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1.) Plan ahead and shop for your dads and grads at Wild Acre Brewing (1734 E El Paso St, Ste 190, 817-882-9453) from noon to 5pm Sat as part of the Wandering Roots Father’s Day Market. Along with shopping for the perfect gift(s), enjoy craft beer, food trucks, kids’ crafts, live music, and outdoor games for the whole family. 2.) Jericho Road Baptist Church (5000 Eastland St, 817-585-1293) invites all fathers to stop by for a complimentary breakfast 9am-11am Sat, Jun 18. Fathers will also receive a free car wash 10am-2pm. (The cost for other non-paternal customers is $10.) Lunch, available for $5, features two hotdogs or one hot link, plus chips and a drink. For more info, visit Facebook.com/JerichoRoadBC.
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3.) Nascent Culinary (@NascentCulinary), a North Texas business specializing in popup dining experiences, hosts Father’s Day Beefsteak Buffet Dinner at Neighbor’s House Grocery (501 W 6th St, Ste 175, 817-334-0526) at 2pm and 5pm Sun, Jun 19. Tickets are $45 per person at Buy.Stripe. com/9AQ7vf0TI5AY4aA3cc. 4.) Race Street neighbors Creatively Beaut Goods (@)CreativelyBeautGoodsCBG) and Neutral Ground Brewing Company (2929 Race St, 682-499-6033) are co-hosting a family- and pet-friendly Father’s Day Pop-Up event in the back parking lot 4pm-9pm Sat, Jun 18. Enjoy brews, cigars, and a classic-car hangout from Neutral Ground, grilled foods
6.) Lava Cantina (5805 Grandscape Blvd, The Colony, 214-618-6893) hosts Father’s Day Brunch 9am-2pm Sun, Jun 19, featuring live jazz. Start with the #DadBod Salad Bar, then move to other brunch items, including a smoked prime-rib carving station, Bradshaw Bourbon-glazed chicken, beet-cured deviled eggs, sour cream-and-chive whipped potatoes, a mac ’n’ cheese station, balsamic-grilled broccolini, shrimp cocktail, sliders, and a dessert bar. If breakfast is more your thing, you can also enjoy a breakfast taco station. While you will pay in person — $32 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and under — you will need a free reservation at EventBrite.com to reserve space for your party. 7.) With two locations in our area of North Texas, including Fort Worth (2300 W 7th St, Ste 140, 817-270-2337) and Euless (1200 Chisholm Trl, Bld E1, Ste 101, 817-3542000), Hopdoddy Burger Bar has a Father’s Day deal for you. By mentioning the “Double It for Dad” promotion in person 11am-
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9pm Sun, Jun 19, you’ll receive a second complimentary beef (regular), chicken, or veggie patty on your burger. Hopdoddy also has gift ideas. “If your dad likes burgers, beer, and good puns, Hopdoddy Hop Shop has the perfect gifts for him! What better Father’s Day gift than a ‘Good with Meat’ apron, a pint glass, or grilling accessories to help with his next big cookout? You can check out all of the items available now at Hopdoddy.com/HopShop.” 8.) Based on the image here, the target audience of the Texas Wine Fest is your dad. (I mean, just look at him.) With timed entries at an indoor venue — cool and comfortable and less people-y than ever before — the wine festival is back at Collins Event Center (1010 N Collins St, Arlington, 877-294-6836). On Sun, Jun 19, the festival is admitting 150 people at a time at noon, 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm. Tickets are $49 at TexasWinos.com and include admission, a souvenir wine glass, all wine tastings, and samples from vendors.
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While North Texas is full of places for Dad the next two weekends, at least eight locales we dig are hosting Father’s Day celebrations. If there’s an upcoming graduate in your life, buy them a gift at these spots while you’re there. Purchase food or tchotchkes for the HS seniors and save the booze for the college grads, of course. (We’re nothing if not responsible blurb publishers!)
