This week in gluttony

These are the 8 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

If you want these tacos, you'll have to bike for them.

The theme this week: get moving. From rock-climbing to bike-riding, events are as active as they are tasty. For those who prefer to sit and stay a while, there are two multi-course wine dinners for doing just that. Also on the list are a couple of celebrations: a grand opening for a new Asian concept, and a one-year anniversary party for a popular wine bar. Cheers!

Wednesday, May 18

Red Stix Asian Street Food Grand Opening in Farmers Branch
A new location of the popular pan-Asian casual concept will celebrate its grand opening in Mustang Station in Farmers Branch. The restaurant’s original location, near SMU in University Park, is a hot spot for custom noodle bowls, rice bowl, salads, and oversized banh mi sandwiches. Visit from 2-5 pm for complimentary cocktails and bites, dragon dancer performances, DJ music, and a photo booth.

Thursday, May 19

Huneeus Wine Dinner at Knife Plano
This five-course wine dinner comes with a ribeye tasting as an entrée course featuring three varieties of the flavorful cut from 44 Farms. Also on the menu is wood-fire grilled octopus, big eye tuna with foie gras, and 240-day dry-aged carpaccio with shaved black summer truffle. Wines will range from Sauvignon Blanc to Pinot Noir. Dinner is $150 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and begins at 6 pm.

Clink Wine Bar + Bites One-Year Anniversary Celebration
The Flower Mound wine bar will host a three-day soiree to celebrate its first birthday. Visit each evening Thursday through Saturday for live music, giveaways, food and wine samplings, and bottle engraving. Festivities start at 6 pm on Thursday and 7 pm both Friday and Saturday.

Boulders, Brews, and Trivia
A rock-climbing gym on Walnut Hill Ln. called Movement Dallas is hosting a climb meet-up followed by drinks. After the climb from 6-7 pm, participants will walk over to nearby Civil Pour coffee shop and beer bar for craft brews and trivia night.

Deep Ellum Wine Walk: Rosé Olé!
Sip and stroll the shops of Deep Ellum during this evening wine walk. Participants pay $15 (in advance, $20 the night of) for a ticket to receive a tasting glass good for wine samples throughout the Deep Ellum district. Check in at 2650 Main St. The event will run from 6-9 pm.

Saturday, May 21

7 Leaves Cafe - Grand Prairie Grand Opening
New location of coffee and tea shop chain opens near Asia Times Square in Grand Prairie with a host of festivities. There'll be free samples, games including trivia and coffee bean count, plus gift bags for the first seven people in line (it is 7 Leaves Cafe, after all), and raffle tickets for the first 100 people in line for prizes including airpods and airline vouchers. 10 am-3 pm.

Eastside Taco Ride
Meet at White Rock Alehouse & Brewery for an eight-mile bike ride to Tacos, Bites & Beats, an outdoor taco stand with a big menu and covered seating. Then head back to the brewery for a post-ride beer (or two). Check out the route map here. Cyclists should meet at White Rock Alehouse & Brewery by 10:30 am for the 11 am start time. Note that the route is suitable for all levels and the event is not a race, but rather a leisurely lunchtime ride. Riders will return to the brewery by about 1:30-2 pm.

Monday, May 23

Ziata Wine Dinner featuring Karen Cakebread at Sea Breeze Fish Market & Grill
Legendary wine entrepreneur Karen Cakebread will visit the Plano seafood restaurant for a five-course wine-pairing dinner. Sip wines ranging from Sauvignon Blanc to Cabernet Sauvignon paired with dishes like crispy skin branzino with stonefruit salsa, broiled halibut, and roasted monkfish medallions with New York strip. The dinner is $135 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Arrive by 6 pm for cocktail hour before dinner is served at 7 pm.

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Taking the field

Dak Prescott-backed Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux kicks off in Wylie

Photo courtesy of Walk-Ons

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux is opening in Wylie on August 10.

A Louisiana sports bar chain that counts Cowboys QB Dak Prescott as a partner continues to build its fan base in Dallas-Fort Worth: Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux is set to open a new location in Wylie on Monday, August 10.

Announced earlier this year, the restaurant is at 906 FM 544, near the intersection of Highway 78 and FM 544. The opening marks the chain's 20th Texas location and its second operating restaurant in the DFW area.

Founded in Baton Rouge in 2003 by former LSU basketball "walk-ons" Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, Walk-On's has grown to more than 80 locations nationwide. The company is co-owned by former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (an Austin native), and franchise partners include Prescott, along with former NFL player Derrick Brooks, and college football coach Dabo Swinney.

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux Wylie The new Walk-On's is at 906 FM 544, Wylie.Photo courtesy of Walk-On's

The menu is centered on seafood and classic Louisiana dishes: fried seafood platters, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, po'boys, fried oysters, gumbo, fried alligator, and boudin balls. Prices range from $10 to $20.

Starters include waffle cheese fries, fried pickles, boneless wings, cheeseburger sliders, spinach-artichoke dip, and venison nachos. They have a bread pudding made with Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

There's also a plentiful selection of beers on tap, plus margaritas and other crafty-ish cocktails.

The Wylie restaurant is owned by franchisee Cooper Thomson, who says the community made the city an appealing place to expand.

"I am thrilled to expand Walk-On's presence in Dallas, and particularly in the community of Wylie," Thomson says in a release. "To be a part of the growth in this area - to serve families and be a place where little league teams celebrate and football fans cheer on their team - is such a special opportunity."

Although Walk-On's has been in the DFW market since pre-pandemic times, Wylie will be its second restaurant in DFW open currently, joining a location at Grandscape in The Colony. Earlier Dallas-area locations in Irving and Arlington have closed, although the company has previously said it plans to reopen the Arlington restaurant at a new location.

The Wylie restaurant features a sports bar with dozens of TVs, a large outdoor patio, and a family-friendly dining room designed for game-day crowds.

Grand opening festivities will kick off at 10:30 am on Monday, August 10, with a ceremony featuring Walk-On's founder Brandon Landry, franchise owner Cooper Thomson, Wylie Mayor Matthew Porter, city officials, and representatives from Wylie High School and Wylie East High School.

The celebration will include donations to the two schools' athletic departments, followed by a ribbon-cutting at 10:45 am. Doors open to the public at 11 am, and the first 100 guests to dine will have a chance to win free Walk-On's for a year.

Walk-On's will be the second sports bar concept with celebrity cred to open in DFW within a few days' time. Shark Club, from Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi, opened Friday, August 7 in Northlake.

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