This Week in Gluttony

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

Fine olive oil must be sniffed and sipped just like fine wine.

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Labor Day weekend unofficially marks the end of summer, and some area establishments are planning accordingly with celebratory events. There’s an end-of-summer happy hour at a local distillery and a tiki drink finale at a south Fort Worth bar. The holiday weekend brings an extra day of brunch, as well as a blues and barbecue festival that draws thousands annually. For olive oil lovers, there’s also a special tasting (with wine) just for you.

Tuesday, August 28

Tiki Tuesdays at The Lazy Moose
Break out the Hawaiian floral print one more time. As summer draws to a close, this Tuesday is the last to sip tropical tiki classics like the Mai Tai, rum runner, Bahama mama, hurricane, blue Hawaiian, and piña colada. The West Magnolia Avenue bar and kitchen is open from 4-11 pm on Tuesday.

Friday, August 31

10th Annual Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
The three-day event (which draws more than 20,000) combines both music and grilling with performers and pitmasters from across the country. This year there’ll be three competitions with three opportunities to taste plenty of samples: a steak cook-off on Friday, a people’s choice “anything goes” barbecue competition on Saturday, and the battle of the local barbecue vendors on Sunday. Ticket prices vary based on day and event, but range from free general admission (Friday only) to $215 for a shaded table for nine under the party tent with close views of the stage. Beer and wine are available for purchase to wash it all down.

End of Summer Happy Hour at Whiskey Ranch
Firestone & Robertson’s expansive distillery will extend its visiting hours for a Friday night fling featuring summer cocktails and sunset views. There’ll be live music on the spacious back porch and bites available from Oh Balls food truck. No reservations are necessary and admission is free. The happy hour will run from 5-7:30 pm.

Saturday, September 1

Southern Hemisphere Release Party at The Virgin Olive Oiler
Sniff and sip olive oil just like fine wine at this tasting event at the Sundance Square olive oil boutique. Freshly harvested oils from South Africa, Chile, and Australia will be available for sampling and purchasing, and complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres will also be served. Even more, a bottle etching artist will customize bottles at no charge. The event will run from 10 am-6 pm.

Monday, September 3

Labor Day Brunch at Chef Point
The extra day off means an extra day of brunch at this gas station gourmet restaurant, which just announced plans for a second location in Colleyville. Arrive any time from 11 am-2 pm for mimosa flights and stretchy-pants dishes like crab benedict, deep-fried monte cristo, and French toast bread pudding. Or partake in the Instagram-worthy “bloody best” bloody Mary stacked high with skewers of fried chicken, burger slider, and waffle fries.

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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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