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New burger chain on Greenville Avenue takes bacon obsession to the extreme

You'll flip for this bacon burger.

Photo courtesy Slater's 50/50

If there's one thing Dallas needs, it's a new burger concept, and now we shall get it via Slater's 50/50, a California chain that will open its first branch in May at 2817 Greenville Ave. in the former Greenville Bar & Grill space.

Slater’s 50/50 was founded in 2009 in Anaheim Hills, California by Scott Slater, described as "a SoCal native with a passion for burgers, bacon, and craft beer, and a disdain for the boring" who was inspired by the belief that bacon is meat candy, and created a patty that is half ground beef and half ground bacon. Their trademark is to have the burger come with a knife stuck in it, to imply that it is so big you need to cut it with a knife.

The menu includes an Angus beef burger, grass-fed bison burger, turkey burger, pizza burger made from 50 percent ground beef and 50 percent ground Italian sausage, and a burger topped with peanut butter and jelly.

Slater makes the bold claim that Slater's will be as good as any burger in Dallas. "Every time I visit Dallas, I try and find the biggest, baddest burger in town, and Slater's 50/50 is about to be put on that list in Dallas," he says, citing Dallas twice.

The twist at Slater's is that it is big very big on bacon. There are bacon brownies, bacon salt, bacon cheese fries, bacon mac n’ cheese, and bacon cocktails.

Customers can also create their own burger; according to the release, there are over 1,000,000 combinations, from seven proteins, 12 cheeses, four breads, 20 sauces, and 30 toppings, including five types of bacon.

There are also big numbers on the beer front, with 1,000 beers via rotating draft lists, including 50 draft lines of local craft beer to Dallas.

The Dallas location will feature three levels, with a bar on each floor, and a rooftop patio that will be designed as an homage to the shuttered Greenville Bar & Grill.

Slater's was acquired in 2016 by a restaurant group with plans to franchise. There are six branches in Southern California. Texas is the first franchised location outside of California.

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IN HER MUSEUM ERA

Taylor Swift continues Texas takeover with new Eras exhibition at DFW museum

Photo courtesy of the Arlington Museum of Art

See eight iconic costumes from four of Swift’s albums.

Taylor Swift’s reign in Arlington won't end when her March 31-April 2 "Eras Tour" shows end. She'll continue to dominate Dallas-Fort Worth thanks to a special exhibition called "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Collection" opening this summer at the Arlington Museum of Art.

In collaboration with the HELP Center for LGBT Health & Wellness, "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Collection," will feature items from Swift’s private collection. It will open June 3 and run through September 24, 2023.

Visitors will be able to experience her journey as an artist and view outfits, photographs, and concert videos from the “eras” of her life and career, a press release says. Highlights of the collection are eight iconic costumes from four of Swift’s albums.

“As an artist, Swift's career is rich in depth and detail, and we believe the exhibition will appeal not only to her fans, music lovers, and art lovers, but to the next generation of emerging museum-goers,” says Arlington Museum of Art president and CEO Chris Hightower in a press release.

Hightower also shared that the new museum exhibition is the perfect opportunity for guests to understand the gravity of what it takes to become a multimedia artist, and what it means to sustain that popularity, especially through the eyes of a 12-time Grammy winner.

“Great artists throughout history have been able to express themselves so sublimely because they were so dedicated to their craft,” he says. “They never stop learning and never hold back. They influence the future because they take creative risks in spite of opposing forces.”

Arlington Mayor Jim Ross says in the release that the collection reflects the city's dedication to building its reputation for world-class entertainment and the arts, and upholding its Texas Music-Friendly Community designation.

“In Arlington, we love collaboration, a can-do spirit, and out-of-the-box thinking,” said Mayor Ross, “and the team at the Arlington Museum of Art continues to surprise and thrill us by really putting all that into practice. It has been so exciting to see the Arlington Museum of Art find its voice in the last few years, and there is no doubt that even bigger things are on the horizon.”

The "Eras Tour Collection" will run June 3-September 24. Arlington Museum of Art members will be able to purchase tickets starting 10 am April 13, and the general public sale will begin at 10 am April 17. Tickets ($5-$20) can be purchased at arlingtonmuseum.org.

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