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Garland-Gaston-Grand fiasco

Neighbors continue to be riled up about what’s going to happen at the Garland-Gaston-Grand intersection. The intersection is one of the most confusing in Dallas with no one knowing whom to yield to. Some neighbors on Gaston have posted red, white and blue signs reading: “Say no on Option #2 for Garland/Gaston.” The issue wasn’t on an election ballot, but there have been public meetings and strong opinions.

La Popular Tamales just popped up in East Dallas

You can now get your fill of La Popular tamales in its new pop-up shop inside La Ranchera. The famed tamale shop wanted to keep up with holiday demand by offering another location for patrons to get their fix. The pop-up will be open through the new year and feature homemade tamales, breakfast tacos and Mexican coffee. The pop-up will be open Thursday through Sunday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and every day during the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas. So don’t be shy about stopping in on a holiday for your tamales fix whether it’s pumpkin and sweet potato for Thanksgiving or black-eyed pea for New Year’s.

Dining digest

• Snuffer’s and Liberty Burger closed in other DFW neighborhoods but not ours.

• Conde Nast Traveler ranked the Top 20 restaurants in Dallas. Among them: Mot Hai Ba, The Grape, Knife and Jimmy’s Food Store.

• Who doesn’t love a menu designed around bratwurst?

How to get free trees

Trees: Not just pretty objects, future wood for your BBQ (tread carefully, pitmasters), a life preserver in a flood, an inconvenience for Oncor or the club where Kurt Cobain infamously punched a dude.

They literally chill, and improve the quality of, the air around them — quite cool, especially in a city that annually endures 40 or so triple-digit days.

In order to “reduce air pollution, cool neighborhoods and combat climate change,” Branch Out Dallas brings free trees to city dwellers. Each Dallas resident is allowed one 5-gallon oak, elm or redbud.

District 9 Draught Haus has cool owners, Dana Thompson and her husband, Andy, guitarist for ‘90s band the Buck Pets.

Ferguson Road Initiative

The Ferguson Road Initiative celebrated its 20th anniversary Nov. 10. Vikki J. Martin, executive director, said representatives hope to break ground on a new park on Highland Road Dec. 1.

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