# Fort worth food and drink
Spicy food challenge set for Tuesday at Fort Worth hotspot El Chingon
Located near Fort Worth's cultural district, El Chingon offers tasty food and drinks, DJs, bottle service and Forty-Twosdays.Courtesy of El Chingon. El Chingon provided lunch and drinks for me and a guest on a recent Sunday in May.
10 hot tips for National BBQ Month in DFW
Barbecue in North Texas is a way of life. Brisket from Pecan Lodge is just one of many delicious offerings.Kristina Rowe. As a cuisine, Texas Barbecue is hot enough not to need a food holiday, but barbecue as a food group actually has more than one time to celebrate. Yesterday, May 16 was National Barbecue Day, and the entire month of May is National BBQ Month. It's important to note that here in North Texas, barbecue doesn't mean "cook hamburgers out on the grill." You can call that a barbecue if you want, but when we say barbecue, we mean smoked meat, usually the "Texas Trinity" of brisket, ribs and sausage.
Party Your Own Way-o for Cinco de Mayo in Dallas-Fort Worth
Several Dallas area Cinco de Mayo celebrations will feature ballet folklorico performances.S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. While Cinco de Mayo is not the national day of Mexico (that's September 16), Mexican heritage and culture are widely celebrated at countless May events in DFW. For a truly authentic celebration, you'll need to travel to Peñón de los Baños, where according to Wikipedia, the Battle of Puebla has been re-enacted every year since the 1930s.