Sensory Explorations: Food
Saturday, April 12 | 10–11:30 a.m.
Sensory Explorations is a free event for families with children of all ages who are on the autism spectrum. Explore depictions of food through sensory tools, swap recipes, make a (paper) pizza, and enjoy an interactive performance.
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Hands on Deck
By Anthony Mariani
Crossing Streams
Blending Japanese and Mexican, Shogun Taqueria aims high but comes up a little short. By Cody Neathery
We Be Jambalooin’
There’s more in store from Mullen & Mullen and Spune. By Steve Steward
What’s
Haps?
The Lakers and Ice-T are in town, while downtown bustles with two concurrent art festivals.
By Jennifer Bovee
Anthony Mariani, Editor
Lee Newquist, Publisher
Bob Niehoff, General Manager
Michael Newquist, Regional Director
Ryan Burger, Art Director
Jennifer Bovee, Marketing Director
Clint “Ironman” Newquist, Brand Ambassador
Emmy Smith, Proofreader
Julie Strehl, Account Executive
Sarah Niehoff, Account Executive
Stacey Hammons, Senior Account Executive
Tony Diaz, District Manager
Wyatt Newquist, Account Executive
CONTRIBUTORS
Christina Berger, E.R. Bills, Jason Brimmer, Buck D. Elliott, Juan R. Govea, Patrick Higgins, Laurie James, Kristian Lin, Cody Neathery, Wyatt Newquist, Steve Steward, Teri Webster, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue, Elaine Wilder, Cole Williams
EDITORIAL BOARD
Laurie James, Anthony Mariani, Emmy Smith, Steve Steward
COPYRIGHT
Not Sitting Down
Fort Worth wasn’t prepared for Hands Off, so nearly 100 protesters rallied at a Tesla dealership in town.
BY ANTHONY MARIANI
As tens of thousands of protesters rallied in 1,200 cities and towns nationwide last Saturday as part of Hands Off — including in Denton, Arlington, Dallas, Frisco, and *checks notes* Burleson and Flower Mound (?!) — downtown Fort Worth remained conspicuously empty.
METROPOLIS
March 2–September 7
Fort Worth’s aligned groups — Indivisible 12, Indivisible FWA (Fort Worth Area), and 50-50-1 — were not able to acquire permits in time. Instead, nearly 100 kindred souls, a “mixed … nonpartisan” group, one participant said, marched in front of the Tesla dealership at North University Drive and Bristol Road.
“Reaction from the folks driving by was great!” the participant said. “Lots of cars honking, people yelling support and waving.” continued on page 6
Nearly 100 “nonpartisan” people rallied in front of the Tesla dealership off North University Drive Saturday in opposition to sweeping policy changes by owner Elon Musk and the felon in chief.
The next peaceful protest is noon-4pm Sat, Apr 19, at Burk Burnett Park downtown (501 W 7th St) with speakers and live mu
it on the rear, and kindly requesting another — is inconceivable. Making our voices heard in large numbers lets the authorities’ rank and file know we democracy lovers answer only to the Constitution, not some warped, frustrated, wealthy old man who doesn’t care about anyone other than himself and his
. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com. He
METROPOLIS
Inspiring Pitch
It’s hard to say we’re winning when the odds are in our favor.
BY E.R. BILLS
I recently went out to support a friend’s oldest boys. They had a high-school rugby match in Bedford. It was a great evening for it, and it felt good to be back out at the pitch. I’d played in college and still held a catalogue of deep and abiding memories of my teammates and the matches we played, the remembrances a comfort and a reminder of the bonds we forged and still shared. It was no minor joy to see a younger generation of ruggers making the game a part of their lives. It’s still not terribly conventional or mainstream, and it goes against many of the prevailing currents in American culture. But maybe that’s the point. It’s not football, basketball, baseball, or even soccer — in fact, every year, lots of football players show up to play rugby at the high-school level, but most last only a day.
The game is complex and nuanced. There’s more running in rugby and no huddles. There’s no alternating series of defense and offense. You’re doing it all at once nonstop — and without polycarbonate helmets or pads.
It’s a little much really.
My friend’s sons’ team was a new, smaller high-school squad taking the pitch against a giant, multi-school team from northern Tarrant County. The north had
three times as many players and a lot more experience. And let me clue you in early — the outnumbered squad did not win. They got worked over pretty bad.
But they never quit. They kept fighting. They kept going. Despite impossible
Stayin’ Alive
I’m visiting Fort Worth and always love coming to a city that respects art, history, and architecture. I see the people in need written about in Anthony Mariani’s excellent editorial (“Hard to Swallow,” Mar 26) in a copy of the Weekly I picked up from a
odds and inferior numbers. The first match, they lost 22-10. The second, worse. The third, worse still. But instead of being disappointed, I was inspired. My friend’s sons’ club had only one sub. The North Tarrant squad had about 15, enough players to field
more than one side. And they rotated in a different side after every score. My friend’s sons’ squad never left the field.
I was impressed by their effort, and that would have been enough. But then continued on page 7
street box — as a former reporter at a paper in the Northeast with several newsmen who relocated to DFW, I’m always thrilled to find energetic publications. Hang in there, and a pox on those U.S. tariffs on the Canadian lumber used to make newsprint. Thank you most sincerely for your convictions and for opening my eyes to the fact that even in a really red state, there are
Democrats and progressives with urgent, loud voices they’re willing to put right out there for all to hear. Damn the torpedoes. Full steam ahead!
Dawn Shurmaitis, New Hope, PA
One of the smallest guys on the squad, Che Guevara (kneeling far left, front row) was the consummate rugby player on the pitch and in real life.
I saw one of their players on his stomach on the ground between halves. At first, I thought he was stretching. But his knees were beneath him, and his torso suddenly rose upright. I noticed he was facing east. I realized he was praying.
The North Tarrant squad was located on the home side of the pitch and had bleachers. Our squad was located on the visitor side with bleachers but no access to them. The gates leading to our seating were locked. The praying player had jumped the
Real courage comes in fighting battles you can’t win but knowing you have to fight regardless.
fence to perform his prayers, probably not wanting to draw attention to himself.
So, family and friends of our squad were basically on the sideline with the team. It was no big deal. But later I found myself in the proximity of the Muslim player. I struck up a conversation and
shared words of encouragement regarding his team’s play. Then, I asked him where his family was from.
“Palestine,” he replied.
I immediately wished I hadn’t asked.
“I have no words,” I said, honestly not knowing what to say. But I kept going.
“Especially as an American.”
Impossible odds. Inferior numbers.
“I still have family there,” he replied. “It’s hard. Most people don’t even know.” I clenched my teeth. I may have said something else, but I can’t remember. There was a silence like glass. We both knew the truth. I offered the young man a drink and an orange from my friend’s ice cooler.
“I can’t,” he replied.
“Ramadan.” I said, suddenly recalling.
“Yes,” he confirmed. “I can’t have anything until this evening.”
“Of course,” I remarked.
Soon, he and the squad were back out on the pitch for the last match. The young Muslim played hard and was solid, all on an empty stomach, his lips parched, but his heart full. He never wavered.
It inspired me in ways I no longer thought I could be inspired.
As an American, I was still ashamed, but that was simply a luxury. I wasn’t facing impossible odds or superior numbers or hamstrung by limited resources that night in Bedford, every day in my country, or for decades in the land of my ancestors.
Did I mention former President George W. Bush was a rugby player in high school and later a standout rugger at Yale? Very enthusiastic, I hear. From prep school to the presidency — a rugby player. It had to be acknowledged, even if I thought the Bush administration’s disastrous foreign policy in the early aughts was a precursor to what was happening to my new, young rugby friend’s family in Gaza.
Lots of folks are upset about our current foreign policy regarding Ukraine. Palestine seems little more than an afterthought. Thankfully, however, a much more inspiring, iconic leader also played rugby. Suited up for San Isidro, Ypora, and Atalaya Polo Club. He also founded and edited a rugby magazine called Tackle. And that’s what he did for the rest of his short life. He tackled. Especially social injustice and Western imperialism. His name was Che Guevara.
As we clapped our team off at the end of the match, I remembered something. Something Americans seem to constantly, though comfortably, forget.
There’s nothing heroic about fighting a winning battle, a contest whose outcome is known from the beginning. Real courage comes in fighting battles you can’t win but knowing you have to fight regardless. Knowing that you have to keep going. Knowing that giving up or quitting is not only wrong, but that it’s not even an option. America will probably continue to do a lot of winning.
But there’s nothing heroic about it. l
Fort Worth native E.R. Bills is the author of The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas and Tell-Tale Texas: Investigations in Infamous History
This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.
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Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Every Second Thursday is different than the last — mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails. You’ll never think of museums in the same way again.
THURSDAY APR 10 | 5–8 P.M.
Grab a drink and put pencil to paper with this evening themed around drawing works of art in our collection.
SCREEN
Hour of The Amateur
Rami Malek is the main attraction in this spy thriller.
BY KRISTIAN LIN
About half an hour into The Amateur, Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is lurking inside a Parisian apartment building where a terrorist (Barbara Probst) lives. There is no doubt of her guilt, he has a gun pointed at her back, and she is completely oblivious to his presence in the dark hallway. Yet he freezes up, unable to pull the trigger, and she enters her apartment without incident.
Already this is more interesting than most Hollywood action-thrillers, which would have Jason Statham or The Rock shoot her and then get on with their business. They’re still making movies where the action hero has a definite limitation. Indeed, Malek played such a man in his four seasons of Mr. Robot, where his superhacker dealt with clinical depression and social anxiety. His presence in the lead role of The Amateur is pretty much the only distinctive thing in this spy thriller.
Charlie is a CIA intelligence analyst specializing in decryption, and one day at work the new CIA director (Julianne Nicholson) calls him into her office and informs him that his beloved wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) has been murdered in a terrorist attack in London, where she was traveling on business.
Analyzing the footage of masked gunmen shooting Sarah in the head outside her hotel gives Charlie the killers’ names, professions, and current locations. When his bosses (Holt McCallany and Danny Sapani) don’t act on the information, he blackmails them into giving him training, money, and fake identities so that he can kill the killers himself. This amounts to treason, but by the time they send agents after him, he’s already halfway to London to pick up the trail.
