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One of Texas' best new restaurants tops this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

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.

1. Only one Fort Worth spot lands on Texas Monthly's best new restaurants list. One Fort Worth restaurant got the nod from Texas Monthly in the magazine's annual assessment of the state's best new restaurants. Titled "The Best New Restaurants in Texas for 2020," the list ranks 10 establishments as well as honorable mentions.

2. These are the 9 best things to do in Fort Worth this weekend. You can bounce around from subject to subject this weekend in Fort Worth. There will be a national tour of a Broadway musical, a show for all your home and garden needs, three different concerts with well-known singers and bands, and much more. Here are the best ways to spend your free time this weekend.

3. Acclaimed Fort Worth seafood restaurant Pacific Table launches spinoff. The Gables Water Street mixed-use project in Las Colinas has snared an exciting new restaurant from an acclaimed chef: Pacific Table, the casual fine-dining restaurant from chef Felipe Armenta, has opened a location at 5238 N. O'Connor Blvd., #136, next door to Olivella's Pizza and across the street from Williams Square.

4. These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. It’s officially Mardi Gras season and Fort Worth is letting the good times roll with several themed events this week. Plan for Mardi Gras brunches, a crawfish boil, and a gumbo cook-off. Save room for mac and cheese, as there’s a festival for that, too.

5. Fort Worth's Shops at Clearfork welcomes new luxury designer store. An international fashion brand joins the mix at The Shops at Clearfork: CH Carolina Herrera, which is the retail chain founded by the eponymous designer in 2001, will open a location on Monahans Avenue, between Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch.

Gemelle's trademark Detroit-style pizza.

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Gemelle's trademark Detroit-style pizza.

Coffee with a cowboy

Yellowstone's Cole Hauser rides into Fort Worth for sunrise fan event

Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

Cole Hauser meets Yellowstone fans at a northeast Fort Worth Walmart.

Yellowstone star Cole Hauser blazed a trail through a Walmart parking lot at dawn on September 17 for a meet-and-greet with hundreds of devoted Fort Worth fans.

The official occasion: To launch the sale of his Free Rein Coffee Company in Walmart stores nationwide. But to star-struck fans who got in line before the sun came up, it was the rare chance to meet one of their favorite actors from Paramount's hit Western drama.

In front of an Old West-style covered wagon, Hauser shook hands, took selfies, and signed bags of Free Rein coffee for the first 50 folks in line. All at 7 am.

Throughout the morning, customers at the Walmart Supercenter at 3851 Airport Frwy. got to sample his Texas-made Free Rein coffee, a partnership among Hauser and three friends.

Free Rein will now be sold in more than 1,700 Walmart stores and on Walmart.com nationwide, according to a release. Three varieties - American Dirt (dark roast), Homestead (medium roast), and Prospect (light roast) - are available in grounds and single-serve pods starting at $12.97.

“Through this partnership with Walmart, we’re going to get our great coffee into the hands of the hard working folks who make our country go,” Hauser says in a release. “This has always been my mission: to serve and uplift those who serve their country and communities in any way I can.”

Cole Hauser, Yellowstone, Free Rein, Walmart Hauser enjoys a cup of his Free Rein coffee inside Walmart.Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

A portion of Free Rein's sales go to the nonprofit Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which empowers families of fallen and severely wounded Special Operations warriors. Hauser is a longtime patron and board member.

"With its launch into Walmart, Free Rein is committing to a ‘Buy a Bag, Give a Cup’ promise, meaning we’ll give a cup to someone who serves their country or community for every bag of Free Rein Coffee bought at Walmart this year," the release says.

Since Free Rein's launch in October 2023, the release says, several notable names have joined the company as ambassadors and investors, including movie star Mark Wahlberg and Hauser's Yellowstone co-star Forrie J. Smith, "who share a long-time passion for and commitment to supporting veterans."

Free Rein coffee is served at HTeaO shops and is the official coffee of Billy Bob’s Texas.

Hauser also has a bourbon called Lazy K Bar Whiskey, which started selling in retailers around Texas in July.

Hauser has portrayed heartthrob Rip Wheeler (aka Beth Dutton's hubby) on Yellowstone since 2018.

No stranger to Fort Worth, Hauser’s son attends TCU.

Yellowstonereturns for the final episodes of the series finale at 8 pm Sunday, November 10. Paramount Network's hit show, co-created by Fort Worth's Taylor Sheridan, has been on hiatus since January 2023.

Photo courtesy of Free Rein Coffee Company

Cole Hauser meets Yellowstone fans at a northeast Fort Worth Walmart.

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