Chefs On TV

Dallas father-and-son chef team will try to beat Bobby Flay on TV

Maybe two against one will prevail.

Courtesy of Food Network

There'll be more Dallasites on reality TV when a pair of chefs appears on a Food Network competition show.

This is a father-and-son duo, Beto and Julian Rodarte, who are owners and chefs at Beto and Son, the Mexican restaurant at Trinity Groves.

According to a release, the duo will put their cooking skills to the test versus Bobby Flay on the Food Network show Beat Bobby Flay.

The episode will air on Thursday, October 18 at 9 pm.

The episode pits father versus son in some friendly family competition. In the first round, Beto and Julian will compete against each other with the winner moving on to the next round to compete against Bobby Flay.

That's a twist.

Previous DFW chefs who've competed against Bobby Flay include Tim Love, the Fort Worth chef and owner of restaurants such as Lonesome Dove. Love is a formidable chef, and yet he did not win. Bobby gotta win.

Although Houston chef Kevin Naderi, chef-owner of Montrose neighborhood restaurant Roost, did win his round against Flay when he appeared on the show in 2016.

In this case, maybe two against one will prevail.

Beto and Son is hosting a party on October 18 to watch the episode. The restaurant will air the show in the bar and on a giant TV screen on the patio at 9 pm. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis.

More information about the event can be found by visiting the event page on Facebook.

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McDonald's News

McDonald's closes 2 CosMc's beverage spinoffs in Dallas-Fort Worth

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After less than a year, McDonald's is cutting back on its CosMc's beverage spinoff, and that includes shutting down locations in Dallas-Fort Worth.

McDonald's introduced the beverage led concept in December 2023, when it opened the first location in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The concept — which seemed to be competing with Swig, the drive-through drink chain from Utah — features coffee, lemonade, slushies, and energy drinks, plus bites such as the Egg McMuffin, hashbrowns, and McPops — like doughnut holes.

They went on to open six more locations, all in Texas: two in San Antonio and four in DFW. Both San Antonio locations still show up on the website as open but two have closed in DFW so far, as follows:

Watauga at 7304 Denton Hwy.
Arlington at Abram's Alley, 300 E. Abram St. #150

Their website currently shows the Dallas location at Campbell Road, which was the original location, as still open, as well as a location in Fort Worth on McPherson Boulevard.

Despite the closures, McDonald's still plans to continue the test in the US for the foreseeable future, a spokesperson says, including opening two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025.

That includes a location in Allen at 861 W. Stacy Rd.

The plan is to close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations — meaning that one of the locations currently still open is due to close.

"Since opening CosMc’s, we have had the benefit of testing out different location sizes and setups – from revamping larger restaurant spaces to building smaller prototype locations that focus more on the drive-thru and digital experience," their statement says. "We learned that the smaller format stores allow us to test new, unique circumstances that are reflective of our customer base. As a result, we will open two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025, and close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations."