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Birthday celebrations in the Dallas area honor Selena’s legacy
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If Selena Quintanilla had not died 27 years in the past, the Queen of Tejano would be 51 on April 16. For her birthday, a number of occasions will honor her legacy, life and music.
The Dallas Museum of Artwork’s month-to-month popular culture collection will characteristic a night of actions impressed by Selena. There shall be hands-on artwork making, music by Mariachi Rosas Divinas and Muriel Argueta, images with a backdrop by Shot by Thrive and extra. Hear about Selena’s legacy in Dallas and the way memorial artwork will help communities grieve and bear in mind at a dialogue with artists Nicholas Becerra, Christian Cruz, Mylan Nguyen and Jeremy Biggers (his mural of Selena is on the aspect of the constructing that homes Oak Cliff’s High Ten Data).
April 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. on the Dallas Museum of Artwork, 1717 N. Harwood St., Dallas. $15, $10 for college kids. dma.org.
FREE Take pleasure in a free out of doors screening of Selena, the 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez, at midday. Pizza (Selena’s favourite meals), margaritas and extra shall be on the market on the meals corridor’s stalls. Seating is first come, first served within the Field Backyard.
April 16 at midday at Legacy Corridor, 7800 Windrose Ave., Plano. Free admission. legacyfoodhall.com.
FREE Beer backyard ArtPark Trinity Groves will have fun Selena with a memorial cocktail known as Something for Selena, a DJ from 6 to 10 p.m., a cumbia class from 6 to 7 p.m. and a dressing up contest round 8 or 9 p.m. Different Trinity Groves companies can have specials, too, together with chocolatier Kate Weiser, which is able to promote Bidi Bidi Bon Bons, and Beto and Son, which can have a liquid nitrogen margarita known as Como la Flora.
April 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at ArtPark Trinity Groves, 331 Singleton Blvd., Dallas. Free admission. theartparktrinitygroves.com.
FREE Jaxon Texas Kitchen and Beer Backyard in downtown Dallas’ AT&T Discovery District can have music by Bidi Bidi Banda and DJ Turo, a dressing up contest for these 21 and older with a $500 prize, and a Como la Flor specialty cocktail made with botanical- infused tequila, citrus, agave and Topo Chico for $10.
April 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Jaxon Texas Kitchen and Beer Backyard, 311 S. Akard St., Dallas. Free admission. jaxonbeergarden.com.
Oak Cliff’s Texas Theatre will present the 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez because the Mexican American music star. A DJ set follows the film.
April 16 at 8:30 p.m. on the Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas. $11. thetexastheatre.com/movie/selena.
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Dallas, TX
Letters to the Editor — Spending cuts, new columnist, immigration, Dallas Stars
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Firings won’t dent deficit
Re: “Worker firings intensify” and “Many Americans torn on spending cuts, poll finds,” Saturday news stories.
These two stories should be required reading for all voters. The Dallas Morning News reports that most items in the federal budget are supported by significant majorities of voters. Everyone is opposed to a few items in the budget, but they can’t agree on what spending isn’t needed.
Cutting the federal workforce will barely make a dent in the federal deficit. The News reports that total compensation of the 2.4 million civilian federal workers is $271 billion. If all federal employees were fired, including workers in defense, homeland security and veteran affairs, we would reduce total federal spending ($6.75 trillion) only 4% and the deficit ($1.83 trillion) only 15%.
The elimination of a few hundred thousand federal jobs does almost nothing to reduce spending, it’s just optics for the administration.
Over the past 10 years, the wealth of the top 1% of Americans has doubled, from $24 trillion to $49 trillion.
Perhaps instead of cutting taxes for these wealthy Americans, we should increase taxes on billionaires. This would allow us to support our social safety net, military and veterans while reducing our deficit.
Brian Smith, Colleyville
Senior moments savored
Re: “First the memory, then the burrito — I’ll never forget my first senior moment — when I was 48,” by David McClure, Saturday Opinion.
I greatly enjoyed McClure’s op-ed. I laughed out loud, and doesn’t everyone need laughter? I have had days at McDonald’s like his experience.
Thank you for writing and to The Dallas Morning News for sharing!
Christina Dodd, Wylie
Wilonsky’s return welcome
Re: “Wilonsky rejoins News’ lineup,” Friday Opinion.
I have been a subscriber since 1982. Over the past few years I struggle if it’s worth the cost of a subscription. Now, I read that Robert Wilonsky is coming back. The struggle is over. His return is the best news for The Dallas Morning News in quite a while.
Now, see if Steve Blow has any free time.
Tim Miller, Holly Lake Ranch
Nooks and crannies await
Thank you for bringing back Robert Wilonsky as a full-time columnist. Wilonsky has deep knowledge of Dallas along with the resourcefulness to poke into the nooks and crannies of the city to deliver his perspective on often overlooked news.
His moxie and his breadth of coverage will be a welcome addition to a stable of fine local commentary writers.
Carolyn Barta, North Dallas
Pull for mighty-mite Mavs
I recently read Jim Dent’s Twelve Mighty Orphans, the story of a Fort Worth high school football team of the ’30s and ’40s. They were scrawny but scrappy and built an army of fans with their game-winning grit.