The movie is based on Robert Littell’s novel, which I haven’t had a chance to read and which was made into a previous movie in 1981 that starred John Savage. Director James Hawes has helmed six episodes of the British TV show Slow Horses, so he’s familiar with spycraft as well as spies who suck at their jobs. Charlie is highly intelligent and highly motivated, but the filmmakers know that it takes more than that to make a viable agent. While
he has natural talent at putting bombs together, a scene at a firing range shows that he is a truly terrible shot.
When he finally confronts the aforementioned woman at her allergy clinic, she attacks him and easily gets the better of him in the fight. She is accidentally killed while escaping from him, and he takes her phone. This might be useful to someone with his tech savvy, but Charlie’s CIA instructor (Laurence Fishburne) points out that it also gives his precise location to the agents who are out to kill him. It’s a lot easier for us ordinary folks at the multiplex to relate to some desk jockey like Charlie than to some Special Forces operative who kills efficiently and dispassionately.
It is amusing when Charlie throws off his pursuers by hacking into security camera feeds and putting his own face on random dudes in European capitals. I still wish there were more creativity in
the way he eludes his own agents. (I mean, Charlie moves freely about the allergy clinic by putting on a white coat. That’s just lazy.) The movie sets itself in various backwaters in Eastern Europe, but it doesn’t do enough to differentiate the locations. An empty warehouse is just an empty warehouse, even if we’re told that it’s in Constanta, Romania.
The character moments between the action sequences come out better, as Charlie’s Russian contact in Istanbul (Caitríona Balfe) describes almost going crazy after her husband was killed, and the terrorist mastermind (Michael Stuhlbarg, cast against type to moderate effectiveness) observes how Charlie keeps giving his victims a chance to save themselves as a way of absolving himself of the murders. Malek’s frigid line readings work to make him believable as a man who’s out of touch with his emotions — when informed of Sarah’s death, his first reaction is to suggest calling her hotel room. What would be a generic and forgettable spy thriller gains a heart because of his presence. l
Rami Malek is The Amateur in more ways than one.
Photo by John Wilson
The Amateur Starring Rami Malek and Laurence Fishburne.
Directed by James Hawes. Written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on Robert Littell’s novel. Rated PG-13.
NIGHT & DAY
Arts, Music & Sports Collide
This Weekend
The Los Angeles Lakers play the Dallas Mavericks at 6:30pm at American Airlines Center (2500 Victory Ave, Dallas, 214-222-3687), and Fort Worth muralist Juan Velazquez is down for it. His famous Luka Doncic mural in Trinity Groves (353 Singleton Blvd, Dallas, 214-744-0100) got a recent update to reflect Doncic’s new digs. Or did it? Nope. It was just an April Fools’ joke on Juan’s socials. For viewing and in-person ticket options for the game, visit Mavs. com/Schedule or download the Victory app.
At 5pm, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-738-1933) hosts an evening of cocktails, conversation, and live music. The theme of this month’s Second Thursdays at the Carter is Drink & Draw. Cocktails will be available for purchase in the atrium. Then, head to the Lounge from 5pm to 8pm to draw your own sketch themed around works in the museum’s permanent collection. RSVP for free at CarterMuseum.com.
Tonight is also the first night of Evenings on Oak Street. The City of Roanoke and ArtsNET welcome the 2025 concert series to Austin Street Plaza (221 North Oak St, Roanoke, @CityofRoanokeTX) 6:30pm-8pm Thursdays thru June. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy dinner along Oak Street before heading to the plaza for a free performance. Fort Worth’s Squeezebox Bandits kick things off tonight. You can also catch the band 1pm-2:30pm Sat at the Main Street Arts Festival (MainStreetArtsFest. org). For future Evenings on Oak Street per-
formance dates, look for our recent Crosstown Sounds story at FWWeekly.com.
Today is National Pet Day, and in honor of that, let’s not forget to feed them. Beyond the Hungry Hound
Hustle benefit event in late April — see more at HungryHoundHustle.org — you can help on a daily basis through Don’t Forget to Feed Me (5825 E Rosedale St, Fort Worth, 817-334-0727). The nonprofit is the only pet food bank in North Texas, feeding our furry or scaly friends in difficult times. To donate or to learn how to get help from them, visit DontForgettoFeedMe.org.
The Matthew Show is playing as a quartet at Truck Yard Alliance (3101 Prairie Vista Dr, Fort Worth, 877-221-3936), which is like playing five restaurants at once. The food trucks put the “truck” in the yard, so there’s barbecue, Indian, tacos, and more, and the bar serves a wide array of beverages. With next weekend being Easter, there are a ton of Easter egg hunts going on, like this one at St. John Lutheran Church (1218 E Debbie Ln, Mansfield, 817-473-4889). This come-and-go event is for children in fourth grade and younger from 10am to noon. Every child will receive a personal egg carton to collect 18 eggs. There will also be bible adventures, food for sale, a petting zoo, and spring photo ops. There is no cost to attend.
For more Easter happenings, including brunch options, see our Easter spread on pages 14 and 15.
