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6 best non-Thanksgiving food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Black Friday at Maple Branch Brewery means specials on pizza and beer.

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While Thanksgiving takes centerstage this week (find our list of open restaurants here), other tasty events focus on stepping away from the holiday chaos. Swap the Black Friday shopping mayhem for a brewery visit, learn how to make worldly cocktails, or take your kid (or your Harry Potter-loving bestie) to a class on Hogwarts breakfast. Kick off the week with a potluck Friendsgiving gathering at a local pub.

Tuesday, November 25

3rd Annual Friendsgiving at The Rabbit Hole Pub
Popular neighborhood watering hole invites friends and guests for a Thanksgiving feast complete with complimentary turkey, ham, and potluck sides. (Bringing your own side is encouraged.) The communal dinner event will begins at 7 pm.

Friday, November 28

Breakfast at Hogwarts at Central Market Cooking School
This hands-on, parent and child cooking class will cover an English-inspired spread based on the fictional boarding school for wizardry in the Harry Potter series. The menu includes herbed and spiced sausage patties, cheesy scrambled eggs with fried tomatoes, porridge with cream, and cinnamon pull-apart rolls. Tickets – which are going fast – are $85 and the class begins at 11 am. (Note that both parents and children need a ticket. Children must be at least seven years old.)

Black Friday Maple Branch Craft Brewery
The Foundry District brewery invites guests to forego the Black Friday shopping mayhem for a post-holiday special: buy one pizza, get one free. Pair it with the new release of a Maple Branch barrel-aged stout. Open 11 am–11 pm.

Black Friday Brunch at Whiskey Cake
Visit the Southern-inspired restaurant in Alliance from 11 am–3 pm for red crab Benedict, chicken and waffles, apple crisp French toast, colossal cinnamon rolls, and more. Elevate brunch with a mimosa flight or a trip to the build-your-own bloody mary bar.

Black Friday: Malört Barrel-Aged Stout Drop at Martin House Brewing Company
Black Friday means stout drops at Martin House, and this year the brewery got their hands on Malört barrels from Chicago. (The Swedish-style liqueur is popular in the Windy City.) Two Malört barrel-aged stouts will be launched, including a 13 percent ABV imperial stout and a 10 percent ABV sour. The crew will also showcase other stouts from the cellar, with a Black Friday special of $18 for four pours. Open 12–10 pm.

Cocktails Around the World at The Cookery
Just in time for entertaining season, this cocktail class will cover five worldly libations great for any gathering. Learn how to shake up a Singapore Sling, Mai Tai, Pisco Sour, French 75, and the espresso-based Carajillo. Each drink will come with a gourmet bite for pairing, with highlights including caramelized onion and cheese empanadas with chimichurri and Meyer lemon goat cheese crostini with blackberry compote. Class is $125 and begins at 6:30 pm.

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Chick-fil-A News

New Chick fil-A will open on far east side of Fort Worth

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The massively popular Chick-fil-A chain is opening a new restaurant in Fort Worth: According to a release, it'll be located at 1700 Eastchase Pkwy. at the intersection of I-30, practically clear to Arlington, where it will open on December 10.

The new location is from franchisee Carmenza Moreno, who owns one other Chick-fil-A location at North Collins Street. She first began working at Chick-fil-A in 1993 at the first freestanding Chick-fil-A west of the Mississippi, in Texas.

Chick-fil-A, Inc. is the third largest quick-service restaurant company in the U.S. The family-owned and privately held company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy, who opened a small restaurant in Atlanta in 1946, before going on to open the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta's Greenbriar Shopping Center in 1967.

Texas has more than 460 locations, with approximately 140 in the DFW area.

They're known for their original fried Chicken Sandwich and iced tea. Other menu items include a grilled sandwich, nuggets, strips, a spicy chicken sandwich, nuggets, strips, chicken wraps, waffle fries, mac & cheese, kale, and chicken soup.

At breakfast, there's a Chicken Biscuit sandwich, hash brown scramble burrito, plus various bacon & egg or sausage & egg combos on biscuits or English muffins.

They're equally well known for their overflowing drive-thru lanes and their customers' intense loyalty. They also have a unique franchise model with local Owner-Operators in more than 3,000 restaurants across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

From a typography standpoint, they're a challenge, as the logo calls for a capital C, then a small f, then a capital A. Chick-fil-A.

The new location will open at 6 am on December 10 with a trademark dress-up: Guests who dress in cow attire can get one free entrée or kid’s meal inside the restaurant or in the drive-thru, limited to one per person in cow attire, per day, while supplies last.

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