Now, Dallas-Fort Worth, we are witnessing the new generation of “mighty mites.” They are undersized and undermanned, and their game is basketball. And they play every minute with heart and determination.
If you are not already a Mavs Fan For Life, these guys will win you over. Go, Mavs!
Helen Schneider, Richarsdon
Understanding criminality
Re: ICE Arrest Secrecy Cruelly Stokes Fear — We can change our nation while being transparent about our actions,” Jan. 29 editorial.
Your editorial complains that the arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants are somewhat mysterious or with hidden intent. Your editorial writer should read your stories. They would find that the intent and general procedure have been clearly described by President Donald Trump (before and after the election) and his administration. He said they were going to deport all undocumented immigrants and that he would start with the worst criminals and proceed to the rest.
But understand, by definition, all undocumented immigrants are criminals since they have broken our laws and are subject to deportation. This has all been clearly enunciated and is not hard to understand.
Clifford and Alice R. Holliday, Colleyville
Country of opportunities
I came to the United States on a student visa in 1970. After obtaining a master’s degree in engineering, I returned to India. Things were not as rosy at that time in India. But my American credentials gave me a competitive edge. After six years in India and another six in Singapore, I came back to the U.S. on a work visa.
After five years, I was able to get a green card and later, citizenship. I ran my own consulting engineering business for 25 years. At an age when most people retire, I closed my firm to work for a multinational corporation. That was short-lived as the corporation was bought by its American competition.
When I first came here on an H-1B visa, I was paid almost half of what my classmates from the same graduating class received. This country gave me the same opportunities to prove myself as it did to my American, Cuban and Greek colleagues.
I am close to 80 and love my engineering career and mentoring. My wife trained here as nurse and still works in health care. Our children grew up as Americans and have received and given much to this country, our son directing cancer research and our daughter serving through a national nonprofit organization.
Ramanujachari Kannan, Keller
Come over to Stars
Thank you, Dallas Stars!
It is time we turn the page on our dumbfounded Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks organizations. We still have a proven winner with loyal, intelligent leadership in our beloved city: the Dallas Stars. It’s time to invest our money and time in a worthy representation of Dallas.
Speak from your wallets and show it’s time to support what we value in our sports teams. Thank you from an adult who grew up supporting Dallas.
Mike Ferrell, Bridgeport
We welcome your thoughts in a letter to the editor. See the guidelines and submit your letter here. If you have problems with the form, you can submit via email at letters@dallasnews.com
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8 decades-old restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth that closed recently
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I don’t want to scare you, but if you add up the timelines of eight recently-deceased Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants, they total nearly 350 years of service.
That’s — wow.
That’s institutional knowledge, gone. That’s decades of recipes, closed into the cookbook. That’s generations of art, knick-knacks and other decor, outdated. That’s family businesses, defunct.
As we strive to keep a living list of the oldest restaurants in North Texas still chuggin’, we also pause to remember the long-time, iconic Tex-Mex restaurants, sub shops, steakhouses and more that didn’t live through early 2025.
Restaurants listed in alphabetical order.
Blue Fish in East Dallas
about 27 years old
After over a quarter-century selling Japanese food on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, the original Blue Fish has closed. Two Blue Fish restaurants remain: in the Dallas suburb of Allen and in Breckenridge, Colo.
The restaurant was once the coolest kid on the block. It was known for its stainless steel interior and neon lights, a look called “techno-razzle” in a 2004 Dallas Morning News story. It’s now 2025, and we live in the land of omakase restaurants, where pricey dinners cost $185 per person and have become the flashiest part of Japanese dining in Dallas. Blue Fish, it seems, lost its flash.
Blue Fish was at 3519 Greenville Ave., Dallas.
Campo Verde in Arlington
about 42 years old
It was always Christmas at Campo Verde in Arlington. More than a few strings of lights spreading Christmas cheer, the place was truly covered, ceiling to floor, in twinkling lights, glowing Santas and ornament-covered trees.
Campo Verde has been open since 1983, reports our Imelda García. It closed in early January after one more Tex-Mex Christmas.
According to García, Campo Verde’s founder James “Smiley” Williams sold the restaurant to Thomas Ray Stewart Jr. Williams died in 2023.
We’ll miss this strange, jovial place.
Campo Verde was at 2918 W. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington.
El Taquito Cafe in Old East Dallas
about 50 years old
An East Dallas institution, El Taquito Cafe has served a menu of enchiladas, flautas, burritos and more since the 1970s. A regular told The Dallas Morning News breakfast was “terrific” and the green salsa — good on most anything — was hot as heck.
El Taquito was famously cash only, which was a source of frustration for some online reviewers. But prices were very reasonable: less than $8 for a lunch special. They also charged less than $8 for Wednesday specials that, generously, included three enchiladas.
The restaurant was founded by Victoriano Martinez, who died in 2010, and Josephine Martinez, who died in 2017. It isn’t clear why the restaurant closed.
El Taquito Cafe was at 5427 E. Grand Ave., Dallas.