To quote a phrase used often by my husband and me, #TogetherIsBetter (Give us a break. We’re still #Newlyweds, so no vomit emojis, please.) Yes, everyone’s two favorite humongous local art events are convening at the same time again this year. The Fort Worth Art Fair and Main Street Arts Festival intersect literally and figuratively downtown. The third annual Fort Worth Art Fair runs 10am-11pm daily thru Sun in Sundance Square Plaza (420 Main St, @FWArtFair) in celebration of all things local, including the city’s art, cuisine, culture, music, and more. For more info, visit FortWorthArtFair.com. The 37th annual Main Street Arts Festival is 10am-10pm Thu, 10am-11pm Fri-Sat, and 10am-8pm Sun, with food, music, and works from more than 200 juried local, regional, and national artists. For more info, visit MainStreetArtsFest.org. Both events are free to attend.
Scarborough Renaissance Festival (2511 FM 66, Waxahachie, @SRFestival) is now open for the 2025 season 10am-7pm every Sat-Sun, plus Memorial Monday. Along with an artisan market, turkey legs, jousting shows, and fun for the kids, every weekend boats a different theme. This weekend is the Artisan’s Showcase Shop and vote for the Artisan’s Best in Show Contest from among the hundreds of vendors who sell one-of-a-kind and handmade items like blown glass, fine art, jewelry, leather goods, metal works, tapestries, and more. Every day, you can also see demonstrations of artisan skills like candle-making, blacksmithing, and sword-making, to name a few. Tickets are $38 for adults, $28 for children 5-12, and free for kids 4 and under at SRFestival.com.
Ice-T (yes, that Ice-T) headlines the next installment of the UTA Speaker Series next Wednesday. While I’m disappointed to learn there’s no Body Count performance, I am still fangirling over here and looking forward to hearing what he has to say. Beyond the music, Ice-T is an accomplished actor and author, and he is in town to share his story of resilience and success. From his rough childhood on the streets of Los Angeles to his controversial music career to his iconic stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ice-T has become a cultural icon and an influential spokesman for America’s youth, regardless of color. Ice-T’s Overcoming Adversity: From the Streets to Stardom will be at Texas Hall on the campus of UTA (701 W Nedderman Dr, Arlington, 817-272-5584) 7:30pm Wed, Apr 16. Tickets are free for students, faculty, and staff and $5 for community members and alums at UTATickets.com.
“The dress became a uniform, and we became an army.” — June Osborne
As we’re sort of living it — portions of it, at least — watching The Handmaid’s Tale seems more truthful now and less fictional than when the Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling novel first began. But here we are. The sixth and final season started Tue, Apr 8.
By Jennifer Bovee
Are You Road-Trip Ready?
WEEKLY LISTINGS
The (Easter) List
By Fort Worth Weekly Classifieds
With Easter right around the corner, there are a ton of community events this weekend and next. Hop to it!
EASTER EGG HUNTS
ST JOHN LUTHERAN (Sat, Apr 12)
St. John Lutheran Church (1218 E Debbie Ln, Mansfield, 817-473-4889) has a free comeand-go event is for children in 4th grade and younger 10am-noon. Kids will receive a personal egg carton to collect 18 eggs, enjoy bible adventures, a petting zoo, and spring photo opps. Food will be available for purchase.
FIRST UMC BURL (Sun, Apr 13)
First United Methodist Church of Burleson (590 NE Mcalister Rd,817-295-1166) has its annual Eggstravaganza 2pm-4pm this Sun, Apr 13. This free event for kiddos ages 10 and under will feature activities, games, and Easter eggs, plus visits from the Easter bunny!
HIGHER PURPOSE (Sat, Apr 19)
Higher Purpose Emporium (505 W Northside Dr, Fort Worth, 682-207-5351) is celebrating Ostara with a free-to-attend Egg Hunt 2pm-4pm. Bring your inner child and your actual littles. Whoever can find the 3 Golden Eggs will win a big prize! From 7:30pm to 10pm, attend an adults-only scavenger hunt with the character Agnes.
EASTER FESTIVALS
FIRST UMC HURST (Sun, Apr 13)
First United Methodist Hurst (521 Pipeline Rd, 817-282-7384) hosts its free Easter Party 11:30am-1:30pm featuring an Easter egg hunt, hot dogs, a petting zoo, a photo booth, trackless trains, and more. This is an outdoor party that will take place in the parking lot.
CHRISTIAN ARTS
(Fri, Apr 18)
The Christian Arts Museum (3221 Hamilton Av, Fort Worth, 817-332-7878) has a Good Friday Celebration 6pm-7:30pm with free food, live music, and a message from Rev. Lisa Henry.
SOUTHCLIFF (Sat, Apr 19)
Southcliff Church (4100 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth, 817-9242241) hosts a free Easter Family Festival 11am-2pm, featuring
crafts, face painting, giant inflatables, a hot dog cookout, live music, and a photo booth with free prints. Kids can bring Easter baskets (or bags will be provided) to gather carnival candy. For more info, visit Southcliff.com/Easter.
THE POTTER’S HOUSE (Sun, Apr 20)
Join the Potter’s House of Fort Worth (1270 Woodhaven Blvd, 817-446-1999) for Super Soul Resurrection Sunday: All That Happens in the Garden 8am-1:30pm. “From Eden to Gethsemane to the empty tomb— God moves in the garden!” Here’s what’s happening: Coffee, Convos & Connections at 8:15am, followed by Morning Worship in the sanctuary, plus games, an Easter egg hunt, and the Easter story for youth ages 3-12 in Destiny Planet. Stay for food, fun, and fellowship after the service.
