This Week In Gluttony

Get your barbecue with a side of beer in this week's top Dallas food events

We realize that everyone is making their way to the State Fair of Texas to live out their fried food fantasies, but it’s still a busy week on the food events front. And if you are a philanthropic diner, then you are in luck, because this week is all about chowing down for a cause.

Tuesday, September 29

Hope is Brewing at Community Beer Company
Love146 is an international humanitarian nonprofit dedicated to the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation. At this celebration, activists can come together for a good cause, creating awareness for the Love146 mission and a welcoming environment for friends and supporters. Tickets start at $35 and include dinner and craft beer. The event starts at 6:30 pm.

Friday, October 2

Taste of the Anatole Festival at Hilton Anatole
This inaugural three-day celebration is packed with international wine, cuisine, and music featuring Uptown Jazz Dallas. The festival includes an international tasting on Friday evening, followed by Saturday afternoon educational workshops and an evening grand tasting, before concluding with a lavish Sunday brunch. Tickets start at $45, and the fun kicks off on Friday at 6 pm.

Chef John Tesar’s Burgers & Burgundy
This is the swankiest backyard barbecue you will ever attend. Chef John Tesar and his celebrity chef buds cook burgers of all kinds, and the Burgundy wine flows nonstop. All proceeds benefit DIFFA Dallas, which raises funds for organizations fighting HIV/AIDS. Tickets begin at $85, and the event starts at 6:30 pm, and the home of Karen and Bill Seanor.

Saturday, October 3

Texas Beer Camp at Long Road Farm
This is a 24-hour camping event created to bring beer lovers, home brewers, and music lovers together. It is a bring-your-own-beer event, so come prepared to share your home brews or your favorite commercial beers. This event also features live Texas music, home brewing demonstrations, and a charity raffle to benefit Homebrew for Heroes. Tickets start at $40, and the event kicks off at 10 am.

Smoked Dallas at Main Street Garden
Chefs from all over the country are making their way to Dallas to show off their unique barbecue chops. Another impressive aspect of this event is the live music, with performances by Asleep At The Wheel, The Suffers, Bobby Patterson, Pleasant Grove, The Vandoliers, Dean Fearing’s Lost Coyote, and Quaker City Nighthawks. Tickets start at $22, and the event starts at 1 pm.

Oktoberfest at Community Beer Company
Doors open at 2 pm for the tapping of Communitys specialty small batch Oktoberfest Lager. With each ticket, guests get a limited-edition commemorative Community Beer stein. Rusted Truck Ranch will be onsite, grilling up brats and other delicious Bavarian-esque foods. Also expect live music, brewery drinking games, and local artwork on display. Tickets are $22 and are expected to sell out.

Sunday, October 4

Bishop Arts Food Walking Tour
This tour explores the amazing restaurants that make up the Bishop Arts District, including Eno’s Pizza, Lockhart Smokehouse, and Veracruz Cafe. Also learn the colorful history of Oak Cliff and its unique Bishop Arts neighborhood. Tickets are $45, and tours are limited to 15 people. The tour starts at Veracruz Cafe at 11 am.

Smoked Dallas invades Main Street Garden on October 3.

Photo by Texas BBQ Adventures

Smoked Dallas invades Main Street Garden on October 3.

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Where to Drink

Where to Drink in Dallas right now: 5 best happy hours for October

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Bar snacks from Barrel & Bones.

October has arrived, which brings us to another installment of Where to Drink, CultureMap Dallas’ monthly column on best bars and happy hours to check out. This edition has four of the best new happy hours in town, plus a crazy wine special with a spooky theme — because that's what October is about.

Here’s where to drink in Dallas right now:

Barrel & Bones
This BBQ smokehouse has a new happy hour menu featuring $3.50 domestics, $5 craft beers and house wines, and select $6 cocktails, including a house old-fashioned, Cazadores Tequila ranch water, or a Manhattan. Bites are $6 each, including pretzel bites, fried pickles, cheese curds, fried green beans, and fried mac & cheese. It runs on weekdays from 3-7 pm at all four locations: Dallas, Carrollton, The Colony, and Farmers Branch.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Taco chain with 52 locations across Dallas-Fort Worth has a new weekday happy hour from 2- 6 pm. Start early! Everything's $5: from chips & queso to an order of two tacos in varieties such as shrimp, cod, shredded chicken, brisket, carnitas, and grilled veggies. The $5 rollout includes four new cocktails: Fuzzy’s Red Sangria, Sangria 'Rita Swirl, Baja-Ma Mama, and Margarita Swirls.

Goldie’s
Sophisticated Lake Highlands restaurant-bar has introduced a Tuesday-Friday happy hour from 4-6 pm. Drinks include $10 house martinis, house cocktails, select wines by the glass, and select neat bourbons by the glass, including Eagle Rare and Jack Daniels Single Barrel. There are also a few food specials, including $10 À La Carte Burger, $5 Goldie’s “20 Feet” Fries, and $10 rotating crudité.

S&D Oyster Company
Uptown oyster bar is celebrating its 48 years in existence with an upgraded bar. The front room had its nice long wooden bar, but it served as a "lean-to" with no seating and more importantly, no liquor. They've added stools for seating and a cocktail menu that pairs well with happy hour, which is weekdays from 3-6 pm. Guests can enjoy $2 off cocktails, wine, and beer. Mondays are extra happy, since wine is half-price all day.

Sixty Vines
Wine bar with Plano and Uptown locations has a haunting program during October that's so out there, it's scary: They're pairing wine with Halloween-style candy. The first week is sauvignon blanc paired with Sour Patch Kids or Lemonheads. Week two features pinot noir with Twizzlers or Twix. Week three is rosé matched with Starburst or gummy bears. Lastly, the stars for the final week are cabernet sauvignon with Reese’s or Almond Joy. It's $17 for a 2-1/2-ounce pour.

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