The Great Outdoors in Addison
about 44 years old
When the Great Outdoors opened on Belt Line Road in Addison in 1981, it was the first business in the shopping center. Prestonwood mall was all the rage. New Jersey native Jerry Oliverie found himself in the middle of a sandwich boom: Dallasites seemed to love submarine sandwiches, once they figured out what they were.
Nearly 45 years later, the retail center at Belt Line Road and Montford Drive is still hot, but it’s full of new-to-Dallas businesses like sandwich and salad shop Mendocino Farms, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream and Postino wine cafe.
Rent went up and the Great Outdoors bowed out.
Not to worry, Oliverie is still selling subs in six other D-FW neighborhoods.
The Great Outdoors was at 5290 Belt Line Road, Dallas. The restaurant group has six remaining restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth. Find one here.
Hutch’s Pie and Sandwich Shop in Weatherford
about 90 years old
No more “life of pie,” wrote the family behind 90-year-old Hutch’s on Facebook. The late Raymond “Hutch” Hutchens started his eponymous fried pie company in 1935, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’. Hutchens was then 22 years old.
For decades, Hutch’s was mostly a delivery-only fried pie business. Some 50 years later, in 1985, Texas Highways reports that Hutch’s son and daughter-in-law opened the lunch spot in Weatherford where they added sandwiches and soups — alongside, of course, pie.
The social media announcement of the closure drew nearly 500 comments in just three days. “Thank you, Weatherford, for the support since 1935,” it reads.
Hutch’s Pie and Sandwich Shop was at 145 College Park Drive, Weatherford.
La Madeleine in Dallas’ NorthPark Center
about 35 years old
La Madeleine Country French Cafe closed in Dallas’ NorthPark Center on New Year’s Eve. It had sold Caesar salads and that delicious tomato-basil soup at two locations inside the shopping center since 1989.
La Madeleine still has 90 restaurants nationwide, with more than half of those in Texas. It was founded in Dallas, near Southern Methodist University.
Mendocino Farms, a California-based fast-casual restaurant, is expected to open in La Madeleine’s spot inside NorthPark.
La Madeleine was at 628 NorthPark Center, Dallas.
Closing soon: Meddlesome Moth in the Dallas Design District
about 15 years old
Forgive us for putting a teen-aged restaurant on this list. Although the Meddlesome Moth has been around “just” 15 years, its history in the Dallas Design District tells an interesting story about how our restaurant scene is changing. The restaurant owner and the landlord couldn’t come to an agreement on rent. The restaurateur hoped he could get a break, because the restaurant was the first eatery that took a chance on the then-growing neighborhood. The landlord offered market rate, which was too much for the Moth to make money.
What will become of the stained-glass windows in the restaurant? They’re for sale.
What will the restaurant become? No telling — yet. The Moth stays open until mid-2025. After that, we expect a restaurant with higher prices and more glitz.
The Meddlesome Moth is at 1621 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas. It’s expected to stay open until May 20, 2025.
Morton’s The Steakhouse in Uptown Dallas
about 37 years old
Quite possibly the most provocative restaurant closure on this list, according to DMN readers’ reactions, was Morton’s The Steakhouse on Dallas’ McKinney Avenue. It started in the West End, then moved to Uptown, for a total of nearly 40 years serving steaks for special occasions.
During its run, Dallas became a bonafide steak town. Morton’s held its own and was once one of our priciest restaurants in 2010.
The restaurant closed because the lease was up, the COO told us. They’re looking for a new location.
Morton’s The Steakhouse was at 2222 McKinney Ave., Dallas.
For sale: The Malt Shop in Weatherford
about 67 years old
The Malt Shop is not yet closed, but owner Janie Alice Harrison is looking to sell it. She’s dealing with health issues, reports the Star-T’s Bud Kennedy.
The drive-in, open since 1958, is a “is a precious keepsake of genuine Americana,” Kennedy said when Harrison bought it in 2017. It’s the kind of place “waiting to be discovered by some TV food show.”
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, do you want to send Guy Fieri over?
Williams worked at the shop for more than 30 years, Kennedy wrote, before becoming its second owner. Menu items include cheeseburgers, Frito pies, bologna sandwiches, and a plethora of milkshakes and malts.
The Malt Shop is at 2038 Fort Worth Highway (U.S. 180), Weatherford. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Dallas, TX
2025 FC Dallas depth chart: Regular season edition
FC Dallas is less than an week away from the start of the regular season when they travel south to battle their Texas Derby rivals the Houston Dynamo. The team has wrapped up the preseason with a game against fellow MLS side Atlanta United. We now officially move into regular season mode here.
As we’ve been doing since the end of last season, we’re going to spend a little more time looking at the depth chart today. FC Dallas has been very active this week with moves, big moves, that have reshaped the roster.
You’ll see below, I’ve gone back to my usual format with these depth charts. I’ve also included details on the club’s loan situation, their international roster slot situation, injuries, and more.
And like with every depth chart update I’ve done thus far, it is bound to get dated the second I publish it with more moves (my gut tells me there could be at least one more on the way before next weekend).
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