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Beignets top the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

French Quarter, Bourbon Street, and Cowtown King Cake beignets.

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Indulgent fall flavors will be found at every single event on the list this week, from handmade pastas with cream sauces to spicy jambalaya, smoked turkey, and rich red wines. Save room for hot beignets made to order at a brewery by the weekend.

Tuesday, November 19

Cask & Barrel November Bourbon Dinner at Carrabba’s Italian Grill
All outlets of the Italian dining chain, including Hurst, Plano, and Addison, will host a five-course Friendsgiving Feast Tuesday and Wednesday. The menu includes wild mushroom soup, grilled Calabrian wings, rigatoni with garlic rosemary cream & fennel sausage, prime strip with gorgonzola walnut butter, and bourbon cinnamon panna cotta. The $70 price, plus tax and gratuity, includes bourbon pairings. Seating time is 6:30 pm both nights.

Wednesday, November 20

Sushi & Cocktails: Holiday Cocktail-Making Class at Hush
Keller sushi restaurant and bar will host a holiday mixology class paired with hors d’oeuvres and a buffet dinner. Guests will shake up vodka, whiskey, and tequila concoctions. The $75 price, plus tax and a small fee, also includes a take-home cocktail kit and recipe guide. The event will run from 6-8 pm.

Thursday, November 21

Pasta Making Class at il Modo
Italian restaurant on the ground floor of The Kimpton Harper hotel downtown hosts hands-on pasta-making classes in their dedicated pasta-making room every month. Light bites are provided to enjoy with your pasta creations. Class is $70, plus tax and a service fee, and starts at 6 pm. Optional wine pairing is $19.

FnG Eats Red Wine Festival 2024
Wine, whine, or unwind during this sip-and-stroll tasting event at the popular Keller restaurant. The $75 ticket, plus tax and gratuity, includes several red wines, bites, and a raffle ticket for prizes. The event will run from 6:30-8:30 pm.

Saturday, November 23

TurkeyU at Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
Learn how to smoke the perfect turkey just in time for Thanksgiving. The Backyard Pitmasters team will walk participants through pit management, tools and equipment, and how to select the right bird. Class is $139 ($129 for additional participants) and will run from 9 am-12 pm.

Friendsgiving: Make & Share a Holiday Meal Together at Central Market
This hands-on class at the Central Market Cooking School will culminate with a seated lunch. The menu includes apple salad with cider-sesame vinaigrette, herb-roasted turkey breast with sage sausage dressing, and sweet potato casserole with sorghum roasted cranberry sauce. There’ll also be pie and ice cream for dessert. The $95 price includes a glass of wine paired with the meal. Class will run from 11:30-2 pm.

The Dusty Biscuit Pop Up at Martin House Brewing Company
Visit the riverfront brewery for jambalaya and beignets from The Dusty Biscuit during this special pop-up. Martin House will tap their Dusty Biscuit beignet beer for the event. Wristbands good for four 12-ounce pours are $20 and the party will run from 12-5 pm.

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Supermarket News

Supermarket chain H-E-B to break ground on new store in Bedford

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A new H-E-B supermarket planned for the mid-cities is official: According to a release, the Texas supermarket chain will break ground on a new location in Bedford, at the northwest corner of Cheek-Sparger Road and Rio Grande Boulevard (the road into the Glade Parks development) in Tarrant County.

The location was previously leaked by the city of Bedford, who've since taken their post down but now it gets the official nod by H-E-B. The chain will also break ground on a store in Murphy, located at FM 544 and McCreary Road in Collin County.

The opening date is projected to be sometime in the second half of 2026.

Bedford joins two other locations in Tarrant County: H-E-B Alliance, which opened on April 10, and H-E-B Mansfield which opened in June. H-E-B also operates Central Market locations in Fort Worth and Southlake.

The Bedford location will face SH121 and include an H-E-B Fuel station and car wash, plus a True Texas BBQ restaurant within the store, a dedicated drive-thru, a pharmacy drive-thru, and an expanded grocery pick-up area.

According to the city of Bedford, H-E-B purchased the property in 2015, and the cities of Bedford and Euless forged an agreement allowing both the property tax and the sales tax generated by the store to be split between the two cities, since the property falls within both cities.

Four other H-E-B stores have opened in northern Texas including Frisco, Plano, Allen, and McKinney - part of H-E-B's big expansion across North Texas, with more stores coming to Melissa, Prosper, and Rockwall. H-E-B is also introducing Joe V’s Smart Shop by H-E-B to the region, an innovative price format with a smaller assortment of community focused products, with two locations planned for south Dallas.

H-E-B has a strong DFW presence via its Central Market stores, which debuted in the Dallas area in 2001, now with four locations in Dallas, Plano, Southlake, and Fort Worth.

There are also H-E-B stores in some surrounding towns including Burleson, Hudson Oaks, Granbury, and Waxahachie.

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