This week in gluttony

Worldly wine dinners and bits of bourbon: The best food and drink events in Dallas this week

Wine dinners are in this week, with some heavy hitters, including FT33 and Oak, getting in on the action. But rest assured that there’s more to Dallas than just really good wine paired with really good food. We’ve also got a bourbon tasting and a vegetarian festival at the Farmers Market to leave you with the options for a well-rounded week in gluttony.

Wednesday, March 20

Duckhorn and Marbleous Beef Wine Dinner at Central 214
Using Texas Wagyu from Marbleous Beef, chef Graham Dodds creates dishes such as cast iron-seared braised beef sirloin steak with pan roasted mushroom vol au vent. Courses are paired with wines from Duckhorn Vineyards. Tickets are $90 and can be reserved at 214-443-9339 or simon.holguin@central214.com.

Corra Wines Dinner at FT33
FT33 hosts award-winning winemaker Celia Welch for a six-course dinner featuring her Corra Wines. Welch, who has nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, was named Winemaker of the Year in 2008 by Food & Wine magazine. Dinner starts at 7 pm with a reception beforehand. Tickets are $200 per person and can be reserved by calling 214-741-2629.

Thursday, March 21

Bulleit Bourbon Tasting
The Second Floor hosts a tasting of Bulleit bourbon, complete with appetizers from new executive chef Daniel Trasevich. Master of whiskey James McCartney walks you through tastings of Bulleit’s original, rye and 10-year small-batch whiskeys from 5 to 7 pm. Admission is free, but RSVPs are required. Call 972-450-2978 or leave your name, number of guests and phone number on the Second Floor’s Facebook page.

Friday, March 22

Laurel Glen Vineyard Wine Dinner at Pappas Bros.
Laurel Glen Vineyard proprietor Bettina Sichel hosts this four-course dinner prepared by executive chef James Johnson. Diners taste an array of Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignons paired with dishes such as dry-aged rack of lamb with parsnip cake, ratatouille and watercress, and chili-cocoa-rubbed Prime strip loin with blackberry demi-glace, baked sweet potato puree and broccolini. Dinner begins at 6 pm and costs $195 per guest. Call 214-366-2000 for reservations.

Saturday, March 23

Meatout 2013 Festival
The Black Vegetarian Society of Texas hosts this event at Dallas Farmers Market with keynote speaker Afya Ibomu, a holistic nutritionist from Atlanta. Inside the event center, festival-goers experience vegetarian food samplings, food prep demos, health screenings and more from 10 am to 3 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, March 24

Austrian Dinner by Chef Jason Maddy at Oak
Executive chef Jason Maddy has lived and cooked in Austria and shares some of the cuisine with diners beginning at 6:30 pm. The nine-course meal features wiener schnitzel and oxtail consommé; it is the first in a planned series of monthly chef dinners at Oak. The meal is $125 or $175 with wine. To make reservations, email info@oakdallas.com or call 214-712-9700.

The Second Floor is hosting a free tasting of Bulleit bourbon on March 21.

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Supermarket News

Kroger supermarket chain to open 3 new stores in Dallas area

Courtesy of Kroger

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The Kroger Co. plans to open three new Kroger Marketplace format stores in North Texas. They're revealing two of the three locations with the third to be divulged at a later date.

The two cities they're revealing are Fate and McKinney. According to a release, all three projects — including the mystery third location — will break ground in 2026. Further details on each location will be shared when the groundbreaking dates are announced. Why must they tease us so?

“Kroger is working hard to keep pace with North Texas’ explosive population growth, ensuring communities have access to fresh, affordable groceries and essential items,” said Kroger’s Texas Division president Rudy DiPietro in a statement. “As new communities continue to emerge, these new stores will provide what the community has come to expect from Kroger – full shelves, where everything is fresh and our people are friendly.”

Kroger has been on an opening spree: In October 2025, the company opened its newest Kroger Marketplace store in the Bonds Ranch area of Fort Worth at the northeast corner of Bonds Ranch Road and Highway 287.

Three new Kroger Marketplace stores are currently under construction and expected to open in 2026 and early 2027 in Little Elm, Anna and the Sendera Ranch community of North Fort Worth.

Kroger Marketplace format stores are multi-department stores offering full-service grocery, pharmacy and expanded general merchandise including outdoor living products, electronics, home goods, toys, and more. Marketplace stores typically range in size from 99,000 to 130,000 square feet.

Kroger currently operates more than 100 stores in North Texas and East Texas and more than 210 stores throughout Texas. In 2022, Kroger opened a Fulfillment Center in Southern Dallas to focus solely on the growing demand for grocery delivery service. Over time, the company has expanded delivery options in North Texas with Instacart, Uber Eats and Door Dash to serve an ever-increasing digital audience and more remote communities without the need for brick-and-mortar stores.

Kroger also offers customers additional Texas-sized savings and rewards on top of lower-than-low prices at Kroger.com or on the Kroger app, where there are more than $600 in digital coupons available every week.

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This week in gluttony

Worldly wine dinners and bits of bourbon: The best food and drink events in Dallas this week

The Second Floor is hosting a free tasting of Bulleit bourbon on March 21.

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