1. Places with good food and customer service, but need more marketing
2. Popular local spots voted on by DFW locals
3. Restaurants with diverse backgrounds

Taste Community Restaurant, Fort Worth

Hutchins BBQ, Frisco

• Items reviewed: Texas twinkle, brisket, regular sausage, pork ribs, potato salad, peach cobbler

Halal Fusionz, Farmers Branch

• Items reviewed: Birria taco, mango mojito mocktail, paneer tika taco, and Chipotle Cheema

• Yay Day | Monday, Feb. 19 | 5-7 p.m. | House of Shine, 334 S. Barton St., Grapevine | $6.14 | Celebrate the monthly event with pizza bingo, goody bags, and a blind pizza tasting for a chance to win a prize.

• TCU Baseball | Tuesday, Feb. 20 | 6-9 p.m. | Lupton Baseball Stadium, 3700 W. Berry St., Fort Worth | $14-$20 | The Horned Frogs will bat against the Texas State Bobcats.

• Black Business Alliance Open Meeting | Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 12-1 p.m. | Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, 505 E. Border St., Arlington | Free | Chair Sandra Green will share information about upcoming events and how to connect with the Black Business Alliance.

• Complimentary Wine Tasting | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. | Neighbor’s House, 500 W. 7th St., Ste. 175, Fort Worth | Free | Enjoy a complimentary wine tasting while you shop for gourmet meals.
• Pasta Making Class | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 7 p.m. | The Kimpton Harper Hotel, 714 Main St., Fort Worth | $82.15 | Snack on light bites, make hand-made pasta, and enjoy a takeaway recipe card.

• Early voting begins tomorrow, Feb. 20, and runs through Friday, March 1 for the March 5 primary election. While there is a presidential election this year, residents will also cast their ballots for many Texas officials running for office at the federal, state, and local levels. Find a polling location.

• The Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved plans to develop Beggs Ranch in Aledo. Developer Phoenix Property Co. wants to build a mixed-use property with 1,000 multifamily units, 1,000 townhomes, and 650 single-family homes on the 240-acre site. City Council will vote on the zoning change on Tuesday, March 19. (Fort Worth Report)

• The Bassmaster Classic will return to Cowtown in March 2025. The city hosted the professional bass fishing competition back in June 2021 and welcomed nearly 147,000 fans. The 2025 event will take place March 21-23 at Lake Ray Roberts with the final weigh-in at Dickies Arena.

• Phase 2 of the Park Vista Boulevard expansion from Keller Haslet Road to Timberland Boulevard will begin this summer. The project will expand from two lanes to a four-lane divided road with a median, improve street lights, and add a shared-use sidewalk. Work will be complete by the summer of 2025.

• $3.4 billion. That was the economic impact of tourism in Fort Worth for 2023 — up from $3.1 billion in 2022. During Visit Fort Worth’s annual meeting last week, CEO Bob Jameson said the city saw 11.4 million visitors in 2023, up from 10.9 million in 2022. (Fort Worth Report)

• President’s Day — a federal holiday celebrating President George Washington’s birthday. The holiday is observed every third Monday of February and has been a federal holiday since 1879. Nonessential government offices at the federal, state, county, and city levels will be closed today.

• NAS JRB Fort Worth’s Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 59 was awarded the Noel Davis Aviation Efficiency Award (Battle ‘E’). The award is given to the squadron that demonstrated “superior performance throughout the year-long evaluation period.” The squadron will wear the Battle ‘E’ ribbon in uniform for the rest of their career. (DVIDS)

• Did you know Brad Paisley’s hit song “Better Than This” includes a mention of Joe T. Garcia’s? In the 2007 song, the lyrics say “Old Joe T. Garcia showed up with fajitas and a 100-gallon keg of beer.” Check out these other songs that have ties to Fort Worth.