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    This Week in Gluttony

    Taste of the Championship tops best food and drink events in Dallas

    Diana Oates
    Jan 6, 2015 | 6:00 am

    Traditionally people spend the first week of January making resolutions about eating better and all that. But not us. Although there is one healthy event, mostly it is business as usual, with a Henderson Avenue grand opening, a desserts-only cooking class and a championship tasting.

     

     Tuesday, January 6

     

     Engine 2 28 Day Challenge at Whole Foods Market Addison
     If you want to jump on the Engine 2 diet bandwagon, join this 28-day challenge and get help along the way. Each week Whole Foods Market Addison hosts supportive meet-ups with cooking demos, speakers, fitness tips and more. This is the kickoff and orientation, which includes a program outline, resources and store tour; it starts at 8 pm. It's free to attend, but you must sign up.

     

     Thursday, January 8

     

     Henderson Avenue Country Club Grand Opening
    The new Henderson Avenue honky-tonk hosts a grand opening January 8-11, replete with barbecue and other vittles; craft cocktails and beer; and tunes by country, Americana, folk and Texas music artists. You must RSVP to get complimentary hors d'oeuvre from 6-9 pm, and you have to pay for the drinks you consume. Shows start at 10 pm, and there is no cover.

     

     Wine 101 by Dallas Wine Education Center at Visit Addison
    In this class you learn a logical system for tasting and evaluating wine that helps you remember, describe and classify what you taste. You also will walk away understanding the differences between the classic red and white grape varieties, expressions on a wine label, and basic food and wine pairings. The class runs from 6:45-8:15 pm and costs $75. Sign up online.

     

     Saturday, January 10

     

     Four Desserts Every Cook Should Know at Sur La Table
    This hands-on cooking class focuses on everyone's favorite course: dessert. Recipes include vanilla crème brûlée, no-fail chocolate soufflé, pear and almond tart, and individual salted caramel cheesecake. Cost is $69 per person, and the class runs from 10 am-noon. Book your seat online.

     

     Chocolate Momentum Tour
    Your love for chocolate can help change the lives of at-risk youth, because a portion of proceeds from this event benefits Cafe Momentum. Enjoy a cornucopia of chocolate treats from Kate Weiser Chocolate, Village Baking Company, Isabelly's Sweet Treats and others on this excursion presented by Dallas Bites Food Tours. The $39 price tag includes transportation in a private bus, tour guide, food samples and beverages. (You can also bring your own.) The bus leaves at 1 pm. Buy tickets online.

     

     Sunday, January 11

     

     Taste of the Championship at Irving Convention Center
    The College Football Playoff championship game comes to North Texas on January 12, and as part of the festivities, local top chefs — including Richard Chamberlain, Omar Flores, Kevin Garvin, TJ Lengnick, Scott Gottlich and Gilbert Garza — and their peers from around the country gather for this big-deal dinearound. Guests can also meet former NFL and college greats — including Tim Brown, Larry Brown, Tony Casillas, Tony Dorsett, Preston Pearson and Randy White — who will be stationed near the chefs. Proceeds go to the College Football Playoff Foundation and North Texas Food Bank. The event kicks off at 7 pm; tickets cost $300 for general admission and $400 for VIP, and they can be purchased online.

     

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    Ice Cream News

    Brooklyn Italian ice & ice cream shop makes Texas debut in North Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 7, 2025 | 5:05 pm
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    A small, artisan frozen dessert shop from Brooklyn has made its Texas debut: Called Uncle Louie G's Italian Ice & Ice Cream, it's now open at 7522 Campbell Rd. #115 in Dallas, where it's scooping up Italian ice, ice cream, and related frozen desserts with a real authentic East Coast vibe.

    Uncle Louie G's was founded by namesake Louie G. decades ago, then expanded by family members in the 2000s. It's now owned by Melissa and Ernie Aiello, and has 10 locations in the New York-New Jersey-Staten Island area. It's famous for its blue-striped awning, and flavors with tribute names like NYPD Blue, FDNY Cherry, Coney Island Cotton Candy, Holi Cannoli, and Soprano Spumoni.

    DFW has always been big on shaved ice, but shaved ice differs from Italian ice both in texture and ingredients. Italian ice is smooth and creamy, like sorbet, and is made by churning ingredients — water, fruit, sugar — just as you churn ice cream. Shaved ice is a block of ice that's shaved, then flavored with syrup.

    Italian ice also goes beyond the sugar and flavoring used by many shaved ice vendors; Uncle Louie G's, for example, uses with real fruit.

    In addition to Italian ice, Uncle Louie G's also offers a premium ice cream with 14 percent butterfat (Haagen Dazs is 14 to 16 percent).

    They have nearly 50 flavors of Italian ice and 34 flavors of ice cream, some with a Northeast slant like Spumoni, Maple Walnut, and Black Razzberry. Stores choose a smaller selection to feature daily.

    Italian ice options include novel fruit flavors like banana, cantaloupe, watermelon, and passion fruit; decadent flavors like pistachio, creamsicle, and chocolate peanut-butter cup; and quirky flavors like blue bubble gum, cake batter, chocolate jelly ring, cotton candy, and sweetish fish.

    Ice cream flavors range from rocky road to rum raisin to salted caramel to chocolate Nutella to butter pecan.

    Milkshakes also have a Northeast vibe, with flavors such as blackout and old-fashioned black and white, featuring chocolate syrup with vanilla ice cream. There are also iced coffee drinks, sundaes, ice cream floats, old fashioned egg cream, and a frozen hot chocolate.

    The Campbell Road location is a franchise from Zabi P., who moved to Dallas three years ago.

    "We previously lived in Savannah, Georgia, and would go get Italian ice," Zabi says. "When we moved to Dallas, the Texas heat got to us, and we went looking for something sweet, light, and refreshing. But there were no Italian ice places here."

    They loved Uncle Louie because of the quality and the fact that the menu offers something for everyone — from avowed ice cream fans to dairy-free.

    They're located in a shopping center on the southwest corner of the busy intersection at Campbell and Coit Road, in a former tailor shop next door to Cindi's Deli. The space has 4 to 5 tables inside and an outside patio.

    "We looked at many locations but we wanted to be part of a nice neighborhood with residents who would appreciate this kind of gourmet shop," Zabi says. "The university is nearby, the neighborhood is great, and the area does not have anything like it — capturing the essence of classic Italian frozen desserts with a modern twist."

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