Truck Yard Spreads Its Wheels To Fort Worth; Chef Tim Byres Will Show Off Texas Cuisine In China

FORT WORTH – Popular Lower Greenville food truck park Truck Yard will make the move to Fort Worth in 2016. The concept’s second outpost will take over the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion, a historic venue with a serious Western swing pedigree. Perhaps most excitingly, Fort Worth residents can look forward to Truck Yard’s excellent cheesesteaks and cocktails on draft by fall 2016. [SideDish]

KNOX-HENDERSON – Veritas Wine Room will host its second Whisk Crepes Cafe pop-up dinner on Sunday, February 28. According to Whisk owner Julien Eelsen, the monthly dinners are Veritas may soon become a monthly occurrence. Look forward to sweet and savory crepes stuffed with smoked duck and arugula or bananas and Nutella, all priced at around $10 each. Service will start at 5 p.m. and last until 8 p.m. or until sold out. [EaterWire]

DIPLOMACY WIRE – Chef Tim Byres will pack his knives and show off his take on modern Texas cuisine in Beijing, China this weekend as part of the USA-China Tourism Year. In Beijing, Byres will showcase cuisine from The Theodore via a 3-course menu for more than 350 U.S. and Chinese government officials. This won’t be Byres’ first fling diplomacy, either – he’s also represented the U.S. State Department in Kyrgyzstan and Malta in the recent past. [EaterWire]