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5.) Have a wild time 6pm-8:30pm Sat, Jun 18, at the exclusive after-hours Father’s Day Cookout at the Fort Worth Zoo (1989 Colonial Pkwy, 817-759-7555). This event includes dinner at The Reserve in the African Savanna area, an open bar with beer and wine, a meet-and-greet with the zoo’s outreach animals, and a giraffe-feeding experience for your whole group, plus one meerkat-adoption package for Dad. Tickets are $85 for adults (ages 13 and older), $30 for kids (ages 3 to 12), and free for younger children (ages 2 and under) at FortWorthZoo. org/Fathers-Day-Cookout. All proceeds benefit the zoo’s adoption program, which supports the care and feeding of the animals.
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Among the many things affected by the COVID-19 pandemic were hobby gamers and game stores. Plenty of retailers closed up shop or stopped hosting games and events during lockdown, and players either postponed their Dungeons and Dragons campaigns or moved them online. Now that the curve has flattened and gamers are ready to meet, a new store is opening that aims to fill the void left by the lack of playing spaces and to bring players together. Hero Quest Games first opened three weeks ago at 4620 Bryant Irvin Rd., Ste. 546, just next to the Spec’s Wine, Spirits & Finer
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Wilson and Monday didn’t spend long talking about bringing their dream store to life. They just did it.
things like handmade bags, candles, and scented soaps with gaming dice molded into them, as well as framed art, which lines the walls. And so far, the store seems to be filling the need. A meet-and-greet on Saturday brought in a few dozen customers who could be heard talking about their gaming history and taking the time to make character sheets provided by the staff. Comelia Hinkley of Fort Worth said she came “to meet people to play D&D and board games with. And for a place to Christmas shop.” And another Fort Worthian, Benjamin Palmer, of Adventure Awaits Studios (AdventureAwaitsStudios.com), who writes adventure campaigns for D&D’s fifth edition, loves the location. “I like poking around and love seeing new shops. It’s the closest store near me, and they have a better selection than most other stores,” he said as he bought miniatures to round out his pirate crew. For the future, the Hero Quest duo plans to renovate the back of the store into a private gaming area that players can reserve, which Monday believes should be ready in about a month. For now, Monday and Wilson seem content learning more about the games. “D&D has been around since the ’70s,” Monday said. “People have been playing since then and know more than I do, so the main thing is making a welcome environment and a place that doesn’t cost a ton of money, which is why we’re not charging people to play.” Hero Quest is open noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Saturday. The store is closed Thursday. Visit Hero Quest Games on Facebook or email them at HeroQuestGames@gmail.com. l
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Foods. Co-owner Dometry Wilson describes it as “essentially, a board game and RPG store with a focus on space to play and hang out.” He and the other owner, girlfriend Ashley Monday, saw a need for a store like theirs as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the hobby store ecosystem. Wilson explained that, during the pandemic, “A lot of game stores moved away from having a play space and haven’t seemed open to it since.” While plenty of stores are hosting, say, Magic: The Gathering tournaments, Wilson said, “We felt there was a need for a place to comfortably play board games and bring your D&D group.” Both Wilson and Monday are avid gamers and felt they knew what they wanted to offer. Wilson has been playing D&D since 2018, and Monday has been looking for a place to expand her social circle. “It’s a way for people to re-socialize and good for awkward people like myself,” she said. It’s also affordable for people who want a place to play, as tables for gaming are available for free. The impact of the pandemic had shifted their job goals. Monday said, “I was working at Redfin when it furloughed, and then fired, roughly half its staff, which ended my career.” After meeting Wilson on Bumble and beginning a relationship, they both found themselves working at Target. However, the retail grind soon got to them. They talked about opening a store like many twentysomethings do but actually pushed forward to accomplish it. “Ashley asked, ‘Why are we waiting to do what we want to do?’ ” Wilson recalled. They first opened a small booth at Fan-
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