If you’ve lived in Hopkins County for any length of time, you know the smell of smoke and simmering stew in late October means one thing: it’s Stew Contest time. On Saturday, October 25, 2025, the tradition continues at Buford Park as hundreds of teams and thousands of neighbors gather for the 56th Annual Hopkins […]
Author: Neil Andrew Lemons
Dutch-Oven Cook-Off Returns to Sulphur Springs – September 27, 2025
Mark your calendars! The John Chester Dutch-Oven Cook-Off returns on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park (416 N. Jackson St., Sulphur Springs) as part of the annual Indian Summer Days festival. What to Expect in 2025 Visitors can stroll through Heritage Park’s historic buildings […]
REVIEW: Curry Fusion in Commerce, TX
When we moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas, four years ago there weren’t any Indian or Nepali eateries nearby. My wife Jasmine would crave it, so we would drive to Dallas. Now there is one close. They serve beautiful butter chicken, naan, momos & more at affordable prices. After seeing it promoted in Sulphur Springs 411 […]
REVIEW: Eagle’s Nest Mini Golf in Winnsboro, TX
Friday of last week, our family played 18 holes of mini golf – also known as putt-putt. We had become aware of this local mini golf course due to it being advertised by the wife of the husband-and-wife ownership team. A video, created and narrated by who we would later meet, was posted to a […]
Winners of 2024 Hopkins County Stew Contest
Here’s to our Winners for this super year! Honorable Mention Campsite and Costume goes to site #68 Joel Newsom and Charlene Youngblood, sponsored by Newsom Health and Wellness. Campsite and costume winner this year was site #130 Curtis Fulgham and Ramon Diaz, sponsored by Hopkins County Veterans of Foreign Wars post 8560.Their $200 prize was […]
55th Hopkins County Stew Festival & Contest – Countdown to Oct. 26th, 2024
In March 2020, I started working remotely; I could work wherever there was a Wi-Fi connection, including road-side cafes. This gave us some time and flexibility to explore the surrounding areas from DFW as we looked for a community where we could call home. This is how we discovered Hopkins County and Sulphur Springs. It […]
Sulphur Springs Dutch-Oven Cook-off 2024 Review
The John Chester Dutch-Oven Cook-off is an annual event held in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Most of the time it is held in Heritage Park. This year, 2024, was the 20th year in a row that it has been held. John Chester started the cook-off in 2004. John is no longer with us. However, they choose […]
REVIEW: TA Boba Tea House in Sulphur Springs, TX
This evening in our third year, 10th month, and 3rd day living in Sulphur Springs, Texas, we visited TA Boba Tea House located at 1707 S Broadway Street Suite 9. To further clarify to those that know Sulphur Springs or are better at landmark orientations, TA Boba Tea House is near Walmart, and in the […]