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Fun festival tops 5 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Bedford Beats and Eats Fest arrives this week.

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The holiday weekend brings an annual festival popular for its free live music and lengthy lineup of food vendors. But first, eat for a good cause in memory of a local radio legend, dine in the dark at a gourmet restaurant, then learn how to make pasta from scratch for upcoming holiday gatherings. Save room for sundae by Sunday.

Tuesday, August 26

Kidd’s Kids Fundraiser at Raising Cane’s
Chicken tender chain will donate $1 from every Box Combo — chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw, and toast — to support Kidd’s Kids, a nonprofit started by radio personality Kidd Kraddick (who passed in 2013) that funds trips to Disney World for children with life-altering or life-threatening conditions and their families. The fundraiser will take place from open to close at all Cane’s locations. The Grand Prairie location (3158 S. SH-161) will host a meet-and-greet with 106.1 FM’s Kellie Rasberry, J-Si Chavez, and Big Al Mack — Kidd's former radio family — from 11:30 am–1 pm.

Dining in the Dark at Chef Point Bar & Restaurant
Explore the senses during this three-course blindfolded dinner taking place at Colleyville’s Chef Point. Tickets are $50 ($10 will go to the Laurel Wheeler Foundation), plus tax and gratuity, and dinner begins at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, August 28

Pasta Making Class at il Modo
Italian restaurant on the ground floor of The Kimpton Harper hotel downtown hosts popular hands-on pasta-making classes in their dedicated pasta-making room — and this week has rare openings. Light bites will be provided to enjoy with pasta sampling, and wine is available for purchase. The hour-and-a-half class is $80 and starts at 6 pm.

Saturday, August 30

Bedford Beats and Eats Fest
Annual Labor Day weekend event boasts more than a dozen food vendors and a lineup of performers including headliner the Eli Young Band. Guests can peruse food options from street tacos and barbecue to orange chicken and lobster rolls, plus fair food like corn dogs, turkey legs, funnel cakes, and tornado fries. Admission is free, and the event will take place at Generations Park at Boys Ranch from 2–11 pm.

Sunday, August 31

Sundae Fun Day at Central Market Cooking School
Hands-on parent and child class will cover the basics of making the ultimate sundae, from baking the brownies as the base to toasting the nuts on top. Sauces to be made include hot fudge, strawberry compote, and caramel. Class is $89 (including fees) for parent and one child from 7 to 17 years old, and begins at 11 am.

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Bagel News

Acclaimed Dan's Bagels opens new shop on Grapevine Southlake border

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Garlic bagels at Dan's Bagels

An acclaimed bagel name is opening a shop in Grapevine: Dan’s Bagels, which has built a loyal following over the past five years at its original shop in Trophy Club, has spun off a new location in Grapevine at 2647 Ira E. Woods Ave., in a former Besa's Pizza shop right on the border of Southlake.

Dan’s Bagels was founded by husband-and-wife Dan and Jennifer Hilbert, who've earned acclaim for their made-from-scratch sourdough bagels in Trophy Club, along with cream cheeses, sandwiches, and East Coast staples such as imported lox and Taylor ham.

What started as a couple testing bagel recipes at home during the pandemic has grown into a thriving bakery, now with three locations, including a second shop they opened in Fort Worth in November.

While the Fort Worth location was a franchise, Grapevine is a corporate-owned location using their “hub-and-spoke” model, meaning that the bagels will be made off-site at a brand-new Dan’s Bagels “hub” bakery in Southlake, then delivered to the Grapevine “spoke” store each morning.

The Southlake hub can produce between 5,000-7,000 bagels each day, eventually supplying up to five or six Dan’s Bagels locations. The 2,200-square-foot non-retail space uses an oven that can bake 560 bagels at once. The hub-and-spoke model benefits customers by ensuring that the same scratch-made bagels baked daily can be consistently delivered to all Dan’s Bagels locations.

The Hilberts plan to continue opening a mix of franchise and corporate-owned bagel shops using both the self-contained and “spoke” models, with hopes to have seven to 10 total locations by the end of 2026.

The new location in Grapevine has a small footprint, with customers having the option to wait outside or in their car and receive a text when their order is ready.

The outpost is currently in its soft-opening phase, with a grand opening planned for December 30, when the full menu will be offered.