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A hefty helping of Fort Worth restaurant news leads our top 5 stories

New happy hour, brunch, menu items, and more.

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Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week includes a large helping of restaurant news, buzzy openings, and, of course, a winter weather update. Read on for our five most popular CultureMap stories.

1. This hefty Fort Worth restaurant news roundup will break January diets. Our first Fort Worth restaurant news roundup of the new year is a gut-buster. It packs in every single food you swore off January 1: Tex-Mex, burgers & fries, pizza, brunch, booze, pastries, chocolate, chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, and even movie-theater popcorn.

2. Chill Coffee & Wine Bar fills old Coupe spot on Fort Worth's South Main. Coffee and wine are picking up where champagne left off in Fort Worth's South Main Village: Chill Coffee and Wine Bar has moved into former Coupe champagne bar space, which closed last summer, at 314 S. Main St. Suite 110. Chill opened Friday, January 23.

3. DFW braces for 'potentially catastrophic' winter storm across the South. By midweek, DFW — and all of Texas — was preparing for a “widespread potentially catastrophic event from Texas to the Carolinas.” While warming shelters opened across DFW and many events were canceled, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo planned to stay open all weekend.

4. Hurtado Barbecue owner to open Tex-Mex restaurant at Arlington stadium. A new Tex-Mex restaurant from the owner of BBQ fave Hurtado Barbecue is coming to Arlington. Called Loma, it will debut this spring in Choctaw Stadium, aka the former home of the Rangers.

Loma Loma will open in Arlington. Facebook/Loma

5. Utah coffee chain Beans & Brews pours first cups in Mansfield for DFW debut. A coffee concept from Salt Lake City has made its Dallas-Fort Worth debut in Mansfield. Beans & Brews Coffeehouse has opened its doors in a busy retail corridor at 2411 E. Broad St.

In from the cold

Warming shelters open around Dallas-Fort Worth amid weekend winter storm

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Warming centers will provide blankets and meals to those in need.

As Dallas-Fort Worth braces for brutally cold temperatures, freezing precipitation, and possible power outages this weekend, local city buildings and nonprofits are opening their doors as warming shelters. Here is a running list of places where people can go to safely warm up and rest. The list will be updated as more are announced.

The City of Fort Worth manages an emergency overnight overflow sheltering program when temperatures reach certain thresholds and regular emergency shelters are at capacity. If regular emergency shelters and beds are full when people arrive, they will be relocated to available overflow beds at one of the available additional emergency shelter locations, the city says.They advise that individuals experiencing homelessness should first access one of the regular emergency shelters:

Union Gospel Mission (1321 E. Lancaster Ave.)
Presbyterian Night Shelter (2400 Cypress St.)
Families should go to the Salvation Army's J.E. & L.E. Mabee Social Service Center (1855 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth)

The City of Arlington has additional overnight shelters available:

First United Methodist Church, 407 N. Mesquite St. Open on dates when overnight temperatures reach 32 degrees or less for four or more consecutive hours.
Nations Church Arlington, 1013 W. Park Row Drive. Open continuously from noon Friday-Monday as both a warming center and an overnight shelter.
All Arlington Public Library locations and recreation centers are open to the public for warming, in designated areas, during standard operating hours.
The Arlington Animal Services Shelter accepts pets of homeless individuals as capacity allows.

The Salvation Army has several warming stations available across Tarrant, Dallas, and Denton Counties. They'll provide shelter and warmth, food and drink, emotional and spiritual care, and additional supplies to anyone in need. Locations are:

In Tarrant County, the Arlington Corps Community Center (712 W. Abram St., Arlington) and J.E. & L.E. Mabee Social Service Center (1855 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth)
In Denton County, the Denton Corps Community Center (1508 E. McKinney St., Denton) and Lewisville Corps Community Center (880 Fox Ave., Lewisville)
In Dallas County, the Garland Corps Community Center (451 W. Avenue D, Garland) and Carr P. Collins Social Service Center (5302 Harry Hines Blvd.)

The Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions provides help for unsheltered individuals in Dallas.

Austin Street Center, in partnership with the City of Dallas and OurCalling, is activating an Inclement Weather Shelter at Fair Park’s Automobile Building, at 1010 1st Ave., Dallas, beginning at 4 pm Friday, January 23. It can accommodate 1,200 individuals and will offer shuttle service, meals, restroom facilities, blankets, and a safe, heated space for those experiencing homelessness. (Note: Austin Street's shelter location at 2929 Hickory St. will not be in operation this weekend.)

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