Food + Drink

Crostini with Beef & Caper Mayonnaise can be made ahead, cooled, then stored in an airtight container. Everything else can also be prepped ahead of time, then assembled right before serving.

That’s right, the first ever State-Fair-themed restaurant is opening in a week in Plano. Isaac Rousso is a State Fair of Texas award-winning concessionaire and he’s boldly bringing fried foods to diners all year.

Enjoy Sunday’s Game at Ten50 BBQ with Beer and Wings! 3 Nations Brewing Co. will be at Ten50 BBQ serving up their famous Texas Gold and Oktoberfest beer from 12-3 p.m.

Julia Pearl Southern Cuisine partners with The Rise Alliance for North Texas Giving Day, and are hosting a four-course dinner with drinks and entertainment. It all supports a noble cause.

Dillas Quesadillas, a popular fast-casual restaurant specializing in gourmet quesadillas, has leased 2,500 square-feet of retail space in the Preston Stonebriar Shopping Center in Frisco. They’re already open in Plano and have been hugely popular.

Macaroni and cheese is possibly one of the best comfort foods around.

Picture this: Homemade kolaches fresh from the oven, quiches, muffins, tacos, Texas-sourced olive oils and feather-light macaroons. Handmade soaps and candles, fruit pies and stunning, fresh floral bouquets.

Tropical Smoothie Café is opening up in Plano this September with awesome new “tastes of the tropics.” Smoothie fans, be advised: There will be a Grand Opening on September 12 with product tastings and $0.

Sixty Vines, the newest restaurant from Front Burner Restaurant Group, is open. Buzzing with hype, Sixty Vines was marketed to be a celebration of the freshness and decadence of Napa Valley.

Today might be the happiest day of the year. It’s National Ice Cream day! There’s sometimes nothing quite as creamy and delicious as a good old ice cream cone melting in the sun.