This Week in Gluttony

These are the 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Summer Moon Coffee has its grand opening on January 17.

This week’s event lineup is Grapevine-heavy, as half of the list features notable tastings in the wine-friendly city. There’s also a prestigious wine dinner on West Magnolia Avenue with California wine royalty as a special guest, and a wild game cooking class featuring a local celeb chef. (There are just a few seats left.) By week’s end, caffeine might be necessary. Good thing one of Fort Worth’s newest coffee shops will celebrate its grand opening on Friday.

Monday, January 13

Defender Wild Game Cooking Series with Marcus Paslay
There’s still time to snag a seat at Monday's cooking class, featuring chef Marcus Paslay of Clay Pigeon Food & Drink and Piatello Italian Kitchen, at Defender Outdoors. Paslay will prepare and share recipes for venison tartare, grilled venison loin, and venison osso bucco. The $95 per-person price ($75 for Defender Outdoors members) includes wine pairings. The event will run from 6 to 8 pm.

Tuesday, January 14

Fabulous French at Off the Vine
This Grapevine wine bar hosts themed tastings on the regular, but this one will feature an all-French lineup with varietals that won’t break the bank for an entire bottle. Taste wines from Loire Valley, Beaujolais, and Bordeaux while a speaker shares details on each. The tasting is $30 per person and begins at 7 pm. Reservations are required.

Thursday, January 16

Annual Robert Foley Vineyards Winemaker Dinner at Ellerbe Fine Foods
He’s been called the “god of Cabernet,” and he’ll be the guest of honor at this popular annual dinner party featuring his namesake California wines. The menu hasn’t been posted, but that’s not stopping reservations from going fast. Wines to be served include a 2018 Chardonnay, 2015 Charbono, 2013 Cabernet, 2014 Claret, and 2014 Port. Seats are $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and the event begins at 6:30 pm.

Meet the Chef with Craft & Vine at Messina Hof Grapevine Winery
Guest chef Bill Trevino of Roanoke’s star wine bar and restaurant, Craft & Vine, will visit the Grapevine winery to share his take on tapas. Indulge in four of his tasty dishes paired with wine for $29.99, plus tax and gratuity. The event will run from 6:30 to 8 pm and tickets should be purchased in advance

Craig Baker Wine Event at Mason & Dixie
While not a winemaker himself, Craig Baker is a respected wine connoisseur who selects artisanal wines from small family estates to showcase via the portfolio of distributor Misa Imports. He’ll visit the Grapevine restaurant to share six selections from around the world paired with a cheese and charcuterie board. Tickets are $20 per person and the tasting begins at 6:30 pm.

Friday, January 17

Summer Moon Coffee Fort Worth Grand Opening
Wood-fired espresso beans set this new coffee shop apart from the rest. Hill Country-based Summer Moon Coffee uses a 19th-century hearth in Dripping Springs to roast beans using oak wood. Now Near Southside patrons can taste the flavor at the shop’s newest outlet on South Main Street. Visit from 7 am to 8 pm for complimentary samples, live music, and half-off all Summer Moon drinks. Don’t miss the house-made Moon Milk — a blend of seven secret ingredients that combine for a sweet cream. Order like a regular with lingo like “Half Moon,” “Summermoon,” and “Whispermoon” when ordering coffee.

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Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

Photo courtesy of Visit Addison

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A decadent new doughnut shop is coming to Fort Worth: Duck Donuts, a North Carolina-based chain known for serving doughnuts made to order, will open a shop at 6387 Camp Bowie Blvd. #A within the Ridglea Plaza Shopping Center in Fort Worth.

According to a release, the shop will open on Saturday December 21 at 7 am.

Duck Donuts opened its first locations in 2007 in the beach resort towns of Duck and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the intention to create an oasis for vacationers. They're now headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and began franchising in 2013, with more than 150 locally owned and operated shops across 26 states and international locations. There was previously a DFW location in Addison on Belt Line Road that opened in 2020 but it did not survive the pandemic.

The Fort Worth shop is owned and operated by husband-and-wife Justin and Morgan Thomas.

“We are delighted to be opening in Fort Worth,” Justin says in a statement. “The community has been patiently waiting for us to open our doors, and now we cannot wait to sprinkle happiness to all with our warm, delicious and made-to-order doubhnuts.”

The 1,035-square-foot shop reflects the franchise’s reimagined design which gives a modern twist on their iconic beach theme and family-friendly atmosphere. Upon entering the store, customers are greeted by the aroma of warm, light vanilla cake doughnuts.

Customers can create their own combination by choosing from coatings, toppings, and drizzles, including traditional favorites such as chocolate icing with sprinkles and more adventurous creations such as maple icing with bacon.

Key to their appeal is the viewing area where children and adults alike can watch their doughnuts being made.

Many of their flavors have a beachy theme such as the Beach, a cake doughnut with vanilla icing dusted with cinnamon sugar; the Sunrise with lemon icing and raspberry drizzle; and the Beach Ball with vanilla icing, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle.

They rotate in seasonal offerings such as the current lineup of mint-flavored flavors including chocolate icing with mint buttercream. The doughnuts themselves are limited to vanilla and chocolate cake; the flavors come primarily from icing.

In addition to doughnuts, the Fort Worth location will serve coffee, doughnut breakfast sandwiches, doughnut sundaes — in which a doughnut is topped with ice cream and syrup — plus frozen beverages and milkshakes.

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