Good day, North Texas 🥐

Here are a couple of things to know before you scroll.

👉 The Dallas North Tollway will have some closures this week, mainly on the Alpha and Harvest Hill Road corridor. Check this real-time map before hopping on.

👉 Also, this week is Library Giving Week, a time where your local libraries will be raising money to help fund programs, projects, and services that their normal operating budgets just can’t cover. Check out the 30 local libraries participating. If you think it’s ridiculous that public libraries have to crowdsource to offer services, then make sure you tell your local leaders to fund them, and vote ‘yes’ on propositions that improve the offerings and preserve these sacred community learning spaces. 

Now, continue on to the two fun features I have below. But warning—there are a couple of egg puns that will require a chuckle. Please abide by the rules. Thanks 😆

These summer camps around DFW provide lasting memories for your little ones. (qizai00/Shutterstock)

By Sydni Ellis

Sharing secrets over the campfire, facing your fears on the high-ropes course, learning new activities like archery or paintballing—it’s all part of what makes summer camp so much fun.

I loved going to sleepaway camps as a child, and now, I’m excited for my kids to experience them too. From outdoor adventures to life lessons, entertainment to new friendships, summer camps are an important staple in any kid’s life.

Luckily for parents in North Texas, you don’t have to go into debt or send your kid across the country to find the perfect overnight summer camp. There are plenty of cool summer camps near Dallas-Fort Worth that offer peace-of-mind for worried parents without sacrificing any of the fun for kids.

The restaurant offers two, six, 12, and 24-count egg platters, among other deviled creations. (Joi Louviere/ Courier DFW)

I’ve got good news. You don’t have to wait till next Easter to enjoy delicious deviled eggs—there’s an entire North Texas chain dedicated to serving up the most decadent eggs you’ve ever had.

I recently went to the Deviled Egg Co. in McKinney. It’s one of four locations owned by Raechel Van Buskirk, a Nebraska native who came up with the business idea after realizing that everyone loved deviled eggs, but no one ever wanted to make them. While in Omaha, she sold her eggs through a home kitchen and then a food truck before relocating to North Texas to be near family. She opened her first brick-and-mortar in downtown Denison at the end of 2023, and now there are also locations in Rockwall, Coppell, and, of course, the downtown McKinney location I visited.

I was egg-cited! I perused a menu of 20 different egg flavors, from everything bagel to cheeseburger. My six-pack included crab rangoon egg, jalapeño popper, buffalo chicken, Cali roll, chicken caesar, and walking taco, a recreation of the Dorito snack from ball games. Each bite was strange and then delightful. I mostly ate deviled eggs plain, and adding onion or bell pepper was about as imaginative as I got.

The popper was great because it had lots of crispy bacon for texture and a chipotle sauce. I also enjoyed the crisp of the wonton chip on the rangoon, and I could taste the cream cheese whipped into the egg yolk. The Caesar salad egg wasn’t horrible; it was just strange to me. I ranked it the lowest of my tries, but, funny enough, it’s the owner’s favorite variety. My top was definitely the Cali roll. It was full of flavor, salty and sweet, with a crisp piece of cucumber on top. My six egg halves cost me $12.99 and were surprisingly filling.

There are so many more flavors to try, as well as the protein egg bowls, where the flavors become entire egg salads. They also serve the egg mixes on bagels.

I love the creativity of this idea and the range of options for all our different taste buds. Others love them too. The shop made it on the investor show “Shark Tank,” and was a hit with the judges, so much so that Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran gave $250,000 for 20% equity in the business. It now ships nationwide.

If you’d try Deviled Egg Co., tap the button, and let me know. 

Don’t Sleep On is a weekly series where I shout out DFW events and businesses I think you should try. Have a suggestion? Reply to this email.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Joi Louviere with reporting by Sydni Ellis. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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