Hat Creek Burger Company and 19 More Restaurant News Headliners of the Past Week

Restaurant News 3/30 12:57A RestaurantNews.com

Hat Creek Burger Company, Bad Daddy s Burger Bar, Krispy Kreme, Papa Murphy s, and April Restaurant Deals lead RestaurantNews.com s Top 20 stories for the week ending March 29, 2026.   1) The Crowd Goes Wild for Free Cheeseburgers During Sweet 16...

Texas Wines That Work Best When the Night Slows Down

Texas Wine Lover 3/29 4:50A Gus Hall

Setting the Scene: Texas Wine s Rise Texas wine has moved far beyond novelty status. The Texas Department of Agriculture describes Texas as the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the United States,...

Texas Wanderer Wines

Texas Wine Lover 3/27 6:35A Neal Addy

Think you ve seen everything Fredericksburg has to offer? Think again. One block south of Main Street at the corner of San Antonio and S. Washington sits a cozy little house surrounded by a white picket fence. This unassuming setting is home to...

Two Hill Country Wine Events Give Texas Wine Lovers Great Options on May 2

Texas Wine Lover 3/24 3:40A Jeff Cope

Texas wine lovers looking for something fun to do in the Hill Country on Saturday, May 2, 2026, have two very different evening events to choose from. One offers a full Texas wine auction weekend experience with a major fundraiser and live...

Restaurant Franchise News from Feng Cha, Boba CuCue, Pepper Lunch, and More!

Restaurant News 3/24 1:48A RestaurantNews.com

The latest restaurant franchise news features Feng Cha expanding its Texas footprint with a five-unit deal in Waco and Dallas-Fort Worth, while Boba CuCue strengthens its North Carolina presence with a second location in Charlotte. Pepper Lunch...

Huckleberry’s Breakfast & Lunch Accelerates Texas Expansion

Restaurant News 3/23 7:22A RestaurantNews.com

Texas  ( RestaurantNews.com )  Huckleberry’s Breakfast & Lunch ® is bringing more “Southern Cookin’ with a California Twist!”® to the Lone Star State with two new units in Dallas-Fort Worth and an entry into Austin. A new franchise team, led by...

Smalls Sliders and 19 More Restaurant News Headliners of the Past Week

Restaurant News 3/23 12:40A RestaurantNews.com

Smalls Sliders, Taco Bell, Portillo s, Taco Cabana, and Twin Peaks lead RestaurantNews.com s Top 20 stories for the week ending March 22, 2026.   1) Smalls Sliders Turns Up the Heat with First-Ever New Slider: BBQ Bacon Jalapeño Smalls Sliders is...

Celebrating 15 Years of Connecting Wine Lovers with Texas Wineries and Wine Country Businesses

Texas Wine Lover 3/20 3:38A Jeff Cope

Fifteen years ago today, on March 20, 2011, Texas Wine Lover (TWL) began as a blog with a simple goal: help people discover and enjoy Texas wine. What started as a passion project has grown into something much bigger. Today, Texas Wine Lover is...

Bob Landon: All In

Texas Wine Lover 3/18 12:30A John Harvey

Bob Landon Veteran Winemaker and Incoming TWGGA President Shares His Rules for Success and His Vision for the Texas Wine Industry Bob Landon met us on a Sunday afternoon at his Landon Winery located in Gainesville . His voice was still a little...

Kristi Abrahamson-Tullis Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 3/17 1:17A Jeff Cope

Contrary to what many wine consumers think, not every winery is located in the Hill Country. More wineries are opening in North Texas, and they are producing excellent Texas wines. One of those wineries is Lonesome Dove , a favorite stop for...

The Heavyweight Champion Returns: Soulman’s Boss Hog Sandwich Back for a Limited Time

Restaurant News 3/10 9:22A RestaurantNews.com

North Texas Favorite Bar-B-Que Stacks Four Smoked Meats on a King s Hawaiian Bun Dallas, TX  ( RestaurantNews.com )  The Boss is back and it is bigger than ever. Soulman s Bar-B-Que has officially welcomed the return of the Boss Hog, a...

Starbird Expands Into Texas With Its Biggest Franchise Deal Yet

Restaurant News 3/10 7:15A RestaurantNews.com

Mac Haik Restaurant Group to develop 36 locations as Starbird marks 10-year milestone San Francisco, CA  ( RestaurantNews.com )   Starbird , the Bay Area-based super-premium fast-casual brand,  is launching its first Texas locations through a...

William Chris Wine Company Announces Rebecca Caroline, A New Traditional Method Sparkling Wine Brand...

Texas Wine Lover 3/5 7:49A Jeff Cope

Press Release William Chris Wine Company proudly announces the launch of  Rebecca Caroline , a new brand devoted to traditional method sparkling wines made from 100% Texas-grown grapes. Named for the combined middle names of co-founders Chris and...

Seasonal Space for Barrels, Presses, and Bottling Gear

Texas Wine Lover 3/5 6:46A Gus Hall

Harvest squeezes every job into a shorter and tighter schedule, and the first thing that pops is space. Barrels need safe berthing, presses and pumps need clean and easy to work spots, and packaging materials start piling up faster than anyone...

Brinker International Promotes George Felix to EVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Restaurant News 3/5 5:05A RestaurantNews.com

George Felix Felix to apply category-leading discipline and marketing vision to both Chili s and Maggiano s Dallas, TX  ( RestaurantNews.com )  Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) today announced the promotion of George Felix to Executive...