This week in gluttony

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

Oktoberfest Fort Worth moves to Trinity Park, September 22-24.

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Flavors of Germany and Mexico shine this week during events that feature food and drink from both countries. Note that one major Oktoberfest event has a new location this year. There are also two opportunities to try Texas-based whiskeys that may fly under the radar.

Wednesday, September 21

Mexican Wine Tasting at Don Artemio
The popular high-end Mexican restaurant will host an extensive wine tasting featuring wines from Querétaro, Guanajuato, Coahuila, and Valle de Guadalupe Winery in Mexico. There’ll be 10 wines total, along with passed hors d’oeuvres and multiple guest speakers participating. The tasting is $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6 pm.

Thursday, September 22

Fort Worth Oktoberfest
The three-day Munich-style celebration of German culture is back, but this year, in a new location. Taking place at Trinity Park, Fort Worth Oktoberfest kicks off Thursday with the ceremonial “Tapping of the Kegs.” Guests can expect a weekend full of traditional German food, live music, polka dancing, carnival rides, and an array of contests, including dachshund races, barrel rolling, stein hoisting, and sausage eating. Admission is $10 (or $20 for a three-day pass) and comes with a commemorative stein glass. Admission is free for children under 12. The party starts at 5 pm Thursday and Friday, and 11 am on Saturday.

Loco for Elotes & Wine at Landon Winery
Here’s a new wine pairing partner: elotes. The Grapevine winery will pair four wines with four varieties of Mexican grilled corn slathered in an array of toppings, from chorizo and hot Cheetos to smoked blue cheese fondue. The pairing is $48 per person, plus tax, and begins at 6:30 pm.

Bendt Distilling Co. Dinner at Clay Pigeon Food & Drink
Taste Texas-based whiskeys during this four-course pairing dinner at Clay Pigeon. Each course will come with a Bendt Distilling Co. cocktail and a taste of each whiskey straight. Menu items include tuna crudo, gumbo pot pie, short rib pastrami, and chocolate tart. Even more, each guests gets a bottle of whiskey to take home. Dinner is $150 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and seating times run from 5-8 pm.

Casa Madero 1^st Winery in the America’s 1597 Wine Dinner at Don Artemio
Said to be the oldest winery on the continent, Casa Madero opened in Mexico’s Coahuila in 1597. Co-owner Daniel Milmo will be a special guest at Don Artemio to talk to through the Mexican wines during this multicourse pairing dinner. Menu highlights include chile en nogada, duo of cabrito, and ceviche. Dinner is $150 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6 pm.

Friday, September 23

Oak & Eden Launch Party: New Whiskey Release at Atico
The Bridgeport-based whiskey producer Oak & Eden will debut its newest release during a tasting party at the Stockyards rooftop bar. Participants will taste Wheat & Honey, a wheated bourbon infused with a honey-soaked wooden spire. (Fun fact: Yellowstone actor Forrie J. Smith created his own coffee-infused bourbon with Oak & Eden.) Meet the founders and enjoy complimentary samples. The event is free and will run from 5-7 pm.

Saturday, September 24

Salad and Go Arlington Grand Opening
To celebrate the grand opening of its new location in Arlington, Salad and Go is giving away free salads - no purchase or coupon required. Beginning at 3 pm, the first 200 guests to visit the new location at 4828 S. Cooper St., will receive a free salad. The offer is for drive-thru orders only, not valid with online or mobile app orders, available only while supplies last.

Monday, September 26

Oktoberfest Beer Dinner at Funky Picnic Brewery & Café
The Near Southside Fort Worth brewery and restaurant will celebrate Oktoberfest with five German-style courses paired with five craft beers, including their own PROSToberfest. Menu items include potato soup, potato pancakes, currywurst, schnitzel, and German chocolate pie. Tickets are $90 per person and include tax and gratuity. Dinner starts at 7 pm.

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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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