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Reverse happy hours top off this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. Where to drink in Fort Worth right now: 5 best bars with reverse happy hours. A term that’s beginning to build momentum, “reverse happy hour” refers to a late-night version of the typical happy hour discounts on drinks and bar food. Here are five top Fort Worth go-to’s for the burgeoning reverse happy hour — because saving money will always bring happiness, no matter what time of day.

2. Academy of Country Music Awards return to Dallas-Fort Worth for 2023 show. The next Academy of Country Music Awards will take place at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco on May 11, 2023. The 2023 edition of the Academy of Country Music Awards will mark a return to Texas for the first time since the landmark 50th ACM Awards, which took place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington in 2015.

3. Big BBQ switchup tops this roundup of Fort Worth restaurant news. This roundup of Fort Worth dining news has plenty of big news: big openings in the world of BBQ, desserts, and top chefs. There's also new menus and new lunch at an award-winning pizzeria. Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news.

4. These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. There’ll have been multiple ways to escape (at least mentally) this week, and they continue into the weekend. Pretend to be on the beaches of Mexico at one of two National Tequila Day celebrations, for instance.

5. 5 postcard-worthy family getaways from Fort Worth on one tank of gas. High gas prices, expensive airfare, airport headaches, and pricey car rental fees make travel planning a little more difficult this summer. But a postcard-worthy family vacation is just one gas tank away thanks to picturesque resorts and parks located within a short road trip from Fort Worth.

Lakeway Resort and Spa sits on the shores of Lake Travis just outside Austin.

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Lakeway Resort and Spa sits on the shores of Lake Travis just outside Austin.

This week's hot headlines

6 hot new restaurants lead this week's most-read Fort Worth stories

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1. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 6 hottest new restaurants. Restaurants seemingly open and close in waves, and right now, they’re opening. Over the past few weeks, there’s been an influx of new restaurants in and around Fort Worth, from a cool new Italian spot to high-end Tex Mex to Texas’ favorite cuisine, barbecue. For this month’s Where to Eat, we take a look at six of the area’s latest restaurants.

2. Nostalgic new Fort Worth restaurant resurrects revered chef's recipes. A new taco joint on West Magnolia Avenue is resurrecting recipes from one of Fort Worth’s most storied chefs. Called Tres Amigos Tacos & Tequila, it's now open in the former Yucatan Taco Stand space at 909 W. Magnolia Ave., serving a menu inspired by the late Paul Willis, known for spearheading innovative concepts including Pedro’s Trailer Park, Cabo, and the original Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.

3. Andretti high-speed go-kart and game venue cruises into Fort Worth. An entertainment concept with go-kart racing is revving up Fort Worth:Andretti Indoor Karting & Games, an Orlando-based chain with go-karts, games, and more, has opened a location at the humorous address of 2701 Andretti Karting Dr., in north Fort Worth at the intersection of I-35W and 287. Opening day was Wednesday, September 25.

4. Dirty Dough known for thick decadent cookies to open in Southlake. Who doesn't love cookies, surely not Southlake, which will soon be home to its own location ofDirty Dough, a cookie chain based in Utah that's opening a new location at Wyndham Plaza shopping center at 2600 E. Southlake Blvd. #170, in what was previously a dental office. According to a company spokesperson, it'll open at the end of October.

5. Buffalo wings from original inventor in New York come to Arlington. A New York chain that invented the classic Buffalo wings has made its Dallas-Fort Worth debut: CalledAnchor Bar, it's part of a chain founded in Buffalo, NY, and has opened a location in Arlington, in a former Wings and Rings space at 2150 E. Lamar Blvd. #110, inside The Village at Ballpark shopping center.