86 Goodwill » The Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization is coming to life on the TCU campus. by Sammy Key
88 Goodwill » CASA of Tarrant County assists the family court system by providing trained, court-appointed volunteers who advocate on behalf of foster children. by Josh Davis
90 Diners and Dives » Texas Culture 101: We’re standing on the brink of a very historic moment.
92 UpClose » Coach James Cox has spent more than 50 years teaching in Fort Worth public schools — and he’s still going strong. by Paul K. Harral
94 Heywood » Signature Wedding: All the British royal family has to do is think a little outside the box.
96 PG Suggested » Behind the Wheel: Banana. It’s good for you unless it’s the color of your new car.
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14 Lowdown » Events in the news that are shaping Tarrant County
16 Business » Checking in on the business of business in and around Fort Worth
18 Arts and Culture » News from the world of writers, artists, musicians as well as museums and the performing arts
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22 Health and Beauty » From cool shades of silver to warmer tones of gold and copper, metallic hues add dramatic shimmer this season. by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
24 Style » The military trend makes it easy to translate runway looks into real-time wear. by Sheridan French
26 Getaways » From backpacking to fly-fishing to multiadventure trips, Backwoods Adventures has something for all skill levels and interests. by Josh Davis departments
30 Cooking » Ridglea Country Club Executive Chef Clifton Lee Van On creates culinary brilliance out of his varied life experiences. by Judie Byrd
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Behind the ropes and on the red carpet, the photos of the personalities and parties that have everyone talking
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From the must-see live concert to the highly esteemed art exhibit, a month of events worth checking out
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144 Now Open » A peek inside new culinary ventures in and around town
146 Restaurant Review
» Our resident critic dish-
es on the area’s most notable restaurants
148 Restaurant Listings » The most sought-after restaurant guide to navigate Fort Worth’s growing dining scene
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The backstory behind the people and events that shaped our city
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As the former award-winning art critic and senior arts writer for the Fort Worth StarTelegram, Andrew Marton has spent the last decade covering all facets of the Fort Worth performing and visual arts scene.
One of Marton‘s earliest memories of Casa Mañana is when he attended a Betty Lynn Buckley Awards ceremony at Bass Performance Hall and witnessed firsthand how Casa was simultaneously grooming and recognizing promising young theatrical talent. His story begins on page 44.
Marton brings an especially personal interest to Casa’s story as he once moonlighted as an Off-Off-Off Broadway actor in 1980’s New York. When not chronicling such arts stories as the opening of a new museum, or the fortunes of an aspiring tap dancer, Marton plays rock and jazz keyboards and sings in several local groups. He also confesses to an enduring adolescent crush on Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.
Josh Davis is a senior broadcast journalism major at TCU and a freelance writer based out of Fort Worth. He has written for several local and regional publications including The Dallas Morning News, ESPN Dallas, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and is currently an editorial intern for Fort Worth, Texas magazine. Though he has spent much of the past four years covering sports for The Daily Skiff, TCU’s student newspaper, Josh is most interested in telling others’ stories as a features writer once he graduates this summer. In this issue you will find a story Josh contributed on Backwoods Adventures (page 26).
Born and raised in Dallas, Josh always saw himself going on to a professional football career until he realized weights are heavy and coaches aren’t as wise as they’d have you believe. He began his journalism career as a sophomore in high school and hasn’t looked back. He credits his high school journalism professor, Sandra HallChiles, for his interest in the field and his general distaste for authority.
In his free time, Josh is a diehard sports fan and enjoys Will Ferrell comedies, profane rap and the beach.
Do you have a story idea for the magazine or are you interested in writing for us? If so, please send all inquiries, queries or story ideas to Paul K. Harral, executive editor, at pharral@fwtexas.com.
Alyse Corbett, currently one of our fabulous fall interns, is a recent graduate of The University of Texas at Arlington where she holds a degree in English with a minor in public relations. The written word has always been a passion she has pursued.
When she’s not writing, Alyse enjoys spending time with her boyfriend of two years, Ranjeet, and their pets: a rescue dog, Thor; an English bulldog, Henry; and an overweight cat, (aptly named) Tubby. You can often find this Fort Worth native meeting friends around Sundance Square, catching a flick at the local Movie Tavern or visiting her sister’s latest exhibition at the Fort Worth Arts Goggle.
This month, Alyse contributed a piece on a talented local artist, Natalie Erwin, whose latest series of paintings was influenced by her ranching roots. To read her story, turn to page 18.
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Scoliosis sufferers know that it’s much more than a back problem. “You’re miserable all over. There’s pain 24/7. It never goes away,” says Darleen Jordan. She tried for years to get relief. “I’d had numerous surgeries,” she says, “and I was still miserable.” Then Darleen went to The Baylor Scoliosis Center. “The doctor knew exactly what to do,” she says. Anterior and posterior spinal fusion surgery straightened her back. “I was desperate,” she says. “Now I’m having fun.”
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Changing Fort Worth
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On the Lake
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Yesterday and Today
The year 1936 is one worth noting in Fort Worth, not only for its historic relevance, but also because of its parallels to 2011. In 1936, Fort Worth and the nation were fighting out of the Great Depression, and our city needed something to cling on to.
Amon G. Carter Sr. helped provide it when he successfully launched the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial to celebrate Texas’ 100 years of independence from Mexico. Carter spearheaded this event after Dallas won the right to host the official Texas Centennial.
That same year, TCU’s football coach, Dutch Meyer, and his purple and white Horned Frogs (whose stadium carries Carter’s name) beat LSU in the Sugar Bowl to win the National Championship. These two significant 1936 events brought the national spotlight firmly on Fort Worth and gave the city a PR boost that could not be measured in immediate hard currency.
A couple of years ago, I remember reading the newspaper and couldn’t believe what was printed on the page. I started to e-mail a friend to ask if they had heard about the unbelievable news. Lucky for me, I glanced at the second and third stories before I pushed send and they, too, were too good to be true. Then it hit me. The date was April 1, and the page was an April Fools’ joke.
Fast-forward 24 months, and reading today’s paper causes me to look at my calendar to ensure it’s not April. The Super Bowl in Tarrant County, our Texas Rangers in the World Series and our TCU Horned Frogs going to Pasadena to play in the Rose Bowl. Someone
pinch me? The sports stars have definitely aligned over greater Tarrant County this year.
Like 1936, Fort Worth and the nation are once again fighting our way out of a depression. Though the players have changed, with Gary Patterson replacing Dutch Meyer at the helm of TCU’s second BCS bowl and Mayor Mike Moncrief replacing Amon Carter in leading the charge of barnstorming on behalf of our city, the result is the same.
Not since 1936 has Fort Worth had more national recognition. Super Bowl XLV is to Moncrief what the Frontier Centennial was to Carter. Although Moncrief does not have the disdain for Dallas that Carter did, he does have the same passion for our city. And, until the final seconds run off the clock on Feb. 6, he is working tirelessly to ensure that Fort Worth gets its fair share from Super Bowl XLV. I for one am glad to have had Carter fighting for Fort Worth back then and am glad to have Moncrief fighting for us now.
Turn to page 34 for our cover story update on Super Bowl XLV. (Be looking for our commemorative Super Bowl magazine that will be polybagged with our February issue. This one-of-a-kind special will be filled with everything you need to know about Super Bowl XLV.) Finally, I invite you to turn to page 44 for a timely story on the crown jewel of Carter’s aforementioned Frontier Celebration — Casa Mañana. The once sprawling 4,000-seat, outdoor amphitheater that boasted the world’s largest revolving stage is celebrating its 75th year.
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With a Bang
The demolition of the west side of Amon G. Carter Stadium the morning of Dec. 5 seems a fitting metaphor to the end of another perfect gridiron season for the Frogs. Work began on the $105 million renovation of the stadium after the final home game of the 2010 season and is scheduled to be complete by the beginning of the 2012 season.
We might label this era: Moving On.
To the Rose Bowl, for example.
And, moving on to the Big East conference.
We know what folks are saying locally about TCU and the Big East. But here are a few comments from elsewhere:
Florida columnist Alan Dell in The Bradenton Herald: Forget what you learned in geography class. Open up your accounting book to find out why TCU has agreed to join the Big East. This is about football and television and money — EcoGridiron 101.
Newsday: Threatened by possible further Big Ten expansion and with its football fortunes sagging, the Big East moved to strengthen its chances for survival as a BCS conference with the addition of Texas Christian University.
The Post Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Big East Conference was looking for a heavy hitter to add to its football lineup. The Big East almost certainly will attempt to grow more in football. But adding TCU gives the league a marquee team, much as Miami was through the 1990s, assuming the Horned Frogs continue their success under coach Gary Patterson.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Quoting West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart: “What it does, mainly, is it brings added credibility [to the Big East].” Paul K. Harral
Commando for a Cause
Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns caused a stir at a city council meeting Oct. 12 with a passionate speech on behalf of the “It Gets Better” anti-gay bullying campaign. Burns spoke of his own experience being picked on for being gay, and his honesty struck a chord. Now with nearly 2.5 million views on YouTube, the video of Burns’ speech has gone national. Burns appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as well as CNN in the ensuing weeks to promote both It Gets Better and The Trevor Project, a national outreach organization for lesbian/ gay/bisexual/transgender youth.
However, it seems growing fame hasn’t distracted him from his mission. Upon returning to Fort Worth, the councilman raffled off a pair of boxers from the Ellen Show gift bag to benefit The Trevor Project. Joel Burns is nothing if not committed.
—Josh Davis
Fate
of Justice
Two of the four 10-ton, winged Lady of Justice sculptures that have adorned the downtown Civil Courts building since 1958 have been taken down for storage until they adorn their new home. However, Arthur Weinman, the architect hired to oversee the move, tried to talk Tarrant County commissioners out of the $200,000 spent to move what he said are fairly common carvings. Weinman told the StarTelegram the sculptures came from one of three stone yards in the United States that had catalogs of stock items to choose from, meaning the 32 pieces that comprise each sculpture are interchangeable and far from unique. Construction on the new $73.6 million courts building on Calhoun Street should begin in the next 12 to 18 months and the current Civil Courts building at 100 E. Weatherford St. is to be demolished in the next couple of years. The remaining two sculptures will remain on the old building for now in case something goes wrong in the installation of their doppelgängers, but their final fate has not been decided.
—Josh Davis
Missing the Bus
“Millions of Americans are Good Without God” is a slogan that could be seen recently on some buses in Fort Worth. The words are displayed over an image of the American flag made up of the faces of real atheist and agnostic people.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason is a nontheist group that purchased the ads on the sides of four T buses with the intent of reaching nonbelievers who feel isolated. And their timing could not have been more perfect. The ads ran through the month of December, coinciding with the Christmas season. Really!? —Jennifer Casseday-Blair
Dallas Fine Art Auction brings together three prominent members of the Texas, Western, and American art scene; David Dike Fine Art, Debbie Leeuw Fine Art, and Dallas Auction Gallery. Dallas Fine Art Auction presents a premier Western and Texas fine art auction annually. The DFAA partnership began in 2010 with a goal to provide both collectors and artists excellent service, personal attention, and scholarly knowledge about Texas and Western art. The inaugural auction will be held at Dallas Auction Gallery on Saturday, January 29, 2011 beginning with a lecture and demonstration by Bill Anton Now accepting consignments.
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Rescuing Ridglea
After Bank of America backed out of a plan to purchase the Ridglea Theatre, it was saved by a man with no real tie to the building. On Dec. 12, new owner Jerry Shults (owner of the Gas Pipe chain of smoke shops) will shut down the theatre for extensive renovations. He hopes to get the building designated as a historic landmark.
Shults told DFW.com he has only attended a few concerts at the venue over the years, and he simply seized the opportunity when the banking giant changed its plans. Josh Davis
Recognition for MedStar
The Texas Department of State Health Services has recognized MedStar and Medical Director Dr. Jeff Beeson for pioneering work in emergency medicine, naming MedStar 2010 Texas EMS Provider of the Year and Beeson 2010 Texas EMS Medical Director of the Year.
Among innovative programs is MedStar’s Community Health Program, where paramedics visit patients who routinely call 911 for non-emergency needs. The program had decreased 911 use within this patient population by more than 64 percent for an estimated savings of more than $1 million in EMS and emergency room costs.
MedStar responds to more than 100,000 calls annually in 15 Tarrant County cities. FWTX Staff
Playing Along
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra musicians have recently been dealt a relatively serious pay cut. Their five-year contract established in 2005 in which section players received a total of $60,003 for 52 weeks has been terminated leaving them to be compensated now for only 45 weeks totaling $51,926.
The new contract is for a lesser period of two years.
“With this new agreement, the musicians are accepting a decrease in pay. None of us are pleased about that, and I ask the community to step forward and to increase their support of the Orchestra,”
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra President Ann Koonsman said in a statement.
Koonsman said that the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has “recruited and employed some of the most talented professionals in the United States. They do a wonderful job and are an asset to Fort Worth. We have a cultural treasure in our midst, and we must work harder still to ensure a positive, thriving environment for these musicians.”
Sammy Key
What’s New at TWU
The New Year brings a new president for Texas Wesleyan University. Frederick G. Slabach, a former dean of TWU’s law school, was announced as the 19th president of the university on Nov. 19 to be effective Jan. 1.
Kenneth Jones, chairman of the university’s board of trustees, said in a statement that
Slabach was the unanimous choice of the presidential selection committee. Jones said Slabach’s leadership and fiscal acumen made him an ideal fit.
Slabach served as dean of Texas Wesleyan’s law school from 2003 to 2006. Josh Davis
Art CollectionExpert’sfor Auction
Edmund “Ted” Pillsbury led the Kimbell Art Museum for 18 years beginning in 1980 and directed an aggressive campaign of acquisitions.
He died March 25 by his own hand and Dallas Fine Art Auction is handling a collection of artwork from his estate. The collection includes nine Frank Reaugh pastel paintings, with “Chimneys” and “Near Nickerbocker” two of the most significant. Also in the collection are two paintings from Fort Worth artist Ron Tomlinson. Tomlinson’s “Interrupted Break” — featuring motorcycles — is symbolic of Pillsbury’s love of the Harley Davidson.
Also in the collection are a watercolor by Fort Worth Circle artist Bill Bomar and Dixon Reeder’s “Portrait of Zane.” Reeder and Tomlinson taught at the Fort Worth Art Center. The Fort Worth and Texas ties of this great collection give reverence to the late owner’s respected strength in the art community of Texas and beyond.
The auction is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Jan. 29, 2235 Monitor St., Dallas. For more information: dallasfineartauction.com. FWTX Staff
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Stock in Trade
Local artist Natalie Erwin introduces her “Ranch Series” collection inspired by livestock subjects and her family roots.
Fort Worth native Natalie Erwin knew she had made it big in the art world the day she got her first significant check in the mail.
“I got so excited that I opened it, and I [accidentally] ripped the check in half,” laughs Erwin.
Luckily for Erwin, this was not a premonition of things to come.
Erwin admits that she isn’t one for rules or boundaries. “In school we weren’t allowed to use anything except oil paint,” Erwin said. “Even then I tried to play with the boundaries by adding different things.”
This strong sense of self and passion for art is what prompted Erwin to create a new type of mixed medium for her artwork after leaving the confinements of the classroom.
Erwin began her new art form initially by painting on trees. Eventually she found a carpenter to make hand-made birch-wood panels for her. She then uses a unique process of burning the wood and applying hand-made stains, wax pencils and milk-based paints to receive the desired effect.
The 27-year-old artist earned her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in painting from TCU. When asked why she chose to attend college locally, Erwin’s response was honest. “My great grandparents, grandparents and parents all went to TCU, so it was a natural choice for me,” said Erwin.
After graduating from TCU, Erwin moved to New York where she studied and even had an exhibition at Sotheby’s Auc-
tion House.
After her stint in New York, Erwin moved back to the Metroplex to begin what has now become a flourishing career.
Erwin’s obvious respect and reverence for tradition is what has inspired her newest art collection entitled “Ranch Series.” She began by making paintings of her family’s ranches for her grandparents. Then she made a painting for herself. A friend suggested she show the painting to a local art gallery, and now any rancher would be proud to have their ranch featured in Erwin’s collection.
“I’m really passionate about the ‘Ranch Series’ because it relates to my heritage,” said Erwin.
As a sixth-generation Texan, Erwin knows that growing up in Fort Worth is unlike growing up anywhere else, which is why the subject matter in “Ranch Series” comes naturally to her.
“What other downtown has cattle that come out?” asked Erwin.
Erwin admits that she grew up in the city but says that her family members were on ranches all the time and that she herself spent a lot of time visiting her family’s ranches, an undoubted inspiration for her “Ranch Series.”
“My ‘Ranch Series’ is different than most Western art,” Erwin said. “I love using stain because you can still see the wood grain through my artwork, and I feel like wood represents ranches better than canvas.”
Erwin’s “Ranch Series” collection will be featured at David Dike Fine Art in Dallas, Dec. 2-Jan. 15, where Erwin feels her series really became successful. Beginning Jan. 29, Erwin’s collection will also be in the Dallas Fine Art Auction.
“I see my ‘Ranch Series’ as something I want to do forever,” Erwin said. “That’s really where my heart is.”
To learn more about Erwin or to view her online gallery, visit natalieerwin.com.
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FASHION
FINDS AND TRENDSETTERS » by
Sheridan French
The Season’s Salute
It is often difficult to translate runway looks into real-time wear. Lucky for us, the military trend is one of the easiest to pull off in an everyday setting.
Back again in full force, everyone from J.Crew and Chloe, to Burberry and Rag & Bone is on board with this new wave of beautiful neutrals and earthy olives.
Military accents can be found on everything from cargo pants to combat boots to bags, but my personal favorite way to wear this trend is a classic jacket. The military jacket is extremely versatile because several different styles are always offered: casual, sophisticated, or edgy, and all can be dressed up or down. Pair it with jeans or khakis, or even a leather legging to give it a dressier, punk look.
Bringing in outerwear that features military details will leave you looking sharp and polished not like you are ready to join the service, as the jackets are often tailored. The military trend looking ahead is certainly not as hard-edged as we have seen in seasons past, yet rough and frayed versions are always available. Finding balance in your wardrobe is always key, and pairing a military jacket with softer looks will never be a misstep.
Go for chic details such as epaulettes or domed buttons that make statements in all the right ways and really complete the look. Though typical colors are black, khaki and olive, everything from taupe to navy and even red can be found.
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From backpacking to fly-fishing to multi-adventure trips, Backwoods Adventures has something for all skill levels and interests.
Vacations are changing. What used to be road trips fighting over the radio with the family piled in the car have become flights with iPods and solitude. The Travel Channel has made it possible to see the world from your couch, though not experience it. And lounging on the beach is a bit too close to home for some who spend most days lounging in a desk chair.
For those who still seek a bit of excitement on their vacation, Backwoods Adventures is there to help.
Since 2004, Backwoods, the a-bit-of-everything outdoor specialty store, has been sharing adventure travel trips for the explorers among us. And now with 10 destinations in the U.S. and abroad, you choose whether you prefer flyfishing in an untamed Wyoming river or climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Or if those don’t suit you, they can build a custom trip for your specific dream vacation.
Utah Canyon Backpacking – April 6-10 (5 days), $999 » Equal parts history lesson and hike, the Utah trip is good for beginning backpackers and
those who aren’t looking for a physical challenge.
After meeting your guide and group (usually around 8-10 people) for an overnight stay in
Durango, Colo., you’ll head west to Utah and the Grand Gulch canyon. The canyon is covered in Pueblo Indian ruins dating between 800-1200 A.D., and hikers can get up-close views of pictographs and petroglyphs on each day’s 5-8 mile hike.
Backwoods Adventure’s (nearly) all-inclusive price includes all hotels and transfers once in Durango, as well as
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Beginning in the Southeast corner of Yellowstone, this group will explore the shores of Yellowstone Lake and walk through the dream-like charred forests from the 1988 wildfires. After breakfast and coffee each morning, the group will hike 5-7 miles each day at an elevation of 7,500 feet along hills overlooking the lake. Each day camp will be set up in midafternoon, allowing plenty of time for fishing, photos or just exploring the scenery.
After five days in the wild, the group will return to Jackson for one last night of mountain town life and maybe a drink or two at the famous Million Dollar Cowboy bar.
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Beginning at the Arenal Springs Resort and Spa, you can choose whether you’d prefer to
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visit the namesake Arenal Volcano and see its ongoing eruption up close or spend the day at the hotel pools and spa. Other daily adventures include rappelling into a canyon filled with five tropical waterfalls, viewing monkeys as you zip line through the rainforest treetops.
Or if you prefer, shop in the towns, relax at luxury hotels and sit on the vendor-less beach at Manuel Antonio National Park.
The trip closes with a visit to Hotel Xandari, built around a former Costa Rican coffee plantation. Explore the gardens and get a massage at the amazing spa as you prepare to go back to reality the next morning.
The Utah Canyon trip is excellent for beginning hikers and offers an upclose look at Pueblo Indian ruins.
Visit volcanoes, zipline through the rainforest or relax at the spa on the Costa Rica Multi-Adventure.
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Dimensions of a Chef
Life and food are dimensional for this Fort Worth chef.
With a name like Clifton Lee Van On, there just had to be an interesting story to the executive chef of Fort Worth’s Ridglea Country Club.
Sure enough, this chef’s life, both personal and culinary, is a kaleidoscope of experiences and influences. His birth in Suriname, a former Dutch colony of South America, explains the Van On part of his heritage. The Lee in his name comes from his Asian ancestors. This unique blend found its perfect destiny in the culinary skills of Chef Clifton. His cooking is as layered and fascinating as his life.
Chef Clifton’s privileged childhood home was centered around food, which often, not surprisingly, produces food-lovers.
His mom loved to cook Caribbean recipes from her native Trinidad. At the same time, the Dutch, French, native Indian and Maroon foods that were local to Suriname were always right in front of him. The family’s maids would bring tasty East Indian treats to him, while the gardeners brought the family Indonesian fare.
Because of political instability within Suriname, Clifton left at age 15 to continue his education, a journey that took him through Holland, France, Germany, England, the United States and, finally, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There he completed a Bachelor of Science in Zoology with plans to be a medical doctor. But friends kept encouraging his obvious culinary bent. And he could feel the pull toward cooking — his first love.
His parents had by now settled in Houston and so he followed them there, where he studied at the Art Institute of Houston’s culinary school. Finally, he was hooked, immersed and committed to developing his food skills. To complement his culinary education, he also graduated with a Master of Business Administration degree.
Winning gold medals in culinary contests, guest lecturing at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and heading up the menu and food program for a cultural exchange program for Houston’s Sister City program provide only a hint of Chef Clifton’s extraordinary experiences.
Here is a sample of his fusion-style dishes, as interesting as the chef himself.
FruiteD ChiCken MarsaLa
YieLD: Serves: 4
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons golden raisins
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
4, 6-7 ounce butterflied chicken breasts, skinless as needed, salt and white pepper
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
1 cup Marsala wine
1 1/4 cups unsalted chicken broth
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1. Bring water to a boil and add to dried fruit. Rehydrate 15 minutes and drain.
2. Remove excess fat from breast. Cut breast in half, removing the center keel cartilage.
For his fabulous Wild Mushroom and Spinach Salad as well as his Tomato Ceviche (shown with the Fruited Chicken Marsala), go to fwtexas. com (look for Cooking with Judie Byrd).
Chef Clifton pipes his Chocolate Mousse into a martini glass before garnishing.
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Season breast on both sides with salt and pepper. Dredge through flour, coating entire breast. Shake off any excess flour.
3. Add 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to a non-stick skillet and heat on med-high heat to almost smoking. Place chicken breast in the skillet and allow to brown on each side (about 3-4 minutes). Remove chicken from skillet and add remaining 1/2 tablespoon olive oil. Add shallots and sauté until translucent. Return chicken to pan and add Marsala wine, one cup of the chicken broth, and rehydrated fruit. Allow to simmer 10 minutes, turning chicken halfway through cooking.
4. Prepare a slurry by mixing 1/4 cup chicken broth with cornstarch. Remove chicken from skillet and increase heat to allow liquids to evaporate by about 1/3. Add in the slurry
while whisking to prevent lumps from forming. Once thickened, remove from heat. Finish the sauce by whisking in butter, followed by lemon juice. Season finished sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
Risotto-style oRzo
yield: Serves: 4
1/2 pound orzo pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon finely minced fresh garlic
1/4 pound mushrooms, your choice; thinly sliced
3/4 cup unsalted chicken broth
1/2 cup crème fraiche
1/2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
1 cup grated Parmigiano
Reggiano
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 lemon, zested as needed, salt and pepper
1. Place a large saucepan with salted water to boil. Add orzo pasta and cook until al dente (approximately 5 minutes). Remove from heat and drain.
2. Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and when hot, sauté garlic to release aroma, but do not allow to brown. Add mushrooms to the pan and sauté until they wilt and release their liquids. Place drained orzo into pan with mushrooms and stir. Add in chicken broth and stir, allowing orzo to finish cooking through. Stir crème fraiche and thyme into orzo. Follow with Parmigiano Reggiano and continue stirring until all cheese has melted.
3. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in butter and lemon zest. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
ChoColate Mousse
yield: Serves: 4
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries
1/4 cup grand marnier
5 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate
5 egg yolks
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1. Combine cherries and grand marnier in a small bowl and allow to rehydrate 15 minutes. In a microwave or over a double boiler, melt chocolate to 130°F. Hold at this temperature by placing the bowl in a water bath of 135°F. Set aside.
2. Place egg yolks, whole egg and sugar in a mixer bowl over a pan of simmering water. Whisk until mixture reaches 158°F and is thickened. Place the bowl on the mixer with whip attachment. Whip until mixture cools. Using a balloon whisk, fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into warm chocolate. Then fold in remaining whipped cream. Fold in cherries and grand marnier. The mousse may be refrigerated until needed.
Judie Byrd is founder of The Culinary School of Fort Worth and host of Judie Byrd’s Kitchen, seen daily on Family Net Cable. For details, check out judiebyrd.com
The Fruited Chicken Marsala is a perfect example of Chef Clifton's fusion-style dishes.
The perfect ending to any meal should include a rich dessert. Mousse is topped with fruit, whipped cream and a sprig of mint.
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The Journey to Super Bowl XLV
Fort Worth: Calling all the Right Plays
by Gail Bennison
Like any challenging journey, the road to hosting Super Bowl XLV has been — and continues to be — an adventurous one. As Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief says, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint, to get to kick-off.” Getting a Super Bowl is one thing. Planning for it is something else. The National Football League puts on the game in a big way, but about 80 percent of what happens in the host city — or cities in this case — is up to local leaders. “This is not the Arlington Super Bowl; it is not the Dallas Super Bowl; it is not the Fort Worth Super Bowl. It is the North Texas Super Bowl,” Moncrief emphasizes.
And of course that’s true. But Fort Worth leaders recognized from the beginning that it also is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to effectively market the city to the world — exactly what they have done.
On July 21, Moncrief, city leader and downtown developer Ed Bass and John Goff, CEO of Crescent Real Estate, announced that media whale ESPN had chosen Fort Worth’s Sundance Square as its production headquarters for Super Bowl XLV. More than 80 hours of ESPN TV coverage, as well as ESPN Radio shows, and other related content across ESPN’s multimedia platforms will be based out of Sundance. On-site broadcasts will begin Monday, Jan. 31, and will end in the early hours of Feb. 7. All shows will be open and free to the public.
“This is one of the biggest broadcasting opportunities we have ever hosted,” Bass said. “As the cultural heart of the city, Sundance Square offers the perfect location, availability of space, and built-in audience where ESPN can interact with our visitors.”
Bass said ESPN will benefit from the dynamic urban environment, and the city will be showcased as a “vibrant, authentic, and diverse city to millions of people across the country.”
Located in the heart of downtown, Sundance Square is a 35-block commercial, residential, entertainment and retail district. Named after the famed Sundance Kid, who used Fort Worth’s downtown as a hideout, the area has been hailed internationally as a monumental achievement in urban development.
“I can’t think of a better partner for Fort Worth than ESPN,” the mayor said. “We welcome them as part of our family.”
ESPN will begin construction Jan. 25 of a large outdoor set in the Chisholm Trail parking lot with Richard Haas’ three-story trompe l’oeil The Chisholm Trail mural as the backdrop. A separate ESPN Radio set and a demonstration field will also be built in this area.
ESPN The Magazine has chosen Fort Worth as the site for its annual NEXT event, one of Super Bowl week’s top celebrity parties. The event venue is yet to be announced.
“I think a lot of people in the country and around the world see Fort Worth as two initials at the end of an airport,” says Andy Taft, president of Downtown Fort Worth Inc. and chairman of International Downtown Association.
“I think it’s important to leverage the Super Bowl on behalf of Fort Worth to try to explain that Fort Worth is a unique and authentic Texas city in its own right and with its own personality,” Taft said. “ESPN and their broadcasts are potentially a unique and powerful opportunity to tell that story.”
Fort Worth’s First Lady Rosie Moncrief says partners from across the country are coming because Fort Worth is unique and embraceable with much to offer.
“Where else on the planet can you witness a live cattle drive with authentic drovers and 15 minutes later be standing in a worldrenowned museum looking at the only Michelangelo in the Western Hemisphere? Our downtown is vibrant, safe, pedestrian-friendly and beautiful. Sundance Square exists because of extraordinary vision, not happenstance, making it the ideal setting for ESPN and others.”
and maintaining your focus and knowing all the while that you only get one opportunity to make a good first impression, not only on the folks coming in for a ball game, but for a world audience this event attracts,” the mayor said.
“The Super Bowl is a game-changer for Fort Worth and the region, and our city cannot wait to roll out the red carpet for the tens of thousands who are going to be here. We want to make sure they have a great time, get them to their destinations safely, and give them every reason to want to come back."
The Genesis When the North Texas Super Bowl Bid Committee returned victorious on May 22, 2007, there was no doubt all of North Texas had much to celebrate. Collectively and individually, all cities in this region were about to experience a ripple swelling into a full tsunami.
The Bid Committee became the 250-member North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee with the purpose of responsible planning to ensure the readiness of North Texas to host the first ever Super Bowl in the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
“It just all added up for us that Fort Worth is the right place. Everyone was so gracious and hospitable. If what we’ve seen of the people in Fort Worth in the last few months is the way they are all the time, then our visit will be outstanding. We were blown away, and everything we needed to accomplish was so easy.”
No one really knows, but estimates are that the area will entertain close to 150,000 visitors, and there’s no lack of variety in the challenges, the mayor said. But once you get over one hill, you’ve got another to climb, Moncrief said.
“It takes keeping your batteries charged
Leaders of Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties share responsibilities ranging from public safety and transportation to volunteer recruitment and encouraging emerging businesses. The committee is divided into action teams, or standing committees, which include a 112-member Council of Mayors, a first in Super Bowl history. Each city was charged with using its own resources and creative juices to garner the attention of corporations looking for hotels, entertainment, great venues and unparalleled hospitality to fulfill their needs.
The Super Bowl XLV footprint extends from Glen Rose at Rough Creek Lodge all the way to Frisco and all points in between — a whole lot of choices in venues.
According to the Super Bowl folks, North Texas — with a population of 6.6 million — is the most spread-out site ever to hold the most
important sports event on the planet.
The game will be played on Feb. 6 in the $1 billion, 3-millionsquare-foot Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. With a seating capacity of around 100,000, the new retractable-roof stadium is state-of-the-art and will be the largest setting for a Super Bowl since the game was played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., in 1993. Texas has hosted the Super Bowl twice — in Houston in 2004 in the Texans’ new stadium and in 1974 at Rice Stadium.
To some, it’s just a game. To the city of Fort Worth, it’s an enormous opportunity to step onto the world’s stage for a brief, but important time in history, says Rosie Moncrief.
“As excited as I was when I stepped off that plane on a rainy evening in May 2007, it pales in comparison to the excitement I have today. I can’t remember life without Super Bowl XLV on my radar every single day.
“I feel like I’ve been pregnant for three years. Actually, when I started working on Super Bowl XLV in 2006, I was 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds. Now, with a little liposuction and a good hair cut, you could fit me in a Dixie Cup,” she said laughing.
There has been little sleep in the Moncrief household since Rosie was asked to serve on the Super Bowl Bid Committee, the mayor said.
“We talk Super Bowl in the morning when we’re brushing our teeth and it’s the last thing we talk about when we go to bed. We have a hard-working team here, but one person that puts in more work than anyone realizes is my wife, Rosie,” he said. “Her tireless efforts have paid major benefits to this city. Her energy is boundless, and her focus is constant. She has a great sense of humor, and there simply is no quit in Rosie.”
Rosie Moncrief’s first call on that rainy evening in May was to Fort Worth-based communication consultant, Chris Gavras.
“Chris is our coach, quarterback, special teams and doomsday defense,” she says. “We set our wheels in motion and pulled together the strongest and brightest. Touchdown Fort Worth was formed, and we had our dream team.”
Touchdown Fort Worth Fort Worth is bigger than five cities that have independently hosted a Super Bowl. That’s just Fort Worth. So when you fill in Dallas, Plano, Irving, Arlington, Richardson, the mid-cities, Grapevine, and others, it almost is shocking. And that is in part and parcel why Touchdown Fort Worth was created.
“Because it’s such a huge footprint for people to choose from, we had to let people know what Fort Worth had to offer for their Super Bowl stay,” Gavras said.
“That is the genesis of Touchdown Fort Worth. This isn’t like Jacksonville. This is a huge metropolitan area. And remember, when the Host Committee was formed, one of the first things they told cities and communities to do was to go market themselves. That was brilliant on the part of the Committee because they knew they had certain obligations to the NFL but they also knew it was such a large area they couldn’t market the entire Metroplex.”
People had to take the initiative. And they did it under the auspices of Touchdown Fort Worth, which is a privately-funded team effort.
Many are involved in the Fort Worth initiative, including Chris Gavras, now dubbed the team’s “Super Glue”; Mike and Rosie Moncrief; Johnny Campbell, president and CEO of Sundance Square; Tracy Gilmour, director of marketing of Sundance Square; Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO David DuBois; Brian Pierce, Brian Pierce Marketing; Downtown Fort Worth head Andy Taft; Bill Thornton, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce CEO; Stacey Pierce, director of marketing and communications for Downtown Fort Worth Inc.; Julie Hatch, Creative Communications; and Pam Minick, director of marketing for Billy Bob’s Texas in the His-
toric Fort Worth Stockyards.
The mayor serves on the Super Bowl Host Committee Board and is a member of the Executive Committee. Rosie Moncrief and Pam Minick serve on the Host Committee Board.
Touchdown Fort Worth sought out large corporations that were actively involved with Super Bowls. The TDFW team has said all along that the city needed to make a clear list of those who travel to Super Bowls to conduct business, to entertain, or to have board meetings, and be proactive in showcasing what Fort Worth has to offer them.
TDFW creative director Brian Pierce wrote and designed a 64-page “Playbook” to present to corporations, organizations and event planners. The guide was tailored to the needs of these business professionals who are looking for specific types of venues such as restaurants and party and other meeting locations.
Fort Worth was the first city in the region to do this.
Touchdown Fort Worth has assured that the city attracts as many venues as possible and enhances those activities already decided by the NFL for a location in Fort Worth. Some of these efforts include hosting the AFC Champions at the beautiful downtown Omni Hotel, securing practice facilities for the AFC team at Texas Christian University, and planning the Super Bowl Host Committee Gala which will be held at Billy Bob’s Texas.
Shortly after North Texas received the bid for Super Bowl, Mayor Moncrief tapped Pam Minick to serve on the Host Committee Board. That was the first and important part of her journey, she says.
“I think what I bring to the table is knowledge of events and entertainment, but rais-
THE ANNOUNCEMENT » (Left to right) John Goff, CEO of Crescent Real Estate; Ed Bass, city leader and downtown developer; ESPN senior coordinating producer of NFL Studio Shows, Stephanie Druley; and Mayor Mike Moncrief announcing ESPN’s decision to broadcast from Sundance Square. Courtesy: Touchdown Fort Worth
ing funds is part of the Host Committee’s job, too,” Minick said.
“We also need to make sure that there are plenty of minority and women workers in all aspects of the Super Bowl bid,” Minick said. “We’ve all contributed in projects, including the 100 Greatest Moments in Texas Football History and SLANT 45 for the children in the community.”
“We roll out the red carpet because we don’t want this to be the last time they come to North Texas. For Fort Worth this is way more than six days in February.”
Pam Minick, Billy Bob’s Texas
On the Billy Bob’s Texas side, Minick met with 80 meeting planners involved with all the NFL teams in Fall 2009 to view venues and places to have parties and events.
“As a result, Billy Bob’s has been selected for at least two private major events, the Host Committee Gala and the MillerCoors party, and we expect several smaller ones,” she said.
Minick also is working with ESPN.
“They are having a major event as well, so we’ve worked with them on all aspects from parking to finding someone to create a giant ESPN belt buckle, like 15- or 20-feet-giant,” she said. The buckle will remain in Fort Worth.
“We roll out the red carpet because we don’t want this to be the last time they come to North Texas. For Fort Worth this is way more than six days in February,” she said.
Visitors Bureau chief David DuBois expects the economic impact to be $10-$12 million for Fort Worth during Super Bowl week, and says that’s a conservative estimate.
“Our journey began right after we were announced for Super Bowl and will not end until probably 10,000 fans check out of the hotels,
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head for the airport and go home on Feb. 7,” DuBois said.
“We’ve been having monthly meetings with police, fire, chambers of commerce, the events department, the Stockyards and Sundance for six or seven months now. We’re thrilled that the Host Committee has made statements that Fort Worth really has its act together. People are going to leave this city flabbergasted at how wonderful we are.”
Sundance Square is the focal point.
“We pay very close attention to little details that make Sundance Square look as beautiful as it does,” says Sundance Square director of marketing Tracy Gilmour. “Over the last 18 months, we have taken even a finer tuned approach looking at every door frame, windowsill, sidewalk areas and landscaping, to be sure that everything is pristine and finished exactly how we want it for the upcoming events.”
It’s going to be good for business, she says.
“It impacts us because we wouldn’t normally have a ‘Main Street’ kind of night in February. We know it’s going to be a fabulous week.”
It truly has been a community effort, says Johnny Campbell, Sundance Square president and CEO. Sundance Square has a strong operational system and experts in a variety of fields.
“But what’s more important is that we have a city and community that’s willing to all come together to use their expertise toward one goal,” Campbell said. “From the city and its various departments to the private businesses and its sponsors to Sundance, it is nothing short of amazing how all of those groups will work together to make something we expect it to be.”
“Ed Bass and his family had a vision and started on this whole thing about redeveloping and revititalzing Fort Worth 30 years ago,” Campbell said. “The Bass family was revitializing downtowns long before it was cool. A lot of people around here forget that.”
Big Events in Cowtown A huge part of the Super Bowl experience is the taste of the NFL, a charity event held on the night before Super Bowl.
On Feb. 5, the event will celebrate its 20th anniversary — in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Each NFL team will feature a chef with a specialty from each team’s market, as well as a team Legacy player to sign autographs. Area chefs will showcase their food. A silent auction and a concert complete the experience. About 30 percent of the funds raised will go to North Texas food banks. The rest goes to food banks across the country. It is anticipated that the event will raise $1 million during Super Bowl XLV.
It will be a busy night for Kirk Slaughter, director of public facilities and events for the city of Fort Worth. His responsibilities include the Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Fort Worth Convention Center.
“The folks who put this on are really good at what they do,” Slaughter said. “Everything is volunteered, and they have a true passion for helping. We’re really fortunate to be hosting this at the Convention Center. I’ve had an opportunity to attend one of these, and it’s very well-managed and put together, and a lot of fun."
Rosie Moncrief is excited about this particular event, she said, because she likes things that touch the community in a very special way.
“By purchasing a ticket to this event that’s so much fun, you will be touching the lives of thousands of people,” she said. “To me, that is one of the significant things that happen as being a part of the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee.”
Another exciting event to benefit Fort Worth was recently announced.
Pro Football Hall of Famers Darrell Green of the Washington Redskins and Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys will host the first-ever 5-K Super Sunday Morning Hope Walk beginning and ending in Sundance Square.
The event will raise funds for Cook Chil-
dren’s Medical Center, Fort Worth Independent School District and the Hope Walk Foundation. On Super Bowl Sunday, walkers from across the nation will join students from the FWISD as they gather in Sundance Square to raise funds for their school district and Cook Children’s as well as highlight the efforts of NFL PLAY 60 campaign.
This campaign is designed to tackle childhood obesity by getting kids active through in-school, after-school and team-based programs. Sixty-five percent of event proceeds will go directly to Fort Worth charities. Volunteer opportunities are available for a number of positions prior, during and after the event. For registration and more information, visit thehopewalk.org.
Romancing ESPN ESPN is iconic, and Fort Worth leaders knew that the giant media outlet would bring TV and radio to town — and not just pre-game.
Touchdown Fort Worth began its journey in serious pursuit of ESPN in March 2010. A group of the city’s business leaders — Mike and Rosie Moncrief, Chris Gavras, Johnny Campbell, David DuBois, Ed Bass, John Goff, CEO of Crescent Real Estate, John Tatum, president of Genesco Sports Enterprises, and Todd Blouin, vice-president of Genesco — went to the ESPN World Headquarters in Bristol, Conn., to spend an entire day with executives and decision makers.
The determined group met with 18 ESPN executives, showed a video and photos of the vibrancy of downtown Fort Worth, and talked with them about their space needs. A month
later, the executives came to Fort Worth for a visit. Five weeks later, ESPN called with exciting news. Executives had visited locations in Dallas, Arlington and Grapevine, but ultimately had chosen Fort Worth.
ESPN’s senior coordinating producer of NFL Studio Shows, Stephanie Druley, a graduate of the University of Texas, said Fort Worth’s pursuit was unprecedented. No Super Bowl host city has approached ESPN in Bristol to make a presentation. And no city had ever held a press conference to announce them, she says.
“Usually we go in to the cities and find the place we want to be and negotiate. It’s been different but in a good way. Fort Worth planned, and we felt wanted,” Druley said.
The only concern, Druley says, is the weather. If the Sundance Square group could control the weather, she has no doubt they would do that, too.
“We had criteria we needed to meet which includes a lot of space and foot traffic for enthusiasm for us being there. When we went to Dallas, we thought it was limited for our criteria,” Druley said.
“We loved the atmosphere at Sundance Square. We had dinner and walked around on a Wednesday night, and people were out everywhere. One of our concerns is having people there, an audience. Our shows go on from 6 in the morning until 10 at night. Clearly there was enough foot traffic in Sundance. They had space. It seemed to work. It’s convenient to the stadium and the airport, she said.
“It just all added up for us that Fort Worth is the right place. Everyone was so gracious and hospitable. If what we’ve seen of the peo-
ple in Fort Worth in the last few months is the way they are all the time, then our visit will be outstanding. We were blown away, and everything we needed to accomplish was so easy,” Druley said.
John Goff says Fort Worth is ready for prime time.
“It’s just the right size, it’s got the muscle and the skills. Combine all of those attributes with a bit of strategy, teamwork and lot of hustle, and here we are, we got it done,” he said.
Goff said that ESPN carried a good poker face and after a few hours they began to realize what makes Fort Worth special, and Fort Worth began to understand the needs of ESPN.
“We are planners, and we fight for what we want,” Goff says. “We also don’t take anything for granted.”
DuBois adds: “We’ve become quite aggressive, and we’re very proud of that. ESPN will put us on the map. That was the golden egg. Obviously we’re going to get some significant play.”
Some of ESPN’s most popular programs will originate from Sundance Square throughout the week, including daily editions of Mike & Mike in the Morning, SportsCenter, NFL Live, a special three-hour edition of Sunday NFL Countdown on Super Bowl Sunday and more.
Trey Wingo, host of NFL Live and NFL Primetime, has worked for ESPN since 1997. Wingo is a Baylor graduate, and several members of his family live in Fort Worth.
“It’s going to be neat to go back and see the city get a stage like this,” he says. “The Sundance Square atmosphere will be a fun place for us to do our show because the crowds are there. You know what’s great about Fort Worth? It’s true to its Western core. Fort Worth is what it is, they celebrate it, and they make no apologies for it, and that’s what I love about it.”
But it is complicated.
“When you’re talking to ESPN and they start to ask you about data connections or about power supply and redundancy, in just a few minutes you start to realize what they’re talking about,” said Sundance Square’s Campbell. “They can’t have a power failure or a broadcast interruption. It’s not that we bring a few extra gas cans for the generator. It’s a little more complicated than that.”
Bill Thornton, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce said: “Fort
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Worth has an opportunity to showcase itself on a global stage, and we’re not taking it lightly. As usual, this community has come together in order to reap the full benefit of it.
“With more than 100 million television viewers, and thousands of media, tourists and corporate decision-makers coming here, we’re ready to demonstrate that Fort Worth is a thriving, diverse, forward-thinking business center.”
In a partnership with Touchdown Fort Worth, Justin Boots went to Bristol and fitted 100 top ESPN people with Justin boots with the ESPN logo. The boots will be in their rooms when they arrive in Fort Worth.
“We are putting in place opportunities for our citizens to enjoy Super Bowl week without breaking the family budget,” Rosie Moncrief said. “The ESPN television and radio studios will be arranged so our citizens can come out and watch Trey Wingo, Chris Berman, John Saunders or Mike and Mike. I am hopeful that some young person will watch these ESPN productions and be inspired one day to become a broadcaster. We want all of our citizens to know that they are not only welcome to come to Sundance Square, but they are encouraged to become a part of this unique experience and feel a part of Super Bowl XLV.”
Moncrief emphasizes the word “team” in every conversation. The Touchdown Fort Worth team has worked together for two years now. She says that it is the perfect team and that she is humbled to have been a small part.
“This team consists of some very special people who care deeply about our city and its citizens,” she said. “How very blessed we are to have them at the helm and so involved in all facets of our city.
“John and Cami Goff have been unwavering in their support, counsel, and gracious hospitality. Julie Wilson on behalf of Chesapeake Energy has been a stalwart partner. Brian Pierce has been our creative director and Julie Hatch has helped put together countless tours of Fort Worth for those we recruited to our city,” she said.
“The Fort Worth Promotion and Development Board of Directors, who oversee the private funds used to promote our community, have been the perfect partners. Last and certainly not least, we owe a debt of gratitude to two individuals with loads of Super Bowl experience, John Tatum and Todd Blouin. They are the voice of reason and the source of all things exceptionally creative,” Moncrief said.
“It truly is the dream team.”
Hospitality the Fort Worth Way Rosie Moncrief gives much credit to Fort Worth’s ambassadors and community leaders, Kelsey Patterson and Texas Christian University Coach Gary Patterson; Ruth Ryan and baseball hall-of-famer and Texas Rangers’ owner, Nolan Ryan; and Betty Rutherford and racecar legend, Johnny Rutherford.
“They charmed ESPN and all love Fort Worth,” Moncrief said. “Who could ever turn down a Texas invitation from this amazing group of people?”
Kelsey Patterson says it was exciting and an honor to be involved.
“Fort Worth is a place where everybody comes together and does what is best for the community,” she said. “They are involved in the arts and know that it’s important to have a top zoo and top museums. They invest in our
children. I think all of this was easy for ESPN to see. Look what Ed Bass and Sundance have done for this city.”
ESPN puts Fort Worth on the national screen for a week during Super Bowl, which gives the city the opportunity to put its best foot forward, says Nolan Ryan.
“The excitement from ESPN’s perspective and the commitment and dedication that Fort Worth extended to them works for both parties. And that’s exactly what you need in a situation like this,” Ryan said.
Rutherford was a motorsports commentator for ESPN for two years and knows most of the people there.
“They truly are excited about being in Fort Worth because of its background and history,” he said. “You got to remember that if you don’t go to the edge and look over every now and then, it gets a little boring. This will not be boring.”
More than 400 Certified Tourist Ambassadors are being trained to see to the comfort and safety of residents and visitors during Super Bowl week. They will be positioned inside and outside areas downtown, helping with crowds that show up to watch ESPN and also at the legendary and 115th Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, running that week.
The coordinating team is spearheaded by the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber Executive Vice-President Marilyn Gilbert said Fort Worth has the reputation for being an authentic, genuinely friendly city.
“We want to make sure visitors take away that experience and tell others,” Gilbert said. “With ESPN downtown, the Chamber wanted to augment the volunteers that the North Texas Host Committee was providing with ambassadors who live and work here and love Fort Worth. And, we wanted our police force to be knowledgeable about special activities, venues, detours and any other information that they may be asked by visitors and residents.”
Not all the ambassadors are two-footed.
“As ambassadors for the City of Fort Worth, the drovers for the Fort Worth Herd are looking forward to welcoming visitors from all over the world,” said Kristin Jaworski, the Herd’s
Courtesy: Fort Worth Police Department/Raymond Cervantes
trail boss. “The Super Bowl is a wonderful opportunity to showcase all of Fort Worth’s fantastic Western heritage and cultural attractions and to encourage these guests to come back and experience Fort Worth again soon.”
Fort Worth Chief of Police Jeff Halstead is experienced with Super Bowls. He was the lead planner for Super Bowl XIVII in Phoenix.
“The residents can expect an increase in tourism during the two weeks prior to the game,” Halstead said. “We need to face the reality of traffic restrictions, increased freeway driving, and some road closures to benefit the safety and security of our special events.”
The department began planning about 15 months ago, and Halstead said it is important that police and fire departments plan together.
“I am very proud of our regional partners, city, county, state and federal, that they have made it a priority to plan with the success of all of our cities as our focus,” he said.
The Mounted Patrol will be busy.
“They have a standing role in the three weeks of the Stock Show and Rodeo, and we will also have them assisting with special events related to Super Bowl.”
Matt Zavadsky, MedStar’s associate director of operations, is planning for EMS services. In addition to the “known” EMS needs for NFL sanctioned events like the Taste of Fort Worth at the convention center and the Host Committee Gala at Billy Bob’s, EMS needs to anticipate overall additional call volume.
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority
The T — and Dallas Area Rapid Transit — DART — worked with the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee and the area’s regional transportation organization to plan seamless connections to Super Bowl so they may experience the full “Cowtown and Culture” experience — without an automobile.
