
There’s been a change in the kitchen at Beast & Co., one of the city’s best new restaurants. Founding chef Michael Arlt recently departed, leaving the kitchen in the hands of owner Dustin Lee, a chef himself, and sous-chefs Cecilia Lopez and Cesar Ortiz. The three recently unveiled an enticing spring menu that consists of a three-course prix-fixe menu for $45 a person (a good deal, IMO), available Tuesday-Thursday from 5-9 p.m. Dishes include butter poached cod, chipotle carrots, grilled eggplant, and wild boar meatballs. facebook.com/BeastandCoFTW
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, the coal brick oven pizza chain with a location at the Shops at Clearfork, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its expansion beyond its New York home base with several limited menu items. Some are kinda clever, like the NY Hot Dog Pizza, a white pizza topped with all-beef hot dog slices, red onions, sauerkraut, and stone-ground mustard. Not sure my stomach would be cool with all that, but it sounds good (although no relish?). Other specialty items include the Arugula Snap Salad, an arugula salad with sugar snap peas and feta cheese tossed in a lemon-mustard vinaigrette; coconut cream cheesecake; and the Peroni Coney Island Spritz, made with Peroni Italian lager, Lazzaroni limoncello and Aperol. grimaldispizzeria.com
Granbury’s Revolver Brewing is releasing a lighter version of its incredibly popular ale, Blood and Honey, mid-April. Blood and Honey Light is made with wheat, blood orange peel, and secret spices. The lighter, brighter version keeps all the ingredients while changing up the ratio. Its calorie count is only 110. A press release says it took Revolver staff 10 tries to get the formula right. It’ll be available year-round at local grocery and liquor stores. revolverbrewing.com
Branch & Bird, the swanky restaurant that sits on the 12th floor of the Frost building downtown, has reopened after a three-month renovation. The dining room now offers skyline views practically anywhere you sit. And you can sit more comfortably now, thanks to comfy high-back chairs and handsome booths. If spring ever gets here, you’ll be able to dine on the patio while musicians pluck and sing nearby. Branch & Bird is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner , and happy hour. Branchbirdfw.com
Harvest Hall, the food hall attached to the Hotel Vin in Grapevine, lost a vendor but gained three new ones. Out is Easy Slider, a local spot that specialized in mini burgers. In are Dock Local, which serves East Coast-inspired lobster rolls and fish and chips; Firehawks Hot Chicken; and Pizza by Luigi, a pizza concept from Italy native Luigi Iannuario. harvesthall.com