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Last call for Restaurant Week specials at Bonnell’s, Rise souffles

In Fort Worth, it’s last call for the $39 dinner special at Del Frisco’s Grille, Piola Restaurant & Garden and Rise No. 3 Souffle. ( The last two are an exceptional value for an Italian or French restaurant. The dinner special also costs $49 through this week at Bonnell’s Texas Cuisine and Mercury Chophouse downtown.

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Rockin’ the River August 5

Let’s Play Gaming Expo 2018

Rockin’ the River 2018

Vans Warped Tour 2018

Cody Johnson at Panther Island Pavilion

The “Crime Scene” burger at Burgers & Brats has jalapenos, cayenne, crushed jalapeno kettle chips, an egg and a trail of hot sauce across the bun.

Eats Beat

Burgers, brats, BBQ & brews: all in 1 stop now in Arlington

A popular Flower Mound burger grill teams up with an East Texas barbecue pitmaster to open a combination restaurant in a growler bar near AT&T Stadium.

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Got $2.7 million? Selena Gomez has marked down her Fort Worth house

The Grand Prairie-raised singer-actress’ west Fort Worth house has been on and off the market since February 2017, when it was put on the market for nearly $3 million. It’s now available for only $2.7 million.

A view from inside the pavilion at Clearfork Food Park in Fort Worth. The food-truck park closed in August 2018 because its lease wasn’t renewed.

Food & Drink

A Fort Worth food truck park stopped rolling along the river this weekend

Clearfork Food Park, which had a nice little spot off the Trinity Trails near University Drive, announced on Facebooks this weekend that it is permanently closed. It had been a hangout for families for six years.

“Blaze” director/co-writer Ethan Hawke and his star, Ben Dickey, at the Ginger Man on Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth. “Blaze” is about the turbulent life of singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, whose songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, John Prine and others.

Movies

Ethan Hawke talks about his old Fort Worth days (a musket comes up) and his new movie

The actor/director, who spent summers in Fort Worth growing up, returns to chat about ‘Blaze,’ about musician Blaze Foley. Ben Dickey, who plays Foley and has some North Texas memories of his own, joins him.

Dutch’s Hamburgers now serves turkey burgers and has a late-night menu in a new bar.

Eats Beat

New burgers, later hours and a new ‘Locker Room’ near TCU

Dutch’s Hamburgers, named for a former TCU football coach, adds a “Locker Room” bar, turkey burgers and late-night hot dogs for the new Horned Frogs season.

Cake balls and cookies are sold at Charley’s Sweet Shack next door to Charley’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers.

Eats Beat

On Granbury Road, a spicy burger favorite goes sweet

Charley’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, founded in a ramshackle 65-year-old trailer, has opened an ice cream and cookies shop next door, Charley’s Sweet Shack.

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Entertainment

DIY- How to draw a Minion

Glenn McCoy talks about how to draw a Minion. Glenn has had a hand in creating the silly world of Minions by storyboarding for the films Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Minions and Despicable Me 3.

A peek inside the arcade at Corky’s Gaming Bistro, which has nearly 80 arcade games and a dozen pinball games. The entertainment center/restaurant is open in Grapevine.

Restaurants

Want some ax-throwing with your burger? Check out this new Grapevine gaming hangout

Corky’s Gaming Bistro opens in Grapevine with nearly 80 classic arcade games, as well as a menu big on burgers, tacos, pizza and a bar with craft beer and cocktails with names like Pinball Wizard and Frogger.

A special ops operator (Mark Wahlberg) has his hands full trying to get a valuable asset to the airport in “Mile 22.”

Movies

In ‘Mile 22,’ chaotic action and dense dialogue will make your head swim

In “Mile 22,” Mark Wahlberg is a special ops man trying to keep a valuable asset (Iko Uwais) alive. Its chaotic action, dense dialogue and jarring editing make it tough to understand what’s happening.

Elle (Loreto Peralta) meets a beautiful mermaid (Poppy Drayton) at a circus in the live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.”

Movies

‘Little Mermaid’ finds itself floundering in sea of mediocrity

Live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” is closer to the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale than to the animated Disney blockbuster. But this film has no major star in a lead role or much spark from its director.

Rachel (Constance Wu, right) meets her boyfriend Nick’s (Henry Golding) formidable mother (Michelle Yeoh) in “Crazy Rich Asians.”

Movies

Love, empowerment, diversity: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has them all

“Crazy Rich Asians,” a romantic comedy about a woman who learns her boyfriend is rich when they visit his family in Singapore, is based on Kevin Kwan’s novel. Starring Constance Wu and a mostly Asian cast.

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Blaze director Ethan Hawke and star Ben Dickey on the complicated life of Blaze Foley

Ethan Hawke, a Academy Award and Tony nominee, and Blaze star Ben Dickey, who portrays Blaze Foley, talk about their fascination with the late, and mysterious, Texas musician in Fort Worth recently.

Restaurants

How is that $120 sandwich at B&B Butchers, anyway? Here’s our verdict

The A5 Wagyu Pando Sando is available off-menu for now, but it will become a regular item after DFW Restaurant Week. The sandwich has been described as ‘melt-in-your-mouth.’ We tried one to see if that’s true.

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