“The T has been working with the Super Bowl Committee since it was announced that Super Bowl XLV was coming to Cowboys Stadium,” said Dick Ruddell, president and executive director of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. “Other transportation agencies are also involved, but The T is determined to make sure everyone who comes to Fort Worth during this period has a good transportation experience and gets to where they need to go on time.
“We are adding cars to the TRE trains during Super Bowl week, and we will be running TRE on Super Bowl Sunday. We normally don’t operate TRE on Sunday,” he said.
“The city of Fort Worth is ready for prime time. It’s just the right size, it’s got the muscle and the skills. Combine all of those attributes with a bit of strategy, teamwork and a lot of hustle and here we are, we got it done.”
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“We plan on adding numerous ambulances and deploying our Mounted EMS teams and bicycle teams in high congestion areas such as Sundance Square,” Zavadsky said.
Throughout the planning of Super Bowl XLV, there has been unprecedented cooperation among Fort Worth police, the Fort Worth Fire Department and MedStar. They will operate out of a Unified Command Center to assure full coordination of the numerous events.
In the vein of “it takes a village,” it takes a concerted effort of a regional team to develop a transit plan for an event like Super Bowl.
The T is putting more Molly the Trolleys in service, Ruddell said. “They’ll be running from downtown to the Stockyards, the Cultural District, Will Rogers Arena connecting people to all the exciting places Fort Worth has to offer. And just to put on our best face, The T is redoing the wood and decals on all of the Molly’s,” he said.
“In Fort Worth we don’t have visitors,” Mayor Moncrief said. “We have friends we just haven’t met yet. From the moment you arrive you will feel this sentiment. It’s what we call ‘The Fort Worth Way.’
“I learned a long time ago that life is a journey and all about making memories and there is no better place to make memories than Fort Worth, Texas. When this journey began I had no idea it was going to encompass such a farreaching broad-based effort on behalf of cities large and small in this region. I’d like to think that we’ve indeed risen to this occasion. We’ve demonstrated that we’re a community of cowboys, cowgirls, and culture,” he said.
“Let the record reflect that Fort Worth will be rocking for Super Bowl XLV.”
Going Downtown?
» ESPN will begin building its sets for the Super Bowl Jan. 25.
» Some streets will be closed through the game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Streets to be closed are:
» Main from 3rd Street to 5th, Jan. 26-Feb. 8
» 4th Street from Commerce to Houston, Jan. 26-Feb. 8
» Houston from 3rd Street to 5th Street, Jan. 31-Feb. 7
» 4th Street from Houston to Throckmorton, Jan. 31-Feb. 7
» ESPN will produce numerous live programs daily Jan. 31-Feb. 6, between 5 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. and until 1:30 a.m. Feb. 7. An exact schedule was not available as of press time.
Events Downtown
Art of Football Jan. 18- Feb. 8.
» Using symbolic imagery from both the sports world and popular culture, Steve Sabol, president of NFL Films, has created a unique visual language. Sabol will be making appearances during the week leading up to Super Bowl and available for autographs Feb. 2, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Milan Gallery, 505 Houston St.
National Tailgating Championship Thursday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Gateway Parking Lot, Between Houston and Throckmorton and 4th and 5th streets
» Survivors of six regional cook-offs compete for the title.
Taste of the NFL 20th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Fort Worth Convention Center 9:45 p.m. — Entertainment begins
» More than 32 restaurant stations, including one from each NFL city, provide food and wine pairings with an NFL player (either current or alumni) at each food station. Proceeds benefit food banks in each of the NFL cities, with special emphasis on the host city food bank.
» Tickets start at $500: TasteoftheNFL.com or 888.695.0888.
Super Sunday Morning Hope Walk Sunday, Feb. 6, 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
» Inaugural 5K walk & fun run benefiting Cook Children’s Medical Center, the Fort Worth Independent School District and the Hope Walk Foundation. Hosts: Pro Football Hall of Famers Darrell Green of the Washington Redskins and Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys. Begins and ends in Sundance Square between Houston and Throckmorton and 4th & 5th streets.
» $35 entry fee. Information: thehopewalk.org.
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Faye Cotton in gold gown with attendants in stage show at Casa Mañana.
Can-Can opens to a black-tie audience in the 1,805-seat theatre-in-the-round.
Martha Raye and her poodle Conkie, starring in Casa Mañana's production of the Solid Gold Cadillac
In 2010 Ruta Lee and Ed Dixon recreated their original roles of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Casa Mañana announces 2010-2011 Broadway season at Casa Mañana Theatre. Pictured: Les Mis
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - Mary Ann Mobley and Gary Collins
ne needs to hearken back to 1936 for the initial launch of Casa, only to see it disappear after only a few seasons, before it staged a dramatic resurrection in 1958 – one that has endured till today.
Casa Mañana’s first stirrings are synonymous with Amon G. Carter, the ever-dynamic publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The most partisan of Fort Worthians, Carter was a careful observer of how Texas was celebrating its centennial in 1936. He was especially peeved at what he perceived as Dallas’ selection as the primary site of the Texas Centennial Celebration.
Carter was adamant that his beloved Fort Worth share in all the centennial-connected kudos sure to accrue to Cowtown’s archrival to the east. So Carter decided to initiate the conversion of several acres of what had been dormant cow pasture into a carnival site where a Wild West extravaganza could unfold. It would essentially be a zany musical circus, boasting various sideshow acts and exhibits. Its title: the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial.
The centerpiece of this entertainment midway would be a sprawling outdoor amphitheater, with a restaurant attached. Carter knew he needed an entertainment visionary with his same P.T. Barnum-like moxie to pull off his Fort Worth Centennial celebration. So he played a strong hand in recruiting reputed New York nightclub impresario and Broadway producer, Billy Rose.
All of 35-years old, and with a proclivity for elevator shoes, Rose was lured to Fort Worth for the express purpose of making Casa’s “That Show of Shows” an unforgettable celebration of the Texas Centennial.
According to Jan Jones’ book, Billy Rose presents …Casa Mañana,
Rose may have been 1,200 miles away from his familiar Broadway stomping ground, but he was determined to mount a Great White Waylike “Frontier Follies” as Fort Worth’s valued contribution to the Texas Centennial. For his efforts, Rose would be paid the then gaudy sum of $100,000.
Historians disagree on whether it was Rose or Carter who would christen the stage for these “Follies” as “Casa Mañana” or the “The House of Tomorrow.”
In only a matter of weeks, Rose and Carter supervised the conversion of a desultory cow pasture on Fort Worth’s west side to become a structure graced by, according to author Jones’ account, “over thirty Spanishstyle arches,” stretching in length to more than 320 feet. The finished amphitheater would feature the “world’s largest revolving stage” to put on performances for as many as 4,000 patrons.
Surrounding the original Casa stage, per Carter and Rose’s specifications, was a large lagoon, from which roughly 20 fountains would spring, forming a stunning aquatic curtain.
“I absolutely remember it as a watery curtain, extending across the entire stage,” recalls Ruth Carter Stevenson, Carter’s daughter. “It was glorious, especially when the lights were focused on it. It was positively scrumptious to look at.”
But Carter and Rose didn’t stop there as Casa would also include a spiffy restaurant, complete with a bar stretching 50 feet (at the time, billed as the world’s longest), a cutting edge sound and lighting system, and a stage that measured the length of a healthy city block.
According to Billy Rose presents …Casa Mañana, Rose took his wife,
Front view of Casa Manana building during Fort Worth Centennial, 1937.
Fanny Brice, then the entertainment toast of New York, on one of the first tours of the newly built Casa. Upon seeing it, she reportedly exclaimed: “Oh, Billy, it’s a goose’s dream!”
On, and surrounding, Casa’s newly built stage, Rose envisioned Fort Worth’s Frontier Centennial as an over-the-top extravaganza. For the opening night jamboree, conductor Paul Whiteman would lead not one but two bands. The Eyes of Texas would obviously be one of the evening’s most popular numbers.
In a spectacular that, according to Billy Rose presents Casa Mañana, drew inspiration from the world’s fairs from St. Louis to Paris, Fort Worth’s version had such local attractions as Texas “Sweetheart Number One,” appearing in a gilded gown worth the king’s ransom of $5,000. Also on tap were performances involving everything from traditional agricultural exhibits to risqué nudes.
The Wild West show would also, per Rose’s orchestration, be based on his recent Broadway production of Jumbo. That meant a showcase for some of vaudeville, and Broadway’s, finest talent including the noted exotic dancer, Sally Rand.
“My memory of Casa’s opening night is filled with visions of beautiful showgirls, all in gorgeous costumes, parading, dancing and singing,” recalls Stevenson.
George Ann Carter Bahan, the sister-in-law of Ruth Carter Stevenson, was 9 years old when she attended Casa’s opening night and recalls the spectacle as being “so clearly like the Ziegfeld Follies as to be tremendous.”
“The scale and sheer audacity of Casa Mañana,” writes Jones, “made Billy Rose, already becoming known as ‘The Barnum of the Age,’ a national celebrity and helped solidify his growing reputation as a showman.”
Such was the boffo success of Casa’s Broadway-style opening that all of Fort Worth, led by Carter, immediately hatched plans to keep Casa going with brand new entertainment for the following three summers. In fact, riding on the centennial celebration slogan, “Fort Worth for entertainment; Dallas for education,” Fort Worth’s Casa Mañana would be the main draw to more than a million interested spectators for its first four years.
Unfortunately, clouds were also forming over Casa’s short-term future, according to Jones' Casa chronicle. Rising production costs, along with nettlesome legal issues, dogged both the Frontier Centennial and Frontier Fiesta shows. The show began to lose some of its unique luster as Rose opened up similar concepts in other cities. Finally, with the specter of U.S. involvement in World War II, even the evertenacious Carter was persuaded to shut Casa down in 1939. Eventually, Casa’s raw building materials were recycled for the looming war effort.
Roughly 20 years later, according to Casa's own historical account, it would take another visionary to pick up the Casa mantle worn so comfortably by Carter and Rose. His name was James H. Snowden, Jr. In the fall of 1957, Snowden was the Fort Worth Opera Association’s presi-
Memories of Casa Mañana
Bud Franks (executive producer, general manager of Casa from 1974-1990) I recall our production of Jesus Christ Superstar, back in 1975. It was pretty controversial at the time, and we came under fire from several churches because of it. So we brought in a group of 40 ministers to visit with the cast. Those ministers were blown away by the cast’s theology knowledge. At the end of the opening night’s show, there was dead silence except for the sound of a few sobs from the audience. The lights came back on, and when the downbeat was hit for curtain call, 1,816 audience members leapt to their feet with a roar. We ended up selling out after that with most of those skeptical ministers telling their congregations to see the show.
Van Kaplan (executive producer-general manager at Casa Mañana from 1990-1997) We must have done over 200 shows while I was there – starting with my time as a member of the performing ensemble in the children’s playhouse, through to being producer. And throughout, I learned so much working alongside longtime music director, Joe Stecko. He taught me so much about musical theater, working with performers and scripts – all of which I continue to use in every project I’ve approached since. Denton Yockey (president and executive producer at Casa Mañana from 1997-2008) I fondly recall having Lou Diamond Phillips come here in the King and I Now Phillips went to college in Arlington, and we brought him back to the Casa production to his old stomping grounds. Opening night of that show capped Lou Diamond Phillips Day, as declared by the mayor. And Phillips gave one of those really special performances – by a Texan who had left the state and done us proud and now was returning to deliver the goods.
Betty Lynn Buckley (actress) When I was 11, my mom took me to see The Pajama Game It had all the original Bob Fosse choreography. I remember being totally entranced by that show, and especially the vintage number, Steam Heat with its two guys and one girl all wearing little black suits, bow ties, and derby hats. I remember coming home from that show and, being a 7th grader, telling my Mom that I wanted to learn Steam Heat for the Monnig Junior High School Follies talent show.
Ruta Lee (actress) I was born in Montreal, Canada and did my first film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, in 1954 – and yet, everybody, especially Casa audiences, seems to think I’m from Texas. It’s got to be because I’ve got a very Texas attitude about life. It’s that bigger-than-life personality, and hospitality, that Texans have and their hospitality as well. My husband often suggests I run for mayor of Fort Worth, and he believes I’d win handily. In another life, I must have been born here.
My first show at Casa, back in 1964, was the Unsinkable Molly
Wall of Fame: Performers famous and not-sofamous left messages for others on Casa's walls.
dent. Teaming up with opera manager, Melvin Dacus, the two petitioned the city of Fort Worth to cobble together a non-profit organization whose mandate was to finance the building of a brand new theater to attract the glories of Broadway-style musicals to Cowtown.
On Jan. 14, 1958, the city council approved the proposal and, more significantly, granted the project a budget the magnanimous sum of $500,000.
As a symbol for how heartily embraced Casa Mañana was by the local community, it took a mere 114 days of back-breaking construction – from the first groundbreaking in March 13, 1958 — for Casa to be completed.
And what an architectural statement the new Casa made. Gone was the hulking amphitheater, replaced by a shimmering, aluminumdome-crowned structure. The new Casa featured one of the country’s few theater-in-the-round configurations, as it boasted a capacity of 1,805 seats, complete with air conditioning to keep patrons comfortable during brutal Texas summers.
The in-the-round Casa design reflected the theatrical vogue of the times where touring Broadway shows were often presented in tent-like, circular structures in cities across the country.
As Casa’s design did not provide for any serious backstage space, audience members could witness up close the stagehands and actors using the aisles as extensions of the stage to move whole sets, props and other accoutrements of the production.
As if set to some magically efficient clock, on precisely July 5, 1958, the new Casa reopened with a splashy version of Can-Can. It was black-tie
Opening night of Can Can at Casa Mañana, in 1958 brought in the stars. Fess Parker, right, with his parents.
elegant, and the tone was set for season after season of Broadway-musical fare.
But Casa was not content to only provide frothy entertainment, almost entirely aimed at adults. In 1962, only four years after it raised its curtain, Casa christened its Children’s Playhouse, which mounted a series of productions tailored specifically for kids. As proof of this program’s subsequent success, it recorded an annual audience of 150,000 kids, along with their teachers and parents all flocking to the Playhouse productions.
Ever mindful of its important pedagogic role, Casa Mañana also launched in virtual tandem with its Children’s Playhouse, its Theatre School. Founded in the mid 60s, the school’s sole purpose was simple enough: Offer a training ground for new generations of aspiring performers. To this day, would-be thespians, 4-years old and up, attend classes at Casa, led by local professionals. At Casa, the students learn about all facets of the craft, from voice, dance, to musical theater and dramatic acting.
When the Bass Performance Hall opened in 1998, Casa Mañana gained even more notoriety as a top-drawer presenter of, and producer of, its own Broadway shows on Fort Worth’s newest and most majestic stage.
At its peak, Casa was presenting as many as 12 shows a year at the Bass Hall during a summer and winter season. The mix would end up being roughly 80 percent touring shows and 20 percent self-produced shows by Casa — with one or two shows done annually under Casa’s dome.
At that point in Casa’s history, the dome was mostly used for children’s theater series (offering such productions as Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, and Snow White), often at a clip of seven shows a year.
Ever restless to change, Casa embarked on a major renovation project in 2003. With an expenditure of $4.4 million dollars, Casa’s new design would, not without some controversy, dismantle its trademark inthe-round design and replace it with a more classic, thrust-proscenium stage. By gutting its in-the-round structure, the theater would lose around 800 seats but gain space for a much-needed lobby expansion, in addition to assuring patrons that everyone would have an unobstructed sight line to the new stage.
“That renovation forever changed Casa,” says Denton Yockey, who as Casa’s president and executive producer, supervised the structural face-lift. “It gave us such patron upgrades as that much larger lobby, more restrooms and vastly improved the sight lines. It’s true that people clung to the idea that the in-the-round format was unique to Fort Worth, and it was only because similar theaters across the country were closing. So with the elimination of in-the-round, Casa went from 1,800 pretty bad seats to 1,100 great seats.”
Ever expansive in its mood, and aware of its community responsibilities, Casa’s recent history has been marked by an ambitious series of outreach programs. Thanks to performances by The Casa Kids, and the community performances by the Casa Playaz, Casa is exporting its theatrical talents into various hospitals, nursing facilities and retirement communities throughout Fort Worth.
Mindful of cultivating theatrical arts in the youngest members of Fort Worth’s community, Casa has formed Camp Casa – really a miniaturized version of its apprentice program. The camp gathers various theatrical students, ages 8-13, with skills ranging from tyro to advanced, to engage in some serious professional training.
And last but certainly not least, Casa is the main organizing sponsor of the annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards, conferred on a wide variety of deserving high school musical theater performers and performances. Competition for what has become Fort Worth’s high school equivalent of the Tony’s, involves every Tarrant County High School that spends the resources to produce a musical. The final awards (for many, $500 college scholarships) in 16 different categories are given out by a panel of members of the academic community, local theater luminaries and theater critics.
“Dad would be very pleased with how Casa has developed,” muses Stevenson. “Because he started it to honor Fort Worth and help put it on the map – and it has certainly helped do that.”
Archival photos: Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photograph Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Others: Courtesy Casa Mañana
Brown Over the last 35 years, I must have done at least 20-25 shows at Casa with me performing in Molly Brown around four times, Annie Get Your Gun three times, Hello Dolly at least three times. I’m back now in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which is my third time doing that show.
I recall having been away from Casa for several years and, returning to Casa in Hello Dolly I make my entrance to the theme of Hello Dolly I started singing about being “so glad to be back home where I belong” when the entire audience broke out into this applause that must have lasted at least five minutes. The orchestra conductor laid down his baton and said, “That’s it, we will stop for a while” and big tears were pouring down my face. It was easily the most beautiful welcome back to Casa I could have imagined. I have chills just talking about it now.
Ed Dixon (actor) I really developed some of my first interest in musical theater when I did Hello, Sucker at Casa with Ruta Lee. Ruta was the first “star” I had ever really worked with. She was the first person I ever met who would wear false eyelashes in the daytime. She was always glammed out. Always had a hairstylist with her. Always dressed to the nines. I remember working with Betty Buckley and thinking to myself there was no question that she was on her way somewhere. I also remember doing a production called Take Me Along with one Morgan Fairchild. She must have been around 19 and had just won Miss Dallas. My impression of Morgan was that she couldn’t speak loud enough to be heard.
Joe Stecko (music director) Well, I’m 87-years old but I was in my 40’s when I became conductor and music director there, and would stick around for the next 36 years. I have very strong memories of my first show, Molly Brown, in 1967. It starred Ruta Lee. What I so enjoy about Ruta is that she’s not specifically a singer, nor an actress. She was and remains quite simply the consummate performer.
I also distinctly remember during a production of I Do! I Do! when the lead actor David Birney actually stopped in the middle of a song and came over to me and whispered, “Maestro, I’m very sorry but can we just start the song over?” As a request during a show, that was quite a first for me.
Larry Howard (dancer) I officially got off that Pullman train, at Fort Worth’s old Santa Fe station on January 4, 1958, and I would end up being Casa’s lead dancer through its first four years. I do recall one evening when Beverly Sills came to Casa to sing a bit of the operetta, The Merry Widow While she performed to a full house, all the lights simply went black. The orchestra couldn’t play or read. Apprentices had taken out their flashlights. But Beverly Sills had the good sense to keep on singing – which had the effect of keeping the audience from panicking. Sills was continuing her whole performance entirely a capella and that kept the audience calm. Flashlights were kept right on her which was also a remarkable effect. Ruth Carter Stevenson I will never forget being 15-years old, and too young to go on a date to the newly opened Casa. But I would meet Dad [Amon G. Carter], all dressed in one of his favorite summer linen suits, and he would take me to the newly opened Casa. I certainly remember going to Casa’s opening night and hearing Everett Marshall singing The Night Is Young And You’re So Beautiful with that glorious baritone voice of his.
The Merry Widow - Director Michael Pollack with cast; in profile is Beverly Sills, facing camera is Joan Carroll, 1958
Call Me Madam - Betty O'Neill and Dick Smart, stars of show, 1958
Janua R y 2011 ~ Fort Worth, Texas
What Lies Ahead
A conversation with Wally Jones, current president and executive producer of Casa Mañana
FWTX Mag: Sounds like there are some real exciting possibilities for Casa’s upcoming 2011 season?
Jones: Tuna Christmas looks like a lock for next November. Rent is a possibility as well as looking into doing Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire And perhaps one of my personal favorites, To Kill a Mockingbird
FWTX Mag: You have a special 75th anniversary celebration in the works?
Jones: We are looking to have a gala for next August that will be built around this special year.
FWTX Mag: What do you like most about Casa from a performance standpoint?
Jones: Because it’s not an overly big hall, it lends itself to more of an experience with the actor. It really makes you feel like you are practically in the show from where you are sitting.
FWTX Mag: With the huge organizational decision made last year for Casa Mañana and the Bass Hall to part ways when it came to presenting Broadway at the Bass, what does that mean for Casa?
Jones: It means that pretty much everything we do here, we will now produce – meaning that we will procure the majority rights to produce a show. At that point, it will be up to Casa to look for, or design and build, the show’s set, find a director and a choreographer, use our in-house musical director, hold all the cast auditions. The goal in my head is to have roughly 90 percent local casting for the upcoming shows.
FWTX Mag: It really sounds like a return to the old way that Casa was conceived and run?
Jones: Yes, it’s back to the future.
FWTX Mag: But how does the split with Bass Hall affect Casa’s bottom line especially its all-important profit margin?
Jones: The profit margin is actually greater for us at the dome than if we continued at Bass Hall. Here’s how: We don’t pay rent at the dome. It is our facility so that eliminates paying that rent to the Bass Hall. Our fees to hire local union musicians and dressers are much less expensive at the dome that at the Hall. Instead of renting somewhat expensively a set from Bass Hall, we will just build one – to our very specific stage specifications so it ends up being cheaper.
FWTX Mag: You feel very sure that certain kinds of shows will actually do better at Casa?
Jones: Oh yes, certainly a smaller show will work wonderfully at the dome, whereas it might not work visually quite as effectively at the much larger Bass Hall. Little Shop of Horrors is a show that would be great in a small space. All the Tuna shows, essentially two-person productions, plus something like Sound of Music, work wonderfully in a small space. For sure, certain shows such as Miss Saigon or Phantom of the Opera that have that spectacle element, might be better mounted and received at Bass Hall.
FWTX Mag: You don’t want to be locked in to offering the same standard line-up of musicals?
Jones: I’m looking for a variety and a mix of things to put on and not just being tied into doing big musicals. I’d love to put on Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Glass Menagerie, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Pippin — all wonderful plays that would work well in this space. Really I want to run Casa the way a great regional theater is run, offering a variety of theater to our audience, not solely the big musicals from Broadway.
FWTX Mag: What do you think your ultimate role is at Casa?
Jones: To some extent, I think it has evolved into restoring Casa to its original greatness. My goal is to honor its rich history as a famous theater and to get it back to being on a strong financial footing. Those responsibilities are certainly daunting, especially in this economy, but it’s also a huge honor as well.
Circle of Red Chairs: Kristine Kelly, Paula Perrone, and Jennifer Williamson
Back row standing, left to right: Debbi Easterling, Laura O’Brien, Helen Willingham, Kristine Kelly, Molly Reid, Helen Stephens of Karsten Financial, Sara Sterling,
Kim Darden, Cynthia Prince, Laura Quenette McWhorter, Wendy Barron, and Mary Katherine Tetirick Middle: Martha Williams of Williams Trew, Boo Lively, Joyce Pate Capper
Seated, left to right: Nancy Rimmer, Sandra Harris, Paula Perrone of Perrone Pharmacy, Sandra Tuomey, Michelle Marlow, Jennifer Williamson, and Roz Rosenthal
Not Pictured: Mercedes Bass, Adrianne Deem, Molly Hardgrove, Kim Perrone McLaughlin of Center for the Healing Arts, Leslie Moritz, Gail Rawl, and Jean Roach
Photo Courtesy of Cowtown Paparazzi
Scott AmandaMurray& Mazey
If the Hat Fits…
by Paul K. Harral
Fort Worth’s signature event kicks off its 115th year in a city that has grown increasingly comfortable with its past and excited about its present and future.
The ForT WorTh STock ShoW and rodeo SayS iT righT There on The FronT page oF The Web SiTe: “ThiS Thing iS legendary.” But it always has been legendary across West Texas. I knew it originally as the Fat Stock Show before political correctness and marketing consultants. I was raised in Shamrock in the Texas Panhandle by a farming family that had left the land and moved into the “city.” We were so far from anywhere that we couldn’t even get television without a 300-foot tower that only the rich could afford. In my mind’s eye, I can still see my daddy sitting by the radio at lunchtime, listening to the livestock and commodity broadcasts out of Amarillo. He left the farm around 1947 but followed the prices until his death in 1969.
It was that important. He was a small-time contractor, and if the farmers and ranchers had a good year, he had a good year. Same was true of almost every business in town. And especially important were the banks that sometimes were all that kept everyone in business, betting on the come for better weather and better crops next year.
Every year, farmers and ranchers and those who benefited from their industry in Texas streamed into Fort Worth to show off their products, perhaps buy new equipment and supplies and maybe just take a break from the grinding chores of farming and ranching.
