This week in gluttony

These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

Wild Salsa will get in on the Dia de Los Muertos action this week.

Photo courtesy of Wild Salsa

Halloween arrives this week but so does Día de los Muertos, the traditional Mexican "Day of the Dead" that honors deceased loved ones often with food, music, and elaborate costumes and decor. Three Fort Worth restaurants will take part in the celebration with pairing dinners, specials, and entertainment. There's also a chance to learn about Dutch oven cooking at a local history museum and support a local farm with a wine dinner featuring the fruits of their harvest. (Halloween restaurant specials have their own story here.)

Monday, October 28

National First Responders Appreciation Day at B&B Butchers & Restaurant
The annual event treats all on-duty first responders, including firefighters, police officers, EMTs and paramedics, to a complimentary three-course meal from 11 am-4 pm. Berg Hospitality Group founder and CEO Benjamin Berg started the event in Houston in 2017 after Hurricane Harvey. Guests of first responders may partake in the meal for $25. Reservations are recommended.

Wednesday, October 30

Dia de los Muertos 7-Course Wine Dinner at Don Artemio
Hurry to snag one of the last seats for this seven-course wine pairing dinner in honor of Dia de los Muertos. Guest chef Ixchel Ornelas will visit from Oaxaca to collaborate on the meal. Highlights from the innovative menu include aguachile verde with a fish sphere and totomoxtle ashes, red corn segueza (a type of mole) with grilled octopus, and black chichilo (another mole) with baby vegetable salad and beef tongue carpaccio. Dinner is $175, plus tax and gratuity, and starts at 6:30 pm.

Spice & Vines: An Indian Culinary Multi-Course Dinner at Soma Winery
Savor Culinary Services will partner with Soma Winery to host a four-course Indian dinner paired with wines. The menu will include tandoori shrimp, chicken tikka masala, sides, salads, and Indian desserts. Dinner is $150 ($100 without wine pairings) and begins at 6:30 pm at the South Main wine bar.

Saturday, November 2

Dia de los Muertos at Wild Salsa
The downtown Fort Worth taco restaurant and bar, which reopened this summer after a four-year hiatus, will host an all-day Dia de los Muertos celebration. Specials include half-off appetizers, $3 tacos, $5 margaritas and select cocktails, and discounted beer, wine, and pitchers along with face painting for the family. Open Saturday 4-10 pm.

Stone’s Throw Wine Dinner at Roy Pope Grocery
The neighborhood grocer will showcase seasonal fruits and vegetables from local Stone’s Throw Farm Co. during this four-course wine pairing dinner. All profits from the event will benefit the family-owned farm, which provides work opportunities to individuals with special needs, and supplies Roy Pope Grocery with produce. Dinner is $150 and begins at 6 pm.

Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations at Log Cabin Village
Members of the Lone Start Dutch Oven Society will visit the living history museum for cooking demonstrations throughout the day. No reservations are required for the popular event; only regular admission which is $7 for adults and $6 for kids 4-17 and those 60-plus. The event will run from 9 am-2 pm.

Dining with the Dead Dinner Experience at Toro Toro
The downtown Pan-Latin steakhouse will go all out for its annual Dia de los Muertos celebration with a three-course dinner, live music, face painting, pre-dinner shots, and more. The menu will include “Muertos” empanadas, filete en salsa negra, and pan de muerto paired with Mexican horchata. Dinner is $120 and begins at 6 pm with shots and live fire culinary demonstrations with light bites. Guests can arrive as early as 4 pm for music, themed cocktails, and face painting in the Tequila Room.

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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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