Local Food and Drink Events in Texas This Week of May 12 to 18
Allen Food + Wine Festival Presented by H-E-B
The Allen Food+Wine Festival Presented by H-E-B will take place on Saturday, May 13th from 12pm-4pm at The Village at Allen! Celebrate with us on Mother’s Day weekend!
The festival will feature wine tasting, craft beer, delicious cuisine, live music, shopping with local boutiques, fun photo-ops and much more!
Wine Tasting Pass: $40. The Wine Tasting Pass gives you (20) one-ounce tastings to use at any of the wineries! Your tickets also include an event wine glass with the Allen Food+Wine Festival logo! (The wine glasses are a hard plastic you can take home with you.)
Wineries will be set up at the festival and throughout the local shops at The Village at Allen! Attendees who visit the wineries located inside the local shops will be entered to win a $500 gift card from H-E-B!
Food Pass: $30. The food pass gives you access to taste delicious cuisine from 10 of the best local restaurants between 12pm-4pm! Participating Restaurants: Hawaiian Bros Island Grill, Wild Salsa, Pie 314 Everyday Eatery, I Love Juice Bar, Raising Canes, Flatrock BBQ, Shoagies, The Koi Way, Panera Bread, Nothing Bundt Cakes – Allen, Masala Twist, Guitars & Growlers Z's Good Vibez Juice Bar, Raising Cane's, Macho Taco Cantina, Chiloso Mexican Bistro, Loro, Pei Wei, Cafe Gecko!
Food+Wine Pass: $60. Enjoy the food pass and wine tasting pass for the most delicious experience at the Allen Food+Wine Festival!
Added bonus: Attendees with the Food+Wine tasting pass can visit the H-E-B tent to enjoy delectable food and wine pairings from their lead chef and culinary team!
The bands will rock the stage from 12pm-4pm!
A BIG Thank you to our major sponsors for making the event possible! H-E-B, The Village at Allen, The Links at Twin Creeks, Chic Dermatology and Aesthetics, Texans Credit UnionPella Windows
Become a vendor or sponsor at this FUN event! Click HERE to apply as a vendor or email us at hello@sbghospitality.com for sponsor or restaurant partner information!
Get your tickets before they sell out! Learn more about the event here: www.allenfoodandwinefestival.com
CHEERS ALLEN!
FAQs:
• The event is rain or shine. No refunds. Location is subject to change as needed within Frisco, Texas.
• No outside food or beverage allowed (except water)
• Children are welcome (There are no children themed activities)
Date and Time
Saturday, May 13, 2023
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Location
The Village at Allen, 190 East Stacy Road, Allen, TX 75002, United States
Click here for more information.
Buda Full BBQ Bonanza
The Buda Freemasons are hosting the first annual Buda Full BBQ Bonanza benefiting the Buda Lodge and their Scholarship fund for Buda Highschool Students.
Only $20 gets you All You Can Sample BBQ (until it runs out), 2 votes for your favorite Vendor, play on the playground, enjoy live music, BBQ, and more! There will be local market venders selling handmade goods, free face-painting, and much more!!!
Date and Time
Saturday, May 13, 2023
2:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
Location
Downtown Buda Farmers' Market, 204 San Antonio St, Buda, TX 78610, United States
Click here for more information.
Spring Wine Walk 2023
It's Wine Walk time in Downtown Garland! Join us May 13th for wine, live music, shopping and a chance to win Downtown Dollars!
Grab your friends or bring your mom along for a Mother’s Day weekend and enjoy wine tasting in Downtown Garland on May 13th from 4 to 8 PM!
You’ll walk through the historic Downtown Garland visiting 12 stops - each with a unique wine! Check-in at the Landmark Museum is from 4 - 6 PM. Once you check-in at the Landmark Museum, you will receive your collectable wine glass, wristband and map that will allow you to stroll at your own pace!
You just might be one of the lucky winners of our Downtown Dollars giveaway! At check-in, we will select 3 random winners to win Downtown Dollars - redeemable at every stop on the Wine Walk map!
Wine stops are inside participating restaurants and retailers in Downtown Garland! So feel free to spend a little time dining and shopping while you sip!
Our friends at He Wines She Dines have chosen an amazing selection of wines for you and we are sure you'll find your new favorite wine somewhere along the way!
Listen to live music throughout special stops in the Downtown Garland district!
Get your tickets now before they sell out! Tickets at the door will be $40 - if we have tickets remaining
Date and Time
Saturday, May 13, 2023
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Location
393 North 6th Street, Garland, TX, USA
Click here for more information.