The Stock Show and Rodeo is also the time of year when everybody in Fort Worth is a cowhand. Difference with other cities is that when the show is over, not everyone puts away the boots and Western clothes because many in the city really are cowhands.
The Stock Show traces its history to March 1896 when the first show took place on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth. There was a second show that year, Oct. 12-13, which coincided with the National Livestock Exchange Convention. It became the Texas Fat Stock Show in 1901.
David DuBois, head of the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, came to town four years ago.
“As a relative newcomer to Fort Worth, I have come to value and cherish the Western heritage that helps to make our ‘City of Cowboys and Culture’ come to life,” he said.
It also doesn’t hurt that the show will draw more than 800,000 visitors, which he described as “thrilling.” And it kicks off with the 2011 Stock Show All Western Parade, at 11 a.m. on Jan. 15 in downtown Fort Worth.
Doug Harman, former city manager and later head of the Convention and Visitors Bureau before DuBois, recalls that when he became city manager in January 1985, he found a mixed reaction in the city to its Western heritage.
That was also the year some Fort Worth leaders hired a public relations firm from Chicago and unveiled a new campaign to sell the city as a destination in the Sunbelt, stressing the cosmopolitan aspects of the city over the Western ones.
The suggested new phrase? “Ft. Worth, Welcome Home.”
Thank goodness that didn’t stick. Cowboys and Culture is much more descriptive.
Former Mayor Bob Bolen remembers that time well and notes that other cities followed that path — he cites Kansas City as an example — and lost their distinctive appeal.
But, he says, most leaders of Fort Worth — including the Old Families believed that Fort Worth should always celebrate its Western roots. That’s appropriate, he says, because the great fortunes that have contributed so much to the life of the city were founded in the ground — crops, cattle, oil and now, increasingly, natural gas.
Harman, originally from Nebraska, although you wouldn’t know it, thinks Fort Worth has been shortchanged by Hollywood and doesn’t get enough recognition for being a Western city.
“The movies have given a variety of other cities, such as Tombstone, high identification with the West,” he says, “but Fort Worth lives the West every day in a way that no other large city does.”
But we know.
And soon so will thousands of others when the Super Bowl comes to town, overlapping the last week of this year’s show.
This will be the first show in 64 years that somebody named Watt is not the president. W.R. “Bob” Watt, president of the show since taking over from his father, W.R. “Billy Bob” Watt in 1978, stepped down. Billy Bob Watt held the title of president from 1946 until his death.
Brad Barnes, a Fort Worth native, assumed the titles of president and general manager when Bob Watt made his decision. The first thing he wants you to know is that the Stock Show is not about him but about the thousands of exhibitors, patrons, employees and volunteers who make it what it is today.
“I learned a great deal from Bob in the years I was privileged to work with him,” Barnes said. “He was totally dedicated, always respectful, and consistently successful which are traits I hope to continue.”
Big boots to fill there. Under Watt, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo grew significantly,
expanding from 12 to 24 days, and livestock entries increased better than 50 percent to more than 22,000 last year, and 17 livestock auctions had receipts of more than $5 million.
This Show will be Barnes’ 25th. He started as a committeeman for the inaugural Calf Scramble and joined the Board of Directors in 1987. He became a staff member in 2004 as executive vice president. The Stock Show is 115 years old. Barnes is the seventh president.
“I was born and raised here in Fort Worth and have always felt that Fort Worth is `Where The West Begins,’ ” says Barnes. “I have never personally experienced any Dallas-envy, but rather a feeling of deep pride in our rich heritage and time-honored traditions.”
One of those traditions is rewarding young people who raise and show animals. It really is about the kids in many, many ways.
“The favorite thing for me was taking our two kids and their friends to the Rodeo,” says Bob Herchert, now chairman of Freese and Nichols Inc. and city manager from 1978 to late 1984. “To this day, our daughter Kristen, who is now 40, loves to go to the Rodeo, and she is taking her kids,
7 and 11, on an annual basis. I am sure our son would do the same if he lived in the area but they are in California. So seeing the excitement in our kids and grandkids at the Rodeo is by far my favorite aspect of the Show.”
The sale of champions last year generated more than $2.7 million for Texas youth in the Junior Sale of Champions as local businesses and individuals bought 286 steers, barrows, lambs and goats.
Since it was established in 1980, the Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate, a group of Fort Worth area businesspeople dedicated to enhancing agricultural education activities of Texas youth, has raised more than $26.5 million in sale funds and scholarships.
Bolen recalls that when Sister Cities was starting in Fort Worth, history and heritage was always a topic of discussion as he visited cities around the world.
“They’d ask, ‘What’s this Bob Billy’s, or Billy Bob’s? What is this honky-tonk thing?’ And then they’d talk about the Kimbell and the Carter,” Bolen said.
Charlie Geren, owner of Railhead Smokehouse and District 99 state
Stock Show and Rodeo Schedule
Selected Events
For a complete listing, please visit: fwssr.com. Select from information in the left pane.
Jan. 14 and 15
» “Best of the West” Ranch Rodeo, Coliseum, 7:30 p.m.
» Fort Worth National “Cowtown Select” Hereford and Polled Hereford Sale, West Arena, 3 p.m.
Jan. 31
» Military Day Presented by Denbury Resources. Present military ID (active or retired) at Ticket Box Office for free Rodeo tickets for you and your immediate family for the 2
p.m. or 7:30 p.m. performance. Get tickets beginning Nov. 29.
» AQHA Western Riding, Horsemanship and Western Pleasure Classes, Justin Arena, 8 a.m.
» World’s Original Indoor Rodeo, Coliseum, 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
» Stock Show Bowl: Varsity Equestrian Competition. TCU vs. Baylor University, Justin Arena, 6 p.m.
Feb. 5
» Southwestern Sheep Dog Trials, Watt Arena, 8 a.m.
» Junior Sale of Champion Steers, Lambs, Barrows and Wether Goats, West Arena, 9 a.m.
» Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show 55th Annual Select Breeders Quarter Horse Sale, Justin Arena, 2 p.m.
» World’s Original Indoor Rodeo, Coliseum, 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
» Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show 24th Annual Commercial Heifer Sale, West Arena, 4 p.m.
representative, has been on the board of the Stock Show for 35 years.
Years that the Legislature is in session — 2011 is one — Geren comes home at night for the Grand Entry that opens the Rodeo. It is on the advice of legendary boot maker John Justin.
“I will travel each day,” Geren said. “Mr. Justin told me if I wanted to be involved, it had to be every day.”
That’s pretty much true of others in the city, who return from any reasonable distance to participate.
In 2005, Harman and the CVB took the Fort Worth Herd to New York City to promote the Texas Motor Speedway/NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Races. The reaction in the Big Apple?
“Amazement,” he said.
“People walking along Broadway seemed truly amazed as they stopped to look at the huge longhorns and the drovers on their horses,” Harman said. “It was indeed an amazing sight with longhorns, cowboys and New Yorkers taking photos from their phones.”
Barnes is aware that the Stock Show competes against many other entertainment options in the Metroplex, but it has something most others do not.
“Our surveys indicate the No. 1 reason people come to the Stock Show is for the livestock,” he says.
The big animals get most of the attention, of course, but the smaller animals such as rabbits, pigeons and chickens offer an amazing variety of breeds and variations and are especially good shows for children.
“As long as we continue to offer a good value for the dollar and stay focused on our exhibitors and patrons along with the fulfillment of our educational mission, we will continue to be a leader in our industry,” says Barnes.
Barnes says assessing the impact Billy Bob and Bob Watt have had on Fort Worth is not an easy question.
“It is hard to put to words the enormous impact that Bob and his father have had on this community,” he said. “Under their leadership, the Stock Show and Rodeo has seen tremendous financial gains and become an integral part of Fort Worth’s cultural heritage. What more can one wish for than to be both an international destination — and a cherished hometown tradition?”
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MAKING A ROCKSTAR SCHOOL OF ROCK OPENS IN FORT WORTH JANUARY 8TH
Fort Worth Cultural District: The Ideal Location
The city of Fort Worth is appealing for many reasons; however, the demographics are ideal for the newest School of Rock location. There are thousands of kids and plenty of them who need an alternative to soccer, football, or dance. With the high density of families in the area, the community atmosphere of School of Rock will make it a great facility where all members of the family, at all ages, can come learn to play an instrument and perform the music they love. Being in an area known around the world for its commitment to the arts only adds to the location’s allure.
If music is our universal language, then rock ‘n’ roll is the hip talk of the younger set. From toddlers to teens, kids across the city practice their musical chops with video games and rock guitar simulations. But for real music education, for tried and true instrumental learning, for friendship and bonding, the School of Rock is coming to Fort Worth.
Twelve years ago School of Rock had a simple idea -- teach kids music by offering them the opportunity to play the music they love. Kids learn best by doing, especially when there is a reward to be earned, such as playing the music they are passionate about at a sold-out rock concert! By the year 2000, School of Rock’s approach to music education was so successful that it even inspired a movie by the same name. Since then, many other programs have tried to emulate this concept; however, School of Rock is the standard-bearer for music education with almost 60 locations around the country and growing to 200 within the next 3 years. It provides a proven program for teaching music to kids that extracts the most out of their abilities while at the same time offering them a valuable place to become part of a team.
Situated at 905 University in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, the School of Rock
opens January 8th to foster a new generation of talented musicians. Every private lesson and ensemble practice helps students realize their potential as musical artists, with the fruits of their labor demonstrated at live concerts at various locations. The school offers programs for toddlers through adults in vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, and guitar, and the music these students learn to play is definitive rock ‘n’ roll, from Aerosmith to Zeppelin.
“Watching a band of kids let loose on the drums, bass, or guitar is a beautiful thing, and what these kids take away is immeasurable,” says Terry Longhway, Chief Music Officer for School of Rock franchises in DFW. “Our schools are cool and edgy but always safe, and we’re solely focused on meeting the needs of our kids by celebrating the majesty of rock music.”
As most people are aware, there has been a steady decline in funding for music education in public school programs and what remains available is often classical in focus. School of Rock offers education in music fundamentals by using the music kids love and relate too. Odds are it’s the same music that parents were passionate about when they were kids as well, which is evidenced by the level of family participation in the programs and seasonal concerts.
Dean Tarpley, CEO for the School of Rock franchises in DFW, says he and his team knew early on that they wanted to be in the Fort Worth area. School of Rock opened its first DFW location in Dallas two years ago, a second school in Frisco last year, and a 3rd location in Southlake/Keller in October. But Tarpley kept his eyes on Fort Worth. “We took our time waiting for the perfect location to become available. Having a school in the Cultural District with such high visibility and ease-of-access was a fantastic opportunity for us. We are committed to open 10 schools in DFW but this one has the potential to be the most successful in the country,” says Tarpley.
Students at the School of Rock come away from the program with even more than a love for rock music. They learn social skills, such as public speaking and performing, the necessity to be responsible and a team player, and an appreciation for the amount of time and discipline it takes to learn an art form. There are students who have found a talent they didn’t know existed and others who now have an outlet in which to watch their skills grow. Rock music has the ability to “speak” to these kids in ways that differ from other musical genres. Perhaps it is best summed up by Carrie Davidson whose 13-year old son Drew is a student at School of Rock in Frisco: “The School provides Drew the opportunity to be educated by real, touring musicians who play many different types of rock music. This allows him to expand his knowledge base of music both past and present. The staff at School of Rock is able to adjust their teaching styles based on the age and experience of the person they are working with. The added benefit is that the students get to meet others who have a passion for music and performing.”
Taking it even further, some kids are looking to enter the music industry as a career and
THE COUNTRY'S PREEMINENT ROCK
MUSIC SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN 7 TO 17.
- THE WASHINGTON
POST
School of Rock offers several programs for beginners to advanced musicians.
Pre-School of Rock: Teaches music appreciation, rhythm, basic notes (toddlers through age six)
Rock 101: Teaches music through private lesson and weekly ensemble (typically age six+)
Core Program: Students are assigned songs and attend rehearsals, culminating in a two-hour rock concert held at the end of the four-month session; specific rock bands are taught (Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc.,) as well as music genres such as 90’s rock, metal, punk, etc. (Ages seven through 18)
Advanced Band: Proficient students who want additional opportunities to perform are selected for this elite group upon audition. Performance opportunities include large special events such as Greenville Ave. St Patricks Day Parade, Wildflower Festival, and at Dallas Stars and Mavericks games.
All-Stars: Students who demonstrate extraordinary skills are invited to audition for this touring band of kids from other School of Rock franchises across the country. The All-Stars have played with such famous musicians as Alice Cooper, Ann Wilson from Heart, Ace Frehley, and Eddie Vedder.
Adult Program: Grown-up musicians interested in learning an instrument or playing in a band with other adults.
Band Coaching: For those who already have bands formed but are looking for professional guidance and “coaching” –everything from performance, songwriting & recording, to booking gigs – School of Rock has a proven platform to take a band to the next level. Bands we’ve coached have been featured on Kidd Kraddick and have opened for big name acts such as The Fray.
Camps: Summer and Holiday camps that range from beginner to advanced students. Programs include performance, songwriting, and music & video production camps.
they leverage School of Rock as a platform for helping them achieve their goals. School of Rock offers programs for song writing and recording, as well as band coaching and artist development. In fact, Southlake resident and singing phenomenon Zoe Ann attended the School of Rock in Dallas’ Park Cities and is now seeing her career take flight. “Most places where you learn “music” are just teaching you to sing over tracks. But at School of Rock I found people who helped me grow as a writer, musician and performer in the style of music I like…rock! I’m so grateful they were able to connect me with people who have been successful in the music business already, so that I can continue to do what I love as a career.”
“Learning to become a great musician is strictly based on the amount of time a kid practices,” says Keith Naylor, Music Director for School of Rock Fort Worth. “Our program is designed to get kids to play music together, and to have them play the music they enjoy as a basis for learning. This combination allows kids to ‘want’ to practice, and it builds a passion for music, rehearsals, and the actual act of performing. This philosophy is successful—kids learn and accomplish goals at a much faster pace, without any sacrifice to the fundamental concepts and theories of their instruments.”
And as far as what School of Rock will mean to Fort Worth over time, Tarpley sums it up as follows: “We came to this area knowing its commitment to kids and sports; however, we recognize that not every kid’s dreams are fulfilled on an athletic field, a gymnastic floor, or in a dance studio. We offer kids a place to cultivate their unique abilities. With the
leading music education program in the country, an amazing facility to hone that talent, we leverage what our company calls the five immutable truths: 1) Rock and roll is the heart and soul of what we do. 2) We unleash talent and confidence by performing music. 3) Our instructors live to play and play to live - they are all working musicians. 4) It's not just about playing an instrument, it's about playing on a team. 5) The diversity of our students and music drives our success
For more information on School of Rock Fort Worth, call us at 817-332-ROCK or send an e-mail to fortworth@schoolofrock.com.
P hoto from the 1910-11 h orned f rog yearbook
ONE HUNDRED
Texas Christian University put down roots on a patch of prairie near downtown Fort Worth, for a fresh beginning after its Waco campus burned to the ground.
That very year, TCU set about creating an educational environment firmly committed to the fine arts.
continues to provide world-class training for aspiring musicians, actors, dancers and visual artists, with the vibrant cultural scene of Fort Worth as our beautiful home.
Here’s to the next century.
Visit the TCU College of Fine Arts website at www.cfac.tcu.edu.
PRIVATE SCHOOL GUIDE
Each year, thousands of Tarrant County parents begin their hunt for the perfect private school. Filling out application after application, setting up interviews and making multiple visits to schools, these diligent and dedicated parents seek an answer to an age-old question: Where will my child excel academically, grow personally and truly enjoy learning?
Whether you’re seeking a private school for a specific teaching methodology or prefer that your child learn in a religious environment at a school that shares your family’s vision, the search can seem daunting. Things can get especially tricky if you are enrolling more than one child into private school—one size doesn’t fit all, and it’s difficult to find just the right match. Extensive research is often required, and critical questions will arise regarding tuition costs, test assessments, personal interviews and the application process, among others. When it comes down to it, choosing a private school for your child is no easy task, to say the least.
In the following pages, you will find a comprehensive list of private schools in Tarrant County. From fine arts academies and faith-based schools, to Montessori academies and schools focused on accelerated learning for the gifted and talented, the 2011 Private School Guide gives parents an in-depth look at each school, including accreditation, studentto-teacher ratio, cost of tuition and teacher requirements. We hope you will find this quick reference to the area’s private schools helpful as you explore the possibilities of your child’s private school education.
Association of Classical Christian Schools;
Montessori
Private School Guide
Al-Hedayah Academy Fort Worth 817.265.6667, hedayah.com
All Saints Catholic School
Fort Worth
817.624.2670 allsaintscatholicschool.org
All Saints’ Episcopal School
Fort Worth
817.560.5700, asesftw.org
Anderson School for Gifted & Talented & Creative
Fort Worth
817.448.8484 andersonschool.net
Barbara Gordon Montessori School Colleyville 817.354.6670, bgmontessori.org
Bethesda Christian School Fort Worth
817.281.6446 bethesdachristianschool.org
Burton
Arlington 817.572.0081 burtonacademy.org
Calvary Christian
Fort Worth
817.332.3351 calvaryacademy.com
Cassata High School
Fort Worth
817.926.1745 cassatahs.org
CCC Academy Fort Worth
817.274.9494 thecccacademy.com
817.534.2189, cfcl.cc
Children’s Courtyard
locations throughout the DFW Metroplex
817.624.2604 childrenscourtyard.com
Children’s University
Arlington 817.784.6655 childrensuniversity.com
Chisholm Trail Academy Keene
817.558.4404 ctanet.org
Clariden School Southlake
682.237.0400 claridenschool.org
Covenant Christian Academy Colleyville
817.577.3378, ccanet.org
COLLEGE-BOUND AND CAREERREADY: FORT WORTH ISD’S GOLD SEAL PROGRAMS OF CHOICE PROVIDE A PRIVATE SCHOOL PREPARATION WITHOUT THE COST.
WE ARE GIVING STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS THE POWER OF CHOICE. IT IS THE POWER TO CHOOSE COURSES OF STUDY BASED ON PERSONAL INTERESTS AND PASSIONS. IT IS THE POWER TO TAKE OWNERSHIP IN THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. AND IT IS THE POWER THAT COMES WITH BEING ENGAGED IN LEARNING AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. WHAT’S YOUR CHOICE? LEARN MORE AT WWW.FWISD.ORG/CHOICE.
GOLD SEAL PROGRAMS OF CHOICE
Covenant Classical School
Fort Worth
817.820.0884 covenantfw.org
Créme De La Créme Colleyville
817.416.3683 cremedelacreme.com
Crown Of Life Lutheran School Colleyville 817.251.1881, crownoflife.org
Ekklesia Christian School
Fort Worth
817.332.1202 worldmbc.com
Faith Christian School
Grapevine
817.442.9144 fcschool.org
Fort Worth
817.370.1191 fwacademy.org
817.370.7177, fwaa.net
Fort
817.281.6504,
Fort
817.732.7718, fwcds.org
Fourth St. School
Arlington
817.275.2314
fourthstreetschool.com
Gateway School
Arlington
817.226.6222 gatewayschool.com
Glenview Christian School
Fort Worth
817.281.5155 glenviewchristianschool.org
Grace Prep. Academy
Arlington
817.557.3399, graceprep.org
Happy
Granbury
254.897.4822 happyhillfarm.org
**now also offering a day school
817.485.1660, hcasaints.org
Harvest Christian School
Fort Worth
817.568.0021, harvestfortworth.org
Highland Meadow Montessori Academy
Southlake 817.488.2138, hmma.org
Hill School of Fort Worth Fort Worth
817.923.9482, hillschool.org
Holy Cross Christian Academy Burleson 817.295.7232 hccaburleson.com
Holy Family Catholic School Fort Worth
817.737.4201, hfsfw.org
Holy Rosary Catholic School
Arlington 817.419.6800, hrcstx.com
Holy Trinity Catholic School Grapevine 817.421.8000, holytcs.org
Immaculate Conception Catholic School Denton 940.381.1155 catholicschooldenton.org
Jane Justin School
Fort Worth
817.390.2831 cscfw.org
Joshua Christian Academy
Joshua
817.295.7377 joshuachristianacademy.org
Key School
Fort Worth
817.446.3738 thekeyschool.com
Lake Country Christian School
Fort Worth
817.236.8703, lccs.org
Liberty Christian School
Argyle
940.294.2000 libertychristian.com
Lighthouse Christian
817.237.7641 lcafw.org
Merry Hill School
Arlington 817.385.1684 arlington.merryhillschool. com
Messiah Lutheran Classical Academy Keller
817.431.5486, mlcatexas.org
Metroplex Chapel Academy Euless
817.267.1000 metroplexchapelacademy.org
Montessori at Sundance Square
Fort Worth
817.334.0036, brighthorizons.com
Montessori Children’s House Fort Worth
817.732.0252, mchfw.com
Nazarene Christian Academy Crowley
817.297.7003, fwf.org
New
Nolan Catholic High School Fort Worth 817.457.2920 nolancatholichs.org
North Park
Christian Academy North Richland Hills
817.498.8456 • npbcnrh.org
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School Fort
817.924.5123 • olvfw.com
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School Fort Worth
817.923.0058 • omom.org
Pantego Christian Academy
Arlington Elementary: Mansfield
817.460.3315 • pantego.com
Park Row Christian Academy Arlington 817.277.1021 parkrowchurch.com
Primrose School of Bedford Bedford
817.545.5485 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Columbus Trail Fort Worth
817.423.4000 primroseschools.com
Primrose School at Eagle Ranch
817.236.6760 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Hall Johnson
Grapevine
817.416.0404 myprimroseschool.com/ halljohnson
Primrose School at Heritage
Keller
817.741.5044 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Hidden Lakes Southlake
817.337.4666 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Keller
Keller
817.337.0717 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Grand Peninsula Grand Prairie
817.477.0077 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Mid-cities
Hurst
817.485.8993 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of NE Flower Mound Flower Mound
972.691.3815 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of NE Green Oaks Arlington 817.543.2626 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Parkwood Hill Fort Worth 817.281.5322 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Southlake Southlake
817.421.8087 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Walnut Creek Mansfield 817.477.0880 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Wellington Flower Mound
972.691.9595 primroseschools.com
Redeemer Lutheran School Benbrook
817.560.0032 redeemerfw.org
Southwest Christian School Elementary: Fort Worth
817.294.0350 Preparatory: Fort Worth
817.294.9596 southwestchristian.org
St. Andrew Catholic School Fort Worth
817.924.8917 standrewsch.org
Four Excellent Choices
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE SAINTS A FULL-DAY COME-AND-GO PK-12 OPEN HOUSE
K-12 ADMISSIONS TOURS & BROWN BAG
“3 A’S EVERY DAY” GRADES 5-12 OPEN HOUSE
K-8 ADMISSION COFFEE
K-8 ADMISSION COFFEE
K-12 OPEN HOUSE GRADE 5 OPEN HOUSE
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School Keller 817.431.4845 • seascc.org
St. George Catholic School Fort Worth
817.222.1221 stgeorgecatholic.org
St. Ignatius College Preparatory Fort Worth
817.801.4801 ignatiusofloyola.org
St. John the Apostle Catholic School North Richland Hills 817.284.2228, stjs.org
St. Maria Goretti Catholic School Arlington
817.275.5081 • smgschool.org
St. Paul Lutheran School Fort Worth 817.332.2281 • stpaulfw.com
St. Paul’s Preparatory
• stpaulsprep.com
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School Fort Worth 817.246.2032 stpetercatholicschool.org
St.
817.294.0124 stpetersclassical.org
St. Rita Catholic School Fort Worth
817.451.9383 • saintritaschool.net
817.354.7979 • sves.org
• tcseagles.org
817.244.1136 • tcseagles.org
817.277.0620, flintacademy.com
817.551.1554
THE OAKRIDGE SCHOOL
age 3 to grade 12
Upcoming Admissions Events
Thursday, January 13
Coffee and Tour
9:30 - 11:00 AM
age 3 - grade 4
Sunday, January 30
Program and Tour
1:30 - 3:00 PM all grade levels
The Montessori Academy of Arlington Arlington 817.274.1548 tmaonline.org
The Oakridge School
Arlington 817.451.4994 theoakridgeschool.org
Trinity Baptist Temple Academy Fort Worth 817.237.4255 tbta.tbtchurch.org
Trinity Christian Academy Willow Park 817.441.7901 • tcaeagles.org
Trinity
817.321.0100 trinityvalleyschool.org
Walnut Creek Private School Mansfield 817.473.4406 wcps-mansfield.org
West Academy Fort Worth 817.924.3535 westacademyfortworth.com
It’s been said that with college comes some of the best years of your life. But beyond the social life, football and basketball games, and sororities and fraternities, choosing the right college or university can be one of the most important decisions you will make. Whether you are looking for a private university with faith-based programs or a Division I school, a college education can broaden your horizons, prepare you for success in the working world and teach you life lessons along the way. In the following pages, you will find an extensive list of private and public colleges, universities and graduate programs in Texas. From tuition rates and enrollment, to application fees and room and board, these guides can get you started on the right path in your pursuit for higher education.
college and university guide
Abilene Christian
Abilene
Arlington Baptist College Arlington • 817.461.8741 abconline.edu
Art Institute of Fort Worth
7000 Calmont Ave., Ste. 150 Fort Worth • 817.210.0808 artinstitutes.edu/fort-worth
Austin College
Sherman • 800.KANGAROO austincollege.edu
Baylor University Waco • 800.BAYLORU • baylor.edu
Abilene
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls • 940.397.4352 mwsu.edu
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$233
$608
$1,124
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$8,174 29 programs offered
MA, counseling, development; MBA, management, general business, strategic leadership; MS, family studies, human relations and business, human resources, managerial science
Varies by program Varies by plan MACC; MACCT; MAP; MATS; MBA; MEd; MLA; MS-HRM; MS-MGMT
$695/Master's
$720/Ph,D.
