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May 23

As Top Pot Doughnuts debuts second Dallas store today, their coffee roaster offers these secret tips for brewing your best coffee ever

Top Pot Doughnuts opens their second Dallas store today, bringing their brand of “hand forged” doughnuts and fresh-roasted coffee to Greenville Avenue. In town for the opening, Top Pot’s roaster, Tony Burlison, emphasizes that ...

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May 23

Bottle Rocket: $10 Chateau Montelena chardonnay at Oceanaire Seafood today

To celebrate Chardonnay Day today, (since that’s a thing), all Oceanaire Seafood Room cocktail bars are offering Chateau Montelena chardonnay for $10 a glass. The Galleria, 13340 Dallas Pkwy Suite ...

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May 22

This Way Out: April Orcutt’s Darwin, Australia, is a mix of wild and sophisticated

Ed. Note: We sent travel writer April Orcutt on the road. Here’s the last in her series, This Way Out: Australia. The view from the Il Lido Tapas Lounge includes the lagoon and beach along the Darwin Waterfront in Darwin in the ...

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May 22

Cook Hall at the W Hotel in Dallas has a new chef: Vijay Sadhu

Cook Hall in the W Dallas–Victory has appointed Vijay Sadhu as its chef, following the departure of Douglas Wagenhauser, who replaced Rick Graff. Sadhu was the opening chef for Samar by Stephan Pyles in 2010, then moved on to ...

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May 21

This Way Out: Waaaay Out with crocodiles in Australia’s Kakadu National Park

Hikers walk along the trail around Nourlangie Rock, which holds many ancient Aboriginal rock paintings, in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Much of the ancient Aboriginal rock art on Nourlangie Rock ...

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May 20

Hot Date: On Premise, new concept from chef Brian Zenner and Chris Bearden’s Buffalo & Hare, opening May 26

Brian Zenner, the former chef of Oak restaurant, and his Buffalo & Hare Restaurant Development Group partners (which includes Chris Bearden of Truth & Alabi) will open On Premise, a bar and lounge in Dallas’ Deep Ellum on Tuesday ...

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May 20

Chef Blythe Beck and Kitchen LTO owner Casie Caldwell to open Pink Magnolia in former Driftwood space

Casie Caldwell, the owner of Kitchen LTO, is partnering with perpetually pink chef Blythe Beck to open Pink Magnolia in the former Driftwood space near the Bishop Arts District. Beck is currently Caldwell’s chef at Kitchen LTO, ...