Friday August 28, Saturday August 29
Restaurant Week continues
I know you must be tired of me blathering on about Restaurant Week, but it’s a great deal. So I will bug you until I’ve heard from you that you’ve taken advantage of it. Here’s the list of restaurants still offering Restaurant Week menus. The event is sponsored by KRLD and a full list of participating restaurants can be found there.
Aventino (until September 6)
3206 Winthrop Ave.
Fort Worth
817.731.0711
$15 for additional wine pairings
* Read my Review
Bistro Louise (until September 6)
2900 South Hulen St. #40
Fort Worth
817.922.9244
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Eddie V’s Prime Seafood (until August 30)
3100 W. 7th St. Fort Worth
817.336.8000
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Ferre (until September 6)
215 E. 4th St.
Fort Worth
817.332.003
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Grace (until September 6)
777 Main St.
Fort Worth
817.877.3388
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Lanny’s Alta Cocina Mexicana (until August 30)
3405 W. 7th St.
Fort Worth
817.850.9996
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Piola Italian Restaurant (until August 30)
3700 Mattison Ave.
Fort Worth
817.989.0007
Ruffino’s (until September 6)
2455 Forest Park Blvd.
Fort Worth
817.923.0522
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (until September 6)
813 Main St.
Fort Worth
817.348.0080
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Silver Fox Steakhouse (until September 6)
1651 S. University
Fort Worth
817.332.9060
* Offering Central Market 4th course
Texas de Brazil (until September 6)
101 N. Houston St.
Fort Worth
817.882.9500
The Vault (until August 30)
525 Taylor St.
Fort Worth
817.348.9828
* Offering Central Market 4th course
August 28 – 30
Central Market Hatch Chile Festival
The last weekend to pick up your roasted hatch chiles at Central Market. There will be plenty of demos and samples to entice you to buy a bag of these potent chiles. The Central Market website also has plenty of recipes to help you enjoy your hatch chiles.
Saturday August 29
Lightcatcher Winery – Crush Day, The Lucy Dance
Do you love the classic scene in I Love Lucy when she stomps the grapes? Head to Lightcatcher Winery on Saturday in your best Lucy garb to re-enact that great scene and I’m sure have tons of fun as well. The winery opens at noon and the stomping begins at 1PM and continues until 4PM. Admission is $25 and you get a commemorative glass and live music performed by The Trinity River Whalers. The winery will stay open until 6PM, with food service from Noon until 4PM. Admission is first come first served, so I would plan to be there early. 6925 Confederate Park Rd/FM 1886, Fort Worth 76108.
Saturday August 29
Lola’s Sixth
The Good Show Live Music Series featuring The Me-Thinks, True Widow and Red Animal War.
This is a great lineup with the Me-Thinks which hail from Haltom City. True Widow from Dallas received multiple nominations for the Dallas Observer Music Awards including male and female vocals. You too will love their lush psychadelic sounds that meld into a headbanging wall of heavy melodic fuzz (sorry can you tell I totally dig them). Red Animal War, will tame things down-NOT- with their post punk, heavy rock. Before or after the show, check out why Fred’s was voted best burger by Dfw.com. Or get dirty, with The Dirty Love Burger at The Love Shack So7. Not feeling the burgers, La Familia will set you straight with some good old Tex-Mex. Lola’s is at 2736 W. Sixth, Fort Worth 76107.
Saturday August 29
Second Annual Dia de los Toadies
The Toadies, The Secret Machines, Bowling For Soup, Ben Kweller, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Boom Boom Box
Rough Creek Ranch, Glen Rose Texas
Ok, this falls under the road trip category-but it is a road trip to awesomeness! Each year Fort Worth’s own The Toadies host a music festival in a remote location (usually Possum Kingdom), this year the festival is being held in Glen Rose. Seeing Fort Worth’s own hometown favorites, The Toadies, alone justifies the drive. However, the rest of the line-up just makes it that much better. I adore Ben Kwellers quirkly little tunes and The Boom Boom Box rocks it out with former Baboon bandmembers Andrew Huffstetler and Mike Rudniki, and who doesn’t love Bowling for Soup. Eleven Hundred Springs brings some country flavor and The Secret Machines describe themselves as space rock. The event costs $30 at the door and is from 2PM – 11PM. All the details can be found HERE.
Sunday August 30
German Deli (Colleyville)
Kartoffel Fest (Potato Fest)
Pegasus news reports about this interesting food festival. Expect food samplings, door prizes, and cooking demos during the 4th annual Kartoffel Festival. Kids can participate in a “Potato Roll”. You can also enter cold or hot potato recipes and the winner will be declared The Kartoffel Konig or Konigen (King or Queen).
5100 State Highway 121
Colleyville TX 76034
