DTX-FRS: Impact 11/3/2025

Frisco officials are considering ways to regulate smoke shops in the city.

The details: City Council can choose to impose distance requirements between smoke shops and other types of properties, said John Lettelleir, Frisco’s director of development services, during an Oct. 21 work session.

Council is considering requiring 1,000 feet of separation between shops and other types of properties.

Desi Local Food is set to open soon in Frisco, business co-owner Chaitanya Chintalapati said.

On the menu: The restaurant will serve dishes featuring flavors of Hyderabad and South India, including:

• Bagara rice
• Veg kurma
• Butter-garlic chicken

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Looking for fun ways to get active? Here is a roundup of 5K races and fun runs around the Dallas-Fort Worth area in November and December.

1. North Texas Hotdog 5K Race: This 5K event features multiple divisions, including regular men’s and women’s divisions as well as the hot dog division, in which participants will need to eat a hot dog after each mile completed in the race.

• Nov. 8, 8 a.m.
• $15
• 2600 N. Plano Road, Richardson

• Nov. 15, 7:30 a.m.
• $45 (5K), $75 (15K)
• Erwin Park, 4300 CR 1006, McKinney