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Black Agave celebrates its grand reopening this week.

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Easter Sunday arrives this week (and if you're seeking a place for brunch, we have that list here) — but beyond the brunch, there are several tasty events leading up to the big day: a cultural celebration at the farmers market, an after-hours egg hunt at a brewery, retro diner pop-up, wine dinner, and mixology class. Start the week by paying tribute to Selena on her birthday at the grand reopening of a popular Mexican restaurant.

Monday, April 14

Dinner Is Ready Pop-Up at Easy Slider
Get ready to rewind to the '90s with Easy Slider’s pop-up event featuring Melissa Tate’s nostalgia-packed menu. Start with chips and cheese plus bagel bites, a Catalina & Frito salad, and beef stroganoff with corn, green beans, and bread with butter. Dessert is yellow cake with chocolate icing and vanilla ice cream. It starts at 6 pm. Tickets are $75 and include cocktails and gratuity.

Wednesday, April 16

La Flor Fest at Black Agave
Farmers Branch cantina and restaurant will celebrate its grand reopening coinciding with the birthday of beloved Tejano singer Selena. Guests can enjoy $2 specials on house margaritas, wines, draft beers, High Noons, queso blanco, street elote, and nachos along with a DJ spinning Selena hits. The party will run from 5–10 pm.

Ink Grade Wine Dinner at Monarch
Winemaker Matt Taylor of Howell Mountain’s Ink Grade Winery will visit Monarch for a five-course pairing dinner. There’ll be roasted scallops, spring lamb pansotti, and hearth roasted Rosewood filet. Reservations are $265 plus tax and gratuity, but tickets are limited: There are only 8:15 pm seatings left.

Friday, April 18

Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt at Tupps Brewery
The Easter Bunny will bring thousands of eggs to Tupps brewery for an all-ages after-hours egg hunt. There will be different start times based on age. Also go for live music, dinner, craft beer, and photos with the Easter Bunny himself. Festivities will run from 6–9 pm.

Mixology Class with Mount Gay Rum at The Exchange Hall
Shake up your mixology skills with this hands-on cocktail class featuring rum cocktails made with Mount Gay Rum. The $40 price includes light bites. There are two session times: 7 pm and 9 pm.

Saturday, April 19

Easter Weekend at the Dallas Farmers Market
Celebrate Easter weekend with the Ukrainian Cultural Club of Dallas at the Dallas Farmers Market. Learn about unique cultural traditions of Ukranian Easter from Farmers Market vendor Cooking Borscht. This event is the only time of the year they sell their homemade Easter Bread. There'll be an egg-decorating workshop for kids hosted by Ukie Style, and a performance from Zorya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Dallas from 12-1 pm on The Shed stage. Enjoy a free tasting of carrot cake from 2-3 pm and photos with the Easter Bunny from 2-4 pm.

Hands-on Italian Cooking Class at CiboDivino
Roll up your sleeves and dive into the art of Italian cooking in this interactive, hands-on class led by Chef Ashley Dulce! You’ll learn to make fresh pappardelle pasta from scratch, with a mushroom sauce made from a medley of shiitake, oyster, and cremini mushrooms. The menu also includes a shaved fennel & arugula salad with citrus vinaigrette and tiramisu for dessert. Tickets are $99 for a full hands-on cooking class with wine pairing tasting. The event runs from 2-5 pm, and space is limited.

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Lower Greenville shakeup

Dallas restaurant Rye to close on Lower Greenville as sister bar moves in

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The popular farm-to-table restaurant Rye is set to close its doors on Lower Greenville later this spring, and its sister spot, self-described “avant garde” cocktail bar Apothecary, will take over its space.

Rye owner Tanner Agar announced the restaurant’s impending closure in a release, sharing that Rye’s last day of service is set for March 7. Following its shutter, the space will undergo a brief makeover to make way for a “moodier” aesthetic for Apothecary, complete with new lounge-style seating options and refreshed design elements.

“To allow Apothecary and Rye to grow individually into the concepts we know they can become, our teams and spaces need to become more separated, with knowledge and resources dedicated to each concept individually,” Agar says in the release. “Apothecary is taking over the full space because we feel that Lower Greenville is the appropriate home for it.”

Rye first opened on Lower Greenville in 2021, joining the restaurant’s original location in downtown McKinney, which debuted in 2015. The McKinney location closed in 2022 after its building was extensively damaged in a fire.

In 2024, Rye earned recognition from the Michelin Guide, which praised its “genuine hospitality” and “unrestrained” cuisine.

Now, Agar insists that Rye “isn’t gone forever,” but has not yet shared where or when the restaurant might reopen. Agar says that he is currently on the look-out for a new location that will “better support the team’s mission and overall vision.”

Apothecary, on the other hand, will reopen on March 13, taking over the dining room formerly occupied by Rye. The bar will be split into two sections, essentially, with Rye’s former dining room transformed into the bar’s main space, which will serve a “more approachable” menu of libations, including classic cocktails, beer, and wine.

The bar’s current space will be transformed into a dedicated space for cocktail experimentation, with an “exclusive” back-room feel. The space will allow the bar’s “cocktail masters” to serve more adventurous drinks, and a brand-new omakase-style cocktail service that drinkers will have to make a reservation for.

Before it closes, Rye plans to go out in style with a final tasting menu, set to begin on Tuesday, January 27, that pays homage to dishes from the restaurant’s first year in business. Also following its closure, Agar is planning a series of Rye pop-ups that will take place every couple of months to keep Rye in Dallas’s dining conversation.

The all-new Apothecary will open on March 13, one week after Rye’s final day of service on March 7. In the meantime, diners can score their final reservations at Rye via Tock.

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