EASTER SERVICES
CELEBRATION (Holy Week, Apr 13-20) Celebration Community Church (908 Pennsylvania Av, 817-335-3222) has services for Palm Sunday 10am Sun, Mar 13; Maundy Thursday 7pm Thu, Mar 17; Good Friday 7pm Fri, Mar 18; and Easter Sunday services 7am/10am Sun, Mar 20 followed by an Easter Egg Hunt. Located at), CCC has services on Sundays at 10am. Want to check out a nonjudgmental, inclusive church at home before attending in person? All services can also be viewed on YouTube (@ CelebrationCommunityChurch130).
PEACE LUTHERAN (Holy Week, Apr 13-20)
Peace Lutheran Church (941 Bedford Euless Rd, Hurst, 817-284-1677) will have Palm Sunday services at 8:30am (traditional) and 11am (modern) on Sun, Apr 13; Maunday Thursday service 7pm Thu, Apr 17; a Good Friday service 7pm Fri, Apr 18; and Easter Sunday services 9:30am and 11am Sun, Apr 20.
SOUTHCLIFF (Sun, Apr 13+20)
Southcliff Church (4100 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth, 817-924-2241) is celebrating Palm Sunday, Apr 13 with services at 9:30pm and 11am, each featuring communion. Easter Sunday, Apr 20 will feature identical worship services 9:30pm/11am with live music and a message by Dr. Carroll Marr. Firsttime visitors can visit Southcliff.com/ImNew for more information about the Church
CHRIST CHAPEL (Sat-Sun, Apr 19-20)
Christ Chapel Bible Church (3701 Birchman Av, Fort Worth) takes RSVPs for their Easter weekend services to ensure there is room for everyone. Choices still available include 3pm and 6pm Sat, Apr 19, and 7:30am Sun, Apr 20. To RSVP and check out dates and times for the West Campus (3910 E I-20 Frontage Rd, Willow Park) or South Campus (390 N Burleson Rd, Burleson), visit My.CCBCFamily.org/ EasterRSVP. (Note: Kids Ministry is offered for children in 4th grade and below during all Easter services, except for the 7:30am service.) listings continued on page 22
ATE DAYS of Easter Brunch
Top places to dine next Sunday.
BY ELAINE WILDER
Start your holiday morning with an elevated four-course Easter brunch at 97 West Kitchen & Bar at Hotel Drover (200 Mule Alley, Fort Worth, 682-255-6497) 8am-2pm Sun, Apr 20. The curated menu features fried chicken and biscuits, smoked salmon tea sandwiches, beignets, and family-style desserts, all complemented by handcrafted Easter cocktails, including the Buckin’ Bunny (Blackland gin, Luxardo cherry liqueur, liqueur de violette, lemon juice, simple syrup, with a Peep on top). A special Lil’ Ropers menu ensures even the youngest guests enjoy a delicious holiday meal — $65 per person and $25 for children ages 12 and under.
Easter brunch is an annual event at Blue Mesa (612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, 817-332-6372). The spread includes a wide range of options such as beef tenderloin chimichurri, ginger-chipotle-glazed ham, red chile salmon, a build-your-own street taco bar, and breakfast classics like madeto-order omelets, huevos rancheros, Belgian waffles with fried chicken, and biscuits with gravy. Blue Mesa’s usual signature dishes will be available as well. Cap off the meal with a dessert bar of mini flans, sopapilla cheesecake, warm churros, fruit cobblers,
chocolate chunk cookies, and more. The $45 price includes mimosas, while kids ages 6-11 can enjoy brunch for $15 and children 5 and younger eat for free. Blue Mesa is offering Easter brunch all next weekend with the extended hours of 10am-3pm Sat, Apr 19, and 8am-4pm Sun, Apr 20. For reservations, call the restaurant or book through the Open Table app.
Café Modern at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, 817-840-2157) is hosting Easter brunch 10am Sun, Apr 20. This elevated buffet is curated by Wolfgang Puck Executive Chef Jett Mora and his culinary team. Seating times are available from 10am to 12:15pm via OpenTable.com. The cost is $67 per person.
Bring your pups with you to MUTTS
Canine Cantina (5317 Clearfork Main St, Fort Worth, 817-377-0151) 11am-3pm Sun, Apr 29, for Easter Hair of the Dog Brunch Bloody Marys, draft beers, frozen cocktails, and mimosas are $5, plus there are unique breakfast food combos available. Woof!
You could also spend Easter Sunday at Southfork Ranch (3700 Hogge Dr, Parker, 972-442-7800). Brunch offerings include sautéed chicken and grilled salmon, three carving stations, an array of side dishes, and an enticing selection of sweets for dessert. After brunch, relax at the ranch with live music or take the kids on an Easter egg hunt and hop away with a 4-by-6-inch souvenir photo with the Easter Bunny. Tickets for the Easter brunch are $90 for adults and $50 for children ages 6 to 12, plus tax. Admission is free for kids 5 and younger. To purchase tickets, visit 2025EasterDayParty.eventbrite.com.
