Sapristi Soft-Opens Lunch; Free Food At Sam's Club

FORT WORTH -- The Sapristi Bistro & Wine Bar over on Forest Park Boulevard is now soft-opening its lunch service. In addition to their traditional Mediterranean-inspired dishes, they're rolling out chicken salad and croque monsieur sandwiches. [DFW.com]

BIG BOXWIRE -- Imagine, if you can: free food samples at Sam's Club. We know, we can't believe it either. Locations will offer samples of "dozens of holiday food and beverage items" at Metroplex stores through Sunday. [NBC DFW]

UPTOWN -- Crave DFW profiles the owners of Malai Thai-Vietnamese Kitchen in the West Village, a 28-year-old couple (as in, they're each 28 years old) with Cornell University pedigrees. [Crave DFW]

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