Holiday News

Grab tickets for cherished holiday tea at Adolphus in downtown Dallas

The elegant dining room will be serving holiday tea four days a week.

Photo courtesy of the Adolphus

Hard to believe we're talking about the holidays but tickets are on sale for one of Dallas' most precious traditions: the Holiday Tea at The Adolphus, returning to the downtown hotel's French Room for the 2022 season, beginning Wednesday, November 2 through Sunday, January 8.

The tea is hosted Wednesdays-Sundays, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day, from 11 am– 3 pm. Reservations go live on Tuesday, October 4.

Holiday Tea includes two courses, two teas, and a glass of champagne or French sparkling cider. The teas are loose-leaf and sourced from Zatki, a local purveyor who creates a custom tea just for The Adolphus.

The tea features pastries created by the Adolphus' executive pastry chef Ruben Toraño, who was nominated for a CultureMap Tastemakers Award for Best Pastry Chef in 2017 and whose pastry chops have been significantly notable to warrant a complete story devoted to them on CultureMap. He's an old hand at the tea thing, having devised an afternoon tea menu for the Joule Dallas in 2014.

The festive menu at the Adolphus includes a savory course with classics such as:

cucumber cress with herbed cream cheese
truffled egg salad on croissant with pepitas
roast beef on sourdough pancake with horseradish cream
pork rillettes and fresno-cranberry relish on sweet potato
mushroom rye bread pudding with apple and turnip

Under the sweet column, they'll do seasonally flavored cakes and pastries such as:

scones, served in the traditional British style with preserves and English double cream, in flavors that include brown sugar-cinnamon dulcey and cranberry orange
pumpkin cheesecake with whipped maple crémeux
chocolate caramel tart
ginger financier with pomegranate jam
spice cake with cream cheese icing and candied pecan

One new luxe feature: Caviar service can now be added to your tea experience for an added cost, ranging from $95 to $185 depending on what kind of caviar you choose, served solo or with buckwheat blini with crème fraîche and shaved yolk.

Holiday Tea is $75 plus tax and gratuity for adults or $35 plus tax and gratuity for children under 12. Discounted day valet parking at The Adolphus is included.

A special holiday tea service will take place on Thursday, December 23 and Friday, December 24 featuring the holiday tea menu plus Victorian carolers, a photo op with the Great Tree in Social Lobby, and a takeaway gift.

Book online through Resy.com at https://resy.com/cities/dfw/the-french-room or call The French Room at 214-651-3615; phone lines will be open Wednesday–Sunday from 10 am–4 pm. If you're calling outside those hours, leave a voicemail. For parties of eight or more, email reservations@thefrenchroom.com.

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Museum News

Money talks at new interactive Museum of Money in downtown Dallas

Photo courtesy of MoMoney

The first-ever MoMoney, the Museum of Money, opens in downtown Dallas on February 20, 2026.

Dealing with money is about to become a lot more fun in Dallas when MoMoney, the Museum of Money, opens February 20.

Located at 501 Elm St., a block away from the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the new permanent experience is designed to change how people think about and engage with money, transforming the invisible forces shaping our financial lives into something visitors can see, touch, and feel, a release says.

“MoMoney is not a lecture, and it is not a traditional museum,” said Houss El Marabti, co-founder of MoMoney, in a statement. “It is a playful, high-energy world built around one simple idea: money is too important to be intimidating and too interesting to be boring.”

Visitors will be able to move through interactive environments designed to make financial concepts memorable through experiences, rather than textbooks.

Experiences range from a currency design station and a laser maze heist to an interactive money lab. Along the way, visitors will find selfie spots, AI fortune tellers, and games for all ages.

There will also be art displays made from money, video games, displays showing how the value of the dollar has changed over the years, and more.

MoMoney’s experience is anchored by three ideas, organizers say:

Confidence is learnable, especially when it’s hands-on.
Small decisions compound, in money and in life.
Money isn’t taboo, it’s a tool, and it should feel approachable.

According to the release, Dallas was selected as the museum’s home due to the city’s culture of ambition, entrepreneurship, and big ideas.

The museum will be open seven days a week, with tickets starting at $25 for children and $30 for adults.

The museum is offering 50 percent off General Admission tickets for opening weekend, February 20-22, for anyone who books online.

For more information, visit museumofmoney.com.

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