With no exterior signage or visible entrance, Rare Books Bar in Frisco embraces the mystery and intrigue of a classic speakeasy.

Armed with the weekly, book-themed password—shared on the business's Instagram page—guests are granted access to what owners Sheree and Derek Simms describe as an "experiential dining destination," where the atmosphere is as memorable as the food and drinks.

On the menu: Rare Books Bar shares a kitchen and menu with J. Theodore. Food options range from bar tapas to entrees.

One of the top selling menu items is their jar of lobster, featuring chopped Maine lobster tail and melted garlic butter served in a Mason jar with grilled bread.

Other popular choices are chicken paillard, which is a French dish featuring a white wine lemon caper sauce, and their French dip sandwich served with an au jus made from their crowd-pleasing French onion soup.

Texas Health Frisco’s breast milk collection depot is celebrating its first anniversary after collecting more than 50,000 ounces of donor milk for fragile infants and families across North Texas.

Zooming out: Texas Health Frisco opened the city’s first breastmilk collection depot in partnership with the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas in August 2025. The nonprofit milk bank screens, pasteurizes and distributes breast milk donations since opening in 2004, operating in multiple DFW hospitals and health care facilities. 

Utsav Indian Cuisine & Bar has opened a new restaurant in Frisco. 

What to know: The restaurant opened its doors Aug. 14 and offers south and north Indian cuisine, featuring kebabs, fried rice and noodle dishes, biryani dishes, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curry dishes, soups and mandis.

The Frisco location marks Utsav Indian Cuisine & Bar's second location in North Texas. 

Check out five ongoing and completed transportation projects around Dallas-Fort Worth.

1. Sherman Street, Lingco Drive reconstruction
Project: Crews in Richardson are reconstructing Sherman Street from Kaufman Street to Lingco Drive, and Lingco Drive from Sherman Street to Spring Valley Road.
Update: Pavement installation on Sherman Street is now complete. Concrete replacement is underway on the south half of Lingco Drive.

• Timeline: winter 2023-summer 2026
• Cost: $6.56 million
• Funding source: city of Richardson

• Timeline: Construction expected to be complete in March 2027
• Cost: $4.87 million
• Funding source: city of Allen

The Texas Education Agency released public school accountability ratings for the 2025-26 school year on Aug. 14.

"We use [A-F ratings] as a way to evaluate our own performance as adults, and then build action plans so that the way that we run our schools next year can be even better than last year," Education Commissioner Mike Morath said during an Aug. 14 news conference.

The overview: Across the state, 85% of campuses received a C rating or higher, which is considered “acceptable" academic performance.

Schools are rated based on three criteria: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps.

Zooming in: At least one district, Austin ISD, is at risk of being taken over by the TEA after two of its middle school campuses received their fifth consecutive failing grades this year. State law requires the agency to shutter those campuses or take control of the district.

Any potential state-mandated closures or takeovers will not happen immediately, as districts with concerns about their ratings have through Sept. 11 to appeal scores to the TEA.