This Week in Gluttony

These are the 5 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Martin House's new limited-edition Imperial stout is brewed with graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows.

Photo courtesy of Martin House Brewing

Burgers, beer, and doughnuts are on the menu this week, and that’s just through Tuesday. A prestigious winemaker is coming to town on Thursday, and on Friday, there’ll be opportunity for yoga poses followed by pints. Celebrate the weekend with a complimentary wine tasting that invites guests to stop, sip, and go.

Monday, January 14

S’mores Stout: Beer and Donut Flights at Martin House Brewing
There’s no campfire required to enjoy s’mores in sippable form thanks to the brewery’s launch of its limited-edition Imperial stout brewed with graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows. Through Wednesday, visit Martin House’s Riverside Lounge for $10 beer flights, which feature the new stout along with pours of cinnamon graham cracker beer, double chocolate beer, and marshmallow cream beer. Each flight also comes with a s’mores doughnut from Funky Town Donuts. The lounge is open from 4-10 pm each day.

Tuesday, January 15

Grand Opening of Grub Burger Bar in Alliance
The College Station-based bar and restaurant is celebrating the opening of its first Fort Worth location with a fanfare. On opening day, there'll be free entrees for the first 100 people, mystery gift cards, shake samples, and more. Burgers range from the simple “front porch” with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and mustard to more eclectic varieties topped with absinthe sautéed mushrooms or mac ‘n’ cheese. There are also margaritas, martinis, sangria, and rum punch. The restaurant opens at 11 am.

Thursday, January 17

Robert Foley Wine Dinner at Ellerbe Fine Foods
It’s the ninth year the Napa Valley winemaker will visit the farm-to-table restaurant for an elaborate dinner paired with his namesake wines. Executive chef Molly McCook’s menu — five courses total — ranges from grilled haloumi salad (that’s a cheese) to slow-roasted leg of lamb. Wines range from Rosé to Port. Seating times are 6:30 pm or 7 pm, and dinner is $165 per person, plus tax and gratuity.

Friday, January 18

Splash & Go – Cambria Wine Tasting at Cadillac Wines
Three wines and three cheese pairings will be presented at this complimentary tasting featuring Santa Maria Valley-based Cambria wines. Patrons of the Cadillac dealership wine bar will sip Chardonnay and two Pinot Noirs. Stop by anytime from 4-7 pm to “splash and go.”

Beer & Yoga at Shannon Brewing Company
Poses and pints are paired together at this evening yoga class inside the Keller brewery. The class will be led by Southlake’s Divine Center of Yoga, and participants can unwind afterward with two pints of their choice from the taproom. The fee is $20 per person ($8 for those doing yoga only) and class begins at 6:30 pm.

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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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