Collin Co. Home and Garden Show
10th Anniversary Collin County Home & Garden Show!
Great couples event! Perfect family activity. Spend the weekend looking at what new in decks, pools, spas, entertainment systems, storage solutions under one roof.
For all of you gardening enthusiasts, you’ll have the opportunity to question a Master Gardener about creating your perfect Spring Garden in Plano.
Ask the Master Gardeners all your toughest questions because they are experts on our local soil, climate and native plants! Master Gardeners will be giving seminars on the Celebrity Stage throughout the weekend AND available to you at their “Ask The Expert” booth all weekend! They will also be providing soil sample bags and hosting a plant-a-seed activity for the kids.
The Master Gardener program in Collin County is an educational and volunteer program affiliated with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of the Texas A&M University system.
Find out what’s hot in home remodeling for 2019 and how your garden grows in our hot Summer sun.
One of the hottest remodeling trends for 2019 is creative and decorative storage. When it comes to storing your wine bottles, Nancy Higgins at Wine Cellar Specialists says, “Why not utilize the space under a staircase or an unused pantry to carve out a refrigerated wine room? We find that these bold, unexpected glass showcase cellars delight your guests and beautifully show off your wine collection. Combining glass walls with metal racking and LED lighting with clear, frosted or etched glass comes off as the height of sophistication.”
While you’re day dreaming about your home and garden, you can also do a little shopping and tasting at the yummy treats are or from one of the many food trucks onsite!
Allen Event Center | 200 East Stacy Road | Allen, TX 75002
Show hours:
Friday, Feb. 08 2:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday, Feb. 09 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, Feb. 10 11:00am-5:00pm
Wine Cellar Specialists Design and Construction can be reached at 972.454.0480
Lights at Legacy – Nov 18
Don’t miss the annual Lights at Legacy celebration!
The holiday season hits full illumination when The Shops at Legacy flips the official switch Sunday, November 18th, with Lights at Legacy, Plano’s premier event heralding holiday magic.
The Lights at Legacy begins at 2:00 pm, but get there early. You can enjoy holiday crafts with Mrs. Claus, magic with Mr. Scrooge, rides on the Atmos Energy Christmas train, live entertainment, caricatures, face painting and photos with Santa.
The holiday season in Plano officially starts with the lighting of the new Legacy Texas Christmas Tree at 6:30 pm on November 18, 2018.
Neath The Wreath 2018
DNeath the Wreath Holiday Gift Market – Plano, Texas!
The Junior League of Collin County is excited to kick off their 23rd Annual ‘Neath the Wreath Holiday Market. Our four-day holiday gift market at Plano Event Center is visited by over thirteen thousand shoppers throughout Texas. Our market features the best in unique holiday and home décor, ladies clothing, accessories, gifts, jewelry, children’s items and gourmet food from over 100 carefully selected merchants.
The Junior League of Collin County is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
2018 MARKET DATES: NOVEMBER 8TH-11TH
PLANO EVENT CENTER: 2000 E SPRING CREEK PKWY, PLANO, TX 75074
Mi Dia Fights Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Mi Dia From Scratch wants to help fight the disease.
The Susan G. Komen® organization started with the promise to end breast cancer. Each year so many are impacted by this disease, whether they have it, beat it, or know someone affected by it. Mi Dia From Scratch wants to aid in fulfilling the promise to end breast cancer.
For the month of October, Mi Dia is serving a brand new drink called Rosa Esperanza or Pink Hope. Part of the proceeds from each Rosa Esperanza sold will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. This special drink is made with limited edition Clase Azul Reposado Pink tequila, which also donates part of their proceeds to breast cancer awareness and research.
Let's all raise a glass to end breast cancer!
Rhum Clement Cocktail Dinner
The Keeper Hosts R(h)um Cocktail and Seafood Dinner!
Don't miss The Keeper's Cocktail Pairing Dinner featuring Clement R(h)um and a menu from Chef Gil Vasquez. Salmon Crudo. Coconut Lobster. Jerk Pork Loin. Beachcombing Dessert. Five courses, five Cocktails and of course a lot of fun for $65, October 23rd @ 7:00 pm.
Gorgeous Urban Bowl
Chef Tore's Urban Bowl looks almost as good as it tastes!