Along with its standard menu, Silver Fox (1651 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 817-332-9060) will offer an Easter specialty item — the Roasted Tenderloin Benedict for $67 — from 11am to 4pm Sun, Apr 20. The steak features a poached egg with hollandaise, asparagus, and fingerling potatoes. Drink specials include a Bloody Mary with Tito’s Handmade Vodka for $18 and a mimosa for $12. For more information, visit SilverFoxCafe.com. Make reservations and
place preorders by calling the restaurant. Get ready for a wicked good meal on Easter Sunday with breakfast, brunch, or dinner at Wicked Butcher (512 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-601-4621). Seatings are every 15 minutes: 6:30am-10:30am for breakfast, 11:45am-2:30pm for brunch, and 5pm-9:45pm for dinner. I’ve got my eye on the steak and eggs ($38): a 6-oz filet, fried eggs, breakfast potatoes, and blackberry gastrique. Tableside truffle butter for an extra $10? Yes, please! For the complete list of Easter items available, go to WickedButcher. com/menu and select “Easter Brunch.”
If you’re looking for a family meal at home for Easter, consider ordering a ham from Peace Lutheran Church (941 Bedford Euless Rd, Hurst, 817-284-1677). The church sells them annually as a fundraiser, and this year, the proceeds benefit the 43rd annual Men’s Retreat. Easter Hams are available in half hams ($45) and full hams ($90, 8-10 lbs). The deadline to order is Sun, Apr 11, at Form.jotform.com/250636652485059. Pickup times are 2pm-5pm Sat, Apr 19, and 7am-noon Sun, Apr 20, at the church’s onsite kitchen. l
Featuring Blackland gin, a Buckin’ Bunny will go great with your Easter brunch next Sunday at 97 West Kitchen.
Wicked Butcher has a wicked good menu set for Easter Sunday.
Wicked Butcher
If you’re looking for a family meal at home for Easter, consider ordering a ham from Peace Lutheran Church.
EATS & drinks
Cross Cultural
Combining Japanese and Mexican cuisines
with varying results, Shogun has some work to do.
Shogun Taqueria, 1508 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth. 817-759-9110.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CODY NEATHERY
When Paco’s Mexican on Magnolia announced its closure in January, there were many eulogizing the announcement but not without controversial opinions. I had noticed over the past couple of years guests
voicing up-and-down experiences similar to ones I had, though I kept them to myself.
Full disclosure: I have vested interest in several hospitality concepts but have been working in the industry since graduating high school, which has provided invaluable insight into the literal blood, sweat, and tears that go into opening and operating a concept. Before I became involved as an owner/investor, I was a food writer for local and national publications for a decade and have always done my best to steer clear of the title “critic.” My goals are to write about my experiences in a positive light, leaving the rest to the reader in hopes they will become a guest of whatever establishment
I’ve visited. It’s a delicate balance of tact and truth.
I have been visiting Paco’s since the pandemic, and it provided my first acquaintance with the birria taco trend — Paco’s were fantastic. Subsequent visits are when I noticed inconsistencies with food quality, menu availability, cleanliness, and service and what felt like an apathetic affair. My last dining impression was during August 2024, when I had superb birria tacos again, but the chips were stale and greasy — not the first time they were served in this woeful state. But the issue that got me was how
the AC unit had been kaput for a while and that nothing had been done to fix it.
After closing Paco’s, owner/operator Francisco Islas announced that his restaurant would be transforming into Shogun Taqueria, showcasing a fusion of Japanese and Mexican cuisine with ramen as the focal point. Rejoice!
My guest and I opted to visit a mere three days after the reopening, and I approached it with grace as there are always hiccups. I also knew hiccups had been Paco’s situation for years under the same leadership, but my expectations rested on the higher side.
Choosing our own table as instructed,
Shogun’s bao bun trio hasn’t yet reached its full potential.
The chicken gyoza hit the spot.
with menus, and we were eager to dive in. Cocktails were a priority as an attractive list of Japanese-inspired drinks shared menu space with unique or traditional Mexican cocktails from the days of Paco’s. After I placed an order for the Old Fashioned with Japanese whiskey, the server returned to inform me that it was a no-go. I ordered the nori negroni with nori as the fourth ingredient of this classic three-ingredient cocktail, and like before, our server returned saying they couldn’t make it. The hibiscus sake sangria was next, and this yielded the same result. Basically, Shogun had nothing in stock to make the Japanese-inspired drinks. This left us baffled. With the same liquor license and booze on the shelves, how or why was there a lack of inventory for the new cocktails? This set the precedent for the rest of dinner.
Starting with dim sum, we opted for chicken tinga gyoza and, from the hot stone parrilla section (cooked tableside), the spicy fried-chicken karaage and Wagyu. Of course, the server told us the stone parrillas were unavailable.
Although appearing lifeless on the plate, the chipotle marinated chicken within the steamed wonton wrapper of the gyoza was tasty, and those familiar with the chicken tinga tacos from Paco’s will recognize the flavor. The chicken karaage was lightly battered in chipotle adobo, not heavily fried,
Shogun’s spicy fried-chicken karaage was lightly battered in chipotle adobo, not heavily fried, and succulently juicy.
and succulently juicy. Both items gave hope for the rest of the meal. That is, if the rest of the menu clocked in.
We discovered that answer when we ordered the pork carnitas tonkotsu ramen and lo mein a la diabla. After taking our orders, our server returned several minutes later to say they were out of ramen and noodles in general.