BBQ & Brews Food Truck Festival
Calling all Foodies! Join us as we beat the heat with a BBQ & Brews Food Truck Festival on Saturday, May 20th from 12PM-4PM. Enjoy gourmet food trucks offering a variety of menus as well as your favorite brews from King's BierHaus of League City. Plus, enjoy live music from The Wood & Steel Band, lawn games, giveaways from our Retailers and more!
TANGERCLUB VIP PERK: The first 20 TangerClub Members to check in at the Tanger Tent will receive a FREE gift! Not a member Sign up TODAY: https://www.tangeroutlet.com/tangerclub
Participating Food Trucks:
Big Phil's Smokehouse
Tacos El Flaco
Eggroll Anything
DonutNV
King's BierHaus
Date and Time
Saturday, May 13, 2023
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Location
Tanger Outlets Houston, 5885 Gulf Freeway, Texas City, Texas 77591, United States
Click here for more information.
Red River Headwaters Local Food Summit
Gather with small-scale growers, ranchers, & community leaders around local food movements in the Texas Panhandle. Share a meal and learn.
Foodsheds and watersheds mirror a similar footprint: food grows where water flows. Exchanges of locally grown food help to trigger a more resilient economy, while creating shared stewardship of natural resources and a step towards community empowerment. At this gathering, we will hear the voices and stories of those who provide us with nutrient-dense, fresh food, while stewarding lands in the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle—places drained by the Red River headwaters. Join with us for the day, to share peer-to-peer learning opportunities, to build knowledge and inspire new coalitions among agricultural producers and consumers—so that we can become stronger and more hopeful as we move into the new growing season!
At the Red River Headwaters Local Food Summit, we are gathering together the voices and stories of our rural food economies, those who provide us access to nutrient-dense, fresh food and who steward the lands of the Texas Panhandle. Focusing on the Red River region of the northern Panhandle, we are taking a day to share peer-to-peer, living knowledge among agricultural producers, provide a space for community members to meet the hands behind their food, and ultimately strengthen a coalition in the northern Texas Panhandle to nurture those movements going forward.
The summit will feature the following topics and presenters:
Getting Started in Food Production
Markus Schick, Schick's Strawberry Patch | Amarillo, TX
Bonnie Allen, The Egg Shop | Panhandle, TX
Rev. Beverly Couzzourt, St. Peter's Episcopal Church | Amarillo, TX
Marketing Local Food to Customers
Natalie Knutson, Pampa Farmers Market | Pampa, TX
Blair & Blanca Schaffer, Schaffer Farms | Jericho, TX
Veronica & Ethan Weinheimer, Granview Granary | Groom, TX
(Catered Lunch by Natalie Knutson)
Local Meat Production/Processing/Marketing
Trent Cadra, Texas Beef Grass to Grill, LLC | Wheeler, TX
Josh Cook, Plant Manager, Clint & Sons Processing| White Deer, TX
Growing/Marketing Fruits & Vegetables
Tim Gee, Gee Family Farms | Amarillo, TX
Tony & Ryan Frogge, Bear Creek Farms, LLC | Pampa, TX
Getting Youth Involved in Local Food Systems
Kristen Moudy, Wheeler County EDC | Wheeler, TX
Wendy Hazzard, Wheeler County AgriLife Extension Service | Wheeler, TX
New Initiatives for the Red River Foodshed
Brady Clark, Square Mile Development | Amarillo, TX
Darryl Birkenfeld, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Ogallala Commons | Nazareth, TX
In addition to a variety of talks, there will also be a catered lunch, sourced as locally as possible. We hope you will gather with us for story, strategy, coalition-building, and good food.
The summit will be from 9AM - 3:45PM on Thursday, May 11th at the Pampa Economic Development Corporation.
Date and Time
Thursday, May 11, 2023
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT
Location
200 North Ballard Street, Pampa, TX 79065, United States
Click here for more information.
Spring 2023 Piney Woods Wine Festival
The City of Lindale invites you to the Spring Piney Woods Wine Festival! Visit all 20 award-winning wineries of the Piney Woods Wine Trail in one convenient location -- Picker's Pavilion at Blackberry Square in Downtown Lindale!
Friday, May 12th - 1:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 13th - 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Make plans to uncork the fun with...
- $1 Wine Tastings
- Live Music
- Artisan & Gift Vendors
- Amazing Food Trucks
- VIP Experience... and more!
Buy your Wine Garden Wristband NOW!
- Wristband required to enter the Wine Garden and Picker's Pavilion (Must be 21 or older with ID)
- 1-Day Wristband = $15 (Tastings not included)
- VIP Wristband (2-Day Entry) = $25 (Tastings not included)
- VIP Wristband available ONLINE ONLY
For more details, go to VisitLindale.com or follow us on Facebook and Instagram @VisitLindaleTX.
