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DOWNTOWN -- D Magazine's best barbeque winner, the Pecan Lodge, has teamed up with local barbeque connoisseurs, Il Cane Rosso, Lockhart Smokehouse and more for a Sunday night benefit at their Farmer's Market Shed #2 to help the family of Lt. Shannon Stone, who died July 7 at the Texas Rangers game. [TX BBQ Posse]
FORT WORTH -- Jon Bonnell and five other top-tier Texas chefs will prepare a six course, wine-paired meal at a "Dinner Party For Life" event this Sunday at Artspace111 in Fort Worth. Proceeds from the $100 plates go to Cuisine For Life, a non-profit that makes "delicious food readily available to people combating disease." [EaterWire]
MOCKINGBIRD -- Next week Central 214 will feature a $25 three-course meal benefiting Dress For Success, a non-profit that helps disadvantaged women get high-quality, affordable professional attire. Blythe Beck's menu includes house-smoked ribs, a deviled potato salad and bourbon banana pudding. [EaterWire]
The Pecan Lodge in the Farmer's Market. [Photo: Full Custom Gospel BBQ]