This Week in Gluttony

These are the 6 best food and drink events around Dallas this week

Join chef Blaine Staniford for Feast of the Seven Fishes at Grace on December 15.

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The holidays are officially upon us. From corporate holiday parties to friendly get-togethers, it's a busy time of year. But there is always time for more eating, drinking, and being merry.

From a spectacular traditional Italian celebration in Fort Worth to a onesie pajama party in Dallas, This Week in Gluttony features events of all kinds.

Tuesday, December 15

Feast of the Seven Fishes Wine Dinner at Grace
Join chef Blaine Staniford for a traditional Italian celebration featuring a seven-course meal in honor of the Feast of Seven Fishes. Courses include crudo of Spanish mackerel with Castelvetrano olives, celery leaves, egg yolk bottarga, and pumpkin seeds; Chatham Bay cod croquettes with celery root remoulade and Meyer lemon; and mascarpone panna cotta with macerated huckleberries, limoncello sorbet, and almond crumble. Sommelier Jenny Kornblum selects the wines. Dinner costs $150 a person and kicks off with a reception at 6:30 pm. Call 817-877-3388 for reservations.

Herman Marshall and Lakewood Brewing Dinner at Eureka West Village
Eureka is celebrating its one-year anniversary by hosting this dinner, which features a flight of Herman Marshall whiskeys (bourbon, rye, single malt, Temptress single malt), as well as Lakewood Brewing Company's Bourbon Barrel Temptress and Rock Ryder, paired with a specially curated menu. Representatives from both Lakewood Brewing and Herman Marshall will be on hand to answer questions and hand out swag. Tickets are $60, and dinner starts at 7 pm.

Thursday, December 17

Deep Ellum Wine Walk
During this recurring event (third Thursday of the month), combine two of your favorite pastimes: wine drinking and shopping. Visitors can purchase a collectible Wine Walk glass for $10, raise it, and repeat as they enjoy samples and explore this hot neighborhood. Pick up a passport at the check-in table at 2650-B Main St. (starting at 5 pm). Have it stamped at five or more destinations — participating stores include Life of Riley, Akola Project, Epocha, and Elluments — and enter the drawing (located at the check-in table after the event) for a chance to win gift certificates.

Friday, December 18

Salado Whiskey Pairing Dinner at Texas Spice
As part of Omni Dallas' monthly Third Friday event, enjoy a Salado whiskey pairing dinner starting at 6:30 pm. The evening features a heritage pork station paired with Salado sour, a local beef station paired with Salado hot toddy, gulf fish and local chicken paired with Salado tea, and sweet treats paired with Salado on the rocks. Cost is $65, and reservations are required by calling 214-979-4529.

Saturday, December 19

Onesie Charity Event at Henderson Tap House
Grab a onesie and drink the night away. If you show up before 11 pm, you'll get a wristband for drink specials. Admission is free with the donation of a canned food item, non-perishable item, unwrapped toy, or pet food/treats.

Sunday, December 20

The Veg Tour at 1400 Hi Line
Little Rock's premier vegan cafe, The Veg, is coming to Dallas for the first stop on its Veg Tour. Enjoy homestyle comfort food like "BBQ" nachos, the "lobster" roll, and cauliflower "wings." For the entree, choose from lasagna or roasted red pepper Alfredo over penne with Beyond Meat chicken. A dessert buffet includes peach cobbler, crème brûlée, doughnuts, cupcakes, and more. There is also spiked housemade vegan eggnog, spiked spicy ginger carrot juice, beer, and wine for sale at the bar. Tickets are $22.09, and dinner starts at 6 pm. The party is on the sixth floor.

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Live on Live

Legendary Austin blues club brings the show to Dallas viewers with new indie livestreaming platform

Photo by Daniel Cavazos

Legendary Austin blues club Antone's is launching an independent livestreaming service.

If legendary Austin blues club Antone’s is your vibe, but the drive down I-35 isn't, know we get it. Saving Dallas fans the trip, Antone’s Nightclub launched a new service for livestreaming its shows in November.

Kicking off with New Orleans-based funk and jam band Dumpstaphunk, for their special “Phunksgiving” show last month with Michael Hale Trio, the full lineup is delineated on the Antone’s website. Specifics were still loose before the launch, allowing the famous blues club to call the shots. The partner agency that created the streaming service, 3rd + Lamar, created the system to give Antone’s as much freedom as possible.

"Partnering with Antone's to build their livestreaming platform and produce each of their shows is an incredible opportunity for 3rd + Lamar," said the agency’s co-founder Nick Schenck in a press release. "The amazing talent that performs at Antone's – and their fans worldwide – deserve best-in-class live production quality, and we're thrilled to play a part in this operation."

Not that Antone’s needed to stand out more in the music industry (the nearly 50-year-old venue has always been one of the best places to see both local and national talent), but this achievement places it among relatively few venues across the country, especially those that operate their system independently.

The intimate Antone's shows are filmed by four Blackmagic 4K cinema cameras on tracks overhead, which ensure that the whole space is easily visible without having camera operators amid the audience.

“We did over 430 individually ticketed shows in 2019 and we felt like we were bursting at the seams,” said Antone’s owner Will Bridges. “Then when livestreams became more prominent during the pandemic we realized, this is our opportunity to take Antone’s outside of our four walls. … [W]e see people in the comment threads all the time saying ‘If I could only be teleported to Antone’s!’ Well now they can.”

The release emphasizes that the system means Antone’s “fully retain[s] ownership of their content, which can then be utilized at their discretion.” It also calls the service “an add-on option for all artists performing at Antone’s,” positioning the service as not just an audience luxury but a performer’s low-cost marketing tool. Suddenly, artists playing at Antone’s are afforded a choice without needing to be invited to record or pay an independent video team, while reaching even more viewers with no extra time spent advertising.

“Our ultimate goal is to make these amazing musical experiences accessible to everyone. Life is busy, but we want to give everyone the opportunity to participate no matter where they are or what they have going on,” said Bridges. “We want to make livestreams from Antone’s totally commonplace. When we announce our upcoming shows, fans have two options: watch it at the club our watch it at home.”

Livestreams are at antonesnightclub.com, and links also appear with each applicable event across the site. Prices are listed on the website, and livestreams start 10-20 minutes before each show.

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