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Break bread many different ways with Omni Dallas Hotel this Thanksgiving

Dig in at home or at the hotel's restaurant.

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Thanksgiving this year is all about being flexible, and Omni Dallas is ready for whatever your family decides to do.

To begin with, Texas Spice is hosting a family-style meal from November 19-22, and November 25-26, all 4-9 pm. The cost is $45 per person, and reservations must be made two days in advance. RSVP with your name, desired seating time, and party size to rolevents@omnihotels.com.

The meal includes a Texas field greens salad with dried cranberries, goat cheese, poached pears, candied pecans, and a Champagne and cranberry vinaigrette to start, along with deviled eggs. For an additional $2 per person, add on starters like a bacon Parmesan asparagus bundle, cheese and sausage charcuterie board, winter squash bisque, or agave macerated berries.

For the main course, chow down on herb-roasted turkey with giblet gravy and citrus cranberry sauce plus maple-bourbon glazed ham. Add Dr Pepper glazed short rib for $4 per person.

Sides include sweet potato and marshmallow casserole, Yukon Gold whipped potatoes, bacon-braised green beans, cornbread and apricot stuffing, sweet rolls, and cornbread muffins. Add an additional side of local Cheddar mac and cheese or Southern creamed corn for $2 a person.

Finish it all off with pumpkin pie and holiday cookies, and add pumpkin cheesecake, apple walnut pie, or pecan pie for an additional dessert $2 each per person.

You can also feed 8-10 with a full turkey dinner to-go (featuring a similar menu) for $275. Call 214-462-4810 or email rolevents@omnihotels.com to order. To secure your to-go order, you must order at least a day before pick-up.

On Thanksgiving itself, Texas Spice is also presenting a chef-attended buffet, with seating every half hour from 10:30 am-4 pm. Choose from:

Classic Caesar salad with focaccia croutons and garlic emulsion
Texas field greens with dried cranberries, goat cheese, poached pears, candy pecans, and Champagne-cranberry vinaigrette
Agave macerated berries, poached veggies, and golden quinoa
A carving station with herb-roasted turkey served with giblet gravy and citrus-cranberry sauce plus maple-bourbon glazed ham
Yukon Gold whipped potatoes
Sweet potato and marshmallow casserole
Local Cheddar mac and cheese
Green beans with wild mushrooms and fried onion bake
Winter squash bisque
Cornbread and apricot stuffing
Turkey chorizo chilaquiles
Sweet rolls with honey butter
Apple walnut pie and pumpkin pie
Pumpkin cheesecake with a cranberry swirl
Shiner Bock and Valrhona pareve holiday cookies

The cost is $32 for adults, $16 children 4-12, and complimentary for children 3 and under. Please call 214-452-4810 for reservations.

If you truly want to relax this Turkey Day, book a room at the Omni Dallas Hotel for 15 percent off best available rates from November 20, 2020-January, 2, 2021. Enjoy late check-out and a taste of The National Gingerbread House Competition with an exclusive gingerbread welcome gift.

No matter how choose to celebrate this year, let Omni Dallas be a part of it.

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Food To Eat, Things To Do

Margaritas reign over 5 best food and drink events in Dallas this week

Mariano's

The frozen swirl, by Mariano's Hacienda

This week's food & drink events in Dallas include an incredible lesson in whiskey history about iconic brand Jack Daniel's. But first, experience a collaboration of art and food, a fine wine pairing dinner, and a stout beer festival. Last but not least, visit the birthplace of frozen margaritas on their very special day.

Thursday, February 20

The Art of Food
To be held at the Shops at Willow Bend, this colorful culinary event brings together young chefs and local artists to create tasty and artistic visual experiences. Tickets start at $85 and include more than 20 chef tasting stations, adult drinks, music, and “live art.” The event will run from 6–9 pm. Proceeds benefit Independence Gardens, Abide Women's Health, Intellichoice, and Top Achievers Plano.

An Evening with Caymus Vineyards at Al Biernat’s North
Relish in four courses, including veal and wild mushroom risotto arancini and filet mignon Wellington Luis, paired with Caymus Vinyards wines. The dinner is $195 plus tax and gratuity, and begins with an opening reception at 6:30 pm. Call 972-239-3400 for reservations.

Friday, February 21

Love & Whiskey Unfiltered Book Tour at Taste Kitchen + Bar
Founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, Fawn Weaver, is also the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest. Hear her during this book talk and whiskey tasting at Taste Kitchen + Bar. Special guest Victoria Eady Butler, a master whiskey blender and great-great-granddaughter of Nearest himself, will lead the tasting of four whiskeys. Tickets are $100 plus tax and fee, and the event begins at 6 pm.

Saturday, February 22

National Margarita Day at Mariano’s Hacienda and La Hacienda Ranch
Lots of restaurants and bars will have specials for National Margarita Day, but only one can claim the world’s first frozen margarita. Mariano Martinez developed the ingenious invention in 1971 after opening his original Dallas location. In 2005 the “World’s First Frozen Margarita Machine” was inducted into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Find the frozen concoction on special for $9 at all locations, including Arlington, Dallas, Frisco, and Colleyville.

Festival of Darkness at Tupps Brewery
The annual celebration of dark beer draws stout lovers from all over DFW to Tupps Brewery in McKinney. There’ll be live music, “dark” foods,” and more than a dozen stouts on tap to try. Tickets are $40 and include a glass and tasting card good for eight 5-ounce pours. The event starts at 6 pm.

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