DENTON
February 2018
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Stephanie Davis, left, and Lillian Williams are working to open Q’s, a 24-hour downtown cafe that would fill the void left in Denton’s gay community by last year’s closing of Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor & Chainsaw Repair.
Planned cafe looks to fill void left by closing of Denton’s only gay bar By Dalton LaFerney
For the Denton Record-Chronicle
new cafe catering to the local LGBTQ community plans to open this spring in downtown Denton.
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Lillian Williams, 36, and Stephanie Davis, 30, the cofounders of Q’s and alumnae of the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University, respectively, are developing what they hope will add a unique spin on gay bars and gay culture in North Texas. Davis said food will be sold 24 hours a day, joining Dix Coney Island as the only restaurants around the Square to be open around the clock most of the week. There will be a regular menu, but certain days will have featured options — like breakfast tacos on the weekends and fair-style food late at night, when the drinking crowds are finishing up downtown. Davis, who managed an IHOP and an Applebee’s in Denton and is a bartender at Sue Ellen’s in Dallas, said the cafe ought to be “a good sober-up spot.” Traditional gay bar activities, like drag shows and “queerlesque,” will have a home at Q’s, and it will have comedy nights and after-hours poetry slams that will give customers things to enjoy other than drinking. The co-founders want it to provide a forum where people in and outside the LGBTQ community can mingle with drag CAFE | CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
How Olympians pinched their pennies By Teddy Nykiel | NerdWallet
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe | Staff Writer Spec’s Wine, Spirits and Finer Foods opened at 2315 Colorado Blvd. on Feb. 2. The owners, John and Lindy Rydman, met at the University of North Texas and have been big supporters of the school’s jazz program
and student scholarships. The grand opening was Feb. 10 and included a set by members of the One O’clock Lab Band. Hanabi Ramen held a soft opening Feb. 15 at its Denton location on UPDATE | CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
We’re used to hearing stories of triumphant Olympians overcoming all odds to achieve their dreams. But for many, staying afloat financially is a lesser-known hurdle as they ski, skate, jump, flip and twirl their way to gold. NerdWallet talked to athletes competing in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea — and one former Olympian — about all things money: how they make ends meet; the financial products they use; and their money stressors, challenges and sacrifices.
Stacey Cook, Alpine skiing
Age: 33 Hometown: Mammoth Lakes, California OLYMPICS | CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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Stacey Cook of the United States makes a run during Alpine skiing downhill training at the Winter Olympics on Monday in Pyeongchang, South Korea.