FROM THE E DITO R F ive years ago, a new magazine for Denton County was born. Its mission was to highlight why it’s so great to live here. We still do that, five years later. What do we do every day, every week, every month here? We work, eat and shop. We seek out entertainment and utilize services, from banks to beauty salons. We meet interesting people and donate our time and money to nonprofits. We decorate and update our homes, and take care of our health. We get to know more about our community – what is unique about Denton County --as well as its history. Our magazine features all of these aspects. Our motto is: “Your life is local; so is Denton County magazine.” In July/ August 2018, our inaugural issue, we set the patterns of this magazine and those have continued. We have heard from 13 Unique Things to Do and See BVSgR]\bVOdSbVSaSW\2OÔOa�f; a lot of you who have said things like, “I ate at the restaurant you SPOTLIGHT ON wrote about and loved PILOT POINT ROANOKE’S it!” and “I’m so glad you HOTTEST NEW RESTAURANT reported on the nonprofit that I love so deeply.” UNIQUE We are always so glad SHOPPING IN SANGER to get your feedback. THE WINERIES AND VINEYARDS OF (Send it to editor@ DENTON COUNTY DentonCountyMagazine. INSIDE THE NORTH TEXAS com.) Meet the rodeo clowns, pageant queens, hog judges In this issue, to and organizers of Denton County’s biggest event celebrate our fifth anniversary, we went back Our July/August 2018 cover to the restaurants we have profiled and are giving you a sort of restaurant guide, beginning on page 17. We combed through our archives for our restaurant work in the past five years to come up with our list. As we were updating each one’s information, we discovered that some of them have closed, much to our disappointment. But the vast majority are alive and cooking! Congratulations to each of these for making it through COVID, perhaps the biggest challenge to restaurants in American history. As always, thanks for reading our magazine. We love Denton County, and we think our respect and affection shows on every page. Annette Fuller Editor PUBLISHER Bill Patterson SALES MANAGER Becci Hendrix MEDIA ADVISORS Rod McLain Shelly Vannatta ASSISTANT MEDIA ADVISOR Nathan Graham ADVERTISING DESIGN Mary Barthold EDITOR Annette Fuller CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Vanessa Bailey Abigail Boatwright Jean Eisenmann Ann Hatch Rachel Hedstrom Annetta Ramsay DESIGN Affinity Express DENTON County JULY/AUGUST 2018 FIND US ONLINE DentonCountyMagazine.com MAILING ADDRESS 3555 Duchess Drive, Denton, Texas 76205 EDITORIAL AND STORY IDEAS editor@DentonCountyMagazine.com ADVERTISING advertising@DentonCountyMagazine.com 940-566-6858 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Facebook.com/DentonCountyMagazine FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM instagram.com/dentoncountymagazine FAIR & RODEO We welcome story ideas, feedback and photo submissions. Email us at editor@DentonCountyMagazine.com. © Copyright 2023: Denton County magazine is published by Denton Media Company, publishers of the Denton Record-Chronicle. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, photograph or illustration without written permission from the publisher is strictly prohibited. Editorial content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher. 4 DENTON COUNTY/DENTONCOUNTYMAGAZINE.COM JULY/AUGUST 2023
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