So what makes Urban Crust one of the five Best Restaurants in Plano? Well for one thing, Chef Tore is a real hoot AND he creates wonderful food in an atmosphere that makes you feel like you belong from the moment you walk in the place.
And the food. Oh my word. All you have to do is just look at this Urban Bowl with its ancient grains, mixed greens, cucumbers, tear drop tomatoes, sweet potato, garbanzo beans, peppadew peppers & portobellos and your brain begins tasting it before you even lift a fork. Adding tear drop tomatoes is certainly appropriate, because when they set his down before you, you'll be wiping away tears of joy. Then, they top it off with avocado and toss it with creamy white balsamic dressing!
What are you doing Tuesday? This Urban Bowl is the Tuesday's with Tore Special.
Plano Bridal Show
If anyone in your life is Dreaming of the Perfect Wedding, this weekend is the time to grab her and go enjoy the Plano Bridal Show together!
Talk about a fun afternoon of ooooohs and ahhhhs. SUNDAY, SEPT 16th at the Plano Bridal Show at the Plano Event Center from 12pm to 5pm is the perfect girls afternoon out!
What can you expect? 
Fashion Shows Door Prizes and Giveaways New Wedding Trends Lots of Pretty things!
AND if you just can’t make it to the Plano show, scoot on over to the Allen Bridal Show at the Allen Event Center on Sunday, September 30th from noon to 5pm.
Mi Dia Does Chocolate
Deep Fried Cajeta Pastries with Mexican Chocolate Syrup, Hibiscus, Negra Modelo Milk Chocolate Ice Cream!
That's how they do chocolate at Mi Dia From Scratch in Plano. Perfectly cooked Churros with Mexican Chocolate Syrup and hibiscus, negra modelo milk chocolate ice cream, all made from scratch.
Why are we talking about chocolate? Just a wink and a nod from Mi Dia From Scratch to next week's Chocolate Festival.
Labor Day Shrimp Boil
Labor Day Shrimp Boil at The Keeper!
When is it Good Not To Be Home? Well for one, when you are eating peal and eat shrimp, drinking beer and wine on Labor Day!
Set sail for The Keeper this Monday @ 4pm for a mutinous price of $18 a pound starting with Happy Hour.
$6 appetizers, cocktails, wines and beers!
32 DEGREES ROOFTOP BAR
32 Degrees Ice Bar perched atop Urban Crust in Plano!
Fire and Ice! Urban Crust has fire down below to create their perfectly-crisp crust pizza and a rooftop ice bar above called “32 Degrees.” The third-floor ice bar is so named because the bartender pours the draft beers at a constant 32 degree temperature.
Liqueur taps pour Patron, Fireball, and a Craft On Draft Moscow Mule at -5 degrees. There's also a chilly strip of ice running the length of the bar where patrons can set their drinks to keep them cold.
What better place in Plano to watch the sunset and afterwards, catch some tunes courtesy of a DJ you know will be cool... it's an ice bar, after all.
Staglin Wine Dinner Aug 23rd
Yao Fuzi Cuisine Presents Staglin Wine Dinner August 23, 2018
Yao Fuzi Cuisine presents the Staglin Wine Dinner on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 6:30 pm featuring Amber Mihna of the Staglin Family Vineyard.
This is definitely one of those "not to be missed" events! Fabulous five-course meal with wine perfectly-paired wine $185 per person. Call Chris Yao for details (214) 473-9267.
Mi Dia DFW Restaurant Week Menu
CHOICE OF APPETIZER:
QUESADILLAS DE HUITLACOCHE
Sautéed Mexican truffle, queso asadero & roasted veggies
between house made blue corn tortillas.
Served with crema & New Mexico red & green chile sauces
SOPES DE CARNITAS
House made corn masa boats topped with Oaxacan black beans,
roasted pork carnitas, queso fresco,
pickled onions, roasted tomatillo salsa & micro cilantro
CUP TORTILLA SOUP
Chicken, veggies, tortilla strips, cheese, avocado & crema
served in chicken broth
HOUSESALAD
Arcadian greens with licama, roasted corn, tomatoes,
pickled red onions, queso fresco, candied pepitas & avocado
CHOICE OF ENTREE:
COCHINITA PIBIL
Pork shank rubbed with achiote,
wrapped in banana leaf & roasted.
