DFW Restaurant Week to return this August after raising half million dollars for charities in 2023

DFW Restaurant Week to return this August after raising half million dollars for charities in 2023

⭐ Top Fundraisers Honored with Star Restaurant Award⭐s Dallas | Fort Worth (April 3, 2024) – In anticipation of this summer’s campaign, DFW Restaurant Week – the Metroplex’s largest annual culinary event – is raising a toast to $545,128 donated to the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) and Lena Pope for 2023. The corresponding DFW […]

Adventures with BRN: SPEAKing of new restaurants…

Adventures with BRN: SPEAKing of new restaurants…

Rockwall, TX (June 23, 2023) – Extra! Extra! Read all about it! There’s a new restaurant in the heart of downtown Rockwall, but no one’s allowed to say where it is. The only way to know is to book a reservation. From the creators of Ramen Head on San Jacinto, restaurateurs Tommy and Tamara Kolleck […]

Governor Abbott announces Phase III to Open Texas

Governor Abbott announces Phase III to Open Texas

(JUNE 3, 2020) Governor Greg Abbott today announced the third phase of the State of Texas’ plan to safely open the economy while containing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase III, effective immediately, all businesses in Texas will be able to operate at up to 50% capacity, with very limited exceptions. Business that previously have […]

Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management: ‘Open Texas’ Phase One

From the Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management (ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – April 28, 2020) On April 27, Governor Abbott announced the first phase of the State of Texas’ ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase I, certain services and activities are allowed to open with […]

Governor Abbott waives certain regulations to allow delivery of alcohol from restaurants

Governor Abbott waives certain regulations to allow delivery of alcohol from restaurants

(March 18, 2020) Governor Greg Abbott today issued a waiver that will allow restaurants to deliver alcoholic beverages with food purchases to patrons, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks. The Governor also directed the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to waive certain provisions to allow manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcoholic beverages to repurchase or sell […]

 Texas Game Wardens bite down on shark finning offenders in Houston, Dallas

 Texas Game Wardens bite down on shark finning offenders in Houston, Dallas

AUSTIN— Texas Game Wardens are filing several Class B misdemeanor charges on 10 restaurants and markets in the Houston and Dallas area for selling shark fins and shark fin products.   “Protecting the many shark species residing and migrating through the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the illegally trafficked sharks from around the world, […]

Rockwall Businesses, Restaurants Prepare to Paint the Town Blue

Rockwall Businesses, Restaurants Prepare to Paint the Town Blue

(ROCKWALL, TX- Feb. 28, 2019) In anticipation of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, the Children’s Advocacy Center for Rockwall County is leading the charge to raise awareness and prevent child abuse by encouraging the community to #GoBlueForKids. Look for local restaurants, retailers, neighbors, and even this newspaper to “go blue” with special offers […]

Local businesses support Rockwall Art League Fine Art Show, Oct 3-5

Local businesses support Rockwall Art League Fine Art Show, Oct 3-5

ROCKWALL, TX (September 29, 2014) To date, local businesses have donated more than $400 in door prizes for the Rockwall Art League’s 14th Annual Fine Art Show, which returns October 3-5 to the Rockwall Rotary Building, 408 S. Goliad. “The community has always been supportive, but this level of participation by our local businesses and […]

Taste of Dallas serves up cool restaurants, hot date night

Taste of Dallas serves up cool restaurants, hot date night

DALLAS, TX (July 8, 2014) Taste of Dallas Presented by Ford is back, and now North Texas’s favorite summertime activity is cooler than ever. The largest tasting event in DFW has a big table ready for tens of thousands of hungry tasters in Dallas’s Fair Park July 11-13, 2014. Along with everyone’s favorite activity – […]