{"id":427271,"date":"2026-09-05T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427271\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:22:09","slug":"sor-juana-dallas-opens-with-free-bites-and-more-top-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427271\/","title":{"rendered":"Sor Juana Dallas opens with free bites and more top stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: The top Dallas news of the week features a new novel snack concept and the ultimate guide to Dallas fall society events. Plus, where to travel for Labor Day weekend. Read on for our most popular stories, then <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/entertainment\/labor-day-weekend-events-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visit this guide<\/a> to plan your long weekend. <\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/sor-juana-botaneria-farmers-market\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New botaner\u00eda pairs drinks with free bites near Dallas Farmers Market<\/a>. There is a novel concept open in the Dallas Farmers Market district. Called Sor Juana, it&#8217;s a botaner\u00eda inspired by traditional Mexican establishments where drinks are served alongside complimentary snacks and bar bites. <\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/society\/galas-luncheons-fundraisers-fall-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ultimate guide to Dallas&#8217; most glam galas and luncheons of fall 2026<\/a>. Mark your calendars: The 2026 fall fundraising season sees a jam-packed schedule of glamorous galas and champagne-clinking luncheons. <\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/entertainment\/historic-forest-theater-grand-reopening\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas&#8217; historic Forest Theater sets grand return after $75M revival<\/a>. The 77-year-old Forest Theater in South Dallas will officially reopen its doors this fall after extensive renovations. On November 1, the theater will host a celebration to welcome the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image image-crop-4x3\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9398f\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"11c774c65de756634176bcee35a1afe6\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/u200bforest-theater-at-nighttime.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"\\u200bForest Theater at nighttime \"\/> The Forest Theater will reopen this fall.              Rendering courtesy of HKS Architects         <\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/travel\/labor-day-weekend-vacations-texas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 charming Texas towns named top travel destinations for Labor Day 2026<\/a>. Two Texas towns \u2014 one each in the Hill Country and Gulf Coast \u2014 have soared onto a new list of the best destinations to visit over the Labor Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/americas-wealthiest-suburbs-university-park\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This affluent Dallas neighbor is America&#8217;s 6th wealthiest suburb<\/a>. University Park has long been considered Dallas&#8217; richest neighbor, and a new study has revealed that the average household income in the affluent enclave has soared 60 percent in the last decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s note: The top Dallas news of the week features a new novel snack concept and the ultimate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,36525,104,103,427,143888,7959],"class_list":["post-427271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-farmers-market","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-hot-headlines","tag-labor-day","tag-most-popular-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}