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DIVINE DINNERS R ound Top's culinary offerings swell precipitously during show time. Dining options run the gamut from field-friendly food trucks to white-tablecloth dining, but scoring a seat at a showtime-only, chef-crafted dinner should be a top priority when planning a visit: Jamie and JB Royer host the Caymus + Royers Wine Dinner at Royers Cafe Sunday, October 20. The five-course meal is paired with Caymus wines. Tickets, royerscafe.com … Chef Nick Middleton of Austin's Y Comida reprises his role as chef in residence at Bader Ranch from October 4 through 19. Y Comida serves elevated breakfast and lunch options with The Cafe at Bader Ranch partners Lady Elaine and El Topo. Y Comida also prepares a five-course dinner each evening of the show at Bader Ranch. Dinner reservations, shoproundtop.com … Dallas chef Victor Hugo returns to the kitchen at Oakbones lodge for nightly dinners October 14 through 26. Menus and reservations, @thevictorhugos … The 550 District hosts The Butcher's Ball dinner presided over by chefs Erin Feges and Sasha Grumman Saturday, October 12, with cocktails by Basil Hayden bourbon whiskey, tequila tastings by Penta Tequila, and wine pairings from Poggio Costa Prosecco, Jonata, The Hilt Estate. Dinners are served in Round Top Dance Hall; VIPs take their seats inside The 550 District's swanky speakeasy, The Mark. Tickets, @the550district … Guests of The Frenchie Boutique Hotel can hire on-site chef Brenna McBroom, a Culinary Institute of America alum, to create a special meal during their stay. Book lodging, roundtoptxhotels.com … At the legendary Feasts in the Field at Rancho Pillow, guests are served live-fire meals at festive communal outdoor tables at artist Sheila Youngblood's ranch. Dates to be announced. Tickets, ranchopillow. com … Don a grass skirt or a Hawaiian shirt and head to Henkel Square for the inaugural Luau at Ellis Motel Friday, October 18. Merritt Meat Co. provides a whole hog roast, and no tickets are needed to enjoy live music on the porch at Kemo Sabe, dancing, charity dunk tank benefiting Camp For All, limbo contest, and more. ellismotel.com … Farmhaus Dinner, held at the private Brenham residence of designer Kim Hoegger Thursday, October 10, includes a candlelit meal prepared by local chefs Tammie Mills (Blue Willow Cafe) and Tara Royer Steele (Royers Pie Haven), shopping in Hoegger's private barn filled with antique finds, and an intimate Q&A with Krissa Rossbund, style and design editor of Traditional Home magazine. Tickets, kimhoeggerhome.com … The Halles' Designer Dinner is one of the hottest tickets in town, with national design luminaries as guests. Artist Hunt Slonem is this year's honoree at the seated dinner catered by A Fare Extraordinaire Monday, October 14. Tickets, thehalles.com. Candice Cowin T he first phase of Debra Sherman's new three-acre High Country venue opens this month, bringing vintage Native American jewelry, antique and vintage pottery, folk art, textiles, and more to Carmine. The new 3,200-square-foot showroom will initially house Sherman's Dancing Wolf Gallery and Debra Sherman Folk & Fine Art, as well as The Flow Blue King — a mix of retailers offering primitives, early American furniture, imported lighting, early devotional art, and rare pieces of flow blue earthenware. The main gallery includes finds that hark back to Sherman's Colorado ranch lifestyle, with antique and vintage equestrian equipment such as saddles and chaps on display. Basketry and vintage western clothing will also be found in the mix. High Country's second phase involves the renovation of an existing antique house on the property, which will become the permanent home to Dancing Wolf Gallery. The third and final phase includes the construction of six 10-by-18-foot cottages to be rented seasonally to select vendors. High Country, 1720 S. Hwy. 458 (at the Y), Carmine, @dancingwolf_gallery. Candice Cowin AN ALL-TIME HIGH JORDAN GEIBEL Garden & Gun Dinner at Windy Knoll Moroccan-themed tables at The Halles The 550 District is set to host The Butcher's Ball. 110