Birthday Brew Unveiled

Peticolas Brewing to pop top on new mystery beer at 2-year anniversary party

Peticolas Brewing celebrates its second anniversary on December 28 with the unveiling of its 10th beer.

The North Texas craft beer scene is still learning to walk, but a number of breweries are already turning 2. The latest to do so is the Design District’s award-winning Peticolas Brewing Company.

To celebrate the cotton anniversary, Peticolas is throwing a party on December 28 featuring a mysterious, brewery-only beer that will be the 10th creation to come from owner and brewer Michael Peticolas.

Since it began brewing on December 30, 2011, Peticolas has released nine beers, including the Great American Beer Festival gold medal winner English pale ale Royal Scandal and strong spiced winter ale Wintervention. Peticolas was also named the 2013 Brewery of the Year by both D Magazine and the Dallas Observer.

Peticolas is keeping details of the 10th beer under wraps for now, but the party will include the unveiling as well as the chance to try out the nine other beers and two aged beers (2012 Great Scot! and 2012 Wintervention) and several casks. Peticolas plans to make the 10th beer available only at the brewery.

“It’s all about superior beer for us, so it makes sense to build our anniversary around the beers we’ve brewed in our first two years,” Peticolas said in a statement.

Tickets don’t go on sale until December 9, but guests can pick up commemorative T-shirts at the party, and everyone will receive glassware marking the “2 Years 10 Beers” anniversary as well as five tokens redeemable for beer. Jump Billy Trio will play three sets to keep everyone drinking with the music.

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Dallas chef unveils dual cafe and tasting restaurant in Bishop Arts

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Dish from chef Wyl Lima

A new concept combining food and art is coming to Dallas' Bishop Arts District: Called Ateliê and Origen, it'll be two interconnected dining concepts from chef Wyl Lima, housed at the same location at 365 W. Jefferson Blvd., offering distinct but complementary experiences.

Lima is founder of The Experience, a dining and arts series that has popped up in unexpected spaces, from penthouses to plant shops to The Charlotte American Bistro at 2822 N. Henderson Ave., where he serves as culinary director. Now, The Experience experience has a permanent home.

There's no firm opening date but the target is mid- to late September.

Ateliê is a globally inspired daytime café-bistro with espresso, pastries, and sandwiches in the morning, and a 12-item bistro menu featuring dishes like grilled whole mackerel, croque madame, flatbread with prawns, and half-roasted chicken with sweet plantains in the afternoon. Designed as a dynamic space that reflects what Chef Wyl craves on his days off, the menu is seasonal, ever-changing, and not tied to any one region or tradition.

Ateliê also serves as a satellite gallery to Daisha Board Gallery, where emerging artists’ work is displayed and available for purchase throughout the space.

Origen is a reservation-only limited-seating tasting room open Thursday-Saturday, serving a seven- to 10-course seasonal menu, shaped by Chef Wyl’s background in fine dining, including his time as Chef de Cuisine at Michelin-starred Temporis in Chicago, with each dish reflecting a specific piece selected with Daisha Board Gallery.

The family-owned project is rooted in community, collaboration, and honoring the immigrant journey. Wyl and his cousin, co-founder Vivaldo Gouveia, credit their mothers—who immigrated from Angola—for instilling the values that made this concept possible.

"I’ve been an artist my whole life," Lima says. "I’ve written, I’ve made music, and food just became the most interesting medium for me. In my early 20s I was curating shows, and after cooking in Chicago and coming back home, it’s always been a dream to bring those two parts of my world together. This space is meant to be a sensory experience. Everything you see, hear, and taste should feel creatively stimulating."

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