City of Ate from p17 Terroir Terroir is a French word that doesn’t have an exact English translation — the closest is “of the earth”; it refers to the soil and geography of the land where the grapes grow. And Texas differs greatly from the rest of the world. The High Plains is some 3,000 feet above sea level, one of only a handful of wine regions worldwide at altitude. As such, the combination of alti- tude, soil and even the angle of the sun on the grapevines does things to the grapes that can’t be duplicated elsewhere. Tarrant County is getting an H-E-B. Photo Courtesy of HEB among other things (like its jalapeño pi- mento cheese). “For years our residents have asked for Come watch all the baseball action with us! THE LEGEND LIVES ON CHECK OUT OUR NEW KITCHEN DAILY BUFFET STADIUM BUFFET MON-FRI 11AM-2PM MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM Sat 11aM-10pM • Sun 12pM-10pM 10250 Shady Trail • 214.358.5511 • babydolls.com THE LEGEND LIVES ON ® Tradition The modern Texas wine business is not new; Llano Estacado and Fall Creek, the first post-Prohibition wineries, are almost 50 years old. There was a surge in wineries around 2000, and the number has continued to grow. Depending on who is doing the counting, there are more than 450 wineries throughout the state. All of this background will get you ready for Texas Wine Month in October. Start making plans to hit the road to sip and see for yourself. The Texas Hill Country Wineries is hosting a self-guided passport event that allows up to four winery tastings per day over the course of the month. The passport, which costs $120 per couple or $85 per person, also has some exclu- sive discounts on bottle purchases. Read the details and specifics on the website, which also includes a list of participating wineries: texas- winetrail.com/texas-wine-month. ▼ RETAIL H-E-B HEADS TO TARRANT COUNTY W an H-E-B, and on behalf of the City Coun- cil, we are proud to welcome this economic driver and much desired business to Mans- field,” Mayor Michael Evans said in a re- lease. “With our growing economy and invested community, Mansfield is the per- fect home for the first H-E-B location in southeast Tarrant County and we are ex- cited about the continued economic growth coming to our city and the entire southeast Tarrant County region.” A map of H-E-B stores planned in North Texas clearly illustrates a void in Dallas County. A big gaping hole, filled only with its pricier sister-concept Central Market stores in North Dallas. Southern Dallas County lacks both. Residents of North Dallas will soon have an H-E-B store in Plano and several more farther north. But a resident of South Dallas would have to drive to Waxahachie, which is 28 miles from downtown. Grocery stores are particularly needed in STILL NO DICE FOR DALLAS COUNTY. BY LAUREN DREWES DANIELS hoever in Dallas County pissed off H-E-B, please go handle this. Send flowers. Apologize. On Aug. 11, the best little grocery store in Texas announced its first Tarrant County store. The store will be located on 28 acres in Mansfield at the corner of U.S. 287 and Broad Street, about 10 miles south of Inter- state 20 and Arlington. It’s expected to open in early 2023. This store is barely in Tarrant County, as if H-E-B is literally just dipping its toe to test the water. It’s within a mile of the Johnson County line. With 74,368 residents, Mansfield is the third-largest city in Tarrant County. The population was just 8,102 in 1980. H-E-B began in 1905 as a small family- 14 18 owned grocery store in Kerrville, “built on a $60 investment,” per their website. It now has 420 stores throughout Texas and Mex- ico with sales exceeding $32 billion annu- ally. The chain has gained popularity for its large produce department, local products, fresh tortillas and community engagement southern Dallas, which has long been a food desert with a lack of access to affordable and high-quality fresh food. Earlier this year we wrote about a meeting between southern Dallas residents and the Dallas City Coun- cil’s Economic Development Committee to discuss the lack of grocery stores in areas south of downtown. Gary Huddleston, the Texas Retailers Association’s grocery store consultant, spoke at the meeting and ex- plained that because of an “extremely, ex- tremely competitive” marketplace, sales models often determine where stores land. In areas that don’t prove to be profitable, shoppers usually either shop outside of their neighborhood or use online shopping mod- els. Huddleston also said that when differ- ent price models of stores are built in lower-income, underserved areas, shoppers compare that store to stores in other areas, creating negative feedback. We reached out to H-E-B about the pos- sibility of a store between their current stores in Plano and the one in Waxahachie. Mabrie Jackson, senior director of public af- fairs for H-E-B, neither ruled it out nor made any commitments. “We’re always looking to serve more Tex- ans,” Jackson wrote the Observer. “H-E-B has a vast portfolio of real estate across North Texas in Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Rockwall, Kaufman and Collin counties as we often buy real estate in anticipation of fu- ture growth. We look forward to sharing the locations of other North Texas stores at a later date.” AUGUST 25–31, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2014 DALLAS OBSERVER | CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | MOVIES | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | FEATURE | SCHUTZE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS | dallasobserver.com