$4,640-$5,160 18 masters, 1 doctorate 2 professional
$550 None MBA; MAFM; MHRM; MISM; MINCM; MPM; MPA
$390
$510-$800
$392.05
$800/doctoral
$6,290 46 master’s degrees offered
Master in Business Administration, Strategic Leadership, Science in Engineering, Education (Administration, Curriculum and Instruction, and Teaching and Learning), Counseling, Psychology
$5,639 28 master’s level programs
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$6,748 Degrees in education, engineering, natural sciences, nursing, social sciences, agriculture, business, juvenile justice and psychology, architecture and human sciences
$1,840 Varies Comprehensive research and professional graduate degree programs offered by 35 departments
Varies $4,896 Master’s degrees offered through colleges of arts and sciences, business administration, criminal justice, education, humanities and social sciences
Varies Varies 74 graduate programs offered
$185 (Ft. Worth); $215 off-campus) Varies Degree programs offered by the Schools of Theology, Evangelism and Missions, Archeology, Women’s Studies, Educational Ministries and Church Music
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$690 varies 24 master’s degree programs
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$164 $2,922-$3,004 MA/MS/MED/MBA/MCJ/SSP programs offered in agricultural and environmental sciences, business administration, education, liberal and fine arts, science and technology
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$340 $6,810 Master's and doctorate programs offered in the colleges of applied arts, business, education, fine arts and communication, health professions, liberal arts, science.
$509 $3,332-$7,698 101 master’s and 48 doctoral degrees offered
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improving life for those in need » by
sammy Key
Sporting Spirituality
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization is coming to life on the TCU campus.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a nationwide ministry founded in 1954 that provides students with Christian opportunities such as listening to and giving testimonies, worshiping and receiving positive spiritual encouragement.
“FCA has brought me closer to God on campus,” says TCU junior and FCA men’s co-captain Tim Wang. “It provides an opportunity for athletes who are incredibly busy athletically and academically to worship Jesus Christ in an open environment. FCA is also a great place to go and meet up with friends to just relax and grow in faith.”
Life and character coach Chauncey Franks is now directing FCA on the TCU campus. Franks has been working with FCA for six years and recently made the transition from SMU to TCU, where he is enthusiastic about focusing solely on collegiate aged students.
The TCU division of FCA, as the name suggests, focuses on the student athletes, but Franks says he doesn’t “want to exclude anyone based on whether or not they compete on an athletic team.” Franks says he wants the presence of FCA to be intrinsic to the TCU community,
College can be spiritually challenging and one of the thrusts of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes on the TCU campus is working both with students and their coaches.
spreading gradually by word of mouth, Facebook and weekly FCA e-mails to members.
Each Thursday evening, FCA holds a meeting that combines Bible study, worship, listening to a guest speaker and general fellowship. FCA is about giving students an opportunity to find and spend time with fellow believers, forming relationships stemming from that common ground. Franks says a large part of FCA’s action happens spontaneously whenever a student needs to talk or is seeking spiritual guidance, be it in the locker room or on the field during practices.
Franks believes that sports can be a powerful medium to God, especially here in the U.S where they are so popular and prevalent, allowing athletes to have a major influence on their community. Franks says a particularly influential Christian athlete is Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos’ quarterback.
For the National Championship, he wore the verse John 3:16 in his eyeblacks which resulted in 90 million fans searching the verse on Google later that same evening.
Franks works with all of the student athletes on campus, both men and women, but has a vast majority of football players including linebacker Curtis Clay, center Jake Kirkpatrick and star quarterback Andy Dalton. One way Franks has been reaching the football players is by placing a Bible with an athlete’s devotional added in the back in each of their lockers.
A unique aspect of this organization is that along with reaching students on TCU campus, FCA also concentrates on supporting the spiritual life of the coaches. In this way, the nearly 75 TCU coaches and coaching assistants are also able to reach the athletes and become better equipped to empower students in more areas of their lives.
Franks recognizes that college years can be spiritually challenging, and he is now at TCU to make a powerful impact on the athletic community and beyond.
improving life for those in need » by
Josh davis
Guarding the Innocent
CASA of Tarrant County assists the family court system by providing trained, courtappointed volunteers who advocate on behalf of foster children by making objective recommendations for safe and permanent homes.
Morris Johnston isn’t proud of it, but he has broken up families. He cares too much not to.
Johnston has seen some children neglected by drug-addled parents. Others forced into prostitution and selling drugs to support Mom or Dad’s habit. Still more beaten and raped. Last year, a record 741 children in Tarrant County were helped by a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer like Morris Johnston.
Seven years ago, Johnston noticed what he called “an epidemic” of news stories about children being killed by their parents, other relatives, or even in foster homes. He was newly retired and looking for a project to better his community, so he called Child Protective Services (CPS) to see if he could help.
“[They told me] because of confidentiality and because I wasn’t certified there was nothing I could do,” Johnston said.
With that dead end, he returned to his usual charity work with Habitat for Humanity and his church until two years later. Again, he found himself flipping through the paper and saw a CASA advertisement thanking the
people who had helped them.
Johnston went to an orientation meeting, and now five years later Johnston has been selected as the Monika Dewar Advocate of the Year for CASA of Tarrant County.
When a child is removed from a home for abuse or neglect, CPS takes the child into custody. If they can’t find relatives immediately to take care of the child, they are placed in a foster home. CPS has one year to build a case to justify the termination of parental rights, but in the meantime a judge assigns one of the 256 CASA volunteers to go to work.
Volunteers have legal access to all court records and are sworn to confidentiality and act as the eyes and ears of the judge in the case. They interact with attorneys in the case, CPS workers and the children and families themselves to provide an objective solution. Johnston and other volunteers watch parents interact with removed children in supervised visits in the foster homes. CPS workers may transfer cases, but CASA volunteers stay on a single case getting to know the child.
Parents may enter a rehab or education program, during which the child stays in foster care or with other relatives or friends. Meanwhile, Johnston goes to work finding a suitable, long-term home if reunification isn’t an option. Advocates give final reports to the judge and attorneys in the case, which are used to decide if the child will return to their parents or go into someone else’s care.
CASA of Tarrant County executive director Connie Brown said about 61 percent of children they served last year were reunited with their parents or adopted by other relatives or friends.
“Every case, no matter how grim it looks to start with, the number one goal of CPS and CASA is reunification of the child and the parent,” Johnston said. “Sometimes it’s just not possible because of the parent.”
“When I was younger, I used to work in the emergency room at Parkland Hospital, and you know you do the best you can, then you go home and get some rest because some more are going to be there tomorrow,” Johnston said. “I see myself like an emergency room. I need to get to the ones who need the help, not satisfy my emotions.”
To find out more about how to help, visit speakupforachild.org or call 817.877.5891.
Jody Dean is an Emmy Award-winning, 35-year broadcast veteran and author. He graduated from Paschal High School and currently hosts the Morning Show on 98.7 KLUV.
Texas Culture 101
We’re standing on the brink of a very historic moment.
What we have here is a divine convergence.
The Super Bowl is in town at the same time as the Stock Show and Rodeo.
My friends who believe in the Rapture may be right, and this might be the first sign.
You couldn’t get two events more emblematic of all things Texas unless you soaked them both in oil, barbecue sauce and pecans.
Which, in fact, they pretty much will be. The whole region is amok with big cigars, foodies and souvenir hunters from all points of the compass, blown here by the four winds.
And so, a primer for those joining us in progress. Howdy, neighbor.
If you just picked up this magazine to figure out what where you’re at is all about, good choice. I’m about to give you all you need to know in the next 659 words.
Fort Worth is where people made their money. Oil, cattle, cotton and such. Dallas is where they put it in the bank. Everything you need to know stems from that. Fort Worth celebrates its past. Dallas worships the shiny and new. Fort Worth is Leddy’s. Dallas is Neiman’s.
There’s nothing wrong with either, even though the two cities didn’t talk much for a long time. Dallas looked down on Fort Worth as rustic, while Fort Worth regarded Dallas as new money.
around here, and any one of them would be great. But if you’ve always heard about Texas Q, go to Railhead on Montgomery. It’s right there near by the Will Rogers Complex, which is where they have the Stock Show to begin with. In Dallas, make it the original Sonny Bryan’s on Inwood Road.
For Tex-Mex, I’d steer you to Caro’s on Bluebonnet Circle. Like barbecue, there are too many great places to count — but if you have to hit just one, this would be mine. It’s been around a very long time, and looks it — but the food gives you a good idea of why this part of the world is so cool. In Dallas, we’d head to Mia’s on Lemmon.
If you’re looking to impress, Reata in Sundance Square is your place. Tim Love’s Lonesome Dove or Bonnell’s are grand choices as well — but you can’t beat a place associated with the ranch in the movie Giant! And if you’re looking to wow people in Dallas, Fearing’s speaks well for the Lone Star.
Fort Worth is where people made their money. Oil, cattle, cotton and such. Dallas is where they put it in the bank. Everything you need to know stems from that. Fort Worth celebrates its past. Dallas worships the shiny and new.
If you’re looking for a honestto-goodness roadhouse filled with character and characters, you have to visit Fred’s Texas on Currie Street. Live music, cold beer, an outdoor stage and incredible food are just part of the picture. The rest defies explanation. To the east I’d say Love & War In Texas, in either Grapevine or Plano — and maybe J. Gilligan’s near the stadium in Arlington.
So what you have if you’re visiting here is an assortment of just about everything you’d want to find in Texas not counting the Hill Country, Padre Island and the Davis Mountains.
Ordinarily this column only deals with stuff this side of Cowboys Stadium — but since you’re probably here for Roger Goodell’s little party, I’m going to give you the short list of essentials if you’re looking for a taste of Texas.
First thing you must do is take in the aforementioned Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. If you’re already here for that, you know — but if you’re in town for football, just do it. It’s the real deal, cowboy-wise. Make sure you enjoy the actual livestock exhibition along with the world’s first indoor rodeo. Take care with your GPS, though. The Stock Show is not in the Stockyards.
There are about a gazillion awesome barbecue joints
Finally, let’s talk steaks. Anytime you start suggesting some place is the best there is, it’s like bringing up politics or religion at the holidays — and this list is not necessarily of the best, only the representative.
And as I always told my kids whenever we took a vacation, I want to go someplace I can’t find anywhere but here. When it comes to steaks, for that you go to the venerable Cattlemen’s in the Historic Fort Worth Stock Yards. There are places in this world where you forget what you’re eating. Cattlemen’s is not one of them. The steaks are wonderful, and you eat them under giant photos of humongous champion steers. PETA will never hold luncheons there, and the waitresses call you “sugar.”
If you want more far-flung forays that take you even deeper into our tumbleweed motif, e-mail me at jody. dean@cbsradio.com — or listen to us weekday mornings on 98.7 FM KLUV. We talk a lot about food.
Now, chow’s ready.
where the locals go » by Jody Dean
quinteSSential Fort Worth perSona » by Paul
K. Harral
Coach James Cox
Still going strong after five decades in the Fort Worth school system
Fort Worth Community Trust Bank and TCU Athletics honored Tanglewood Elementary School physical education teacher James Cox at Amon Carter Stadium in November as a Community Hero of the Week. Cox, a deacon at University Baptist Church, is a past president of the Fort Worth Coaches Association and has been recognized as a Teacher of the Year.
So, how long have you been teaching in Fort Worth? Actually, they give me credit for 46 years because I retired. Then I substituted nearly every day for four years, and then they called me back. This is my 51st year in Fort Worth, counting four years of substituting.
Was that all in one place? I started out at Paschal [High School as an assistant coach] and I was there from 1960 to ’67. When they opened Southwest High School, I went up there as head coach and was there until 1981. From 1981 to 1994 I taught at J.T. Stevens. For the next four years I substituted. Then in 1998, I went to Tanglewood, where I am today.
You played college ball at Weatherford Junior College before it dropped the football program and then went to Hardin Simmons. How did you wind up there? We had a drive-in [in Cleburne], kind of like Sonic but it didn’t have speakers. A football player that was in
high school four years ahead of me, we all worshipped, his name was Hugh Higgins. … He had just graduated from Hardin Simmons. He came over to the car and said, “What are you doing?” I said, “I was playing football at Weatherford but they dropped football.”
He said, “You want to go to Hardin Simmons?” I said, “I’d like to go anyplace where I can get a scholarship and get a free education.” It was about 10:00 at night on a Friday night. He goes inside, gets on the phone and comes back out and says, “[Hardin Simmons Coach] Warren Woodson wants you in his office Monday morning as quick as you can get there.”
That part of my career’s not that big a deal. I got a free education, and I was willing to sit on the bench and go in when they needed me.
Your wife, Sue, is also a 36-year Fort Worth teacher. How did you meet? When I was a senior at Hardin Simmons, she was a freshman. And we just started dating. She was kind of afraid of me. I was
a senior. Her daddy told her, “Don’t go out with any of those senior football players.”
How would you end this sentence: As a coach, I tried to … ? Take an athlete at whatever period I got him and at his athletic ability and carry him as far as I can until he’s not under my authority anymore. That’s kind of my philosophy with the elementary kids I’m teaching now. I get them in the third grade, take them as far as I can and let somebody else take over.
Any particular athlete stand out in your mind over all those years? I really wouldn’t want to downgrade any of them by just naming one name. There’s just too many of them. Some boys I taught, and now I have their kids and grandkids.
You hear a lot about teacher burnout. You’ll be 80 in March and obviously you aren’t burned out. Why not? I’m not burned out because I like to do it. I enjoy going up there and getting those little kids out. And I’m not one of those coaches who just throws out a ball and says, “Go get it.” I try to teach them techniques. I’ve got some kids — boys and girls —
who have no idea what throwing a ball is, or catching a ball. I work on body techniques with just about everything we do.
Are kids smarter today? A lot of that has to do with television. It has to do with all these things that they’ve got. When you were in school, did you have a calculator? These kids, they use calculators in school in some cases. They can look up answers without having to go to the library. If they don’t know the answer, they can just pull it up.
I tell my kids, say, from 1800 to 1850, knowledge doubled. From 1850 to 1875, knowledge doubled. … Then I get into the 1950s. From 1950 to 1960, knowledge doubled. Now it’s down to a five-year term — 2005 to 2010, knowledge has doubled.
Can you tell me of one shining moment as a teacher? That all the kids that I have taught through the years have meant so much to me and to see a lot of them go on and become leaders in the community.
Coach James Cox can tell game story after game story, but the bottom line is that it is all about developing discipline, work ethic and character in students — regardless of age.
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an unabashedly humorous look at life » by heywood
Heywood provides commentary on subjects far and near, significant and trivial and on things in between for TXA 21 News: First in Prime between 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays.
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Signature Wedding
All the British royal family has to do is think a little outside the box.
Around this time of year, there are generally only two events you can count on. The first is the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, a tradition since 1896. The other is a more recent phenomenon. Newly laid bricks from the year before begin popping up along Camp Bowie Boulevard. It’s almost like they wait until January to hatch.
But this year could be very different for a couple of reasons.
The first one, of course, is the Super Bowl, the largest major sporting event the Metroplex has ever hosted. Preparations have been going on for more than two years, and some guys I know have been tailgating for it even longer. Saying how much North Texas can generate in revenue is open to interpretation. However, financial experts (read: bookmakers) say that the total economic benefits are generally three times the amount of direct spending. In other words, the economic impact for the area could be well over $500 million.
But that pales in comparison to the potential of an event that the Metroplex could easily secure. Stay with me on this.
As you know by now, Prince William, the future king of England, has decided to marry his long-time love, a young commoner by the name of Kate Middleton.
He could have all the wedding festivities right there at Cowboys Stadium. Now I realize that some of you are saying, “Heywood, that would never work.” Well, first of all, this is a column, so I can’t possibly hear what you’re saying. And secondly, there are really only two perceived obstacles to overcome with traditionalists.
1.) Cowboy Stadium is not Westminster Abbey. So what? Destination weddings are very “in” these days. Nobody gets married where they live anymore. That is so 1999.
2.) British constituents would be furious with their future king for choosing to be married in the colonies. Not a problem. For hundreds of years, royalty has tended to ignore what people think. It’s the same logic that led to inbreeding.
Naturally, the entire event would be vintage Jerry Jones. First, an elegant rehearsal dinner catered by Papa John’s. Next, a pay-per-view pre-wedding ceremony featuring a title bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Then finally, the royal wedding immediately following GameDay on ESPN.
Anti-monarchy and taxpayer groups already are calling for the royals to foot the entire bill. But Queen Elizabeth's publicly funded salary wouldn't begin to cover the cost of such an affair.
In other words, Mama can't afford no royal wedding. But you know who can? Jerry Jones.
The wedding is supposed to take place very soon. Naturally, everyone on both sides of the pond seems excited about this, although, personally, I might have a little problem with my daughter marrying some guy with no last name.
Unfortunately, a royal wedding really couldn’t have come at a worse time for the British Empire.
Buckingham Palace officials say it’s too early to estimate the cost of Bill and Kate’s betrothal. However, the prospect of a lavish wedding partly funded by the public purse at a time of widespread spending cuts has already stirred up controversy among the peasants. Antimonarchy and taxpayer groups already are calling for the royals to foot the entire bill. But Queen Elizabeth’s publicly funded salary wouldn’t begin to cover the cost of such an affair. In other words, Mama can’t afford no royal wedding.
But you know who can? Jerry Jones.
The reception would be spectacular. A Led Zeppelin reunion with a surprise appearance by Kanye West, who would then announce to the crowd that Beyoncé had a better wedding.
Think of all the money that could be brought in through ticket sales, TV rights, souvenir T-shirts, ball caps and royal family action figures.
Bottom line? The British Empire makes millions. The Metroplex makes millions. It’s a win-win deal.
Still, all of us will need to make the royals feel at home while they’re here. Proper respect and decorum should always be exercised.
Questions such as, “What’s the deal with Stonehenge,” or comments pointing out how BP has really breathed new life into the seagull scrubbing industry will not be tolerated.
Plus, the extended family of the royals will need to be accommodated. With the economy being what it is, many of them will need our hospitality. I, personally, would be honored to have a few over for dinner, as long as they don’t mind eating over the sink.
Somebody really needs to get a hold of Jerry. In the meantime, I’m gonna try to scrape up $10,000 for an end zone ticket.
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a whimsical approach to motherhood » by shauna Glenn
Behind the Wheel
Banana. It’s good for you unless it’s the color of your new car.
Recently I did something I’ve never had to do before. I bought a car for my KID.
This was not easy. And not only was it not easy, it wasn’t fun.
In fact, I would have rather pulled out my nostril hair, one by one, than shop, and subsequently buy, a car for one of my offspring.
Two things of note so far:
A. Yes, I have nostril hair.
B. I may have exceeded the legal number of commas allowed in a sentence in that last sentence.
Here’s a question. When did we start caring so much about what our kids want? My parents certainly didn’t care.
I think I’m doing it wrong.
I remember when I turned 16. I came home from school to find a gold 1982 Pontiac J2000 in the driveway. My stepdad bragged about how he got it for $1,000. Well, it didn’t take long to figure out why it was such a bargain.
But this story isn’t about that.
I’m not sure where I’m going here, so work with me.
I turned 16 on a Sunday. Which meant the DPS office was closed. I was going to have to wait another 24 hours to get my driver’s license. Major fail in my book.
ANYWAY.
My boyfriend at the time was two years older than I. And he wanted to do something nice for me on my birthday, so he took me on a picnic. We had a great time. But on the way home from the picnic, he got pulled over for making an illegal left turn. And then he was arrested. For having an outstanding warrant for an unpaid speeding ticket.
It was awesome.
And because it was Sunday and technically YES I was old enough to drive but NO I didn’t have my license yet, naturally when the police officer asked if I could “drive the car,” I said YES. Because honestly? I was
the best driver my driver’s education teacher had ever taught. Those were her words … not mine.
Thank you very much.
I (illegally) drove the car to the nearest ATM (on my 16th birthday) to withdraw bail money for my degenerate boyfriend. And then I sat in the waiting room of the police station for what seemed like 47 hours.
It was like the most awesome birthday ever.
Anyway, what was I saying?
Oh yeah. The Pontiac J2000.
It was a stick shift. It had a squeaky door. It didn’t like turning right. Like at all. It had itchy tweed fabric. And the radio didn’t work.
But it was a car. It went forward and backward and could almost drive itself to above-mentioned degenerate boyfriend’s house. And most of all, it gave me a sense of independence.
Fast forward one year.
I had a different boyfriend. And a new car.
I came home from school (again) to find a 1987 Ford Mustang in the driveway. “It was on the showroom floor,” my mom bragged.
I wanted to be happy. I REALLY DID. I’m not a brat. I’m not ungrateful.
It was a BRAND NEW STINKIN’ CAR!
But it was yellow. And not the good kind of yellow. But the color of a banana.
A BANANA.
In fact, that’s what I became known as.
Banana.
Moreover, Sha-na-na Ba-na-na
Don’t believe me?
Call my best friend, Heather, in New York RIGHT NOW, and ask her what she calls me.
Anyway, my parents bought me a brand new car, yada yada yada, kids are ungrateful.
Shauna Glenn of Fort Worth, mother of four, can be contacted at shaunarglenn@gmail. com. Her first novel, Heaping Spoonful, is in bookstores now. Photo by Jen Meyer.
illustration by Charles Marsh
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January2011
Legacy of Women
The featured speaker at the SafeHaven Legacy of Women luncheon was Darren McGrady who served as Royal Chef to Princess Diana and now serves her legacy as he continues to empower women.
Debbie Hyde, Darren McGrady photography by Sandy Tomlinson
behind the velvet ropes of our social scene
Ribbon Luncheon
The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha held its annual Pink Ribbon Luncheon at Ridglea Country Club. The luncheon benefits Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Tarrant Affiliate, the ZTA Foundation and the Patsy Ellis Roach Memorial Scholarship.
Kathy Womack, Debby Brown photography by Sandy Tomlinson
Hoot ’n Holler Cami and John Goff hosted a kick-off party for the Hoot ‘n Holler committee of ACH Child & Family Services. The Nov.10 event benefited the Residential Services programs at ACH. 1. Cami & John Goff, Shannon Ricca 2. Cam & Lynn Newman, Valerie & C.W. “Dub” Stocker
Hotel Fort Worth. 1. Ginny Tigue, Kris Lindsay, Karen Parsimen 2. Pam Minick, Karen Almond 3. Carol Ann Lane, Carolyn Watson photography by Sandy Tomlinson
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behind the velvet ropes of our social scene
The
Joy of Life
The Joy of Life presented by Texas Oncology celebrated a distinctive and delightful evening at the Ashton Depot benefiting Cancer Care Services. Guests enjoyed a reception, raffle and elegant dining paired with fine wines.
House of Horrors Hangman’s House of Horrors VIP night celebrating 22 years honored sponsors of the event. Proceeds from Hangman’s House of Horrors benefit Cenikor, a Wish for Wings, American Cancer Society, SafeHaven and Rocky Top. 1. Pat Flemming, Karen & Larry Anfin,
The 15th annual Kitchens Tour benefiting Communities in Schools took place Nov. 6. Guests enjoyed gourmet food paired with fine wine, personal interaction with some of Fort Worth’s most famed Chefs and a tour of the beautiful kitchens on Avondale Avenue.
1. Taryn Wilson, Melanie Wilson, Janeen Lamkin
2. Paula Fultz, Lei Testa photography by Sandy Tomlinson
Linda Engle 2. Marlon Walker, Bobbie Weiner, Tara Bell
Kitchens Tour
1. Gabriel Ochoa, Michael Thomson, Eric Hunter
2. Ken & Michelle Wagner
photography by Sandy Tomlinson
Torch of Hope The semiannual Torch of Hope Gala recognizing community supporters and survivors was held at the Fort Worth Club. The event benefits the Cancer Research Foundation of North Texas. 1. Bertha & Wes Jurey, Barbara Nash 2. Marsha & Bill Richett, Linda Magazzine photography by Sandy Tomlinson
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Knowledge from the Experts in Neurosurgery
State-of-the-art neurosurgical care
Q: How does neurosurgery differ from orthopedic surgery?
A: The difference is predominately that neurosurgeons are more familiar with the spine, brain and nervous system.
Q: When should someone consult a neurosurgeon?
A: The most common time in which most patients seek a neurosurgeon is when they are referred by a primary care physician because
they have symptoms that require a neurosurgeon. Those symptoms include: brain hemorrhages, strokes, brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, spine problems, pain and numbness in the legs, arms and hands.
