This Week in Gluttony

These are the 5 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

This week seems to be a pretty sleepy week on the food events front. Could it be that folks are saving up for an epic Easter brunch? Whatever the case may be, it seems like IPA and fresh seafood are in the forecast.

Thursday, April 13

IPA Beer Tournament at Eno's Pizza Tavern
It's a bracket-style beer tasting tournament with California, Colorado, and Texas battling head-to-head to find out which state has the best IPA. Through six rounds, participants blind taste test four beers from each state and vote for their favorites until one IPA comes out on top. Tickets are $35, and the fun begins at 7 pm.

Saturday, April 15

Bike + Brunch at Vital Fitness Studio
Put a spin on your weekend with a calorie-blasting 45-minute performance ride in The Joule's cycling studio, immediately followed by a delicious brunch at Americano. Brunch comes complete with coffee, a mimosa, Nutella doughnuts, and a choice of entrée from a prix-fixe menu. Tickets are $40 a person, and the cycling class starts at 11:15 am.

Eastside Brew Bus Tour
The tour visits three local breweries — Four Bullets, Good Neighbor Brews, and Lakewood Brewing Company. Guests sample several brews at each place and learn how they are made. Guests also have the opportunity to enjoy grub from some of the area's best food trucks parked at some of the breweries. Tickets are $55, and guests are instructed to arrive at Lakewood Brewing Company no later than 11:15 am.

Sunday, March 16

Looking for places to brunch on Easter? We've got you covered.

Monday, April 17

Chef's Table at Jettison
Angela Hernandez (Top Knot), Justin Holt (Lucia), and Nick Walker (CBD Provisions) are teaming up with luxury foods distributor Regalis TX to offer a six-course menu featuring caviar, live seafood, truffles, and wild-foraged edibles. Courses include Miyazaki A5 Wagyu beef, fresh Balfego Spanish bluefin tuna and Cape Hatteras oysters. Jettison mixologist George Kaiho is pairing the menu with signature cocktails and specially selected wines. Tickets are $125 with optional beverage pairings for an extra $35. Dinner starts at 7 pm.

Escape to Riviera Maya at Filament
Enjoy Jackson Family Wines and gourmet bites reflective of Mexico with chef Matt McCallister while learning about the Lone Star Series Food, Art, & Music Festival that is happening in Riviera Maya at El Dorado Royale this summer. Karisma Hotels & Resorts’ food personalities are planning to attend to give guests a taste of what's to come. The event is free and starts at 6 pm.

Good Neighbor Brews is just one of the stops on the Eastside Brew Bus tour on April 15.

Photo courtesy of Good Neighbor Brews/Facebook

Good Neighbor Brews is just one of the stops on the Eastside Brew Bus tour on April 15.

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Snacks for Days

Dallas movie fans can fill their coolers with popcorn on 2 days at Cinemark

Photo courtesy of Cinemark

A large popcorn just won't due on National Popcorn Day at Cinemark - go for the full 400 ounces.

Cinemark is going all out for National Popcorn Day in 2026, offering moviegoers in Dallas and around the country the chance to BYOBucket - to bring almost any kind of container to the theater and fill it up for just $5 (plus tax) on two days in January.

And they're not joking when they say "any kind of container" - with a 400-ounce "limit" (the equivalent of two XL popcorns) on the amount you can get with the deal, that means you can bring a cooler, bucket, or other type of large vessel to indulge in popcorn gluttony.

If that's not enough popcorn for you, Plano-based Cinemark is teaming up with Lowe’s for the two-day event - yes, National Popcorn Day will take place on both January 18 and 19 - to allow anyone who brings a blue Lowe’s 5-gallon (aka 640 ounces) bucket to fill it completely up.

Food-grade bucket liners will be available upon request, and guests with the Lowe’s buckets will also receive a special coupon for future popcorn cravings valid February 1-26.

If for some reason you forget your own massive container, Cinemark will still be offering all sizes of popcorn for the same $5 price on both days.

“Last year’s Bring Your Own Bucket event for National Popcorn Day reimagined what this holiday could be for all movie-popcorn lovers, as people showed incredible creativity with their vessels and made the celebration truly unforgettable for both guests and our theater teams,” said Wanda Gierhart Fearing, Cinemark chief marketing and content officer, in a statement. “This year, we are thrilled to build on that fun by teaming up with Lowe’s to make the experience even bigger and better.”

If you're a full-on popcorn fanatic, you can also participate in an online popcorn bucket fill-up game at Cinemark.com/popcornday for the chance to win free popcorn for a year.

On January 19 only, anyone who follows Cinemark’s official Instagram account (@Cinemark) and tags three friends in the comments of the National Popcorn Day sweepstakes post will be entered to win a free large popcorn.

Additionally, the Popcorn Day bonanza will include a chance for Cinemark Movie Rewards members to enter a sweepstakes to win 10,000 points; a discount of 10 percent for all online gift card orders on both January 18 and 19; and a special offering of Butter Chardonnay throughout the entire month of January.

Full details for all deals are available at Cinemark.com/popcornday.

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