Interested in being a *Vendor? Download an application at VisitLindale.com/events. Then email it, along with photos, to VisitLindaletx@gmail.com.
*All vendors must contact and be approved by the City of Lindale Tourism Department. Vendor spaces are not issued by third parties.
Date and Time
Friday, May 12, 2023
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Location
Pickers Pavilion, East North Street, Lindale, TX, USA
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Austin Mimosa Walk: Mother’s Day Weekend, Hawaiian Edition
Aloha! Feel the joy and enjoy the beautiful Spring weather as you shop Austin’s South First Street! Good Vibes are here.
We’re ALL IN on this Hawaiian edition. We see you in tropical prints, caftans, straw hats, and Hawaiian print shirts.
Come early, stay late, or take a break at the many South First Coffee and bakeries when you need a snack or more.
This “Sip & Shop” experience is from Noon - 3:30 pm. This event is a self-guided tour with samplings of mimosas at each shop shown on the map. Check-in tents are in the courtyard entrance of Willa., 1600 S. 1st. Upon check-in, guests receive a mimosa glass, map, and wristband. There are so many new mimosa stops and shops with no additional purchase.
Categories represented:
Vintage Shops, Speciality Boutiques including gorgeous shoes and hand-crafted boots, Fine Art, Artisan Home Goods, Indoor Plants, Greeting Cards, Gifts, Candles, Hot from the oven Pasteries, Candies, Locally Roasted Coffee, and more!
Plus, Topo Chico hydration station!
Plus, a Food Truck Park and delicious restaurants!
As always, we are a shine or sprinkle event. We suggest umbrellas, galoshes, and windbreakers if necessary.
Date and Time
Saturday, May 13, 2023
12:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT
Location
1600 South 1st Street, Austin, TX 78704, United States
Click here for more information.
7th Annual BBQ Cookoff
Buck's will be having our 7th annual BBQ Cookoff on May 12th and 13th. Come celebrate great food, cold beer and live music.
THE SPOTS ARE ASSIGNED FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BY ENTRY DATE NOT ARRIVAL.
No electricity/water available – bring your own generator and water supply.
WAIVER MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH YOUR ENTRY FORM
EMAIL ALL ENTRY AND WAIVERS TO:
phvsanders@gmail.com
Entry fees are to be paid with Eventbrite on the Buck’s Backyard website located under the Cook-Off tab.
All IBCA Rules Apply – Please read all rules by clicking on the below link:
https://ibcabbq.org/wp-content/uploads/IBCA-Rules-Oct-2021.pdf
Entry Fee $165 includes 3 main meats: Brisket, Ribs and Chicken.
$20 for Jackpot Bean category, $10 Bacon Wrapped Popper category and
$10 Margarita category
ALL IBCA RULES APPLY- Buck’s Backyard and IBCA RULES
Mandatory – Meat will be inspected before you may begin seasoning.
1.Only one (1) team per pit.
2.Teams will consist of a Head Cook and up to 4 team members.
3.Any and all meats entered into judging will be cooked from scratch within the constraints of the event. Pre-cooking, marinating, etc., will not be allowed prior to the start of the cook-off as defined by the cook-off promoter.
4.Fires must be wood or charcoal. Pit may include gas or electricity to start the natural substances, but may not be used in any part of the cooking process. Pits/Grills will be inspected upon arrival. Holes or open pits are not permitted. Fires may not be built on the ground. Each team MUST bring a fire extinguisher.
5.Props, trailers, motorhome vehicles, tents and any other equipment may not exceed the boundary of the contestant’s assigned space. No tent stakes can be driven into the asphalt.
6.IBCA trays will be handed out from 6pm – 7pm Friday night. Head Cook meeting at 6:30pm Friday. (HEAD COOKS MUST ATTEND)
7.It is the responsibility of the contestant to see that the contest area is kept clean and that the area is cleaned and policed following the contest. All fires must be put out, concrete blocks and other building materials or props hauled away and all equipment removed from the site.
8.Excessive use of alcoholic beverages may be grounds for disqualifications. Alcoholic beverage rules must be followed (example: poured into cups). Under no circumstances are alcoholic beverages to be distributed to the general public by contestants. No food sales to the general public.
9.The only parking available for your team is to be within your 35x40 area. Other family members or friends will have to park in the Bucks main lot or other designated parking areas
10.No 4 wheelers or golf carts in the cook-off area except by the cook-off promoter.
11.IBCA judging rules will apply
12.Promoter and cook-off officials will not be held responsible for accidents, theft, or any mishaps.
13.No Skateboards, skates, in-line skates, bicycles allowed.
