This week in gluttony

These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Beer and Girl Scout cookies, always a winning combination.

Photo courtesy of Turning Point

It’s a flavorful week with something for every palate. Events range from spicy to sweet, with a couple notable wine dinners in between. Also plan for a brunch buffet with a guest speaker that will provide for some inspiration. Start next week early with a beer and seafood dinner that will transport guests to the beach.

Wednesday, January 19

Robert Foley Wine Dinner at Ellerbe Fine Foods
The folks at Ellerbe Fine Foods will welcome noted winemaker “Bob” Foley back for his annual visit. The four-course menu will feature Foley’s Chardonnay, Charbono, Merlot, Claret, and Port paired with dishes like crispy calamari, winter squash carbonara, venison meatballs, and olive oil and cocoa cake. The dinner is $150 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6:30 pm.

Reverse Drag Brunch at El Chingon

Mexican restaurant in the Cultural District introduces its first "Party with the Queens" reverse drag brunch with drag performances by local queens, brunch, and endless cocktails. It starts at 8:30 pm with bottomless mimosas and choice of brunch menu item such as chilaquiles, omelet, menudo, or breakfast burritos. Performances begin at 10 pm, hosted by local queen Raquel Blake, with Wintr Rose, Chanelle Diorr, and Bleach. Tickets start at $40 and are available at gbod.ticketsauce.com/e/party-with-the-queens.

Friday, January 21

Girl Scout Cookie Party at Turning Point Beer
The Bedford brewery will tap four Girl Scout Cookie-inspired beers to pair with cookies to be sold on-site by a local Girl Scout troop. Beer flavors will include the caramel-brownie flavored Scout Stout, the lemon-flavored Lemon Up, the shortbread-inspired Cookie Time IPA, and the I Want Samoa imperial sour with caramel, coconut, and cocoa notes. There’ll be raffle prize giveaways on the hour during the event, which will run from 4-8 pm. (By the way, here are the details on this year's Girl Scout Cookie season, happening now.)

Saturday, January 22

Saturday Brunch at The Ashton Depot with author “CC the Great”
Author Chakin “CC the Great” Watkins will talk about her Kindle book Girl, Hold Your Own Damn Purse! during this brunch buffet event. The $30 per-person price includes a menu of chicken and waffles, eggs, bacon, breakfast sausage, pastries, fruit, and coffee. Brunch cocktails will be available for purchase. The buffet opens at 10:30 am with a book reading and Q&A to begin at 11 am.

National Hot Sauce Day at The Post at River East
Spice up your Saturday at this Race Street live music venue, bar, and restaurant. There’ll be free hot sauce samples from Fort Worth-based Freaky Ferments, along with free chips and salsa all day and a special spicy cocktail menu. Enjoy live music from the Squeezebox Bandits. The event will run from 2-6 pm.

Sunday, January 23

Daou Wine Dinner at Cat City Grill
It’s the longtime Magnolia Avenue restaurant’s first wine dinner of the year. This one will feature five wines from Paso Robles’ Daou Vineyards paired with five courses. Dinner is $90 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and will begin at 6 pm.

Monday, January 24

La Playa Beer Dinner at Funky Picnic Brewery & Café
Chef Victor Villarreal of Tastemaker Award-winning La Onda will make a special appearance at the Near Southside brewery and restaurant for this five-course beer pairing dinner. Menu highlights include ceviche salad, corn bisque, cured salmon with charred grapefruit, Hawaiian fish with mole sauce, and mango ice cream with bowfin caviar. Dinner begins at 7 pm and is $90 per person, including beer pairings, tax, and gratuity.

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Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

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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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