This week in gluttony

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

Bourbon & Banter Repeal Day, Prohibition cocktail

Toast Repeal Day with Prohibition-era cocktails.

Photo courtesy of Bourbon & Banter

Holiday wine tastings and dinner events dominate this week’s list, which also includes a 12-stop Christmas-themed bar crawl. End the week with a toast to Repeal Day, which commemorates the end of Prohibition in 1933.

Tuesday, November 30

Taste of Spain Wine Dinner at Oak’d
The elevated Texas barbecue restaurant will host a five-course dinner paired with Spanish Trinchero wines. Menu highlights include steamed mussels with smoked marinara sauce, seafood paella with house-smoked sausage, and smoked pork empanadas. Dinner is $75 per person and begins at 6:30 pm.

Steak & Wine Tasting at Gorji
There are only 20 seats available for the Mediterranean restaurant’s carnivorous wine dinner, which will feature prime beef tenderloin, New Zealand venison loin and Colorado lamb tenderloin. Paired wines will be from Spain, Bordeaux, and Napa Valley. Dinner is $99 per person (paid in advance) and dinner begins at 6 pm.

Wednesday, December 1

Holiday Dinner at the Dallas Arboretum
The Arboretum is decked for the holidays and ready to serve Christmas dinner. Available on select dates starting December 1, the three-course seated dinner features seasonal dishes like potato and leek soup, cranberry and cornbread-stuffed chicken or short rib with Cabernet glaze, and hazelnut roulade with salted caramel sauce. Dinner is $79 per person and seating times are 6 and 7:30 pm.

Friday, December 3

Pop-Up Beer Dinner at Oak Highlands Brewery
Vector Brewing and Oak Highland Brewery have partnered to create two new craft beers. Taste them both at this seated beer dinner, set to take place at Oak Highlands Brewery. There’ll be four beers paired with four courses. Dinner is $50 per person and begins at 8 pm.

Saturday, December 4

12 Bars of Christmas Crawl
Don your kitschiest Christmas attire for this day-long bar crawl that includes stops at 12 Dallas watering holes. Start at 12 noon at Playground Uptown to pick up your 16-ounce color-changing Santa stadium cup and wristband, then let the bar-hopping begin. Tickets are $16 if registered by December 2 or $20 the day of the event. Participants will be given a roadmap for all 12 bars, and there’ll be drink specials at each. Remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint.

9th Anniversary Celebration at Torchy's Casa Linda
East Dallas restaurant celebrates its anniversary with food and drink specials all day including $3 tacos and $5 house margaritas. The first 100 guests in line at 9 am get a limited-edition "Torchy's Queso for a Year" T-shirt, which gets them a free half-order of Green Chile Queso + Chips each time they wear that shirt to the Casa Linda location, for a year. (Can only be redeemed once per day on dine-in or takeout orders placed in the restaurant when guest is present wearing the T-shirt.)

Arra Vineyards Wine Tasting Luncheon at CiboDivino Marketplace
Stop down your Saturday with a midday wine pairing lunch featuring South African wines from Arra Vineyards. Menu items will be paired with four varietals, including Viognier, Blanc de Noir, Pinotage, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Reservations are $50 per person and lunch begins at 12 pm.

Sunday, December 5

Repeal Day at Bourbon & Banter
Celebrate the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with classic cocktails at the downtown Dallas restaurant and speakeasy bar at The Statler. Prohibition-era drinks will include whiskey sours, pisco sours, sidecars, and more for $10 each. The festivities run 4 pm until late night.

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Seafood News

High-profile seafood restaurant Catch Dallas sails into Maple Terrace

Catch Dallas

Seafood at Catch Dallas

A seafood restaurant from a powerhouse hospitality team is set to open in Dallas: Catch Dallas — from Catch Hospitality Group, Tilman J. Fertitta, Mark Birnbaum, and Eugene Remm — will open at 3005 Maple Ave. in Uptown's Maple Terrace development on November 8.

This will mark the eighth outpost of the brand, which already has locations in Aspen, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Miami Beach.

“I am excited to expand the Catch brand to the reimagined Maple Terrace area,” said Tilman Fertitta, Catch Hospitality Group partner. “Dallas has always been a great market for us and the city’s constantly growing culinary scene is amazing. We’re excited to be a part of it all and Dallas can expect nothing less of our newest Catch location.”

Catch is known for simple yet elegant seafood, sushi, and steak with excellent service and a lively vibe, with a distinguished Japanese sushi and Wagyu program and signature dishes, including the signature Catch Roll, Truffle Sashimi, Mushroom Spaghetti, and Cantonese Lobster.

There'll also be sushi from Tokyo’s Toyosu market, and a unique variety of Japanese Wagyu seared tableside on a hot rock — typical of the experiential dining Catch Hospitality Group is known for.

Designed by the renowned Rockwell Group—the design team behind Catch in Las Vegas and Miami Beach, and Catch Steak in New York City, Aspen, and Los Angeles—the space is a blend of modern elegance and historic charm with antique mirrors, marble, lacquered finishes, Venetian plaster, and contrasting woods.

A monumental main bar, adorned with tiered sapele wood risers, adds glamour and the restaurant features the chain's signature olive tree, found at several of their locations, located the heart of the main dining room, surrounded by luxe banquettes atop expansive marble stones.

Catch Dallas olive tree dining room Behold the olive tree in the dining room at Catch Dallas.Catch Dallas

A two-level outdoor patio provides a chic escape, complete with green-striped banquettes and a teal trellis under a striking striped canopy.

The Emerald Room boasts 1,900 square feet of adaptable private dining space, including private events. The space features maximal floral wallcoverings, green lacquer paneling, leather banquettes, and copper accents at the bar, plus direct access to a second-floor outdoor patio.

Guests will also discover a gallery of eclectic animal portraits, showcased within the venue’s lacquered green gallery stairway.

“The Maple Terrace space embodies the essence of every Catch establishment and we’re certain that this venue will provide an incredible foundation for our team to deliver the elevated experiential dining we’re recognized for,” said Eugene Remm, Catch Hospitality Group partner. “The Catch brand has entered a new era heavily focused on refined cuisine and service while maintaining an energetic atmosphere and Catch Dallas will be the next great location to exude this continuing commitment to well-rounded, exceptional dining experiences.”

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