Q: What areas are the focus of Neurosurgeons?
A: Neurosurgeons treat disease states such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease. Within neurosurgery, there are several sub-specialties such as pediatric neurosurgery. Other subspecialties include spine neurosurgery and aneurisms. Some neurosurgeons have also specialized in the latest technology such as neurostimulation and the use of the CyberKnife that treats small tumors in the brain or on the spine.
Q: What type of cases do you most often see?
A: Mostly I focus on the spine and tumors.
Q: What percentage of patients require surgery?
When specifically
Q: When should someone consult a neurosurgeon?
A: Neurosurgeons have more background training in neurology and the nervous system in their residency training. Neurosurgery also covers surgery of brain and cranial disorders in addition to spinal surgery.
Q: What symptoms suggest someone see a neurosurgeon?
A: For intracranial lesions: brain tumors, hematomas, head trauma, spine trauma, nerve compression at elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome and normal pressure hydrocephalus NPH. Patients should also consult a neurosurgeon for nerve compression in the neck or lumbar spine [radiculopathy], which is not responding to medical management.
Q: Other than the brain, what areas does a neurosurgeon focus on?
A: Neurosurgeons also focus on spine and peripheral nerve problems.
Q: What types of conditions do you see most often?
A: Some of the most common conditions that I see are brain problems like tumors, blood clots and hydrocephalus. In addition, a large part of the
A: Out of every 100 patients, about 10 will need surgery. A lot of conditions can be treated without surgery, such as injections into the spine. A patient may also be referred to a pain specialist to treat them instead of having surgery. The patient must be educated and decide whether or not they want surgery.
Q: What type of neurosurgery can be done at USMD Arlington?
A: At USMD Arlington, we focus primarily on spine neurosurgery.
Q: What advantages do you have for neurosurgery at USMD Arlington?
A: They are a state-of-the-art facility with stateof-the-art operating rooms and state-of-the-art technology available. The excellent nurses and dedicated staff set USMD Arlington apart.
Carlos Acosta, MD
Arlington Neurosurgical Association 1001 N. Waldrop, Ste. 401 Arlington, Texas 76012 444.888.USMD arlingtonneurosurgical.net
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practice is lumbar and cervical neck problems.
Q: What is the protocol for deciding someone is in need of surgery?
A: Surgery is considered when the patient fails
medical management and\or physical therapy and has a corresponding lesion on MRI or imaging studies that can respond to surgery [bone spur or herniated disc].
Q: What is the primary focus of neurosurgery at USMD Arlington?
A: At USMD, all spinal operations can be performed including fusion, carpal tunnel release and peripheral nerve surgery.
Q: Why do you prefer to do neurosurgery cases at USMD Arlington?
A: USMD strives to serve the patient personprocesses and is economical.
Q: Do you have any specific medical interests?
A: My special interests are teaching operating room safety, risk management and minimally invasive spine surgery. I also am very interested in long-term follow-up results in spinal surgery to access outcomes.
Jeffrey Heitkamp, MD
Arlington Neurosurgical Association
1001 N. Waldrop, Ste. 401 Arlington, Texas 76012 444.888.USMD arlingtonneurosurgical.net
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Most patients don’t require surgery
Q: When should someone consult a neurosurgeon?
A: If they have back or arm pain or numbness that doesn’t get better with over-the-counter medication, patients should consult a neurosur-
without a referral. If the pain or tingling is severe, you should see a neurosurgeon right away.
Q: Other than the brain, what other areas do you focus on?
A: An array of conditions ranging from simple sprains to complex spine disorders. I offer a wide variety of treatment options, both nonsurgical and surgical. I also treat patients suffering from compressive peripheral nerve problems such as Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
and ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow.
Q: What types of conditions do you most often see?
A: I specialize in the spine, so mainly what I see is neck and back pain or patients with arm or leg weakness. I also see patients who have problems with compressed spinal cords, arthritis of the neck and lower back and spinal cord tumors.
Q: How do you decide whether or not a patient will need surgery?
A: Unless they can’t walk or can’t raise their arm, we turn to other treatments such as medications, physical therapy, steroid injections
about 10 to 15 percent of the patients I see.
Q: What type of neurosurgery can be done at USMD Arlington?
A: We can do just about anything here from microdiscectomies to open lumbar fusions and everything in between.
Q: Why do you prefer to do neurosurgery cases at USMD Arlington?
A: USMD Arlington provides me with the latest technology and equipment. I don’t have to sit and wait 10 years where the equipment becomes outdated before I get it. We have a beautiful
Much more than just brain
Q: How does neurosurgery differ from other medical specializations?
A: The biggest difference is in residency training. Neurosurgeons are not just brain surgeons. We are also trained in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders. Most training
learns how to do is usually a spine operation. In contrast with our orthopedic colleagues who typically spend one or two years in a spinal fellowship after completion of their training learning how to care for patients with spinal disorders. So it should come as no surprise that a neurosurgeon’s practice is overwhelmingly comprised of caring for patients with spinal disorders as well as a host of other illnesses.
Jacob Rosenstein, MD, FACS North Texas Neurosurgical Consultants, PA 800 W. Arbrook Blvd., Ste. 150 Arlington, Texas 76015 444.888.USMD ntneurosurgery.com
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Q: When should someone see a neurosurgeon?
A: Most patients are referred to neurosurgeons for consultations. Because neurosurgeons have extensive training in the operative and non-operative management of spinal and neurological disease, we are often called upon by family practitioners, internists, neurologists, osteopaths and emergency room doctors for consultations. The overwhelming majority of patients that we see in consultation are those suffering from back and neck pain.
Q: Other than the brain, what areas does a neurosurgeon focus on?
A: Most people think of neurosurgeons as brain surgeons, but we are much more. Neurosurgeons are trained in all aspects of neurosurgery including disorders of the spine and spinal cord, trauma, pain management, tumors, cerebrovascular disease and pediatric surgery.
Q: What types of conditions do you most often see?
A: The majority of my practice is comprised of taking care of patients that suffer from spinal disorders (back and neck pain).
Q: Is surgery always necessary?
A: Surgery is not always required for patients who come to see a neurosurgeon. Neurosurgeons provide operative and non-operative management. For every patient we operate on there are many more who only require non-operative care.
Q: What are the advantages of performing neurosurgery at USMD Arlington?
A: I prefer USMD Arlington because of the high patient satisfaction. Based on patient surveys submitted to health care’s leading ratings organization, Press Ganey, USMD Arlington has consistently achieved a greater than 95 percent patient satisfaction rating in large part due to the exemplary nursing staff. Their dedication and devotion is second to none. The staff is the sine qua nons of USMD Arlington.
Frederick D. Todd II, MD, FACS Arlington Neurosurgical Spine Associates 800 W. Arbrook, Ste. 250 Arlington, Texas 76015 444.888.USMD arlingtonneuro.com
facility, and patients love it. The ratio of nurse to patients is fantastic, and USMD Arlington is in the top percentile as far as patient satisfaction.
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High standards of care combined with advanced technology have attracted many of the area’s most experienced fellowship-trained orthopedic specialists to USMD Hospital at Fort Worth. Drs. Michael Boothby, Joseph Daniels, Mark Presley, Tracy Rukab Munford and Jason Tinley — to name a
When orthopedic surgery is necessary
Q: When should someone consult an orthopedic surgeon?
A: Typically there are two times when patients
they have an acute injury, either something that is seen in the ER or by their primary care physician, where they are then referred. The second occasion is when they have chronic pain to the arms, neck or back.
Q: What is the primary focus of the surgeries you perform?
A: About 85 percent of what I do is minimally invasive knee and shoulder arthroscopy. The other procedures I perform are joint replacements, total knee replacements and smaller general orthopedic procedures such as carpal tunnel or fracture care.
Q: Is surgery always required or are other treatment options explored first?
A: Other treatment options are always explored come through my office require surgery to get them well. The rest of the patients can be treated with conservative treatments such as medicine, physical therapy or injections.
Q: What types of orthopedic surgery
can be done at USMD Fort Worth?
A: All types of orthopedic surgery can be performed at USMD Fort Worth. We specialize in joint replacement and complicated spine reconstructions, as well as what I specialize in, which is minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery.
Q: Why do you prefer to do surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
A: We have state-of-the-art arthroscopic equipmonitors. One of the reasons I enjoyed coming to USMD is because of the staff. The operating to match doctors with similar staff members so that there is a seamless process from case to
case and week to week. The nursing staff makes patient care their priority and the facility itself has large operating rooms and private rooms for patients while they are recovering.
Q: Do you have your own technique that you can share with us?
A: My techniques for shoulder arthroscopy and rotator cuff repairs are unique because they allow me to fix a lot of the soft tissue damage in the shoulder more quickly than other surgeons. That allows me to get patients into the recovery room without as much pain.
how we position patients and how we perform the procedure, we can decrease the operative time, which directly leads to decreased pain for patients.
Q: How soon should someone be referred to an orthopedic surgeon?
A: I believe that early evaluation gives the best opportunity for treatment options. I have been practicing for more than 20 years, and many of the patients that come to me are visiting me
before they even see their primary care physicians. To get the best result, intervention must be done early giving a better opportunity to treat the patient successfully.
Q: What type of surgery do you perform most often?
A: As a general orthopedic surgeon that has been doing this since my residency in 1987, my procedures have evolved from open procedures to completely arthroscopic surgeries of the shoulder and knee and minimally invasive reconstructive procedures of the knee and hip to complete reconstruction.
Q: Are non-operative treatments considered before surgery?
A: Other than traumatic events requiring surgical intervention, most non-traumatic injuries can be treated non-operatively. Oftentimes non-surgical options are not provided to the patient and therefore the surgical outcome is not always successful. Non-operative full rehabilitation is one of the most important aspects of my practice.
Q: What types of orthopedic surgery can be done at USMD Fort Worth?
A: USMD Fort Worth has the ability to carry out very minimal invasive surgeries to major reconstructive surgeries. It has all the new equipment and technology available in their surgical department.
Q: Have techniques and treatment of orthopedic surgery changed extensively?
A: The principals of surgery have not really changed over the years; however there has been a constant evolution of new techniques that have improved surgical outcomes. Keeping up with these by continuing education have allowed me to constantly stay on the forefront of surgical treatment options.
Q: What advantages are there in performing surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
A: First of all, as a surgeon we have a complete control of our surgical environment with a consistent surgical team working together, which makes -
ondly, from the moment patients walk in the door at USMD Fort Worth, it is atypical from any other hospital. USMD staff are professional and deliver personalized and patient-oriented care.
Q: When should someone consult an orthopedic surgeon?
A: Any time patients have pain in the bones, joints or muscles that keep them from maintaining a healthy active lifestyle they should consult an orthopedic surgeon.
Q: What type of surgery do you perform most often?
A: I mainly do arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery.
Q: Is surgery always required for the patients who come to see you or are other treatment options explored first?
A: Most people don’t end up needing surgery.
get better with medications, physical therapy or injections. It could be as simple as educating them about how to modify their activities.
Q: What types of orthopedic surgery can be done at USMD Fort Worth?
A: Almost any kind of orthopedic surgery can be done at USMD Fort Worth. We do everything from arthroscopic surgery to joint replacement. As long as patients don’t need cardiac monitoring or an intensive care unit, they can be treated at USMD Fort Worth.
Q: Why do you prefer to do surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
A: It’s a very patient-centered facility from the they are admitted to the hospital. It’s all about the patients having a good experience and getting better. There are more nurses per patient than other facilities allowing personal care for the patients, which enables them to heal faster.
Q: Do you have your own technique that you can share with us?
A: I don’t necessarily have a unique technique, but I realize the uniqueness of every patient.
Tracy M. Rukab Munford, MD
Texas Health Care, PLLC 6100 Harris Parkway, Ste. 320 Fort Worth, Texas 76132 444.888.USMD txhealthcare.com
Active lifestyles can sometime lead to injury
Q: What symptoms or ailments require the attention of an orthopedic surgeon?
A: Patients who should consult an orthopedic surgeon are those who have musculoskeletal problems, arthritis or have suffered from a sports injury. I routinely receive referrals from primary care physicians but it’s not uncommon -
geon at the time of an injury or for a chronic joint problem.
Q: What type of surgery do you perform most often?
A: I perform a lot of arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgeries, joint replacements and frac-
ture care. With the aging baby boomers, I’m seeing a lot more patients with shoulder and knee problems.
Q: Is surgery always required for the patients who come to see you, or are other treatment options explored first?
A: I bet I operate on less than 25 percent of the people I see. First I explore other treatment options such as medications, physical therapy or injections.
Q: What types of orthopedic surgery can be done at USMD Fort Worth?
A: We can perform all types of orthopedic surgery at USMD Fort Worth except for surgeries that might require an intensive care unit stay.
Q: Why do you prefer to do surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
A: USMD has a high quality of care that is convenient for the patient. In addition to the quality of care and the state-of-the-art equipment USMD offers, the hospital maintains instrumentation inventory and staffing that ensure the turnover time between surgeries is about 15 minutes. Why is this important? Because the surgery schedule is maintained
throughout the day, and the patients go into surgery at the times they were told.
Q: Do you have your own technique that you can share with us?
A:der surgery and total joint surgery.
Mark P. Presley, MD
Texas Health Care, PLLC 6100 Harris Parkway, Ste. 320 Fort Worth, Texas 76132 444.888.USMD txhealthcare.com
Based on the person, different diagnosis can be treated in different ways. You have to modify the treatment for each patient.
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FOCUS: Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery. EDUCATION: MD – Medical College of Georgia; Fellowship – HH Bohlman Spinal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland, Ohio. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Cervical Spine Research Society, North American Spine Society, Tarrant County Medical Society, Texas Orthopedic Association, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Maintaining a healthy balance of work, family and leisure. I have a beautiful wife and two rambunctious kids. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Getting to know my patients personally and treating them exactly like I would my family members, which has resulted in very rewarding success rates. INNOVATIONS: I perform minimally invasive spine surgery whenever possible with a focus on the least amount of post-operative pain and soft tissue damage with all efforts concentrating on minimizing risk and the need for further procedures. I use
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This is the first major U.S. exhibition devoted to the work of Salvator Rosa. The artwork will be displayed at the Kimbell Art Museum through March. To learn more, turn to page 134.
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Galleries
Carol Benson, DeC. 4-Jan. 15 » Benson’s paintings are spare and inferential, suggesting rather than describing the concept. She works on zinc-coated galvanized steel, which furnishes a refractive quality beneath the paint. William Campbell Contemporary Art. 4935 Byers Ave., Fort Worth. 817.737.9566. williamcampbellcontemporaryart.com.
Museums
oMni TheaTer » Mystery Of The Nile - recounting the first exploration of all 3,260 miles of the world’s greatest river in a single descent from its source in the Ethiopian highlands to the Mediterranean Sea. Under the Sea - taking an underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans. Polar Express - The IMAX experience returns. Take the journey this holiday season. Santa vs. the Snowman - The story of a lonely Snowman who finds Santa’s workshop but is chased away when he sets off the perimeter alarm. All through Jan. 3. fwmuseum. org/calendar, 817.255.9300.
salvaTor rosa: BanDiTs, WilDerness, anD MaGiC, ThrouGh MarCh 27 » The first major U.S. exhibition devoted to the work of Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), one of the boldest artists and personalities of 17th-century Italy, will display 36 of his best paintings, on loan from museums and private collections in Europe and North America. Kimbell Art Museum, kimbellart.org, 817.332.8451.
Fiery Pool: The Maya anD The MyThiC sea, ThrouGh Jan. 2 » More than 90 works, many recently excavated and never before seen in the United States, offer exciting insights into the culture of the ancient Maya, focusing on the sea as a defining feature of the spiritual realm and the inspiration for powerful visual imagery. Kimbell Art Museum, kimbellart.org, 817.332.8451.
losT eGyPT: anCienT seCreTs, MoDern sCienCe, ThrouGh Jan. 2 » Travel back to unearth the mysteries of an ancient civilization in this interactive exhibit. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, fwmuseum.org, 817.255.9300.
aMeriCan MoDern: aBBoTT, evans, Bourke-WhiTe, ThrouGh
Jan. 2 » A special exhibition showcasing three celebrated American photographers, Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White and Walker Evans. It provides a closer look at documentary photography during the 1930s. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, cartermuseum. org, 817.738.1933.
MasTerWorks oF aMeriCan PhoToGraPhy, ThrouGh Jan. 23 » An exhibition exploring the role of photography as a medium of documentation. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, cartermuseum.org, 817.738.1933.
vernon Fisher: k-MarT ConCePTualisM, ThrouGh Jan. 2 » An exhibition displaying a survey of one of Texas’s most internationally recognized artists’ career to date. Peruse many of Vernon Fisher’s paintings, sculptures and installations from the late 1970s to the present. Modern Art Museum, themodern.org, 817.738.9215.
eD rusCha: roaD TesTeD, Jan. 23-aPril 17 » Since Ruscha’s first road trip from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles in 1956, the artist has continued to engage the images he has encountered along the roads of the western United States. Consisting of approximately 75 works, spanning the artist’s entire career, Ed Ruscha: Road Tested will track key images inspired by his admitted love of driving. Modern Art Museum, themodern.org, 817.738.9215.
say WhaT FoCus: erik Parker, ThrouGh FeB 6 » Erik Parker has described his work as “fragmented samples of our culture.” His complex fantasy portraits elicit the poignant, melancholy,
grotesque, psychological, provocative, and almost always comical and surreal, baggage of our time. Modern Art Museum, themodern.org, 817.738.9215.
FirsT FriDay’s aT The MoDern, Jan. 7 » Nick Kithas and Friends. Special cocktail: Snow Bunny. Live music and cocktails from 5 to 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month. Modern Art Museum, themodern.org, 817.738.9215.
seConD saTurDay aT The siD riCharDson MuseuM, Jan. 8 » 1 p.m. guided tour on artists who shaped public perception of the American West. 2 p.m. Live Performance by Roberta Atkins highlights the career of cowboy artist, Charles Russell, told from the perspective of his wife, Nancy Cooper Russell. Sid Richardson Museum, sidrichardsonmuseum.org, 817.332.6554.
FourTh saTurDay aT The siD riCharDson MuseuM, Jan. 22 » 1 p.m. guided tour on artists who shaped public perception of the American West. Sid Richardson Museum, sidrichardsonmuseum.org, 817.332.6554.
Music
TriBuTe To ol’ Blue eyes, DeC. 31 » “Come Fly With Me,” “My Kind Of Town,” “Strangers In The Night” and more in this New Year’s Eve tribute to the great Frank Sinatra. With Las Vegas headliner Steve Lippia. Bass Performance Hall. 8 p.m. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, fwsymphony.org, 817.665.6000.
The MusiC oF MiChael JaCkson, Jan. 7 » From his early years with the Jackson 5 to his mega-hit album Thriller and beyond, Michael Jackson stormed the music industry with hit after hit. The Music of Michael Jackson spans 40 years of Jackson’s career. 8 p.m., Bass Performance Hall. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, fwsymphony.org, 817.665.6000.
to the cozy McDavid Studio, where she’ll show off material from a new CD, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster. 8 p.m., McDavid Studio, 301 E. 5th St., 1.877.212.4280, basshall.com.
annual MosTly MozarT ConCerT, Jan. 8 » 22nd Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Mostly Mozart Concert, featuring pianist Gloria Lin in works of Mozart and Brahms. Auditorium of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St. Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com, 817.886.0411.
shosTakoviCh FirsT Cello ConCerTo, Jan 14-16 » Josep CaballéDomenech, Conductor. Jan Vogler, Cello. Once described as “a white-hot fusion of expression and technique,” Shostakovich’s dynamic First Cello Concerto quickly established itself as a favorite. Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, fwsymphony.org, 817.665.6000.
Johnny MaThis, Jan. 22 » Johnny Mathis has been a household name since he released his first hit in the 1950s. His is the voice of romance with hits such as “Chances Are” and “Misty,” promises to bring back golden memories, and create new ones in this special concert. 8 p.m., Bass Performance Hall. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, fwsymphony.org, 817.665.6000.
an eveninG WiTh ranDy neWMan, Jan. 23 » New Orleans native Randy Newman released his self-titled debut in 1968. More than four decades later, he’s still a master pop-rock craftsman. 7 p.m., Bass Performance Hall, 1.877.212.4280, basshall.com.
Marvin sTaMM, Jan. 25 » A jazz trumpeter who has performed with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman, among others, Stamm will be performing a homecoming show of sorts: He was discovered while he was attending the University of North Texas. UNT
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THE FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE has grown to be the largest financial supporter of the junior exhibitors at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.
Founded in 1980, today the Stock Show Syndicate boasts a membership of more than 100 area businessmen who volunteer their time and energy to raise money to buy the animals at the Junior Sale of Champions, which takes place on the last Saturday of the Stock Show.
With more than 400 gracious sponsors who recognize the value of this mission, the Syndicate has raised just under $30 million for the youth exhibitors of the Fort Worth Stock Show, provided over $610,000 in scholarships for 4-H and FFA
members, and helped more than 5,400 kids pursue their dreams.
Whether through college tuition or seed money for an individual enterprise, sponsor contributions not only make a difference in the lives of each of the participants, they encourage the great tradition of the Stock Show & Rodeo.
Support for this monumental effort is always appreciated. Should you be interested in learning more or contributing to the organization, please contact the Stock Show Syndicate chairman at fwsss.chairman@gmail.com.
Jazz Artist Series. 8 p.m., McDavid Studio, 301 E. 5th St., 1.877.212.4280, basshall.com.
IRVING BERLIN: RAGS TO RITZES, JAN. 28-30 » Berlin wrote music for the average American. Two universal hits are “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.” Celebrated vocalists will perform his music from “Puttin’ On The Ritz” to “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.,” Jan. 28 and 29, 8 p.m.; Jan. 30, 2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall. Fort Worth Symphony, fwsymphony. org, 817.665.6000.
ONE NIGHT WITH ELVIS, JAN. 29 » Donnie Edwards is one of the most sought after Elvis tribute artists in the world. Backed by the tribute band Fever, Edwards will take Elvis fans through the early years and Presley’s Las Vegas era. Texas Opry Theater, 319 York Ave., Weatherford. 817.846.5866.
TANGO BUENOS AIRES, JAN. 31 » Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina’s great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the Far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango dance. 7:30 p.m., Bass Performance Hall, 1.877.212.4280, basshall.com.
VERIZON THEATRE » Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, 972.854.5111.
JAN. 8-9 » Barney’s Birthday Bash. Jan. 8: 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 9: 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
CORBIAN THE DINOSAUR, JAN. 24 » Part of Performing Arts Fort Worth’s Family Series at the Bass, Corbian the Dinosaur is a truly unique and innovative theater experience where electroluminescent crayon-
The American Cancer Society and the 18th Annual Cowtown Ball
would like to thank all of our underwriters and sponsors for an amazing event. Your support enables this event to continue to grow and allows the American Cancer Society to further our mission to help people stay well, get well, find cures and fight back.
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Carl Kessler Family Foundation
Dr. Charles Kennard
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Texas Oncology
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Bell Helicopter
Cash America
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Distributing Company
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Holly and Josh Korman
Huguley Memorial Medical Center
Jane Korman
Jetta Operating Company
Korman O’Brien LLC
Lone Star Orthopedics and Spine
Mary Potishman Lard Trust
Moncrief Cancer Center
Morrison Supply
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth
Pier 1 Imports
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Texas Health Resources
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like creatures light up the stage with a heartwarming tale of a dinosaur discovering the true meaning of love. 6:30 p.m., Bass Performance Hall, 1.877.212.4280, basshall.com.
SHAKIN’ THE MESS OUTTA MISERY, JAN. 21-FEB. 20 » The story of a young black girl’s coming of age in the South during the 60’s. Daughter, the main character and narrator, shares with the audience how the women who raised her, some blood relatives and some not, prepared her for womanhood. Youngblood’s poetic language brings Daughter’s experience to life on the stage. Jubilee Theatre, 506 Main St., 817.338.4411, jubileetheatre.org.
CAMELOT, DEC. 31-JAN. 29 » Experience “one brief shining moment” that was Camelot. Relive the legend of King Arthur in an enchanting fable of chivalry and honor. Dazzling with romance, history and glorious music, it is a tale to be relived for all time. Artisan Center Theater, Belaire Plaza, 420 East Pipeline Road, Hurst. 817.284.1200. ArtisanCT.com.
Comedy
FOUR DAY WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ONGOING » This popular improvisational comedy troupe performs skits and songs based on audience suggestions. Four Day Weekend Theater, 817.226.4329.
HYENA’S COMEDY NIGHT CLUB, ONGOING » Various performances each week ranging from local to national stars. Hyena’s Comedy Night Club, 817.877.5233.
Sports
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY » Men’s Basketball, 817.257.FROG.
JAN. 8 » San Diego State. 6:30 p.m.
JAN. 12 » Wyoming, 6:30 p.m.
JAN. 22 » Utah, 5 p.m.
JAN. 29 » Air Force, 5 p.m.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY » Women’s Basketball, 817.257.FROG.
JAN. 2 » Oklahoma, 5 p.m.
