark, a more hands-on interactive entertainment series which the town had been offering monthly. Continue reading

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Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie Celebrates June

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Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie, an acclaimed French bakery located in West Village, is here to make sure the celebrations continue with sweet treats for June holidays. Continue reading

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Q&A with Kenny Mills at the Original Chop House Burgers

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I have known this week’s chef for quite a while. He has an air of no-nonsense charisma that makes for a unique chef that has blazed a trail in the DFW area for many years now,  loading us up with beef created many different ways, from a bountiful haunch plated pretty to a fantastic bunned bit of savoriness.

No doubt that as an avid reader of these pages you have heard mention of chef Kenny Mills who re-opened his award winning Original Chop House Burgers in Arlington just recently to accolades. A man who makes a burger that we queue up for with bated breath. A man we just recently sat with and discussed his interesting history. Continue reading

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Premier: The Crave Show

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Few times in my life have I been as pleased as today. As many readers and friends may know, the past year has been arduous at best. I had a brain aneurysm that left me paralyzed. It has been a struggle learning to walk, type and speak again. I haven’t done these things well yet, but with the help of some very good friends I have managed. Continue reading

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Buy Local, Buy Tradition: Big Al’s Smokehouse

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While raising a family, Big Al spent the late ‘60s and early ‘70s as a meat salesman for Farmer’s Meat Market in downtown Dallas. This was when Al first sold briskets, hams and other meats to a considerable array of now-popular barbecue restaurants.

“Travis Dickey, Red Bryan, Bob White – you name it. I sold to all of them,” said Al in 2016, recalling an era when brisket and prime cuts were more dominant in the North than the South. Continue reading

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