Restaurant Franchise News from Handel’s Ice Cream, Urban Bird Hot Chicken, Konala, and More!

Restaurant News 6/16 2:03A RestaurantNews.com

The latest restaurant franchise news includes a multi-unit development agreement for Handel s Homemade Ice Cream to bring its premium, made-on-site ice cream and rotating seasonal flavors to the Chicago metropolitan market. In Sunset Valley,...

Six Family-Owned Restaurants Worth Your Loyalty in Dallas and Fort Worth

Crave DFW 6/15 7:25A Steven Doyle

There is a category of restaurant that no amount of new openings can replace: the place that a family built from nothing, that has fed the same neighborhood through multiple recessions and a pandemic,...

Lombardi Family Concepts Just Opened a Sports Lounge in Plano

Crave DFW 6/15 5:15A Steven Doyle

Alberto Lombardi has spent decades building some of the most reliable dining rooms in Dallas-Fort Worth — Bistro 31, Toulouse, Taverna, Lombardi Cucina Italiana. His newest concept is a sports bar,...

Botolino Is Quietly Making the Best Gelato in Dallas

Crave DFW 6/12 8:12A Steven Doyle

There s a small test that separates a real gelateria from a place that just sells frozen dessert with an Italian name on the sign: how it s served. Soft-serve machines and pre-scooped tubs mean one...

Grapevine, Texas: A Summer Destination for Grown-Up Getaways

Texas Wine Lover 6/11 2:47A Jeff Cope

Press Release Grapevine is the ideal destination in North Texas for refreshing adult getaways and day trips this summer. Located on the shores of Lake Grapevine and home to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, this Vintage Texas destination...

Purépecha is One of the Best Restaurants in Dallas, Here’s What You Need to Know About It

Crave DFW 6/10 9:23A Steven Doyle

Mole del Tio Che The address is 2701 Main Street in Deep Ellum. The name on the door is Revolver Taco Lounge . Walk past the taco counter, past the dining room, through the kitchen, and into the back...

The Best Pizza in Dallas: Every Style, Every Neighborhood

Crave DFW 6/10 6:01A Steven Doyle

Dallas is not a pizza city the way New Haven or New York is a pizza city, but it has become something more interesting: a city where nearly every serious style of the form is being made at a high...

Meals with Meaning Celebrates Two Years and 50,000 Meals with a Fort Worth Dinner on July 12

Crave DFW 6/9 9:16A Steven Doyle

Two years ago, Kirk Oldham started Meals with Meaning with a simple premise: chef-prepared meals for people who are food insecure, distributed through a network of Fort Worth chefs, volunteers, and...

Our Q&A with Hao Tran on Her Upcoming FW Restaurant and Pop Up

Crave DFW 6/5 7:13A Steven Doyle

Hao Tran did not arrive in the food world through a culinary school or a restaurant kitchen. She came through grief and an empty house and a therapist who wasn t helping. After her daughters left for...

Crave Weekend Guide!

Crave DFW 6/5 6:14A Steven Doyle

This is not a typical Dallas weekend. Saturday brings the city s first-ever downtown Pride Parade, a sunset march down Main Street that will draw one of the largest crowds this neighborhood has seen...

2026 Pacific Rim Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 6/5 1:45A Jeff Cope

The Pacific Rim International Wine Competition was founded in 1985 by a group of winemakers, vintners, and educators passionate about making great wines accessible to the public. The Pacific Rim Competition took place at the historic National...

5th Annual Texas Wine Auction Weekend Raises Over $300,000 for Mental Health and Texas Wine Industry...

Texas Wine Lover 6/4 2:45A Jeff Cope

Photo Credit: Stacy Lorraine Photography Press Release The Texas Wine Auction Foundation celebrated a successful 5th Annual Texas Wine Auction Weekend on May 1–2 at Carter Creek Winery Resort & Spa , bringing together more than 300 guests,...

Piattello Italian Kitchen Is Moving to Clearfork This Fall

Crave DFW 6/3 5:16A Steven Doyle

Piattello Italian Kitchen is leaving Waterside after nearly ten years and moving about a mile down the road to The Shops at Clearfork this November. Chef Marcus Paslay s Fort Worth Italian restaurant...

Logan’s Roadhouse Tests THC-Infused Cocktails in Texas

Restaurant News 6/3 2:57A RestaurantNews.com

Three new hemp-derived beverages debut in Texas, with a tasting flight event June 8 Dallas, TX  ( RestaurantNews.com )  Logan s Roadhouse is expanding its beverage lineup in Texas with the introduction of three THC-infused cocktails, offering...

Bending Branch Promotes Jennifer Cernosek

Texas Wine Lover 6/3 1:42A Jeff Cope

Jennifer Cernosek Press Release Bending Branch announced it has named its first Chief Operating Officer, promoting Jennifer Cernosek to the new position. Since joining the winery as direct-to-consumer manager in 2018, Cernosek has advanced from...