14.No electricity/water available – bring your own generators and water supply.
15.Spaces are approximately 35 x 40.
16.Absolutely no firearms or explosives are allowed.
17.Amplification should be used in moderation during the entire cook-off, and must be turned off from 1am Friday night until 8am Saturday morning. You will be given a warning and are subject to disqualification on second complaint.
18.Check in times begin Thursday after 6pm. Due to the size of our event and safety of pedestrians, ALL COOKS MUST BE CHECKED IN BY 6:00 AM SATURDAY.
19.Beans – nothing larger than a bean in the cup. – No garnishes.
20.Buck’s Backyard and IBCA reserves the right to make additional regulations as situations warrant. Decisions of Committee and Judges are FINAL.
21. Prizes are as follows – (Trophies and Payouts)
Brisket 1st $1000
2nd $500
3rd $200
Ribs 1st $700
2nd $400
3rd $150
Chicken 1st $500
2nd $225
3rd $100
Beans, Poppers and Margarita are paid 50% pay out ($ TBD on amount of contestants)
22.Top 10 in all categories will be announced and given Certificates.
23.TURN IN TIMES: BEANS 11AM, CHICKEN 12PM, SPARE RIBS 1:30PM, BRISKET 3:00PM
24.Poppers and Margarita will be an 8pm turn in on FRIDAY NIGHT. Bacon Wrapped Poppers are the Cooks Choice category meaning you can bacon wrap any protein or vegetable however you want. Including garnishes and/or different types of dishes. The only rule is that you have to incorporate a bacon wrapped popper in the dish.
25. Upon arrival you may proceed to your assigned cooking spot after check in. Your team MUST stay within your boundaries. If you are bringing a travel trailer/motorhome/camper, you are NOT allowed to have your door face the road. It must be pulled straight in or backed into your spot.
Date and Time
Friday, May 12, 2023
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Location
Buck's Backyard, Farm to Market 1626, Buda, TX, USA
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Maggiano’s Houston Mother’s Day Buffet 2023
Spoil Mom with Maggiano's this Mother's Day! ~MAGGIANO'S MOTHER'S DAY BUFFET 2023~ 10 Seating Times Available
Located in Our Banquet Ballroom Upstairs
$55.95 All-Inclusive for Adults (meal, non-alcoholic beverages, tax and gratuity)
$23.95 All-Inclusive for Kids Ages 5-11 (meal, non-alcoholic beverages, tax and gratuity)
(Kids Under 5 Eat Free!)
Prices Include Tax & Gratuity!
Mother's Day Buffet:
Meal includes Fresh Baked Ciabatta Rolls, Coffee, Tea and Assorted Sodas.
Appetizers:
Classic Bruschetta, Mini Mozzarella Marinara
Salads:
Caesar & Maggiano's Salad
Signature Dishes:
Taylor Street Baked Ziti, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Rigatoni "D", & Four-Cheese Ravioli
Entrées :
Beef Tenderloin Medallions, Chicken Piccata, Chicken Parmesan & Balsamic Glazed Salmon
Maggiano's Signature Sweets:
Miniature Desserts include New York Style Cheesecake, Apple Crostada, Gigi's Butter Cake, Crème Brulee, Tiramisu & Assorted Cookies
Menu items are subject to change based on availability.
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FULL BAR AVAILABLE & ID will be required to purchase alcohol
FAQs
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, you will check in at the 2nd floor host stand at the top of the banquet staircase. We will have a guest list with your ticket number & name listed.
What is the refund policy?
Refunds are available up to 24 hours prior to the event date. Refund requests after this date will be on a case-by-case basis.
What time do we need to show up for our ticket time?
We request that you do arrive at your scheduled seating time to enjoy the full offering of our buffet.
Please call us for additional questions, special seating requests, allergies, or dietary restrictions at 713-961-2700 and ask to speak with the manager on duty.
RESERVE YOUR TABLE TODAY!
Date and Time
Sunday, May 14, 2023
11:30 AM – 7:00 PM CDT
Location
Maggiano's Little Italy, 2019 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056, United States
Click here for more information.
Summer Crawfish Boil Block Party
Rex’s Seafood is bringing the bayou to DFW with all you can eat crawfish plus a drink of your choice just in time for summer. Come by the crawfish boil from 4-10PM and stay for the fun.
Enjoy some DFM favorites, local seasonal beer selection, live music + outdoor games. Make the memories last with a Summer Photo-Op .
Tickets on sale now -- $45 each for Adults, $20 for Children 12 and under. *Tips are greatly appreciated!
Date and Time
Friday, May 12, 2023
4:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
Location
Rex's Seafood and Market, 920 South Harwood Street #150, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
