This Week In Gluttony

A bevy of beer dinners and a class on cocktails: The best food and drink events in Dallas this week

This week in gluttony we’ve got regular beer dinners, vegan beer dinners and tap takeovers during which you don’t have to eat (although it’s highly recommended). Plus, learn how to craft your own cocktails or graze on bites from Dallas’ top female chefs. No matter where you go to indulge, raise your glass to the last few days of February and say good riddance to winter.

Tuesday, February 26

Oskar Blues Beer Dinner at Park Tavern
Enjoy a five-course dinner, with dishes such as crispy pig ear with salsa verde and short rib bolognese with fresh tagliatelle, paired with beers from Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado. Cost is $50 per person. Reserve a seat by calling 214-446-0710. Dinner starts at 7 pm sharp.

Wednesday, February 27

Vegan Beer Dinner at the Libertine
The Libertine is hosting a five-course vegan beer dinner, which is to say that dishes such as red romaine salad with shaved fennel, daikon, pickled yellow wax beans and Buddah’s Hand vinaigrette are served alongside brews like St. Feuillien Saison. Tickets are $50 for the 6:30 pm dinner. For reservations, call 214-824-7900.

Deep Ellum Brewing Company Tap Takeover at Jack Mac’s
Jack Mac’s Swill & Grill is hosting a total tap takeover by Deep Ellum Brewing Company from 6:30-11 pm. The beer isn’t free, but because there is no cover charge, you can watch other people drink some good beer, and it won’t cost you a thing.

Thursday, February 28

Cocktail Course at Privé
Second Floor mixologist Seth Brammer leads a class about hand-crafted cocktails such as Ruby Rye Manhattan and Seaside Rendezvous. The hour-long class, in private dining room Privé, starts at 7 pm and costs $40. Call 972-450-2978.

Saturday, March 2

Chef DAT and Domaine Serene Underground Wine Dinner
Chef David Anthony Temple and pastry chef Holly Warner are teaming up with Domaine Serene Vineyards for a five-course underground wine dinner in Deep Ellum. Dishes include crab and crawfish bisque and seared Hawaiian walu with candied Meyer lemon, chimichurri, pearled couscous and saffron oil. RSVP at info@chefdat.com. Cost: $175 per person.

Sunday, March 3

Les Dames d'Escoffier Raiser Grazer
Dallas’ top female chefs, including Tiffany Derry and Sharon Hage, are the star attractions at Raiser Grazer, a fundraiser for Les Dames d’Escoffier Dallas chapter. Participants can hit more than 30 food and wine booths, plus a beer garden. Guests can also bid at the silent auction, with proceeds funding scholarships for women in the culinary industry. Tickets are $65 per person and can be purchased online.

We're told that vegans enjoy beer too. Fortunately, the Libertine is giving them a beer dinner on February 27.

Exterior of Libertine Bar on Lower Greenville in Dallas

Photo courtesy of Libertine Bar

We're told that vegans enjoy beer too. Fortunately, the Libertine is giving them a beer dinner on February 27.

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Hot Dog News

Portillo's hot dog chain opens first airport shop in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Travelers taking flight can now get a hot dog: Portillo’s, the fast-casual chain from Chicago, is opening the first-ever Portillo’s airport location in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

The new location is one of two — along with another in The Villages, Florida — that will feature a new small, dine-in only format. It won't have the traditional drive-thru. Because there is no drive-thru at the airport, see. See what I'm saying.

Unlike traditional Portillo’s locations, the airport restaurant will feature a smaller, walk-up accessible footprint with multiple ordering touchpoints – including at the register, self-order kiosks, and order ahead for pick-up.

There will also be a variety of seating options accommodating more than 50 guests as well as a grab-and-go area — useful for travelers taking food on the plane, to their gate, or for leisurely meals during layovers or the unfortunate flight cancellation.

Portillo's partner for the DFW Airport location is PhaseNext Hospitality, whose president and CEO Roz Mallet says she is "thrilled to partner with Portillo's on this first airport location."

“As a fan of the culture, food, and history of Chicago, I have also been a longtime fan of Portillo’s,” Mallet says.

Guests can expect signature Portillo’s items like Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, and Portillo’s "famous" chocolate cake.

Hot dogs come in regular, chili cheese, Polish sausage, and Maxwell Street Polish sausage which has mustard and grilled onions.

Their Italian beef sandwich features thinly sliced roast beef served on French bread, which is then dipped in hot gravy. You can order it dipped with sweet or hot peppers and mozzarella.

Portillo's first entered the Dallas market with a location at the Grandscape development in The Colony in January 2023. They have seven other locations in DFW, in Allen, Arlington, Denton, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, and Mansfield.

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