The fried pork tonkatsu was passable, but the red mole heavy with ginger and chile powder wasn’t that exciting.
At this point, I just asked what was available, so we wouldn’t order, then wait in agony wondering whether or not we would eat.
We were told everything else “should be available,” but that “should” worried me. Where was a manager, or anyone for that matter, communicating between the front and back of the house what items were 86ed or how many remained available.
We plowed forward, ordering the deepfried pork cutlet smothered in red mole (tonkatsu con mole), the bao bun trio, pork belly kimchi quesadillas, and the oyakodon rice bowl. Welp, another swing and a miss with the rice bowl as that wasn’t in-house, but the others were delivered as promised.
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Bao buns, or sticky buns, are to be served warm with a pillowy texture from being steamed to the point that they stick to your fingers, but these were chewy to hard, with the meat inside dry and lacking seasoning. The tonkatsu was passable, but the red mole heavy with ginger and chile powder wasn’t that exciting. The kimchi quesadilla was good. And why not? Quesadillas are a holdover from the days of Paco’s with kimchi as the new component.
Truly hoping for their success, upon leaving, I thought of Scooby-Doo, when a mask being yanked off ultimately reveals the true culprit of the crime. Only here it would be all the former issues that plagued Paco’s in the final years parading as a new concept that simply didn’t deliver on this visit. l
Essentially
holdover from Paco’s, Shogun’s quesadilla filled with kimchi and pork belly was satisfying if not electrifying.
MUSIC
Jambaloo and Then Some
The festival was just the start of live music-loving endeavors from Mullen & Mullen and Spune.
BY STEVE STEWARD
During the first week of February, Dallas-based talent-buying agency Spune Productions partnered with the Mullen & Mullen Music Project (a live-music promotion project from law firm Mullen & Mullen), plus 91.7-FM KXT and entertainment website Do214, to put on Jambaloo music festival, a week of free shows at Tulips FTW in Fort Worth, Club Dada and Ferris Wheelers in Dallas, and Andy’s in Denton. Some headliners throughout the week included the Mark Lettieri Group, Rosegarden Funeral Party, Cure for Paranoia, Lou Charle$, Mountain of Smoke, the Black Angels, Remy Reilly, and Luna Luna, plus a ton more, most of whom hail from DFW.
My only Jambaloo experience was when I saw Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks and Dallas’ Texas Gentlemen at Ferris Wheelers on the last night of the festival. The show was outdoors and seasonably cold — funnily enough, the opening band for the previous night’s show was named Dress Warm — but that chill didn’t stop fans from showing up. Ferris Wheelers’ outdoor area holds more than 500 people, and it was pretty much near capacity.
The bands sounded great, and despite the huge crowd, the beer lines moved fast. It felt like a huge party. I recall one moment, standing in front of the restrooms after my third Modelo and at least as many hits from a joint and a blinker getting passed around, when my gaze drifted to the venue’s namesake carnival ride that loomed over the VIP section, its multicolored bulbs glowing benevolently against the night sky. Quaker City Night Hawks were locked deep into “Rattlesnake Boogie,” and so was the crowd.
“This is a pretty nice night!” I mused out loud to no one. A guy going into the restroom who heard me nodded in agreement.
Quaker City played their last song. People I hadn’t seen since before the pandemic milled around, then the Texas Gentleman came on and ambled through a dexterous, jazzy, perfectly laid-back set.
The crowd’s vibe was loose, like everyone there was just glad to hang out. Following the show, seemingly all of those people crammed into Mike’s Gemini Twin, and after a while, when my girlfriend and I finally squeezed our way out of the bar and headed back home, I had this thought: Sure would be cool if they did more Jambaloos.
A week or so later, I spoke with Spune general manager Corey Pond and Mullen & Mullen’s Joseph Morrison about a few things, like how Jambaloo came about, growing the North Texas live music scene, and what they are working on for future events. Turns out the next Jambaloo is in the works. Morrison said it all started with a conversation with Pond while the two were playing Rocket League — the two are good friends and Rocket League fanatics, and they converse almost daily with or without a match.
“We play Rocket League almost every night and use that as brainstorming sessions, which, frankly, is how Jambaloo came to be,” Morrison said. “We’re still finalizing what the complete game plan is moving forward, but certainly [the Mullen & Mullen Music Project] want to keep promoting shows. … What [Pond] and I are talking about is trying to make some of those shows unique and kind of extra-special and extra-fun.”
Ferris Wheelers, the “backyard and BBQ” venue in Dallas’ Design District, is across the street from Mullen & Mullen’s offices. Morrison said that their initial discussions with Spune involved some sort
It was pretty much, “Hey, this sounds like something fun to do, and let’s see what happens.”
Pond guessed that the best-attended show of the free week was the one I went to on February 8, though the MJ Lenderman show at Tulips on February 6 might have been the biggest had it taken place at a bigger venue. Tulips holds about 500, but Lenderman blew up between the time his show was booked and the actual date. A line ran around the block, and the concert was packed, though even more people might have shown up for him at Ferris Wheelers. Still, a packed house is pretty impressive. And since the Mullen & Mullen Music Project sponsorship has brought livestreaming videos to Tulips, even more people than that packed house caught the show.
