This week in gluttony

These are the 8 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

It's peach lovers' favorite day of the year.

Facebook/Parker County Peach Festival

July means it’s officially ice cream season, and there are several events this week to celebrate the creamy, cool treat. It’s also time for another 12-course steak tasting — an over-the-top dining experience at one of Fort Worth’s most popular steakhouses. July also means the best of summer produce is ripe and ready, including peaches. There’s an annual festival happening this week dedicated to the beloved fruit. Also find produce bursting with flavor at a local farmers market that takes place only once a month.

Tuesday, July 5

Summer Blizzard Treat Release at Dairy Queen
To celebrate Dairy Queen’s 75th anniversary in Texas, the iconic fast food and ice cream shop chain is launching five new Blizzard Treat varieties, many with nostalgic influences. The lineup includes Oreo Cookie Dirt Pie, Girl Scout Thin Mints, Nestlé Drumstick, Very Cherry Chip, and Caramel Fudge Cheesecake. All new flavors are available at all Texas locations while supplies last.

Cajun Fried Fat Tuesdays at Razzoo’s Cajun Café
It’s Mardi Gras all summer long at Razzoo’s during the restaurant’s new Cajun Fried Fat Tuesdays. From July 5 through September 4, the bayou-inspired eatery will serve festive specials, including Cajun fried steak and Cajun fried chicken, each for $10. Wash down the spice with $5 frozen Hurrycanes, $5 Mardi Ritas, and $5 22-ounce select draft domestic beers. The Tuesday specials are good at all Razzoo’s locations.

The Ultimate 12-Course Meat Tasting & Wine Pairing at B&B Butchers & Restaurant
The fine dining steakhouse invites patrons to “Meet Our Meat,” a 12-course steak tasting experience. Indulge in rare and exclusive cellar cuts and learn about the dry-aging process. Taking place on the first Tuesday of each month inside the restaurant’s neighboring butcher shop, the tasting culminates with a final course of the holy grail of steaks — A5 certified Kobe beef. Courses are paired with wine and come with sides and beautiful desserts. The event is $375 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6:30 pm.

Saturday, July 9

37th Annual Parker County Peach Festival
The historic downtown Weatherford tradition is back in peachy fashion. Last year, 40,000 attended the one-day event, and this year there’ll be more to explore in an expanded space with at least 200 booths featuring artisan goods, crafts, and tasty treats. Go for all things peach, including peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach tea, and juicy peaches by the barrel. The event will run from 8 am-4 pm and tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12.

Ice Cream Social at Central Market
Beat the heat at Central Market stores with cool ice cream sampling stations. Customers can peruse the store for stations featuring milkshakes, ice cream sandwiches, churro ice cream bowls, root beer floats, Vietnamese coffee with ice cream, and even breakfast ice cream. Shoppers can also take advantage of 25 percent off all ice cream and 20 percent off all cones and toppings, July 6-12. The social will take place at all Central Market stores from 2-4 pm.

Sippin’ Saturday at Whiskey Ranch featuring Melt Ice Creams
Kick off National Ice Cream Month at Whiskey Ranch, where Fort Worth’s own Melt Ice Creams will be on site with their “Happy Cart” to sell frozen treats. The $10 per-person ticket, which must be purchased in advance, includes one cocktail. The event will run from 12-5 pm.

Ice Cream Social at Nash Farm
Grapevine’s 19th-century working homestead invites guests to experience a summertime staple — hand-cranked homemade ice cream. There’ll also be Victorian lawn games and music by the Lone Star String Band. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics. Tickets are $10 per person for everyone three and up and the event will run from 7 pm until dark.

Sunday, July 10

Lola’s Local Farmers Market
In case you missed it, Lola’s Fort Worth — the longtime bar and live music venue previously located near West Seventh Street — has moved to 2000 West Berry St., around the corner from TCU. Every second Sunday of the month, the establishment hosts an all-local farmers market. Visit to shop more than 30 vendors, eat from food trucks, and enjoy live music. The event is pet-friendly, kid-friendly, and free. The market runs from 11 am-4 pm.

festivals desserts news-you-can-eat farmer-diaries dinner

Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

Photo courtesy of Visit Addison

undefined

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.

doughnuts openings