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Rare custom '50s house leads this week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines

The facade of 6946 Delrose Dr., Dallas.

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1. Custom '50s house with rare metal kitchen cabinets is for sale in Dallas. A '50s home in original condition is for sale in Dallas with a rare feature: a set of original metal kitchen cabinets rendered in a breathtaking pastel pink. The home is in Lakewood, just a few blocks west of White Rock Lake at 6946 Delrose Dr.

2. Dallas bar's presence in Super Bowl ad about Jesus sparks controversy. The good news: A Dallas bar was featured in an ad on the Super Bowl. The bad news: Not everyone liked it. Lee Harvey’s, the dive bar in Dallas' Cedar District, got national exposure when it was featured in a Super Bowl commercial on February 11 for He Gets Us, a religious advertising campaign that launched in 2022 with a goal to “rediscover and share the compelling story of Jesus’ life in a new way."

3. Birdcall restaurant and its fried chicken sandwiches swoop into Richardson. A new chicken restaurant is coming in for a landing: Birdcall, a Denver-based chain that specializes in fried chicken sandwiches and salads, will open a location in Richardson, at 507 W. Belt Line Rd. The restaurant will celebrate its grand opening on Monday, February 19.

4. One-of-a-kind Nepalese restaurant with secret speakeasy opens in Arlington. It's not a reach to say that Taipo, a newly opened restaurant in downtown Arlington, is one-of-a-kind. The restaurant features Nepalese food, which on its own is unique in Dallas-Fort Worth. But it also comes with a hidden speakeasy, perfect for late-night gatherings or romantic dates.

5. Flavored margarita king Taco Cabana debuts kitschy new Texas flavor. San Antonio-based Tex-Mex chain Taco Cabana, which has become almost as famous for its margaritas as its tacos, has a new kitschy new flavor in the works, made in partnership with Texas soft drink Big Red.

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Guy Fieri visits 7 lucky Dallas restaurants in this week's top stories

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Guy Fieri in Dallas on December 7.

Editor's note: Guy Fieri is back in this week's most popular stories. Plus: the latest Dallas restaurant openings and closings and a peek inside the glamorous 2024 Crystal Charity Ball. Here are the most-read Dallas stories of the week.

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1. Which 7 Dallas restaurants did Guy Fieri visit for Diners Drive-ins & Dives. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri came to Dallas on December 7 — officially on a meet-and-greet in support of Santo Spirits, a tequila brand he owns in partnership with rocker Sammy Hagar. But the visit was also an opportunity for Fieri to spotlight a new round of restaurants in Dallas on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, his massively popular long-running show on the Food Network.

2. 12 restaurants in Dallas that have either just opened or just closed. In the inevitable ebb and flow of Dallas restaurants, openings and closings are part of the deal — often coming at the end of the year, when restaurateurs, like the rest of us, take stock of the future. Here's a roundup of Dallas restaurant openings and closures.

3. Where to drink in Dallas: 7 holiday drink specials for December. Dallas in December is brimming with holiday festivities, and that includes cocktails: from over-the-top pop-up bars to extravagantly priced cocktails to drinks with a festive Christmas theme. This edition of Where to Drink covers all that and more.

4. Glimpse all the gowns and glamour of Dallas' Crystal Charity Ball 2024. Crystal Charity Ball 2024 whisked Dallas patrons away on an opulent "New York Holiday." In choosing to bring the Big Apple to Big D with her theme, ball chairman Cheryl Joyner had imagined “the beauty of fresh snow, peeking into the elaborately decorated windows on Fifth Avenue, and strolling through Central Park with a chill in the air." It was all of that, kicked up a notch with a spectacular Rockettes-style dance show, too.

Dallas Crystal Charity Ball 2024 Crystal Charity Ball 2024 chairman Cheryl Joyner and Richard Joyner. Photo by Ashley Gongora

5. Donatos Pizza totes its unique crust to new location in Flower Mound. A pizza chain with a quirky obsession on its crusts is coming to Flower Mound: Donatos Pizza, the franchise famous for spreading its toppings to the very edge of the pizza, will open a location at 1400 Long Prairie Rd. #160 on December 17.

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