All that audience capture was helpful for the venues, and it also helps with Spune’s ability to book the next iteration. Pond said the bands who played Jambaloo this year were thrilled with the event and the turnout. The locals were especially jazzed.
of stage sponsorship, and that idea “became the idea of a free week,” he said. “It was pretty much, ‘Hey, this sounds like something fun to do, and let’s see what happens.’ And I think from our perspective, we couldn’t be more pleased with how it went for Year 1.”
Last year, Spune teamed up the Mullen & Mullen Music Project in a sponsored concert series aimed at boosting attendance at local shows (I watched Quaker City play one of those last August, in fact), and Jambaloo is the partnership’s most recent endeavor.
Compared to the amount of time a weeklong music fest across four venues in three cities might normally take, Spune assembled Jambaloo in a short amount of time.
“I mean, like literally, this time last year, we hadn’t even thought of this,” Pond said. “So, this year was really a scramble … but we were really lucky to have the cities and KXT jump onboard. That made it seem super-legit in the first year, I think.”
Mullen & Mullen helped the promo with a video and an ad buy with Dallas Texas TV, an Instagram account with 1.5 million followers. Given that that account’s followers tune in for its hold-my-beer clips of car chases, fires, fisticuffs, and aggrieved citizens dressed as Mortal Kombat characters, the ads surely hit the eyeballs of a lot of people down for free shows.
“Part of our contribution was finding funny ways to promote it,” Morrison said. “We try to give that extra little bit of juice to some of the marketing.”
“I mean, everybody loved the idea,” Pond said. “The band that opened for MJ Lenderman, Darling Farm from Denton, played to 500 people that night, and I doubt they’ve played for 500 people before, unless it was another festival or something. So, for us, that was a big and important thing. It’s like you’re giving these local bands an opportunity to perform in front of people that otherwise probably wouldn’t see them. Fair or unfair, it’s the truth. And one other thing. We have already had booking agencies reach out to us and ask about being included next year. One of the bigger agencies, we didn’t have any of their artists in the lineups, and they’ve since hit us up, like, three times, saying, ‘Hey, next year, we want to be part of that.’ ”
I brought up the challenge of getting people to an outdoor show in the coldest month of the year, as opposed to October or November, or even April, when the weather is more tolerable. Pond laughed. “You’re going to think I’m crazy, but it’s hard selling tickets to big shows in October because there’s so many. There’s ACL, right? All those bands are here, and most of those bands we can’t book” due chiefly to lockout dates and radius clauses. “It seems counterintuitive, but I think an October festival might do worse than one in February, unless the February weather is too shitty. Then we’re gonna get killed no matter what. Next year, the festival will be February 7th through the 14th. And I don’t know. I mean, we haven’t discussed moving it from February, but I mean, shit, it’s cold. But it’s also in that week for a reason, because it helps the venues the most, during one of the slowest times of the year.” l
A week of free concerts at select venues across DFW, Jambaloo concluded with a raucous set by Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks in Dallas.
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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AMENDED NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) AMENDMENT AND RENEWAL
AIR QUALITY PERMIT NUMBER 72660
APPLICATION Custom Building Products, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an amendment to and renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 72660, which would authorize modifications to and continued operation of the Grouting Materials Manufacturing Facility located at 1713 109th Street, Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas 75050. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/ newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas. gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.053888,32.776944&level=13. The existing facility and/or related facilities will emit the following air contaminants: hazardous air pollutants, organic compounds, ammonia, and particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
The applications were submitted to the TCEQ on February 7, 2025. The permit renewal will be issued in conjunction with the amendment. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. The applications will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Arlington Public Library-Northeast Branch, 1905 Brown Boulevard, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ.
The executive director has determined the applications are administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the applications.
PUBLIC COMMENT You may submit public comments to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the applications and the executive director will prepare a response to those comments.
PUBLIC MEETING You may request a public meeting to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the applications. A public meeting about the applications will be held if requested by an interested person and the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the applications or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. In addition to this NORI, 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 39.419 requires this application to also have a Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision (NAPD) after the application is determined to be technically complete and a draft permit is prepared. Note: The TCEQ may act on this application without issuing a NAPD and without seeking further public comment or providing further opportunity for a contested case hearing if changes to representations in the application make the application no longer subject to the applicability requirements of 30 TAC § 39.402. In such cases, this NORI will be your final notice of this application and you will not have additional opportunities to make comments or request a contested case hearing. If a NAPD is required, it will be published and mailed to those who made comments, submitted hearing requests, or are on the mailing list for this application, and contain the final deadline for submitting public comments.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. You may request a contested case hearing if you are a person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing”; (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or an association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.
The deadline to submit a request for a contested case hearing is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. if a request is timely filed, the deadline for requesting a contested case hearing will be extended to 30 days after the mailing of the response to comments.
If a hearing request is timely filed, following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
MAILING LIST. In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive future public notices for this specific application mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk by sending a written request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www.tceq. texas.gov/agency/decisions/cc/comments.html, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.
Further information may also be obtained from Custom Building Products, LLC, 1795 109th Street, Grand Prairie, Texas 75050-1908 or by calling Ms. Sarah Bibilonisambolin, Sr Engineer, Braun Intertec Corporation, at (210) 446-0242.
Amended Notice Issuance Date: March 26, 2025
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