Foodie News

Treasured Texas boutique hotel named one of the world's best farm-to-tablerestaurants

Vegetables go from the garden to your plate at the Inn at Dos Brisas.
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The Inn at Dos Brisas is about an hour outside of Houston, in Washington, Texas.
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The organic farm at the Inn at Dos Brisas.
The Inn at Dos Brisas is the only Forbes Travel Guide five-star restaurant inTexas.

If there's anything I learned from the movie The Trip, it's that comedians might be fun to watch, but they can be annoying travel companions. That and small hotels in the English countryside have some of that country's most interesting restaurants.

Luckily, travel-worthy hotel restaurants aren't confined to the other side of the pond.

Departures magazine has culled together a list of the 10 best farm-to-table hotel restaurants in the world. In addition to a hotel that sits in the middle of a Tanzanian coffee plantation, a New Zealand lodge and a three-Michelin-star hotel restaurant in California, the magazine recognizes Texas treasure Inn at Dos Brisas.

Executive chef Zachary Ladwig benefits not only from a location in the heart of Texas cattle country but also from an organic garden that sprouts more fruits, vegetables and herbs than his kitchen can possibly use.

The 313-acre property includes an organic garden; orchard of persimmon, pear, apple and pomegranate trees; and two greenhouses. Ladwig plays with colors, flavors and textures to prepare the freshest, most seasonally driven dishes.

Just an hour west of Houston near tiny Washington, Texas, the Inn at Dos Brisas is also the only Forbes Travel Guide five-star restaurant in Texas.

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Holiday News

Here's the holiday 2024 schedule for DART bus and trains in Dallas

The DART bus situation will be changing in 2022.

Photo courtesy of DART

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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Bus and Light Rail service will observe special hours over the Christmas and New Year's holidays for 2024, which unfortunately this year fall on a Wednesday. Is there anything worse than a Wednesday holiday?

Here's the schedule for December 24-25, and December 31-January 1:

DART

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a regular weekday schedule
TRE: Normal Service

DART GoLink: GoLink is running from 5 am to midnight in all Zones. DART Paratransit: Operating a normal schedule.

DART Customer Relations Center (trip planning) will be open from 5 am–12 am. DART Customer Support Center (inquiries and complaints) 8 am–5 pm. DART Lost & Found, also 8 am–5 pm.

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a weekend schedule
TRE: No service

DART GoLink: GoLink is running from 5 am to midnight in all Zones except the Inland Port Transportation Management Association Zone (IPTMA which includes areas in Lancaster, DeSoto, Wilmer & Hutchins).

DART Paratransit: All subscription trips for DART Paratransit will be cancelled except for those going to and from dialysis appointments on Wednesday, December 25. Riders can still call in and book demand trips for this day as needed. Reservations will remain open on December 25 from 8 am-5 pm. Customers can also schedule, view, and cancel trips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at DART.org/paratransit.

DART Customer Relations Center and DART Lost and Found and Administrative Offices will be closed.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

DART Buses and Light Rail: Operating on a regular weekday schedule

Free DART Rides on New Year's Eve

Coors Light and DART will once again help North Texas residents get home safely on New Year's Eve.

Free transportation will be offered the night of New Year's Eve on DART buses, light rail, Paratransit Services and the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Airport Station for everyone from 6 pm until the end of service.
Look for New Year's Eve schedules at DART.org and TrinityRailwayExpress.org.

Trinity Metro

Trinity Metro will have some service modifications for the Christmas holidays. If a specific service (such as Trinity Metro TEXRail) is not listed, that means it is operating on its regular schedule.

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

No bus routes will leave from Fort Worth Central Station after 7:15 pm.The last scheduled pick-up time for On-Demand paratransit will be 7:45 pm.

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Trinity Metro bus and Trinity Metro On-Demand (including paratransit) will operate on a modified holiday schedule.

All buses, including Orange Line, will run on an hourly schedule, with the exception of Molly the Trolley, which will operate every 30 minutes.

Trinity Metro On-Demand in Alliance, Mercantile, North Side, Southside, Southeast and South Tarrant will operate 7 am-7 pm.

Services in TCC Northeast and Mansfield will not operate.

Trinity Railway Express (TRE), TRE LINK, and the CentrePort Shuttle will not operate.

Customer Support & Solutions team members will be available 5 am-5 pm at 817-215-8600. The ticket sales kiosk at Fort Worth Central Station will be closed.

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