This Week In Gluttony

These are the 8 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

Skip the candy corn and sugar-spiked punches and instead spend your pre-Halloween week indulging in one (or all) of these tasty events. If you insist on dressing up, though, we included a couple where you can do that.

Tuesday, October 25

WhistlePig Whiskey Dinner at The Grape
As part of its 44th anniversary celebration, this iconic Greenville Avenue restaurant is collaborating with WhistlePig Farm in Vermont for a night of farm-to-table cuisine and whiskey. Hosted by Doug Ward of WhistlePig Whiskey, chef Brian Luscher will create four courses to complement this unique, aged spirit. Dinner is $95 a person and starts at 6:30 pm. Reservations can be made by calling 214-828-1981.

Thursday, October 27

Beats & Eats with Chef Chad Houser and Texas Gentlemen at Granada Theater
This new series showcases the talents of Dallas’ best chefs and musicians with dinner and a concert. Next up: chef Chad Houser of Cafe Momentum and the Texas Gentlemen, who blend their talents for a one-night collaboration. Courses include smoked carrot soup, pork osso buco with hominy hash, sweet potato pudding, and more. Tickets are $85, and the doors open at 7 pm. The show starts at 8.

Belgium-inspired Beer Dinner at Salum
For the first time, Abraham Salum is hosting a beer dinner in honor of his favorite European cooking styles and flavors. The evening features dishes and beer that celebrate Salum's time spent living in Belgium. Courses include mussels in blanche beers, boudin noir (blood sausage) and stoemp of Brussels sprouts, cocotte of pasture chicken in mustard sauce, carbonnade of beef à la glaze, and mousse au chocolate with homemade speculoos. Dinner is $65 a person and starts at 7 pm. Reservations can be made by calling 214-252-9604.

Shiner Beer Dinner at Stampede 66
Stephan Pyles hosts this Texas-centric evening and welcomes special guest and brewmaster Jimmy Mauric. Courses include fried frog legs, glazed pork belly, and rocky road coulant paired with Shiner White Wing, Shiner Ocktoberfest, and Shiner Black Lager. Dinner is $65 a person and starts with a reception at 6:30 pm. Reservations can be made by calling 214-550-6966.

Somm Wars at Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
This is an all-out battle for bragging rights between three of Del Frisco's finest female sommeliers. This finale is the results of competitions in three cities and features finalists selecting wines to complement each dish of a fabulous four-course meal. You and a panelist of wine experts score each pairing and decide on a winner. This event is $225 a person and begins at 7 pm. Reservations can be made by calling 817-877-3999.

Friday, October 28

Halloween Family Night at Oak Highland Brewery
Suit up your family in their best costumes and head to Lake Highlands' favorite brewery for a little Halloween fun. Expect food trucks from Bella Trino's Neapolitan Pizzeria and Resident Taqueria, Hotel Transylvania playing on the projector, free house-made soda, beer, lawn games, face painting, and more. This event is free to attend and starts at 5 pm, however, beer tokens are $5.

Saturday, October 29

Steinfest at Downtown Plano
Head north for this Oktoberfest-style event that includes the finest beer, German-inspired cuisine, live music, an artist village of craftsman and makers, a wiener dog fashion show, keg bowling, a kid’s zone, and a VIP beer garden. Admission is free, but there is a $40 VIP option that gets you food and drink coupons, T-shirts, access to a private bar, and more. Events start at 10 am.

Monday, October 31

Halloween Party for a Cause at Victor Tangos
Victor Tangos is teaming up with Brian Floyd’s Barman’s Fund and 10 of the city’s best bartenders to raise money for Dallas CASA. In addition to guest bartenders, the evening features drink specials, half-off all food for industry members, DJ Bryan C, costume prizes, and more. Guest bartenders include Brian McCullough of the Standard Pour, Mate Hartai of Remedy/HG Supply Co., Zach Smigiel of Midnight Rambler, Corey Howe of Doublewide, and more. The fun kicks off at 7 pm.

Salum is hosting a beer dinner to salute Belgium food and drink on October 27.

Photo courtesy of Salum

Salum is hosting a beer dinner to salute Belgium food and drink on October 27.

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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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