Monday, August 17, 2026 · Dallas
Frita Batidos opens today on Knox. Dallas Burger Week and the Salty Donut × Natalie’s Juice collab both start today (through Aug. 23). Keep It Cool Weekend’s Sunday session was yesterday. Eater Dallas is not usable this week — the site is still serving 2025 maps.
Eater Dallas’s homepage is stale: Fall 2025 Essential 38, December 2025 heatmap, and news items dated 2025. This brief is CultureMap, the Dallas Morning News, the Observer, and the Farmers Market. A “Dallas Summer Market & Food Truck Festival” and a Texas Spice “Farm to Flame” dinner appeared only on aggregator calendars and were left out. Juliet Steak (Facebook “August”) was not corroborated. Shake Shack in Highland Village and Walk-On’s in Wylie are suburban chain openings we are not featuring.
The month, at a table
August 2026 — marked days have something on the table
In pictures
Knox · opens today
Eve Aronoff Fernandez’s Ann Arbor Cuban burger-and-batido shop — Detroit and Brooklyn already open — takes the old La Duni. DMN and the Observer both say Monday. Open Sunday–Wednesday 11–10, Thursday–Saturday 11–11.
Sources: Dallas Morning News, Dallas Observer
Dallas Farmers Market · Sat–Sun
Aguas frescas, frozen margaritas, Korean bingsu, popsicles, and snow cones in The Shed, plus live music (Jacy Penland Saturday; Courtney Istre Sunday) and balloon art. The market’s own August 15–16 event pages are the source.
Sources: Dallas Farmers Market, Aug. 15, Aug. 16
Without pictures
Dallas · Aug. 17–23
Fort Worth’s burger week finally gets a Dallas twin the same week. Crave DFW (July 15) listed Aug. 17–23.
Source: Crave DFW, July 15
Bishop Arts and Klyde Warren · Aug. 17–23
A one-week orange-juice collaboration at both Dallas Salty Donut shops.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
Dallas Farmers Market · yesterday
Friday’s evening market: art and vintage vendors, food, happy-hour specials, and live music from Chloe Rogers-Campbell. Plant Bingo is also running at Ferrinheits Organics.
Source: Dallas Farmers Market
East Plano · opened Friday
The sports bar’s first adults-only lounge — vinyl, pool, bottle lockers — opened at 5 Friday. After Friday: Fridays 5–midnight; Sat–Sun 11 a.m.–midnight.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
McKinney · Saturday
Made-to-order cinnamon rolls, ice cream, and iced coffee. CultureMap dates the public celebration Saturday.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
In pictures
Preston Hollow · opened Aug. 10
Vandelay’s second El Molino — 6,000 square feet in the old Anchor Sushi / Cantina Laredo bay — opened Monday with an expanded steak-and-seafood list on top of the wood-fired fajitas.
Sources: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 5, Dallas Observer
Oak Lawn / Wycliff · opened Aug. 10
The Fort Worth-born Hawaiian shrimp-truck chain’s first Dallas-proper shop: five flavors of butterfly shrimp, rice, salad, and the same boxes as the suburbs.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
West Plano · opened Aug. 7
Third Texas bakery-café for the New York shop, after University Park and Lakewood. DMN (Aug. 13) says Casa Linda, the Design District, and Haskell/Central are next — no days attached.
Sources: Dallas Morning News, Aug. 13, CultureMap
Knox · opens today
Eve Aronoff Fernandez’s Ann Arbor Cuban burger-and-batido shop — Detroit and Brooklyn already open — takes the old La Duni. DMN and the Observer both say Monday.
Sources: Dallas Morning News, Aug. 12, Dallas Observer
Without pictures
Carrollton · soft open
Dubai’s zafran-chai chain, already in Houston, soft-opened its DFW debut today next to Al Markaz. CultureMap’s Teresa Gubbins piece is dated this afternoon.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 14
Without pictures
Bishop Arts and Klyde Warren · Aug. 17–23
A one-week orange-juice collaboration at both Dallas Salty Donut shops.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
Dallas · Aug. 17–23
Fort Worth’s burger week finally gets a Dallas twin the same week. Crave DFW (July 15) said both cities also planned a Saturday kickoff at Heim BBQ — Fort Worth’s later CultureMap says the FW party is Aug. 16. We have not seen a separate, dated Dallas Heim kickoff this week, so Dallas is listed as the $8 week only.
Source: Crave DFW, July 15
State Fair of Texas · Tuesday, Aug. 18
Fifteen finalists are already public. CultureMap says the winners land Tuesday.
Source: CultureMap Dallas, Aug. 12
In pictures
Uptown · September
A new evening room in an Art Deco build-out. Crave DFW (Aug. 13) has the month and hours; a day and the full menus are still coming.
Source: Crave DFW, Aug. 13
Without pictures
Plano · fall
Pakistani-spiced Nashville hot chicken; first Texas shop. Construction is still finishing.
Source: CultureMap Dallas