Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week is sweet with fresh summer peaches. Plus, we round up the hottest restaurants for July and the best snow cone stands around town. Catch up on our most popular stories below, then head to our event planner for more weekend fun.

1. Best Fort Worth-area markets and orchards for fresh summer peaches. Nothing embodies the spirit of a Texas summer quite like a sun-ripened peach at its peak. Ideal growing conditions have yielded an early, abundant harvest, with orchards across Parker County and the Hill Country showcasing some of their finest fruit in years. Here's where to find this summer's standout picks around Fort Worth.

2. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 hottest restaurants for July. The July edition of Where to Eat in Fort Worth is hot, and it's not just the summer weather. There's a restaurant by the lake, two places with pizza, one with souffles, and another serving brunch.

3. Fort Worth's only fine-dining vegan restaurant abruptly closes. Fort Worth's first and only fine-dining vegan restaurant has closed. Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits, the vegan tasting restaurant that opened in June 2023 in the PS1200 complex, closed abruptly on July 7.

  Maiden: Fine Plants and Spirits has closed. Photo by Chris Plavidal  

4. 10 top Fort Worth-area snow cone shops for a sweet summer brain freeze. Nothing offers sweet relief on a scorching summer day like an icy-cold snow cone. Here are 10 favorite Fort Worth-area snow cone shops where the ice is fluffy, the flavors are bold, and the brain freezes are totally worth it.

5. Peaches rule the 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. The 40th edition of a sweet and peachy summer tradition returns, plus whiskey and yoga combine.