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Encountering road construction as you drive through Dallas is inevitable, as sure as the sun rises in the east and Ted Cruz will say something foolish on X (formerly Twitter). As inconvenient as this may be for some, imagine that you owned a business on a road that has been in various states of disarray for more than two years…

When we wrote about Brix Barbecue in 2020, the once-a-week barbecue spot was easy to find: Just look for the gleaming Airstream trailer (Smokestream One) and a large smoker on wheels with vintage World War II fighter plane-style nose art (The Brisket Bomber) to enjoy great barbecue in Fort Worth. Trevor Sales told us at the time that while serving barbecue out of an Airstream trailer seemed glamorous, he hoped to one day move Brix Barbecue into a brick-and-mortar…

Toby Archibald tells a story about working at a Michelin-starred restaurant in London several years ago. His parents were making the trip from Archibald’s native New Zealand to visit London, so he made a reservation for them at his restaurant during their stay…