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by | October 7, 2026 · 3:07 pm

Black Tap Brings Its Big Burgers and Bigger Shakes to Victory Park

Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer started in 2015 as a 15-seat burger joint on Broome Street in SoHo and got famous fast for milkshakes that look like a birthday party fell into a glass. Owners Chris Barish and Julie Mulligan have since taken it from Las Vegas to Singapore, Dubai and London. In August 2023 it landed in Texas for the first time, in Victory Park across from the W Hotel and a short walk from the American Airlines Center. Barish knows the area. One of his first concepts was Martini Park, which he opened in Plano in 2006.

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by | October 7, 2026 · 11:12 am

Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day Is October 26. Here Is Where to Start

Monday, October 26, is Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day, and yes, it is official. In 2011 the Texas House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1419, sponsored by state Rep. Ralph Sheffield of Temple, recognizing the date. The push came from Dallas hospitality veteran Jeffrey Yarbrough and singer Jimmy Baldwin, who figured a state that has a holiday for nearly everything ought to have one for its signature plate. The resolution notes that restaurants were already celebrating the second annual observance that fall, so the tradition actually started in 2010.

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by | October 6, 2026 · 12:39 pm

The Brisket-Stuffed Jalapeño That Made Hutchins BBQ Famous

At this very moment, somebody in a Hutchins BBQ kitchen is probably hollowing out a very large jalapeño.

That pepper has a big day ahead. It’s about to be stuffed with chopped brisket and cream cheese, wrapped in thick-cut bacon and sent to the smoker. At Hutchins BBQ, they call it the Texas Twinkie, and on Friday, October 16, the restaurant celebrates it with its fourth annual National Texas Twinkie Day.

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by | October 2, 2026 · 1:56 pm

Pat Snuffer, SMU Students and the Story Behind Dallas’ Cheddar Fries

In 1978, Lower Greenville Avenue was not the place it is now. There wasn’t much business on the strip at all. That year, Pat Snuffer opened a small burger joint next to the Granada Theater with one dining room that seated 55 people. What he had in mind was simple: a fun place where SMU students could get a burger and a cold beer.

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by | September 24, 2026 · 2:53 pm

Shady’s Burgers Turns 10 in Lake Highlands, and the Party Runs Through Sunday

Shady’s Burgers & Brewhaha started with five neighbors, a backyard fire pit and a few beers.

That was 2012, in the Canyon Creek neighborhood of Richardson. Greg Cooney, Don Bouvier, Anthony Bolner, Dave Swiney and Steve Gumbert were sitting around Bolner’s fire pit talking about what the neighborhood was missing. What they landed on was a place with good burgers, cold beer and a patio where families could hang out on a weeknight. None of them had ever run a restaurant.

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by | September 24, 2026 · 1:08 pm

Isaac Rousso Brings Fair Park’s Old Mill Inn Back to Life

The paddlewheel is turning again at Fair Park.

If you grew up going to the State Fair, you know the Old Mill Inn by sight. It’s the timber-and-stone building on Grand Avenue with the big water wheel out front. After the pandemic it went dark and stayed that way for years. This fair season it’s open again as a full-service restaurant and bar, and when the gates open on Friday, September 25, it will be feeding anyone who needs a break from the Midway.

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by | September 24, 2026 · 11:47 am

Iconic Dallas Dish: Mia’s Brisket Tacos

Back in the early ’90s, the best thing at Mia’s Tex-Mex wasn’t on the menu. You had to know to ask for it, you had to come on a Wednesday, and you had to get there before it ran out.

Today it has a name, Butch’s Original Brisket Tacos, and it’s the dish Mia’s is known for all over Dallas.

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by | September 24, 2026 · 9:08 am

Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg

The tuba gets there first. Somewhere under a striped tent on Marktplatz, an oompah band finds its footing, and the sound rolls down Main Street past the limestone storefronts. By the time you reach the gate, the air smells like grilled sausage, and a few hundred strangers are getting ready to do the chicken dance together without a trace of embarrassment.

That is Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg, and this year it runs October 2 through 4.

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