Served with roasted habanero salsa,
street corn & Oaxacan black beans
POLLO AGAVE
Chicken breast breaded & flambeed
with Sauza Hornitos Reposado tequila,
topped with shitake mushroom cream reduction
Served with morita whipped potatoes & chayote
TEQUILA PESTO ENCHILADAS
Jumbo shrimp sautéed with onions & cheese,
topped with Sauza Hornitos Reposado tequila pepita pesto sauce.
Served with crema, Oaxacan black beans and poblano rice
NEW MEXICO TAMPIQUENA
Grilled skirt steak, blue corn tortillas,
cheese & onion stacked enchiladas, New Mexico red & green chile sauces, guacamole.
Served with guaiillo rice and refried beans
SEA BASS TACOS
Grilled Chilean sea bass, chile guaiillo rub,
pickled cabbage, avocado, chile morita remoulade,
micro cilantro on flour tortillas
CHOICE OF DESSERT:
CHURRO, ABUELITA CHOCOLATE
Deep fried caieta pasrty, mexican chocolate syrup, hibiscus, Negra Modelo milk chocolate ice cream
SOPAPILLAS
light pastries dusted with sugar and cinnamon
$39 PER PERSON
(margaritas, beverages, tax and gratuity not included)
$8 will be donated to the North Texas Food Bank
which will serve 24 meals.
Call 972.403.7474 for reservations and additional details of DFW Restaurant Week at Mi Dia From Scratch.
5 Best Restaurants in Plano
Can you name the 5 Best Restaurants in Plano?
When the meal has got to be just perfect, why take chances.
You can play Russian Roulette with hundreds of restaurant choices or select from just five absolutely extraordinary culinary teams.
Over the next few weeks, you can get to know the inside scoop on what makes Knife, Mi Dia From Scratch, The Keeper, Urban Crust and Yao Fuzi Cuisine the 5 best restaurants in Plano, Texas.
We’ll introduce you to the guys who pull the strings and take a peek over the chef’s shoulder. Then, in great detail, we’ll tempt you with fabulous culinary creations complete with delectable photography.
Stop back often. You wouldn’t want to miss anything, now would you?
Duckhorn Vineyards Pairing Dinner
We Know a Guy and This Guy knows fish!
For the Duckhorn wine dinner, we are featuring wild caught salmon from the pacific northwest. Our Salmon is fished in the Umatilla tribes' traditional fashion, that dates back nearly 9,000 years.
The Keeper will present an extravagant five-course dinner expertly paired with premier Duckhorn wines. Founded in 1976, Duckhorn Vineyards has been crafting classic Napa Valley wines for over 40 years. Duckhorn sets the standard for American fine wines and is one of the few “call brands” in the wine industry.
The special $125 prix fixe menu features:
- Market Oysters – Fresh shucked white stone oysters and rosé granita paired with Decoy Rosé
- Crab & Citrus Salad – Watercress and frisée salad, lump crab, citrus and avocado paired with Migration Chardonnay
- Grilled Texas Gulf Shrimp – Toasted orzo, shrimp, exotic mushrooms and lemon butter paired with Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc
- Wild Caught Salmon – Wild caught salmon, roasted potato, peas and red wine butter paired with Goldeneye Pinot Noir
- Chocolate Truffle & Cherries – Chocolate ganache truffle, butter cookie, poached cherries, brandy syrup and fennel seed paired with Canvasback Cabernet
Our Duckhorn Vineyards Pairing Dinner is fast approaching!
Don't miss your chance to enjoy five creative courses expertly paired with elegant selections from @duckhornwine
Call 469-210-5337 to join us for this experience, at 7 pm, Wednesday July 18th! We look forward to hearing from you.
Jasper’s has moved to Richardson
Jasper's is now just 15 minutes away in Richardson!
Chef Joseph Healy and the whole crew have relocated. Please visit Jasper's Richardson on the Best Restaurants in Far North Dallas website.
Jasper’s Relocates to Richardson
Jasper's moves to Richardson!
Jasper's is now just 15 minutes away in Richardson!
Chef Joseph Healy and the whole crew have relocated. Please visit Jasper's Richardson on the Best Restaurants in Far North Dallas website.
Jasper’s says a fond farewell to Plano
Jasper's wishes to thank all of their friends in Plano for their loyal patronage and invite them to join Executive Chef, Joseph Healy and his crew at the new Richardson location just 15 minutes away.
For information on the new location, visit Best Restaurants in Far North Dallas.
