Chili’s skillet queso fans are nacho happy about the chain’s new menu mixup
| October 6, 2025
chili's | CULTURE | food and drink | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | Skillet Beef Queso | Southwestern Queso | TEXAS | White Skillet Queso
Chili’s announced that it’s doing away with its White Queso and Beef Skillet Queso options. The dips will be replaced with a new vegetarian alternative.
Meet the Indigenous people of Texas
| October 6, 2025
Community | CULTURE | Federal Harm | get involved | HARDGATE | History | houston history | indigenous tribes | native americans | TEXAS
Despite efforts to erase Native American history in the US, there are still active tribes in Texas and efforts to recognize the state’s Indigenous history and preserve the remaining communities. Nationally, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now celebrated on the second Monday in October—what was once Columbus Day, until 1992, when the city of Berkley, CA […]
A deep dive into Dallas’ forgotten World’s Fair history
| October 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | old texas | state fair of texas | THINGS TO DO | world's fair
One of Texas’s largest cities hosted people across the globe at multiple world’s fairs. Learn about Dallas’ world’s fair history and the legacy it left.
Fear Has a New Address—And It’s in Fort Worth, Texas
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | cutting edge haunted house | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | HARDGATE | haunted house | holiday | recreation | THINGS TO DO
Fort Worth’s Cutting Edge Haunted House was named the scariest Halloween attraction in the world. Here’s how you can plan your visit.
See how Texas universities, colleges ranked on US News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 list
| October 2, 2025
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | educators | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | TEXAS
While Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University typically tend to end up on the higher end of the US News & World Report Best Colleges list, 2025 is the year that University of Houston made the biggest leap.