JAN. 8 » UNLV, 12 p.m.
JAN. 15 » Colorado State, 12 p.m.
JAN. 19 » BYU, 8 p.m.
JAN. 26 » New Mexico, 6:30 p.m.
FEB. 2 » San Diego State, 2 p.m.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY » Women’s Equestrian, 817.257.FROG.
JAN. 30 » Delaware State, All Day
FEB. 4 » Baylor, Stock Show, All Day
Other Attractions and Events
FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, JAN. 14-FEB. 5 » The 115th Championship year of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. The Will Rogers Memorial Center hosts 23 days of rodeo action, livestock shows, exhibits for kids and their elders, live music, food, a carnival and shopping. Ticket Office: 817.877.2420. Full schedule at: fwssr.com.
FIRST SUNDAY FILM CLUB, JAN. 2 »
Come and view free films shown once a month at the Central Library. January’s film is Babies, which simultaneously chronicles the first year of life for four
babies — one each from Mongolia, Namibia, Tokyo and San Francisco. In the process, it a new perspective on our own humanity. Documentary, rated PG; 79 minutes. 2 p.m., Tandy Lecture Hall, Central Library, 500 W. 3rd St. Parking on the streets and in the garages is free on the weekends. 817.871.READ (7323).
LOG CABIN VILLAGE » Scheduled activities give children the chance to experience 19th century frontier life through hands-on sessions that instruct kids on early food preparation methods, woodworking and weaving techniques, as well as many other skills. Tuesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (gates close at 3:30 p.m.) Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. (gates close at 4:30) Log Cabin Village, logcabinvillage.org, 817.392.5881.
LONE STAR CHRISTMAS AT THE GAYLORD TEXAN, THROUGH JAN. 3
» Including holiday favorites like a 50-foot rotating Christmas tree, magical train sets, a life-sized gingerbread house and thousands of twinkling lights, the Gaylord Texan is bringing to life ICE! – an interactive icesculpture wonderland. Gaylordhotels.com.
TThe SafeHaven committee requests the honour of your presence as we pay tribute to outstanding women of our community.
he Legacy of Women committee thanks the sponsors who supported SafeHaven as we paid tribute to the outstanding women of our community.
Legacy of Women
Thank
Friday, October 29, 2010
Half Past Ten O’clock In The Morning
Sponsors and honorees
featuring DARREN McGRADY who served as Royal Chef to PRINCESS DIANA and now serves her legacy as he continues to empower women
2010 Honorees
2010 H onorees
Arts: Lee Anne Chenoweth-Lawson, Rebecca Low, DeeAnn Blair Business: Taylor Gray, Shirlee Gandy, Susan Clark Education: Dee Lemser, Mary Lee Cinati, Janice Kane
Arts: Lee Anne Chenoweth-Lawson, Rebecca Low, DeeAnn Blair
Business: Taylor Gray, Shirlee Gandy, Susan Clark
Education: Dee Lemser, Mary Lee Cinatl, Janice Kane
Health & Human Service: Donna Bertram, Susan Sward - Comunelli, Vicki Truitt
Health and Human Services: Donna Bertram, Susan Sward-Comunelli, Vicki Truitt
Volunteerism: Cristy Duke, Gail Landreth, Shirley Schollmeyer For more information: safehaventc.org
Volunteerism: Cristy Duke, Gail Landreth, Shirley Schollmeyer For more information safehaventc.org.
2010 S ponsors
2010 S ponsors
Legacy Sponsor: Moritz Dealerships Heritage Sponsors: Daireds Salon and Spa Pangéa, Bates Container Tribute Sponsor: Pier 1 Imports VIP Table Sponsor: TXU In Kind Sponsors: Diamonds and Designs, Gittings Portraiture
Presenting Sponsor: Don and Karen Neustadt Legacy Sponsor: Moritz Dealerships Heritage Sponsors: Bates Container, Frost, Daireds Salon & Spa Pangea Tribute Sponsors: Pier 1 Imports, Texas Health Resources, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford In Kind
Media Sponsors: Fort Worth, Texas Magazine , Fort Worth Business Press, Murray Media Design: Concussion LLP
Sponsors: Concussion, Diamonds and Designs, Gittings Portraiture, Greg Goree of Universal Protection Service Media Sponsors: Fort Worth, Texas Magazine,The Fort Worth Business Press, Murray Media
New Westside Favorite
144 now open: Ray’s pRime steak and seafood
daddy Jack’s
fwdish:now open
A peek inside new culinAry ventures » by courtney dabney
Welcome to the Westside
Ray’s Prime Steak and Seafood opens its doors to a low-key and unpretentious atmosphere with a surprisingly upscale menu.
Let’s say I live on the west side of town and find myself craving a nice steak … do I have to travel outside my ZIP Code to find one? Not anymore! Tucked around the corner from Haltom’s and La Madeleine, you’ll find the new Ray’s Prime Steak and Seafood, in the same quaint location that housed the former Aventino.
Owner Ray Jumeri, who also owns the popular Fortuna Italian just down Camp Bowie, opened his newest venture last July. He modified the interior somewhat with a new stone accent wall, enclosing the space by removing a few windows, and carpeting the floor to improve the acoustics.
Located at: 3206 Winthrop Ave.
For reservations call: 817.732.1614 $$-$$$$
Open: 4-10 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; closed Sun.
It has a cozy, intimate feel with soft cove lighting overhead and brown and linen-colored tablecloths. This works well with the modern brown chairs wrapped in chrome and the sidewall of similarly upholstered banquette seating.
The appetizer offerings were almost entirely seafood including steamed mussels, smoked salmon and lump crab cakes. For our starter, we chose the Tomato and Goat Cheese Bruschetta ($6). It consisted of one large slice of sourdough bread, which was surprisingly not toasted, covered in a variety of marinated heirloom tomatoes. The plate was drizzled with balsamic vinegar and topped with chunks of fresh goat cheese and a julienne of basil. It was refreshing and tangy and a great start to the meal.
At Ray’s, you’ll find a well-rounded menu with a few pasta dishes like Lobster or Spinach Ravioli, along with ample seafood options like Ahi Tuna Steak, Sea Scallops and even a classic French Bouillabaisse. The restaurant also has some over-the-top items like Herb Crusted Duck Breast, Roasted Rack of Lamb and a Chateaubriand for two (I saw this served to a nearby table, and it looked amazing).
I chose the Filet Mignon Bourguignon ($30) and added a side of asparagus ($7). Other choices of sides included Braised Brussels Sprouts, Sautéed Spinach and Fresh Creamed Corn. The Filet Mignon was presented well sauced in a red wine and oyster mushrooms demi-glace and cooked medium, just as requested. On the side of the plate was a piping of whipped mashed potatoes garnished with julienne peppers and parsley sprigs. The steak was wonderful with a strong char flavor and the quality of the meat was definitely prime, as advertised. The sauce was on the thin side but full of meaty oyster mushrooms and onions. The asparagus spears were well prepared with the bases peeled and cooked until just tender. They were served in a very light white wine sauce.
The demographic seemed mostly middle-aged and above. No young hipsters here. They would have to venture out of West 7th or downtown to find Ray’s, and for the near future that seems unlikely. And, Ray’s doesn’t have a true bar to draw them in. While there is an attractive bar, it lacks any real seating area to make it functional. It is more of a pass-through by the front door and provides ambience. I know for a fact that many of the patrons on the night we visited were return visitors, if not regulars.
The cozy, intimate feel at Ray's Prime Steak and Seafood can be attributed to owners Ray and Esma Jumeri.
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For dessert, there were only three choices, a Chocolate Mousse Cake, a Cheesecake and a Crème Brulee ($6). Of these, only one is made in-house, the Brulee, so the decision was easy. It arrived with a warm burnt sugar crust, garnished with a blackberry, a strawberry and a sprig of mint. The topping was crunchy, and the Crème Brulee was well done with flecks of vanilla bean and a light, creamy texture. The vanilla flavor was not overpowering, and the texture was not overly rich. Just a lovely ending to a lovely meal.
The service staff needs a bit of training and polish to provide what the clientele of Ray’s will come to expect. Some seemed inexperienced. We were not in a rush on the night we visited and were served within an hour and a half. Most of the other patrons seemed very pleased with their service as well. Only one table where the guests were trying to make a movie seemed agitated.
The atmosphere and décor also need some rethinking and polish to keep up with everything that the menu portrays.
The mix of metaphors is difficult to reconcile. You find rusty Texas stars and Cowboy art alongside grapes, greenery and paintings of vineyards. It begs the question: is Ray’s a Western style steak house, or an upscale steak and seafood restaurant? The restaurant needs to clarify what kind of steak house it wants to be and express only that. My suggestion would be to remove all Western touches and go with what the menu clearly reflects, upscale and modern.
But, interior design aside, the food was excellent, and I look forward to my next visit.
Thank You to those who rang in the holidays and supported SafeHaven of Tarrant County.
The Tomato and Goat Cheese Bruschetta is a refreshing and tangy start to the meal.
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on dining and wining at local mainstays » by courtney dabney
Who’s your Daddy?
At Daddy Jack’s Lobster & Chowder House, Chef Dominick Simonetti is the Godfather of fresh seafood.
Whose idea was it to plant an authentic New England Lobster house in the middle of Cowtown? Well, about 10 years ago, chef and owner Dominick Simonetti, along with his two partners, Jack Chaplin and Cary Ray, were having such great success with their original Daddy Jack’s location on lower Greenville in Dallas that they decided to bring their novel restaurant to Fort Worth as well. Downtown has continued to blossom around them for the past decade and their loyal fan base keeps coming back for more.
The first thing you notice when you enter Daddy Jack’s is the life-sized mural of a broncobusting cowboy riding an unruly lobster. Then you can’t help but be drawn in by the sights and sounds of the bustling kitchen. The restaurant provides an interesting and lively atmosphere. Tables and booths are wrapped in crisp red and white checkered tablecloths and surrounded by wooden ladder-back chairs. The New England style continues with nautical brass pendant lighting, red painted bead-board, and a smattering of lobsters and light-houses throughout. These details assure that you know what to expect before you open the menu.
Located at: 353 Throckmorton St. For reservations call: 817.332.2477 $$-$$$$
Open: Mon.-Sat. 11:00 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs.
5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. – Sat. 5 p.m.-11 p.m.
For starters we couldn’t resist the Crab Fingers ($14). This mound of meaty blue crab claws was served in a bowl of garlic and shallot laden lemon butter sauce. (This would be the ideal appetizer for anyone on the Atkins Diet!) It was absolutely decadent and not an appetizer for the fainthearted. But, if you are not afraid of rolling up your sleeves and possibly embarrassing yourself and others, you will not be disappointed. The crab was fresh, sweet and tender as you raked it off the claw. Ask for extra napkins and a to-go box for the butter sauce.
While the tables around me seemed to have ordered every conceivable variation of lobster, I went with the Swordfish special ($28), which was blackened and topped with two jumbo shrimp. The two large and moist filets were cooked just right. They were well seasoned and salty in their blackening spice, which was then countered by a topping of fresh pineapple salsa and drizzle of lemon butter cream sauce. The Swordfish was truly special. Can’t say when I’ve had better.
My husband went with the Pecan Breaded Trout ($20.95). If you are one of those people who crave trout, this one is to die for. The Rainbow Trout is butterflied and dusted with a pecan and flour seasoning before being pan fried. The fish is buttery, flaky and light tasting. The dish was accompanied by a baked potato and a mixture of green beans and carrots on the side.
Chef Simonetti is ever present in the dining room, checking dishes as they go out and keeping things moving like clockwork. Our waiter was helpful throughout the meal and the service was excellent, even though there was still a line out the door at 8:15 on a Friday night. (Note to self: Reservations are highly recommended.)
The only dessert made in-house was the Key Lime Pie ($6). It arrived as a pale green square draped with whipped cream. The graham cracker crust was moist and slightly spiced, and the lime filling was creamy and not too tart, but with the distinct flavor of actual Key limes.
Once you have completely blown your New Year's resolutions, you may want to consider starting over with the Atkins Diet and a bowl of blue crab claws still swimming (in lemon butter sauce) for starters. As you mop the butter from your chin you may be reminded what the “Happy” means in Happy New Year.
fwdish:listings
your guide to local flavor
dish guide
The most sought-after restaurant listing to navigate the area's growing dining scene.
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L Lunch
D Dinner
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$$ Entrees $10-$20
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the listings section is a readers service compiled by the Fort Worth, Texas magazine editorial staff. The magazine does not accept advertising or other compensation in exchange for the listings. Listings are updated regularly. To correct a listing or request a restaurant be considered for the list, contact Paul K. Harral at pharral@fwtexas.com.
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Bl AC kFinn r est A ur A nt & sAloon » 4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste. 101, 817.468.3332. When you come to BlackFinn, prepare to eat great food in a fun environment. 11am-2am daily. $-$$ L D ✹ T
BJ’s restAurAnt And Brewhouse » 201 Interstate 20 E., 817.465.5225. What started as a Chicago-style pizzeria in California is now a national chain that boasts everything on the menu tastes better with a BJ’s beer. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D
CheF Point CAFe » 5901 Watauga Rd., Watauga, 817.656.0080. Eat gourmet in a gas station! 11am-9pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am10pm Fri.; 7am-10pm Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. Breakfast Saturdays. $-$$ L D
dAve & Busters » 425 Curtis Mathes Way, 817.525.2501. Dave & Buster's is a one-of-a-kind restaurant and fun house because it serves a variety of classic bar and grill food, along with with many video games. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thu.; 11am1am Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ✹
g A rden CottAge te A roo M » 5505 Davis Blvd., 817.656.9780. Escape to The Garden Cottage Tea Room inside Golightly’s Gallery in North Richland Hills. 10am-6pm Mon.-Sat.; 1pm-5pm Sun. $ L (
h oulih A n’s » 401 E. 1-20 Hwy., 817.375.3863. Look no further for your favorite American dishes as well as Asianand Italian-inspired entrees. The food here is made fresh and from scratch. 11am-midnight, bar 2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-10pm, bar midnight Sun. $$-$$$ L D (✹ T
hu MP erdink's rest A ur A nt And Brewery » 700 Six Flags Drive, 817.640.8553. Visit Humperdink's after a fun-filled day at Six Flags or to watch a big game. 11am-midnight, bar 2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-2am Sun.-Sat. $$ L D (✹ MAC’s BAr & grill » 6077 W. I-20, 817.572.0541. The cuisine in this Chicagostyle restaurant ranges from Southwestern to Cajun to American grill. 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $$ L D ( MArket street » 5605 Colleyville Blvd., 817.577.5020. Good meals to eat in or take home. 6am-10pm daily. $ B L D (✹
no Frills grill » 4914 Little Rd.,
817.478.1766. Other locations: 801 S. Main St. #109, Keller, 817.741.6344; 2851 Matlock Rd., Ste. 422, Mansfield, 817.473.6699. Along with its doppelganger on Eastchase Parkway, No Frills Grill offers large portions at low prices. 11am-2am daily. $ L D(✹
olenJACk’s grille » 770 Road to Six Flags East, Ste. 100., 817.226.2600. Chef Brian Olenjack has developed an eclectic menu where there’s something for everyone. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$$ B L D (✹
rose g A rden te A roo M » 3708 W. Pioneer Pkwy., 817.795.3093. The Rose Garden Tearoom is known for its flavorful rose tea and scrumptious bakeries. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 12pm-3:30pm Sun. $ L ( the sAnFord house » 506 N. Center St., 817.861.2129. The comfortable Victorian-style inn just north of downtown offers exquisite dining. Breakfast Hours 8am-9:30am Mon.-Sat.; 8am-11am Sun. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Tue.-Sat. Dinner Hours 6pm-9pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ B L D (✹ T
southern reCiPes grill » 2715 N. Collins St., 817.469.9878. A restaurant that offers up great atmosphere and a choice of chicken, seafood or steak. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $-$$ L D( ✹
ventAnA grille » 7005 Golf Club Dr., 817.548.5047. Located inside the clubhouse at Tierre Verde Golf Club. Serves all meals, but a great pick for an evening out!
6:30am-9pm Sun-Thur; 6:30am-10pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ B L D ( ✹
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Billy Miner’s sAloon » 150 W. 3rd St., 817.877.3301. One of the first in downtown, you’ll find your favorite grill food, from burgers and fries to just about anything else. 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat.; 11:30am-10pm Sun. $ L D ( ✹
BlueBonnet CAFÉ » 2223 Haltom Rd., Haltom City, 817.834.4988. The only thing better than the breakfast — and not much is — is the pot roast. 6:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat. $ B L
BuFFAlo Bros PizzA wings & suBs
» 3015 S. University Dr., 817. 386.9601. This perfect college hangout offers ice cold beer, pizza, wings and sub sandwiches. 11 am-11 pm Sun.-Sat. $$ L D
Buttons » 4701 W. Freeway, 817.735.4900. Fort Worth featuring Keith
Hicks’ signature upscale southern-chic cuisine paired with old school music and a vibrant atmosphere. Lunch Hours 11:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thur; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm Sun. $$$ L D (
ChArleston’s » 3020 S. Hulen St., 817.735.8900. You can get as casual as coaching shorts, though we’d suggest one think better of it. 11am-10pm Mon.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ L D ( ✹ Cowtown diner » 305 Main St., 817.332.9555. Hearty and familiar food, and no one ever leaves hungry unless it is by choice. 7 am-9pm, Sun.-Tues.; 7 am-10pm Wed.-Thu.; 7am-2am, Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ B L D ( Curly’s CustArd » 4017 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.763.8700. Cool down with a fresh frozen custard or try a milkshake—35 flavors to choose from! 11am-10pm Sun.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D ✹ dixie house CAFe » 3701 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0883. Other locations: 6200 E. Lancaster, 817.451.6180; 5401 S. Hulen St., 817.361.8500; 5401 Blue Mound Rd., 817.625.4115, Dinner Friday Nights. This family-operated restaurant is known for its chicken-fried steak and homemade rolls. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Thu. & Sat.; 6:30am8:30pm Fri. $ B L (
drew ’s Pl ACe » 5701 Curzon Ave., 817.735.4408. A westside favorite for good home cooking. Excellent service and a friendly atmosphere. 10:30am-7pm Tue.-Thur.; 10:30am-8pm Fri.; 10:30am6pm Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $-$$ L D ( ellerB e’s Fine Foods » 1501 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, 817.926.3663. Seasonal menu concentrating on a farmto-table concept in a converted 1920s gas station. Closed Sun.-Mon.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm-9pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm, Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm, Sat. $$-$$$ L D (
Fred’s tex As CAFe » 915 Currie St., 817.332.0083. This great music venue features innovative food combinations, from hamburgers to green chili pork roast with sweet potatoes and sourdough battered chicken-fried steak and gravy. 10:30ammidnight Tue.-Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. Closed Mon. $$ L D ✹
gAllery Art CAFe » 609 S. Jennings Ave., 817.335.4646. The menu features American/Southwestern favorites, and the food is worth coming back for. 7am3pm Mon.-Fri; 10am-2pm Sat. & Sun.; 5pm-10pm Thur. & Sun.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat $ B L D
luCile’s stAteside Bistro » 4700 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.4761. Where do we start—with tableside bananas foster for an entrée or fried green tomatoes with an incredible lobster bisque for dessert? 11:30am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11:30am-11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am10pm Sun. $$ L D ( ✹ lunCh Box » 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.2181. This westside lunch hot spot serves fabulous soups, salads and more. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-2:30pm Sat. $ L
MAssey’s » 1805 8th Ave., 817.921.5582. Open since 1947, this place is an institution, built largely on its reputation for chicken-fried steak. 11am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-8pm Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $ L D
MontgoMery street CAFÉ » 2000 Montgomery St., 817.731.8033. This is nofrills cooking at its finest. From omelets to chicken-fried steak, the menu includes fabulous Southern favorites. 6am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-noon Sat. $ B L( old neighBorhood grill » 1633 Park Place Ave., 817.923.2282. Everyone knows everyone’s name in this appropriately named grill. 7am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ B L D ✹
ol’ south PAnCAke house » 1509 S. University Dr., 817.336.0311. This place is hopping 24 hours a day, so if you get a craving in the middle of the night for German pancakes, slip on your fuzzy house shoes and join the party. Open 24 hours. $ B L D (
PAris CoFFee shoP » 700 W. Magnolia, 817.335.2041. This Fort Worth institution has been serving up homemade breakfasts and lunches since 1930. 6am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Breakfast Only 6am-11am Sat. $ B L ( PArk hill CAFe » 2974 Park Hill Dr., 817.921.5660. With a weekend menu that changes on a weekly basis, you can’t go wrong at this quaint cafe. Lunch Hours 10am-3pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 6pm9pm; Sunday Brunch 10am-1pm Sun. $-$$ L D
PoP’s sAFAri rooM » 2929 Morton St., 817.877.0916. You’ll find just about any wine and a good cigar, but don’t forget the fine food in one of the two smoke-free dining rooms. 9am-10:30pm Mon.; 9am11pm Tue.-Thur.; 9am-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Lunch Hours 11:30am-2pm; Dinner Hours 6pm-9pm $$-$$$ L D ( ✹ rise & shine » 3636 Altamesa Blvd., 817.423.3555. Breakfast served all day, featuring 54 varieties of omelets and other goodies. The lunch menu is pretty tasty, too. 6am-2pm daily. $ B L ( seCret gArden teArooM » 2601 Montgomery St., 817.763.9787. Indeed a secret garden, the tearoom is nestled among 40 separate “shops” inside the Montgomery Street Antique Mall, which offers a unique casual dining experience. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-4pm Sat.; noon-4pm Sun. $ L ( snookie ’ s » 2755 S. Hulen St., 817.207.0788. The menu at first seems typical of casual American cuisine until you hit Ostrich burger. 11am-2am daily. $ L D ✹ texAs grill » 6550 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.0270. This casual Western-style restaurant is a real steal, with the most expensive entrée less than $7. 11am-9pm daily. $ L D ( ✹ the rose gArden teA rooM » 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.7673. The Rose Garden Tearoom is known for its flavorful rose tea and scrumptious bakeries. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon-Sat.; 12pm-3:30pm Sun. $ L ( vidAliA’s At the worthington » 200 Main St., 817.210.2222. With dishes ranging from fried green tomatoes to smothered pork chops, the cuisine at Vidalia’s is unequivocally Southern. 6am10pm Sun.-Thur.; 6am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am-2pm Sun. $$ B L D T ( westside CAFÉ » 7950 W. Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.560.1996. Enjoy Southern cooking served with Southern hospitality. 6am-10pm daily. $ B L D the zodi AC roo M At nei MA n
MARCUS » 2100 Green Oaks Blvd., 817.989.4650. A delightful dining adventure for lunch with excellent service. 11am-3pm Mon.-Sat $$ L
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CITY HALL RESTAURANT AT ARTHOUSE » 201 Town Center, 817.741.2433. A sophisticated and fresh take on American cuisine, working in conjunction with the Keller Farmers Market to provide fresh and quality food. Closed Mon.; 11:30am10pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11:30am-midnight, Fri.-Sat.; 11:30am-10pm, Sun. $-$$ L D
HARBOR ONE » 9315 Boat Club Rd., 817.236.8150. The view from this restaurant is one of the best in the county. 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. $ L D
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BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE
» 104 N. Oak, 817.491.2900. A tradition among locals, Babe’s Chicken Dinner House offers Southern fried chicken, green beans, cream corn and salad with a sweet vinaigrette served family-style. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 4:30pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; All Day 11am9pm Sat.; All Day 10:30am-9pm Sun. $ L D
CLASSIC CAFE » 504 N. Oak St., 817.430.8185. This cozy house comforts guests as they enjoy some truly fine casual dining. Lunch Hours 11am2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Thur.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.$$-$$$ L D
DOVE CREEK CAFÉ » 204 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4973. If you’re looking for soul food/Southern cooking, the Dove Creek Café serves up a healthy helping, along with a friendly waitstaff and fellow patrons. 6am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-3pm Sat. & Sun. $ B L D
PRAIRIE HOUSE RESTAURANT » 304 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4855. Open since 1999, this eclectic and authentic Texas-style eatery serves up mesquite-grilled steaks, killer baby back ribs, barbecue and other delicious options. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sun. $-$$ L D
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CAFÉ EXPRESS » 1472 Main St., 817.251.0063. Zagat’s called these numerous Texas cafés “The Mercedes-Benz of fast food eateries” because of their sophisticated setting and fresh food belie their self-serve nature. 7am-9pm Mon.-Thur.; 7am10pm Fri. & Sat. 7am-9pm Sun. $$ B L D
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY » 1440 Plaza Place, 817.310.0050. Since 1978, The Cheesecake Factory serves up something for everyone from soups and salads to seafood and pasta dishes. 11am-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-12:30am Fri.-Sat.; 10am-11pm Sun. $$ L D
