You can sense the excitement in the Dallas restaurant industry: Patio weather is here, thousands of people are getting vaccinated every day and dining rooms are beginning to welcome back customers who’ve previously stuck to takeout. The excitement isn’t limited to current restaurants. In 2021,...
But the real winner is a burger that almost didn't make it on the menu. San Antonio’s Bandit BBQ is a restaurant in progress. That’s strange to say for a nearly year-old barbecue joint, but the restaurant hasn’t yet hit its stride. Owner and pitmaster Brandon Peterson hoped for a grand opening in...
Celebrate Taco Tuesday with some quesadillas and margaritas at Masfajitas Restaurant's new location in Round Rock. Read on to learn more about the restaurant's menu as well as three other area business updates. Relocation: Masfajitas Restaurant Formerly located at 1700 E. Palm Valley Blvd., Round...
Owner-pitmaster Arnulfo “Trey” Sánchez III uses the weeknight to experiment and express Mexican and Tejano history. On the back of Arnulfo “Trey” Sánchez III’s white-and-black Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q trailer at Hop & Sting Brewing in Grapevine are the words “a family tradition since 1979.” The...
"So many businesses and workers in these spaces pretty much bank their whole year on that money,” said the director of a local nonprofit cultural center. For the second year in a row and the second time in its 35-year history, South by Southwest, the media, music and tech event, is missing from...
When Riley Salas was starting in the BBQ business 30 years ago, he worked at 1326 South Colorado Street. Back then it was Chisholm Trail BBQ, before they moved to their current location just across Highway 183. He took lessons from Chisholm Trail’s founder, Floyd Wilhelm, learning how to work the...
Brian Gilroy loves everything about exotic animals. The CEO and co-founder of WildLife Partners, an exotics brokerage based in San Antonio, breeds around 3,000 nonnative animals across three ranches in Texas, marketing just about everything, including Arabian oryx and Grevy’s zebras, to fellow...
Following a soft opening March 12, Uncle's BBQ will celebrate its grand opening March 17 at 23211 Kuykendahl Road, Ste. D, Tomball. Menu items range from barbecue sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs to tacos and empanadas. Traditional barbecue sides including mac and cheese and potato salad are also...
Outspoken artist Aaron Lewis cheered the end of Texas’ mask mandate at the honky-tonk’s first weekend concert since the change took effect. In an indoor honky-tonk, a popular and politically outspoken musician entertained a predominantly unmasked throng of rowdy revelers. No, this wasn’t a scene...
Jesse James obviously knows a thing or two about using fire to create amazing machines and motorcycles, but he paid tribute to another master of the flame while visiting one of the most iconic BBQ pitmasters to ever slice up a brisket. The "Monster Garage" star took to Instagram over the weekend...
New millennial homebuyers flocking to smaller ‘lifestyle’ centric cities such as Houston, Aspen, and Miami The real estate market is the “hottest” it’s ever been, with the majority of homebuyers being millennials flocking to low-tax states such as Texas, Florida, and Colorado during the...
The new Austin Marriott Downtown is now opened, steps away from the most popular downtown tourist attractions, bars and restaurants. The hotel represents the newest design vision for Marriott Hotels, the signature brand of Marriott International, where spaces and amenities are crafted to allow...