This Week in Gluttony

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

Chef Tim Love will pair five courses with Gompers gin at his Lonesome Dove Western Bistro.

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From an elegant cabernet wine dinner to an outdoor festival celebrating the Mexican michelada, events this week are wide-ranging. Perhaps the most anticipated is Flying Saucer’s 12th annual BeerFeast. With only 600 tickets available, the event is expected to sell out.

Wednesday, October 11

Jones Family Wine Dinner at Ellerbe Fine Foods
Fort Worth’s pioneering farm-to-table restaurant will welcome Napa Valley winemaker Stephanie Jones to showcase top-rated cabernets from Jones Family Vineyards. Guests will partake in five wines paired with five courses by executive chef Molly McCook, who’s cooked at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City. The $175 per person price does not include tax and gratuity. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm.

Winyl Oktoberfeast Edition at 44 Bootlegger
Wine and music will merge at this four-course dinner featuring an Oktoberfest-inspired menu by 44 Bootlegger’s new executive chef Jaime Fernandez. Each course will be paired with wine and a specially selected song. Reservations are $95 (excluding tax and gratuity), and dinner begins at 7 pm.

Thursday, October 12

Meet the Chef at Messina Hof Winery featuring Misty Perry of Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille
The executive chef of Dallas' Uptown location of Houston-based Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will be on hand to prepare small plates and dessert bites paired with Messina Hof wines. The Grapevine urban winery is a satellite location of Messina Hof’s flagship winery in Bryan. The event begins at 6:30 pm, and tickets are $29.99 plus tax and gratuity.

Gompers Cocktail Dinner at Lonesome Dove Western Bistro
Sip classic gin cocktails in the Fort Worth Stockyards at Tim Love’s Lonesome Dove Western Bistro. The celebrity chef will prepare five courses, each matched with a craft cocktail featuring Gompers gin. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm, and reservations are $95 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.

Friday, October 13

Trinity River Distillery One Year Anniversary Celebration
Cheers to one year with a weekend full of festivities at the downtown Fort Worth distillery, where patrons can enjoy $5 vodka and whiskey cocktails, live music, barbecue, and giveaways. Tours with tastings will be $5. Hours are 4-10 pm on Friday, 12-10 pm Saturday, and 12-7 pm Sunday. Admission is free.

A Seated Tasting: Wines of Languedoc, France at Grand Cru Wine Bar & Boutique
Experience a taste of France with wine from the coastal region of Languedoc, where some of the world’s best bubbly is produced. Five wines will be paired with small plates, including smoked salmon and cucumber canapés, duck mousse on sourdough, a cassoulet of white beans, duck and lamb sausage, and a lamb and pork meatball slider with roasted chickpeas. Tickets are $36 (gratuity not included) and seating times are 6 and 8 pm.

Saturday, October 14

Flying Saucer 12th Annual BeerFeast
Admission to this indoor-outdoor beer festival includes 12 craft beer tastings, a tasting glass, 2017 BeerFeast T-shirt, and one food item. Menu choices include bratwurst and pretzels or chicken lollipops and meat on a stick from Bird Café executive chef Scott Curtis. The event runs from 12-6 pm, and is limited to 600 attendees, who’ll be able to choose from more than 120 beers. Tickets are $78 per person, available online through October 13.

Sunday, October 15

Clamato Michelada Festival
Vote for Fort Worth’s best michelada — A Mexican cerveza served with lime juice, tomato sauce, and various spices, similar to a bloody Mary — at this free outdoor festival in General Worth Square in downtown Fort Worth. While sipping and sampling, guests can enjoy live music and concessions. The event runs from 12-8 pm.

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Thai Food News

Novel Thai restaurant in north Fort Worth comes with its own market

Bangkok Thai

A mom-and-pop Thai restaurant in north Fort Worth comes with a unique twist: Called Bangkok Thai Street Food & Market, it’s a restaurant serving traditional Thai food but also a market selling all sorts of goods, from cooking ingredients to clothing to household gear.

Bangkok Thai, which opened in December 2023 at 5801 Golden Triangle Blvd. #121, is owned by married couple Sirikanya and John Brown. John is a retired vet who worked in IT. Sirikanya moved to the U.S. from Thailand 11 years ago and previously worked in Thai restaurants across Fort Worth.

The concept sprung out a business that Sirikanya started out of their home, John says.

"About five years ago, she started an online market selling Thai products while working in Thai restaurants on the weekends," he says.

At the same time, Sirikanya missed the authentic flavors of the Thai food she grew up with, so she pitched the idea of opening a restaurant. Most of the recipes are inspired by the cooking of Sirikanya’s mother and ingredients from Thailand.

To capture those flavors, that means using traditional ingredients like tamarind instead of vinegar, and palm sugar in place of cane sugar.

“She's from Bangkok, and she worked in her mom’s restaurant, which is where she learned how to cook,” John says.

The menu features Thai classics like pad Thai, tom yum soup, green and red curry, and chicken satay with housemade peanut sauce. There are soups: boat noodle soup with beef broth, tofu soup with minced pork & Chinese cabbage, and a spicy Tom Kha.

There are also other Asian essentials like edamame and dumplings, plus their twist on chicken wings served with a Thai sweet chili sauce. They do not serve alcohol but there are teas, boba teas, and limeade.

Prices are affordable and average $6 for appetizers and $12 for curry and noodle dishes.

The market is inside the restaurant, next to the dining area, featuring shelves stocked with international items, such as clothing, rice baskets, refrigerated drinks, sauces, and noodles.

"A lot of it is imported from Thailand and some of it is sourced locally," John says. "Pretty much everything that you need, we have the ingredients for. Sirikanya also sells her own chili paste, and we often have other house-made dishes depending on the day."

They also host cooking classes, usually twice a month, such as a recent Thai curry cooking class where everyone learned how to make curry paste from scratch, cooked their own curry dishes. The classes are $60 a month and they’ll be taking a break during December but the classes will resume in January 2025.

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