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Portland gastropub sites second DFW location in hot Euless center

A salad good enough to make you roar. Like a lion.

Photo courtesy of Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill

Plans are brewing for the second DFW location of Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill, the Portland, Oregon-based chain noted for its gastropub fare with globe-trotting influences, scratch preparation, and beers on tap.

Having made its mark in Irving as a neighborhood favorite and drop-in at the Toyota Music Factory for meals before and after performances, Thirsty Lion is expanding further into the mid-cities with a location coming to Euless in November.

According to a release, the Euless Thirsty Lion will open at Glade Parks, the mixed-use entertainment epicenter in the making.

The pub will be about 7,500 square feet, with a 32-seat bar and an 1,800-square-foot patio with fire pits, group seating, and flat-screens.

The location will also showcase an open-air kitchen, craft beer selection, and hearth-baked pizza oven, all trademarks of the Thirsty Lion brand.

A seasonal fresh sheet will focus on seasonal offerings, with seafood, meat, vegetables, and fruit. Many of the beers on tap are local to the city. The craft cocktail selection utilizes fresh fruit purees, juices, and premium liquors. There are also 25 wines by the glass.

Glade Parks is doing a lot to put Euless on the map, with a long list of retail and entertainment options including Total Wine & More, Dave & Buster's, Cinépolis, Starbucks, Five Guys Burgers, Panera Bread, Pie Five, Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, Outback Steakhouse, Sleep Experts, Raising Cane's, Rosa's Café & Tortilla Factory, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop.

A Hopdoddy Burger Bar just opened its fifth DFW location in the center on May 7.

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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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