This Week In Gluttony

Get your barbecue with a side of beer in this week's top Dallas food events

We realize that everyone is making their way to the State Fair of Texas to live out their fried food fantasies, but it’s still a busy week on the food events front. And if you are a philanthropic diner, then you are in luck, because this week is all about chowing down for a cause.

Tuesday, September 29

Hope is Brewing at Community Beer Company
Love146 is an international humanitarian nonprofit dedicated to the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation. At this celebration, activists can come together for a good cause, creating awareness for the Love146 mission and a welcoming environment for friends and supporters. Tickets start at $35 and include dinner and craft beer. The event starts at 6:30 pm.

Friday, October 2

Taste of the Anatole Festival at Hilton Anatole
This inaugural three-day celebration is packed with international wine, cuisine, and music featuring Uptown Jazz Dallas. The festival includes an international tasting on Friday evening, followed by Saturday afternoon educational workshops and an evening grand tasting, before concluding with a lavish Sunday brunch. Tickets start at $45, and the fun kicks off on Friday at 6 pm.

Chef John Tesar’s Burgers & Burgundy
This is the swankiest backyard barbecue you will ever attend. Chef John Tesar and his celebrity chef buds cook burgers of all kinds, and the Burgundy wine flows nonstop. All proceeds benefit DIFFA Dallas, which raises funds for organizations fighting HIV/AIDS. Tickets begin at $85, and the event starts at 6:30 pm, and the home of Karen and Bill Seanor.

Saturday, October 3

Texas Beer Camp at Long Road Farm
This is a 24-hour camping event created to bring beer lovers, home brewers, and music lovers together. It is a bring-your-own-beer event, so come prepared to share your home brews or your favorite commercial beers. This event also features live Texas music, home brewing demonstrations, and a charity raffle to benefit Homebrew for Heroes. Tickets start at $40, and the event kicks off at 10 am.

Smoked Dallas at Main Street Garden
Chefs from all over the country are making their way to Dallas to show off their unique barbecue chops. Another impressive aspect of this event is the live music, with performances by Asleep At The Wheel, The Suffers, Bobby Patterson, Pleasant Grove, The Vandoliers, Dean Fearing’s Lost Coyote, and Quaker City Nighthawks. Tickets start at $22, and the event starts at 1 pm.

Oktoberfest at Community Beer Company
Doors open at 2 pm for the tapping of Communitys specialty small batch Oktoberfest Lager. With each ticket, guests get a limited-edition commemorative Community Beer stein. Rusted Truck Ranch will be onsite, grilling up brats and other delicious Bavarian-esque foods. Also expect live music, brewery drinking games, and local artwork on display. Tickets are $22 and are expected to sell out.

Sunday, October 4

Bishop Arts Food Walking Tour
This tour explores the amazing restaurants that make up the Bishop Arts District, including Eno’s Pizza, Lockhart Smokehouse, and Veracruz Cafe. Also learn the colorful history of Oak Cliff and its unique Bishop Arts neighborhood. Tickets are $45, and tours are limited to 15 people. The tour starts at Veracruz Cafe at 11 am.

Burgers & Burgundy benefits DIFFA Dallas.

Photo by Shana Anderson

Burgers & Burgundy benefits DIFFA Dallas.

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Sushi News

Fun conveyor-belt sushi restaurant debuts at McKinney mixed-use

Photo by Jakob Layman for Kura Sushi

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A Japanese-inspired restaurant that brings you sushi on a conveyor belt is now open in McKinney: Called Kura Revolving Sushi, it’s located at 8585 W. University Dr. #150 in the West Grove mixed-use development, where it debuts on April 25, with an opening party taking place all weekend from April 25-27.

"We are thrilled to open our sixth DFW location in McKinney, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the country with a population that's increasingly diverse and open to new culinary experiences," says Chief Development Officer Robert Kluger in a statement. "We believe the West Grove shopping center is the perfect place to share our authentic Japanese dining experience with this growing community."

Kura Sushi USA was established in 2008 and has grown to be the largest revolving sushi chain: Small plates of sushi and sides are placed on a conveyor belt that snakes around the restaurant, allowing customers to grab items as they pass by.

They have more than 100 menu items, including sushi, ramen, and popular Asian starters like edamame and wontons. Each item is charged separately starting at $3.45 a plate.

There are two conveyors as follows:

Revolving Sushi Bar. The primary belt that snakes through the dining area, with plates of sushi that are protected by the chain's Mr. Fresh ventilated sushi lid. They say it limits airborne exposure and has plate-tracking technology that monitors how long the item has been circulating, ensuring food remains fresh.
Express Belt. Referred to as the "sushi highway," the express belt is positioned above the primary belt and is used to deliver special orders.

Bikkura Pon Prizes
An integral part of Kura Sushi USA’s tech interactive dining experience, Bikkura Pon is a machine that dispenses prizes after customers dispose of their plates properly. A touch panel registers the number of sushi plates dispensed into the plate disposal slot. After five plates, a short animation plays; after every fifteen plates, a prize such as a keychain or phone mount pops out.

Kura has more than 550 locations in Japan, U.S., and Taiwan. There are 70 locations in 20 states and Washington D.C. McKinney is the sixth location to open in DFW; other locations include Carrollton, Euless, Plano, Frisco, and Fort Worth.

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