This week's hot headlines
Booming college town tops this week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines
Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.
1. Dallas neighbor booms as 6th fastest-growing U.S. college town, report says. Dallas might be one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S., but there's one North Texas city that's outdoing it in a different category of population growth. A new study by university scholarship website BrokeScholar has deemed Denton the No. 6 fastest-growing college town in the country.
2. Dallas Love Field airport relocates rideshare area to cut congestion. To cut back curbside congestion at its terminal, Dallas Love Field has relocated the pick-up area for rideshare, app-based rides, and taxis. Services including app-based rideshares (Lyft, Uber, and Wingz) taxis, peer-to-peer luxury vehicles, and limousines for hire have all been relocated from the airport's lower-level roadway to the adjacent Garage B’s Level One.
3. One Dallas bagel shop to compete in prestigious New York Bagelfest. Dallas' top-ranked bagel shop is headed to bagel-town to compete in an international bagel contest: Starship Bagel, rated the best bagel in Dallas, is participating in the 2023 edition of New York BagelFest, taking place in New York on October 21-22.
4. Swanky speakeasy lounge from Lombardi Concepts drops in Uptown Dallas. There's a swanky new speakeasy in town: Called Regines Lounge, it's from Alberto Lombardi and Lombardi Family Concepts, and it's a cocktail lounge opening next-door to their latest new restaurant, Maison Chinoise, the Uptown spot focused on Chinese cuisine at 4152 Cole Ave. #106.
5. Family-owned Mexican restaurant in Plano opens with irresistible lure. Since its quiet opening in January, Alexander's Mex Cuisine in Plano has taken a savvy and singular route to success: a generous happy hour. The restaurant, located in the former Latin Deli at 2237 W. 15th St., boasts all-day happy hour, which means $5.50 house margaritas, $6 flavored margaritas, and $4 on all beer.
