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It’s the calm before the storm while restaurants prepare for Christmas weekend reservations. (Find options for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dining here, along with a few ideas for meals to-go.) Before the big show begins, sharpen your entertaining skills with a cookie decorating and holiday cocktail class. Or visit Santa for one of his final brunch stops. Or simply stay in your PJs on Christmas Eve for a brewery pajama party.

Tuesday, December 19

Farmhouse Holiday Cookie Decorating Class at Funky Picnic Brewery & Café
The experts from Aly’s Sweet Spot Sugar Cookie Classes will visit Funky Picnic to host a beginner decorating class. Participants will learn how to use royal icing to create farmhouse-inspired Christmas cookies. The price is $45 and class will run from 7-8:30 pm.

Thursday, December 21

TX Whiskey Cocktail Class: Holiday Edition
Learn how to make three handcrafted holiday cocktails with a lesson by TX Whiskey mixologist Jason Shelly. The $80 ticket price includes a drink ticket to redeem pre-class, plus the three cocktails made in class. There’ll also be a food truck, plus the TX store will be open for last-minute shopping. Doors open at 6 pm and the class will run from 6:30-8 pm.

Friday, December 22

Cookies with Santa at Rooftop Cinema Club
Decorate cookies with Santa on the terrace level of the Worthington Renaissance hotel downtown before an outdoor movie screening of Elf. Tickets are $35 and include a DIY cookie decorating kit plus a Polaroid picture with the big guy in red. Doors open at 3:30 pm with the movie to start at 4:30.

Friday Happy Hour at Kimbell Art Museum
Friday means it’s time for the Kimbell Art Museum’s weekly happy hour, when the renowned museum opens up after hours for cocktails, bites, and live music. The Mike Luzecky Trio will provide tunes while guests can enjoy beverages and bites available for purchase. (Members receive a 10 percent discount.) Admission is free and the event will run from 5-7 pm.

Saturday, December 23

Santa Brunch at Musume
Santa is making appearances everywhere these days, including this Japanese fine dining destination at the Sandman Signature Hotel downtown. Visit for brunch between 11 am-2 pm and enjoy unique dishes like duck and waffles, yuzu poppy seed bread, and the Brunch Bento with miso black cod, pork belly fried rice, egg, smoked salmon roll, and “Good Morning Gyoza.” Santa will be ready for photos and last-minute gift requests.

Sunday, December 24

Christmas PJs Party at Hop and Sting Brewing Co.
Crawl out of bed and hop on over to this Grapevine brewery for a PJ party. Everyone who wears holiday pajamas or onesies will get $2 off every draft beer. Oli’s Island Shack will serve food from 12-4 pm and the brewery will be open from 12-5 pm.

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Scones News

Fort Worth baker pops up around town with fresh baked scones

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Scones from Sunrise Scones

Fort Worth has a pop-up baker dedicated entirely to the wonderful world of scones: Called Sunrise Scones, it's a mobile bakery that pops up twice a week, selling scones ready to eat or take home and bake.

Sunrise is from baker Gretchen Seegel, who has been baking and selling scones since 2021. Fans seek out out every Saturday at Clearfork Farmers Market at 4801 Edwards Ranch Rd. And during September, she's been popping-up every Wednesday from 10 am-2 pm at Sweet Lucy’s Pies, inside Bluebonnet Circle Park at 3520 Blue Bonnet Cir.

Her signature item is her blueberry lemon scone, a golden-brown pastry featuring whole blueberries and lemon zest. Other flavors include double chocolate, vanilla cream, and s’mores topped with graham cracker crumbles and a chocolate square.

She also does savory flavors such as parmesan pesto that almost resembles focaccia, with its topping of dusted herbs and melted cheese.

Single scones like a pie-shaped wedge, a couple inches high, and most of her flavors come with icing or sprinkled toppings which add to their visual appeal. A single scone is $5, although the more popular order is a four-pack for $20. Orders can be made during markets or through preorder on the site.

In addition to already baked, she also offers a take-and-bake — "so people can buy frozen scones, bring them home, and bake them when they want a fresh scone," she says.

Seegel began baking scones because she could never find ones she liked.

“I love bakeries but more often than not, I was disappointed in the scone,” Seegel says. “They were either overworked, over-mixed, or super sweet.”

Scones were a fun pivot for Seegel, a creative soul who previously designed and sewed children's clothes under her brand called Beatrice Tuley, which she closed when she launched her baking business.

The biggest challenges in the scones operation have been finding quality ingredients while keeping prices reasonable, but she loves the process of creating flavors, with an eye towards seasonality. She's already working on apples and pumpkin for the fall.

"I just think about what would pair well with other flavors and try to find some unique pairings," she says.

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