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

A spooky pop-up arrives at Nickel City this week.

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A creepy cocktail pop-up arrives in Cowtown this week, bringing with it an immersive atmosphere of scary props and a brand new lineup of themed concoctions. Other not-so-spooky events include a sparkling wine tasting, a popular outdoor clam bake, and a taco and margarita festival that always draw crowds.

Tuesday, October 8

Exclusive Wine Tasting at Emilia’s
The Crescent Hotel’s Mediterranean-inspired eatery will host a wine pairing event featuring four wines from France and Italy paired with charcuterie boards created by chef Preston Paine. Tickets are $90 plus tax, and the pairing begins at 6 pm.

Budha Girl Bubbles & Bites at Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald’s monthly wine tasting will feature the red hot Budha Girl sparkling wines, distilled in California in the champagne method. The $35 ticket, plus tax and gratuity, includes four tasting pours paired with light bites. The tasting will run from 6:30–8:30 pm.

Clam Bake at Grace
Grace's popular patio party happens this week and is sure to sell out. Snag seats early for this annual event, which features a traditional outdoor clam bake along with passed canapes and paired wines. Dinner is $185, plus tax and gratuity, and begins with a reception at 6:30 pm.

October Wine Dinner at Caterina's
The Stockyards fine dining Italian destination has a few seats left for its monthly wine dinner. This month’s menu includes beef carpaccio, frutti de mare, rabbit ravioli, roasted ora king salmon, and crostata di frutta. All courses are paired with Italian wines. Dinner is $165 per person, plus and gratuity, and begins at 6:30 pm.

Friday, October 11

Black Lagoon at Nickel City
The horrifying Halloween pop-up, which originated in New Orleans, is back at Nickel City this year bringing an array of brand new creepy concoctions along with an eerie atmosphere. Among the 10 new cocktails are Siren’s Song made with aged rum, Lot 40 rye whiskey, and Giffard Caribbean pineapple, and the Nightmare Fuel made with tequila, matcha, lime, and absinthe. The pop-up will run through October 31.

Saturday, October 12

Tacos & Margarita Festival
To be held at Panther Island Pavilion along the Trinity River, this food and drink sampling event features not only tacos, but elote, paletas, and all margaritas made with Casamigos tequila. Tickets start at $26 for three drink tickets and two food tickets. The event will run from 12–6 pm, with a post event concert set for 7 pm that requires a separate ticket.

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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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