Mid-May 2024 will go down as one of the busiest parts of the year for some restaurant owners in Frisco. With the Academy of Country Music Awards returning to The Star in Frisco on May 16, 2024, some of the biggest names in country music swung through Dallas-Fort Worth, including host Reba McEntire. And they’ve gotta eat.
(Speaking of Reba, she has her own restaurant, Reba’s Place, an easy road trip from North Texas.)
Some performers kept their dinner plans closer to Frisco. Dee Lincoln Prime is less than a quarter-mile from The Ford Center, where the ACMs took place, and owner Dee Lincoln made the most of it. She has new private room where dinner is served on Versace plateware. Anyone catching a chill from the temperature-controlled wine cellar can wrap themselves in a Fendi shawl. As Reba might say, fancy.
It’s the ACMs’ second consecutive year at The Star in Frisco and third year ever in Dallas-Fort Worth. Here’s where we spotted celebrities during ACMs week:
Miranda Lambert at Dee Lincoln Prime in Frisco
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Miranda Lambert, a native of Lindale, Texas, about 90 miles east of Dallas, chose Dee Lincoln Prime for an eight-person dinner on May 15, 2024, the night before the ACM Awards.
Lambert is the winningest musician in ACM history. She won New Female Vocalist in 2006, then went on to win Female Vocalist of the Year for nine consecutive years starting in 2010. She was the Entertainer of the Year in 2021. In Frisco at the show on May 16, Lambert performed new song “Wranglers.”
Parker McCollum at Raising Cane’s in Plano
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“Burn It Down” country singer Parker McCollum had an unusual morning on May 16, 2024: He toured the Raising Cane’s office in Plano with founder Todd Graves. Did he eat any chicken fingers, we wondered? He did.
He also worked at the Raising Cane’s food truck the night prior, after he performed at the ACM Lifting Lives LIVE concert.
McCollum helped raise $700,000 for the ACM’s philanthropy that funds music therapy programs and helps country musicians through hardships.
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Post Malone at Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room in Fort Worth
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Fun fact: Post Malone’s family moved to North Texas when he was a kid because his dad was once the concessions manager for the Dallas Cowboys. Or so said McEntire in her intro to the ACMs. Post Malone and his band wore Dallas Cowboys jerseys during a three-song performance at the show.
He was spotted at Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room this week with singer Jelly Roll. The Riot Room opened in March 2023, and country singer Wetzel described the bar at its debut as “country clubby” — a place to stay late and party.
Jelly Roll at Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room in Fort Worth
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Jelly Roll, who hit up Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room with Grapevine’s Post Malone this week, was honored in the club with a sign that said “I’m only one drink away,” a line from his beloved song, “Son of a Sinner.”
Fan favorite Jelly Roll made it on the ACMs stage several times during the show, first to perform new song “Liar” and later to accept the award for Music Event of the Year with Lainey Wilson.
A few days earlier, Jelly Roll performed at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth.