By Teresa Gubbins @ https://dallas.culturemap.com/

A Dallas gas station famous for its tacos is opening a new location that comes with tacos and a whole lot more: Fuel City, which has earned national attention for being one of the first gas stations to have an in-house taqueria, will open a location in Wylie, at 1800 N. SH-78.
This is the eighth location for what has become growing chain, but it will be the first Fuel City to feature an in-house beer bar, with 20 beers on tap, along with the option to get beer to go in growler or crowler formats.
According to company CEO Joseph Bickman, the facility will open at the end of December.
Fuel City was founded in 1995 by entrepreneur (and Bickman’s father-in-law) John Benda, who opened the original location off I-35 near downtown Dallas.
Located just up the street from the Grassy Knoll, the station became its own tourist landmark thanks to its fun Texana milieu that included live animals on the premises including longhorn cattle.
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By Rebecca Horrigan @https://www.independent.com/

In 2013, Mony’s became the Funk Zone’s go-to spot for hungry folks craving home-cooked authentic Mexican dishes created by Monica “Mony” Diaz. A native of Colima, Mexico, where she started cooking as a child, Diaz brought her handcrafted seasonings and family recipes to Santa Barbara first in a popular food truck and then to their hole-in-the-wall joint on Anacapa Street, around the corner from the neighborhood’s many tasting rooms.
“We try to bring to the menu comfort food that can transport you back to your abuela’s kitchen or introduce you to a cuisine that is often overlooked,” explained Mony’s son Carlos Diaz, the operations manager. “Mony herself has been cooking for the past 20 plus years, but she takes a lot of her recipes from all the women in her life, like her mother, Alida, and mother-in-law, Genoveva, who have passed on the recipes from their families on to her.”
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By Alysia Gray Painter – https://www.nbclosangeles.com/

When we turn the page on a fresh calendar, a number of questions might quickly occur to us in speedy succession.
When are the year’s full moons? (We’ve already enjoyed a bright lunar show this year.) Is there an extra day in 2023? (There is not.)
And when should we expect Friday the 13th to show up?
We won’t have to wait too long for the answer to that final question: The year’s first Friday the 13th — there are two in 2023 — is happening in January.

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By Sean Jones – https://richmond.com/

The popular Austin, Texas-based Torchy’s Tacos is set to open its first Richmond location next week in Short Pump.
The rapidly expanding craft-casual chain first opened in Virginia last month, and has several upcoming spots planned in the Richmond area, opening this year.
The 11130 W. Broad St. location has a 4,020-square-foot dining room coupled with an outdoor patio.
The restaurant and bar’s self-proclaimed “Damn Good Tacos” creatively feature new combinations with its ever-changing Taco of the Month. It also has breakfast tacos served all day long, freshly squeezed and hand-shaken margaritas and local brews.

This restaurant started as a Mexican beach-side taco stand in a $3,000 VW bus—soon, it could come to a block near you