This Week's Foodie Events

These are the 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Boudin links and Boudin balls from Beaux Boudin.

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In this week's Fort Worth food events, pucker up for a sour beer party that comes with an opportunity to make-your-own. There are free samples at a new Cajun eatery, an Italian wine tasting, and a 20th anniversary celebration for one of Fort Worth's favorite bars.

Thursday, July 25

July Italian Wine Tasting at Fitzgerald
This popular monthly wine tasting at the Camp Bowie Boulevard seafood-centric dining destination will likely sell out, so don't delay. Tickets are $35 plus tax and service fee, and include four tastings of Italian wines paired with light bites along with tasting notes and recipe cards. It begins at 6:30 pm.

Friday, July 26

Ribbon Cutting at Beaux Boudin
Newly opened Cajun eatery in Arlington is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony including complimentary menu samples, prize giveaways, and discounts on family meals. The event will run from 11:30 am–12:30 pm.

Celebrity Chef Dinner at Taste Project with Kevin Martinez
Tokyo Café and Heirloom chef Kevin Martinez will visit South Fort Worth community restaurant Taste Project for a fundraising dinner benefiting their mission of providing pay-what-you-can meals for all. Tickets start at $150 for a table of two and include a multi-course dinner. Guests may BYOB and dinner will run from 6–8 pm.

Saturday, July 27

Riscky's BBQ Rib-Eating Competition
Riscky's 18th annual rib eating competition takes place at the Fort Worth Stockyards location (140 East Exchange Ave.), where 30 contestants will eat as many beef ribs as possible in 60 seconds. Participants must be 18 years of age or older (minors are eligible if accompanied by parent or guardian), and must pay a $5 entry fee at the door. It starts at 11 am; sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis. The top 3 finalists get gift cards, and all participants receive a complimentary Riscky’s T-shirt.

Sour Fest at Martin House Brewing Company
Puckery party features sour beers, foam party, food trucks, local vendors, and live music. Don’t miss the Suicide Sour Beer Station, where guests can mix and match syrups to create their own custom sour blend. Martin House will also launch Mega Bear, a 13 percent ABV sour brewed with 10 fruits (banana, blackberry, blueberry, honey, kiwi, lemon, mango, pineapple, prickly pear, and strawberry). Wristbands are $20 and are good for a souvenir pint glass and four pours. Kids and pets are welcome, and the event will run from 12–5 pm.

Here’s to the Next 20: A Night of Nostalgia at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar
Fort Worth location of the lively entertainment venue and bar will celebrate two decades with an anniversary party. Guests can enjoy complimentary light bites from 7–9 pm along with 52-ounce signature schooners (like the tropical Lucky Duck) which serve up to five for $20 (normally $44). There’ll be pianists doing a set list that celebrates hits from the past 20 years. Admission is $14.

Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

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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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