This week in gluttony

These are the 7 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

Lubella's Patisserie is popping up in Oak Cliff.

Lubella's Patisserie

September is in full swing with several tasty events to kick off the season. The week’s list ranges from a four-course tequila dinner to a sip-and-shop artisan market. A longtime beer festival also makes its way back this year, and don’t miss the Saturday morning pop-up hosted by a new bakery opening soon.

Thursday, September 9

BEE-Market at The Beeman Hotel
Sip and shop local at this artisan market event, set to feature more than 20 artists inside the hip lobby of the Park Cities hotel. There’ll be DJ music and food and drinks available from the hotel’s restaurant, Seely’s Mill, which offers some pretty darn good barbecue. The market is open to the public and free to attend. Visit from 5-10 pm.

Tequila Dinner at Cantina Laredo
The Frisco location of the modern Mexican restaurant will host a four-course dinner paired with cocktails created with Casa Nobles tequila. Menu items include shrimp empanadas, watermelon and jicama salad, stuffed pork tenderloin or New York strip, and coconut pecan ice cream. The dinner is $59.99 per person and an opening reception — where guests will be treated to a tequila flight — begins at 7 pm. Call 214-618-9860 for reservations.

Saturday, September 11

Lubella’s Patisserie Pop-Up
The new bakery set to open this fall at Casa View Center will make an appearance at Peaberry Coffee in Oak Cliff to share some Saturday morning goodies. Visit for banana bread, macarons, conchas, and other sweet treats. Named for owner Maria Becerra’s two daughters, Luciana and Isabella, the bakery will feature fresh-baked cakes by the slice when it opens its own storefront, and eventually breakfast items like quiche and frittatas. The pop-up will run from 8:30 am-1 pm.

Wine 101 at Neighborhood Cellar
Next up on the Bishop Arts wine bar’s Wine 101 schedule is a class all about gamay. Participants will try four types of the juicy red wine along with snacks from Fount Board & Table. Class is $35 per person and will run from 12-1 pm.

11th Annual Dallas Observer BrewFest
One of Dallas’ first beer festivals returns to the Dallas Farmers Market to kick off North Texas Beer Week. The outdoor beer-sampling event will feature hundreds of local, international, and craft beers, plus music and local food. The $42 ticket price includes 12 two-ounce beer samples and the $79 VIP admission allows for early entry, spirit sampling, and catered food. BrewFest runs from 3-6 pm, with VIP entry at 2 pm.

Sunday, September 12

Back to School Cool with WineShark at Reunion Tower
Calling all wine novices, this event is for you. Sit atop the rotating downtown landmark for expansive horizon views and an unintimidating 101 class on wine. Learn how to taste wine from a veteran sommelier and indulge in some paired bites. The class is $55 per person and begins at 5 pm.

The Morning After
Coinciding with the 11th Annual Dallas Observer BrewFest, this brunch event will help shake off the Sunday scaries. Guests get unlimited brunch bites from Dallas-area restaurants along with brunch cocktail samples. The $35 general admission ticket includes three drink tickets for the full bar, and the $60 VIP ticket allows for early entry and six drink tickets. The event will run from 11:30 am-2:30 pm with VIP early at 11 am.

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Wings News

New chicken wing joint sells 'em by the pound in Dallas' Deep Ellum

Wings By the Pound

A no-nonsense wing spot has debuted in Dallas' Deep Ellum: Called Wings By the Pound, it sells exactly that, at a shop at 2707 Main St., in the former home of the Slutty Vegan burger joint, which closed in 2024.

Wings by the Pound states proudly that it "isn't a combo joint" but is instead "a counter built on one idea — call your weight, watch it hit the scale, and take it off the scale." Then presumably you take it home, you eat it, end of story.

It presents itself as an alternative to typical wing spots which sell wings by the number. Numbers are complicated.

"We sell you weight. Pick wings or tenders, call your poundage from a half-pound to four, and we weigh it up in front of you," they say.

From there it's the standard wing-joint set of choices: wings or tenders, level of heat, sauces, and sides. "No combos, no guessing," they brag, although is there a lot of guessing with wings?

Here's some very specific numbers:

One pound of wings, which they approximate at 12 pieces, is $15.05. Two pounds, or 24 pieces, is $27.11.
One pound of tenders, which they approximate at 8 pieces, is $17.02. Two pounds, or 16 pieces, is $25.06.

They also sell french fries — crinkle cut — in choice of plain, cheese sauce, or "pound sauce" for $8 to $15. Pound sauce is their version of the prototypical secret sauce, which generally boils down to Russian-ish dressing, i.e., mayonnaise and ketchup with various add-ins, spicy and otherwise; the version at Wings By the Pound incorporates hot sauce.

There are wet sauces, including Thai, chipotle, hot honey, and garlic Parm; dry rubs, including suya (peanut) and jalapeño-lemon; and five dips: cheese sauce, ranch, bleu cheese, honey mustard, and pound sauce.

Some might recall that there was a Wings By the Pound concept that first debuted in 2020 at Trinity Groves, the restaurant incubator in West Dallas, but that closed in 2022.

This Wings By the Pound is a new concept from ArkDal Hospitality Group, headed by Cary Thompson, Royce Colley, and Mo Wells, which also operates Velour Restaurant in Victory Park.

The location in Deep Ellum has no seating on premise and functions as a take-out spot only. A spokesperson said that the location opened in mid-June.

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