WILDWOOD GRILL » 2700 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.2100. Southern classics plus Southwestern, Mediterranean and Asian cuisine. 11am-11pm daily. $-$$ L D
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ERN » 1239 Main St., Southlake, 817.251.6776. This place is not your typical sporting tavern. Both couples and singles can come for a romantic date or to enjoy the game. 3pm-2am Mon.-Fri.; 11am-2am Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun. $ L D
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CLEAR FORK GRILL » 29 Crown Road, 817.441.2300. Clear Fork Grill boasts true Texas cuisine with a Mediterranean flair. 10am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 10am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D
FIRE OAK GRILL » 10114 Austin Ave., 817.598.0400. This delicious eatery serves up the best in Southwestern, American and down-home Southern cuisine. Lunch: 11:30am-2:30pm Friday Only; Dinner: 5pm-10pm Mon.-Sat. $$-$$$ D
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GENGHIS GRILL » 4000 Five Points Blvd., Ste. 189, 817.465.7847. Customize your own bowl of Asian stir-fry with Genghis Grill's wide variety of meats, spices and sauces. Lunch: 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D
PEI WEI » 2100 N. Collins St., 817.299.8687 L D Other locations: 4133 E. Cooper St., 817.466.4545 L D
Part of the P.F. Chang family, Pei Wei offers the same great mix of Asian cuisine but in a far more casual setting. 10:30am-9:15pm Sun.-Thur.; 10:30am-10:15pm Fri. & Sat. $
PIRANHA’S KILLER SUSHI » 851
N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.261.1636
L D Other locations: Arlington Highlands 309 Curtis Mathes Way, #149 817.465.6455 L D Sushi rolls, tempura and teriyaki dishes dominate an incredible menu of Japanese delights. 11am-10pm Mon.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; Noon-11pm Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun. $$
SUKHOTHAI » 423 N. Fielder Plaza, 817.860.4107. A tiny restaurant that serves healthy Thai cuisine. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Sat.; $ L D
TASTE OF THAI » 2535 E. Arkansas Lane, 817.543.0110. This authentic Thai restaurant serves up fresh dishes daily. 11am-3pm, 4:30pm-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-3pm, 4:30pm10pm Sat.; 11:30am-9:30pm Sun. $ L D
TU DO RESTAURANT » 2410 E. Arkansas Ln. #356, Arlington, 817.277.8836. Offering an inventive menu, Tu Do serves Vietnamese cuisine in a relaxed and welcoming setting. 4pm-midnight Mon.-Thur.; 4pm-2am Fri. & Sat.; 4pm-1am Sun. $ D BEDFORD
THAI JASMINE » 3104 Harwood Rd., 817.283.8228. This wonderful Thai restaurant has some of the best Pad Thai one could ask for. 11am9pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat. 4pm-9pm Sun. $ L D
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ASIA BOWL & GRILL » 2400 Lands
End, Ste. 115, 817.738.1688. From Vietnamese and Korean to every possible variety of Chinese cuisine, the offerings on this menu are sure to please any palate. 11am-9:30pm Sun.Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D
EDOHANA HIBACHI SUSHI » 2704 S. Hulen, 817.924.1144 L D Other locations: 5816 S.W. Loop 820, 817.731.6002 L D Table-side food preparation is just part of the experience—a fabulous sushi bar includes many delicacies. 11am-2:30pm Mon.Fri.; 5:30pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
HUI CHUAN SUSHI, SAKE, TAPAS » 6100 Camp Bowie #12, 817.989.8886. This small, yet visually appealing, restaurant is full of surprises. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thur.; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat. $$ L D
JAPANESE PALACE » 8445 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.0144. Japanese décor and dark wood paneling transport you to Asia, as the hibachi chefs slice and dice your entrée right before your eyes. 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ D
MY LAN » 4015 E. Belknap St., 817.222.1471. This Vietnamese restaurant serves multiple rice dishes with vegetables, meat and seafood, and there are more than 100 items on the menu. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sun. Closed Wed. $ L D
PEI WEI » 5900 Overton Ridge Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.294.0808 L D Other locations: 2600 W. 7th St., Ste. 101, Montgomery Plaza, 817.806.9950 L D Part of the P.F. Chang family, Pei Wei offers the same great mix of Asian cuisine but in a far more casual setting. Their specialty dishes include coconut curries and Mongolian and spicy Korean fare, which you order at the counter. 10:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $
P.F. CHANG’S » 400 Throckmorton, 817.840.2450. A gorgeous, upscale restaurant found across America, P.F. Chang’s believes food should be “fresh, contemporary and outstanding.” 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D T
PHO LITTLE SAIGON » 6942 Green Oaks Blvd., 817.738.0040. Authentic Vietnamese cuisine at low prices is served up in a friendly atmosphere. 10am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sunday. $ L D
PHO QUE HUONG » multiple locations, phoquehuong.com. You'll find a varied selection of delicious Vietnamese cuisine at incredibly affordable prices. 11am-10pm daily. $ L D
PHU LAM » 4125 E. Belknap St., 817.831.9888. The fare is updated and includes new choices in Vietnamese and Chinese food. 10am-9pm Daily $-$$ L D
PIRANHA’S KILLER SUSHI » 335 W. 3rd St., 817.348.0200. Sushi rolls, tempura and teriyaki dishes dominate an incredible menu of Japanese delights. 11am-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-11pm Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.; Noon-1am Sat.; noon-10pm Sun. $$ L D T
SONNY’S DINER » 6220 Camp
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Bowie Blvd., 817.732.7754. This Asian Bistro combines the flavors of Vietnam, Korea and Japan to generate a diverse and delectable menu. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun.; 3pm-7pm Happy Hour daily. $ L D ( ✹
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RESTAURANT » 4625 Donnelly Ave., Ste. 101, 817.735.9100 L D ( ✹ Other locations: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.877.3331 L D ( ✹ Enjoy Japanese flavor combined with American flair in a stylish setting for a great sushi experience. 11am-10pm Mon.Fri.; noon-10pm Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$
SUSHI YOKO » 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd. Ste. 280., 817.737.4000. This new sushi restaurant offers their own version of the Ahi tuna tower—the DFW Tower. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D ( ✹
SZECHUAN » 5712 Locke Ave., 817.738.7300. Other location: 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., Cityview Plaza, 817.346.6111. This Chinese favorite counts on high-quality food and service to keep patrons coming back for more. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat. $ L D (
T HAI T INA’ S » 600 Commerce St., 817.332.0088. With a myriad of selections on its eccentric menu, this downtown restaurant lives up to its slogan, “A menu that’s simply to Thai for.” 11am-9pm Mon.Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat.; 3pm-8pm Sun. $$ L D
TOKYO CAFE » 5121 Pershing Ave., 817.737.8568. This Camp Bowie hideaway delivers great sushi at reasonable prices. Please come casual. 11am-10pm Fri.; 12pm-10pm Sat. $ L D ( ✹ GRAPEvINE
EDOHANA HIBACHI SUSHI » 1501 Hwy. 114 Ste. 100, 817.251.2004. Table-side food preparation is just part of the experience—a fabulous sushi bar includes many delicacies. Lunch: 11:30am-2pm Mon.Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.; 5pm-10:30pm Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm Sun. $$ L D ( l AvA 10 » 401 E. State Hwy. 114, 817.329.5282. With more than 40 different types of sushi as well as other traditional Asian favorites, Lava 10 is bound to have what you want. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $$ L D P.F. CHANG’S » 650 W. Highway 114, 817.421.6658. A gorgeous, upscale restaurant found all across America, P.F. Chang’s believes food should be “fresh, contemporary and outstanding.” 11am-11pm daily. $$ L D (
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SWEET BASIl THAI CUISINE » 977 Melbourne Rd., 817.268.2899. This authentic Thai restaurant serves up high-end dishes without the high-end price. Lunch: 11am2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9:30pm Sat.; 11:30am8pm Sun. $-$$ L D ( MANSFIElD
SAKE HIBACHI SUSHI AND BAR >> 100 W. Debbie Lane, Mansfield, 817.453.5888. Both food and a show as diners may watch the chefs prepare authentic Japanese cuisine. 11am-10pm, Mon.-Thu.; 1pm-10:30pm, Fri.-Sat.; noon-10pm, Sun. $-$$ L D
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EDEN BISTRO » 480 W. Southlake Blvd.,
817.748.0028. This chic little restaurant has one of the tastiest summer rolls in town. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D (
KOBEYA JAPANESE HIBACHI & SUSHI » 1230 Main St., 817.416.6161. Delicious food, wonderful service and Hibachi chefs to keep you smiling and amused. Lunch: 11:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri; 12pm-3:30pm Sat. & Sun.; Dinner: 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thur.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat. $$ L D (
PEI WEI » 1582 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.722.0070. Their specialty dishes include coconut curries and Mongolian and spicy Korean fare, which you order at the counter. 10:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D
SUSHI SAM » 500 W. Southlake Blvd., 817.410.1991. Sushi Sam offers some of the best sushi in Southlake. The rolls are to die for! 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm Sun. $-$$ L D
THAI CHI l I » 215 Grand Ave., 817.251.6674. A Thailand setting with an American twist. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri.; noon-11pm Sat.; 11:30am9pm Sun. $-$$ L D ( ✹ barbecue
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DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT » 5530 S. Cooper, 817.468.0898. 1801 Ballpark Way, 817.261.6600. A Texas tradition since 1941 is now serving great Texas-style barbecue in Arlington. Dine-in, take-out, drivethru and catering. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-8:30pm Sun. $ L D
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ANGElO’S » 2533 White Settlement Rd., 817.332.0357. A big bear right inside the door invites you to big beers on the tables. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat. $ L D (
COOPER'S OlD TIME PIT BAR-B -qUE » 301 Stockyards Blvd., 817.626.6464. It's all about the meat at Cooper's. Guests can enjoy their barbecue in the large dining area or on the indoor/outdoor patio overlooking the Fort Worth skyline. 11am8:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. and Sat. $ L D ✹
COUSIN’S PIT BARBECUE » 6262 McCart Ave., 817.346.2511 L D ( Other location: 5125 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.346.3999 L D ( ✹ Brisket, ribs, chicken and homemade sausage are the staples, along with cobblers and delicious cakes.11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT » 451 University Dr., 817.231.8813 L D ✹ Other locations: 5724 Bryant Irvin, 817.361.1034
L D 1000 N.E. Loop 820, 817.289.0027
L D 1989 Colonial Pkwy., 817.759.7500.
A Texas tradition since 1941 is now serving great Texas-style barbecue in Fort Worth. Dine-in, take-out, drive-thru and catering. 11am-8pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $
RAI l HEAD SMOKEHOUSE » 2900 Montgomery St., 817.738.9808. One of the most popular barbecue spots in Fort Worth, but we live for the homemade french fries. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ L D ✹
RED HOT AND BlUE » 3000 S. Hulen St., 817.731.8770 L D 9143 Grapevine Hwy., 817.605.1333 L D Beef may be king here, but Memphis-style barbecue has taken our town by storm. 11am-9pm Sun.-Wed.;
11am-9pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$
RISCKY’S » 6701 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.989.1800 L D ( ✹ 300 Main St., 817.877.3306 L D ( ✹ 9000 U.S. 377, Benbrook, 817.249.3320 L D ✹ A legend in Texas since 1927, Riscky’s secret is the way that the meat is smoked. 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $
SMOKIES BBq » 5300 E. Lancaster Ave., 817.451.8222. Smokies has been serving fine barbecue and smoked meats in a family-friendly environment for 30 years. 11am-8pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-4pm Sun. $ L D ✹
THE SMOKE PIT » 2401 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0455. This barbecue joint has various types of smoked meats and is great for dine-in or to have cater your next party. 10:30am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 10:30am-6pm Sat. $-$$ L D (
TRAIlBOSS BURGERS » 140 E. Exchange Ave, 817.626.7777. Same owners but a new concept. This restaurant, formerly part of the Riscky’s chain, focuses on what it does best, burgers. 11am-9pm Sun. & Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ L D ✹
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DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT » 1858 Precinct Line Rd., 817.656.0200. Offering eight slow-cooked meats and 16 freshly made vegetables. Dine-in, take-out, drive-thru and catering. 10:30am-11pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9pm Sat. & Sun. $ L D
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TEXAS DE BRAZIl » 101 N. Houston St., 817.882.9500. The meat never stops coming as waiters dressed as gauchos go table to table offering it on swords. 4:30pm-9:30pm Sat.; Brunch 11am-3pm Sun.; Dinner 4pm-9pm Sun. $$$ D T (
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BOI NA BRAZA » 4025 William D. Tate, 817.329.5514. Tasty food served with Brazilian flair. Offers constant choices of meat by servers at your table. 5pm-9:45pm (last seating) Sat.; 5pm-8:45pm (last seating) Sun. $$$ L D
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RAIlHEAD SMOKEHOUSE » 120 S. Ranch House Road, 817.441.2525. One of the most popular barbecue spots in Fort Worth, but we live for the homemade french fries. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ L D ✹
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Al’S HAMBURGER’S » 1001 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.275.8918. The burger joint serves up delicious hamburgers and other good fast food. Breakfast Hours 7am11pm; 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ B L D ( CHAPPS » 2045 N. Hwy. 360, 817.649.3000. Other locations: 153 Southwest Plaza (1-20 & Little Road), 817.483.8008. 2596 E. Arkansas, 817.460.2097. Cheeseburgers, Baby Chapps, mushroom burgers and jalapeño burgers (among others) are cooked to order from freshly bought meat served on freshly baked buns. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.;
11am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D
OlD TOWN HAMBURGERS » 2406 W. Park Row Dr., 817.276.9191. A burger and fries treat that is an excellent hot spot for lunch and a quick dinner. 11am-9pm Daily. $ L D
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CHAPPS » 6219 Oakmont Blvd., 817.263.5172. A large menu stuffed with Philly cheese-steak sandwiches, fried okra, stuffed jalapeños and chicken strips means you’ll never eat the same thing twice. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat. $ L D
D UTCH ’ S » 3009 S. University Dr., 817.927.5522. Chef Grady Spears is at it again with his newly opened burger joint. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ L D ( ✹
THE GREAT OUTDOORS » 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.877.4400. Great stop on a summer day after the park or the museums. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. $ B L D
KINCAID’S » 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.2881 L D ( Other location: 4825 Overton Ridge Blvd., 817.370.6400 L D ( There are those who will swear this is the best burger in the country, and the lunchtime line of parked cars that stretches two to four blocks in every direction of this old grocery store is a testament to both the legend and the taste. 11am-8pm Mon.Sat. $
THE lOvE SHACK » 110 E. Exchange Ave., 817.740.8812. Tim Love’s latest concept is far removed from his fine dining restaurants, but the food’s just as good. 11am-9pm Sun.-Tue.; 11am-10pm Wed. & Thur.; 11am-1am Fri. & Sat. $ L D T ( ✹
M & O STATION GRIll » 200 Carroll St., 817.882.8020. Located inside Leonard's Department Store Museum, this nostalgic diner features award-winning burgers. 11am-3pm Mon.; 11am-8:30pm Tue.-Sat.. $ L D
PAPPA’S BURGERS » 2700 W. Freeway, 817.870.9736. From the same group that brought Pappadeaux and Pappa’s Steaks, Pappa’s Burgers is the newest addition to the family. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am11pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ L D ( ✹
THE POUR HOUSE SPORTS GRIll » 2725 W. 7th St., 817.335.2575. The Pour House offers a little bit of everything from sports bar munchies to steaks, which can be washed down with one of 25 bottled beers. 11am-2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun. $ L D (
PURPlE COW DINER » 4601 W. Freeway, 817.737.7177. The Cow has standard burgers, fries and ice cream sundaes with all that finger-lickin' junk kids like to track all over the table. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat. $ L D
TOMMY’S HAMBURGERS » 2701 Green Oaks Rd., 817.735.9651 L D ( Other locations: 5228 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.569.1111 L D ( 3431 W. 7th St., 817.885.7500 L D ( ✹ Noted, obviously, for excellent burgers, Tommy’s serves up mouthwatering daily specials, including a fabulous chicken-fried steak. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am6pm Sun. $
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JOHNNY B’S BURGERS & SHAKES » 2704 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.749.0000.
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This joint takes pride in their signature sweet sourdough bun, premium Texas beef, handcut fries and much more. 10:30am-8:30pm Mon.-Thur.; 10:30am9pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-3pm Sun. $ L D
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CAFÉ At DA ir EDS » 2400 W. I-20 817.465.9797. Other Location: 15 Skyline Dr., Arlington, 817.465.9797. Serving lunch in a casual, energetic setting, The Café at Daireds offers a variety of upscale entrées, salads and homemade soups. 12pm-6pm Sun.; 9am-6pm Mon.; 9am-9pm Tue.Thur.; 9am-6pm Fri.; 8:30am-5:30pm Sat. $-$$ L D ( ✹
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610 grillE » 610 Main St., 817.332.0100. The café delivers stunning upscale new American cuisine with showmanship on the plate and elegance in the décor.
6:30am-4pm Mon.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$$ B L D T (
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r ED oVE n » Bowen & Park Row, 817.274.1423. This French bakery prepares fresh artisan breads daily. 8:30am-6pm Tue.-Fri.; 8:30am-5pm Sat. $$
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ArtiSAn BAKing CoMPAnY » 4900 White Settlement Rd., 817.821.3124. Now the award-winning breads and scones from the bakers of Cowtown Farmers Market can be purchased at Fort Worth’s only independent artisan baker. 9am-5pm Tue.-Fri., 8am-noon Wed. & Sat. at the Farmer’s Market. $ B
BAKEr BroS. AMEriCAn DEli » 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. 244, 817.989.1400. Other Location: 501 Carroll St., Ste. 658., 817.332.0500. Baker Bros. serves up only the finest quality breads, meats and cheeses. 11am-9pm daily. $ L D ✹
BlUEBonnEt BAKErY » 3905 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.4233. Consistently chosen as one of the city’s finest bakeries, while their lunch crowd continues to grow. 7am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-4pm Sat. $ B L
CArSHon’S DEliCAtESSEn » 3133 Cleburne Rd., 817.923.1907. Open since 1928, so you know they’re doing something right. 9am-3pm Mon.-Sat. $ B L
tHE CUPCAKE CottAgE » 5015 El Campo Ave., 817.732.5670. This bakery is heaven for anyone with a sweet tooth. 10am- when the last cupcake is sold. Tue.Sat. $
ESPErAnZA’S MEXiCAn CAFÉ & BAKErY » 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770 B L D ( ✹ Other location: 1109 Hemphill St., 817.332.3848 B L D ( The Lancarte family has yet another hit with this cafe and bakery, where a fabulous brunch, traditional Mexican dishes and fresh-baked pastries are the norm. 6:30am-7pm daily.
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j. r AE'S » 935 Foch St., 817.332.0090. "Not all cheesecakes are created equal" boasts J. Rae's. 9 am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-4pm Sat. $
jASon'S DEli » jasonsdeli.com. From
sandwiches to salads, Jason's Deli offers healthy, fresh and even organic foods in a relaxed environment. Hours vary. $-$$
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Kol ACHE SHoPPE » 6724 Brentwood Stair Rd., 817.457.0071. Be sure to visit this longtime purveyor of delicious kolaches, muffins, fritters and more. 6am-noon Tue.Sat.; 7am-noon Sun. $ B
MCKinlEY’S FinE BAKErY & CAFE » 1612 S. University Dr., 817.332.3242. This cafe is a great place for friends to meet and catch up on old times. Try the pecancrusted chicken salad. 8am-6:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $ B L D ✹
PAnEr A BrEAD » 1700 S. University Dr., 817.870.1959 B L D ✹ Other location: 1804 Precinct Line Rd., 817.605.0766
B L D ✹; 1409 N. Collins, Arlington, 817.548.8726 B L D ✹; 2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. S. 817.416.5566 B L D ✹ The word “bread” is deceiving, although there’s plenty of it. Think more along the lines of “Big Fat Sandwich and Dessert.” 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-8pm Sun. $
tHE Snoot Y Pig » 2401 Westport Pkwy., Ste. 120, 817.837.1077 B L D
Other locations: 1540 Keller Pkwy, Ste. 107, Keller, 817.431.0064 B L D ✹ Great breakfast stop, also good for lunch. Don’t get away without trying the famed muffins, baked daily. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri., 7am-2pm Sat. & Sun. $
SUBliME BAKErY » Country Day Plaza, 5512 Bellaire Dr., 817.570.9630. Among her other delicacies, Catherine Ruehle’s scones, cheesecakes and cupcakes are indeed sublime. 10am-5:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-4pm Sat. $-$$ B
S WEEt SAMM iES » 825 Currie St., 817.332.0022. Specializing in signature treats, Sweet Sammies makes cookies from scratch daily. 10am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 10am-10pm Thu.-Sat. $
SWiSS PAStrY SHoP » 3936 W. Vickery, 817.732.5661. A Fort Worth tradition for 30 years, the shop serves a traditional breakfast, as well as lunch. 10am-5:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-4pm Sat. $ B L
YoFE CAFE » 817 Currie St., 817.966.2065. Healthy grab and go sandwiches and salads are perfect for the diner on the go. 6 am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-10pm Sat.-Sun. $ B L D
Yogi’S BAgEl CAFE » 2710 S. Hulen St., 817.921.4500. The best bagels in Fort Worth come from this eclectic eatery that hosts a killer breakfast. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-9pm Sat.; 7:30am-3pm Sun. $ B L ✹
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MAin StrEEt BrEAD BAKing CoMPA n Y » 316 Main St., 817.424.4333. Located in historic downtown Grapevine, Main Street Bread Baking Company offers quality baked goods, including fresh breads and decadent cakes and desserts. 6:30am-6:30pm daily. $ B L D
tHE Snoot Y Pig » 4010 William D. Tate, 817.283.3800. Great breakfast stop, also good for lunch. Don’t get away without trying the famed muffins, baked daily. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-2pm Sat.Sun. $ B L D ✹
SoUtHlAKE
BAKEr BroS. AMEriCAn DEli » 2820
E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.3354. Baker Bros. serves up only the finest quality
breads, meats and cheeses. 11am-9pm daily. $ L D ✹
ElEgAnt CAKErY » 2707 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 140, 817.488.7580. From cakes to cupcakes to Petit Fours, each of Elegant Cakery’s products is sure to make your event unforgettable. 9am-6pm Tue.Sat. $-$$
WEinBUrgEr’S DEli » 3 Village Circle, Westlake, 817.491.9119. Other location: 611 Main St., Grapevine, 817.416.5574 B L D ✹ Weinburger’s Deli specializes in quality meats and cheeses. They also offer a variety of fresh salads. 8:30am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
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Bo UD r EAUX C A j U n Kit CHE n » 4000 Bagpiper Way, 817.557.3700. The Boudreaux Cajun Kitchen serves overthe-counter delicious Cajun cuisine in a fun atmosphere with lively Cajun music. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ L D ✹
MY MArtini WinE & BiStro » 859 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.461.4424. The incredible tapas menu is almost as tempting as the drink list, which includes the signature Brady martini, made with pickle brine and a dill pickle spear. 3:30pm-11pm Sun.-Thur.; 3:30pm-1am Fri.-Sat. $$ D ( tHE MElting Pot » 4000 Five Points Road, Ste. 119, 817.469.1444. Experience attentive service, fine wines, the highest quality fresh ingredients, a variety of cooking styles, unique sauces and your favorite chocolate fondue. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.; 3:30pm-11pm Sat.; 3pm9pm Sun. $$-$$$ D ( BUrlESon
WinE DoWn » 124 S. Scott Street. 817.447.9122. This bistro, located in “Old Town” Burleson, was inspired by hill country wine bars. 11am-9pm Wed-Sat. $$ L D Fort WortH
8.0 rEStAUrAnt & BAr » 111 E. Third St., 817.336.0880. The Jell-O shot pioneer of the 1980s is still a cool drinking spot, where martinis now rule. 11am-10pm Mon.-Tue.; 11am-1am Wed.; 11am-2am Thu.-Fri.; noon-2am Sat.; 10am-2am Sun. $$ L D ( ✹
CAFÉ M o DE rn » 3200 Darnell, 817.840.2157. The Modern Art Museum features a restaurant with beautiful desserts and a Sunday brunch that is a must. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 11am-3pm Sat & Sun. $$ L ( ✹
KiMBEll Art MUSEUM » 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.332.8451, ext. 251. For reservations call 817.332.8541 ext. 277. Unlike the works here at one of the nation’s primo art museums, the menu changes every day in the kitchen, where the staff turns out creatively crafted sandwiches, salads and soups, including a killer gazpacho. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Thu. & Sat.; noon-2pm Fri. & Sun.; Dinner 5:30pm7:30pm Fri. $$ L ( ✹
lili’S BiStro » 1310 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.877.0700. Lili's offers unpretentious global cuisine. Delicious! Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Thur.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$ L D ( ✹ SPir Al DinEr » 1314 W. Magnolia,
817.332.8834. At this 100 percent vegan and mostly organic restaurant, you can find nearly anything you could desire on the menu. 11am-10pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am5pm Sun. $ L D ( ✹
ZAMBrAno WinE CEllAr » 910 Houston St., Ste. 110, 817.850.9463. With a menu featuring more than 200 wines, this wine bar should be a priority for all wine lovers. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Closed Sundays. $-$$ D T ( ✹
SoUtHlAKE
SAnDEllA’S CAFÉ » 1245 Prospect St., 817.421.0727. Finally, a place to eat delicious food without the worry of calorie counting. 9am-8pm Mon.-Sat. $ L D ✹
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B o MBAY grill » 4625 Donnelly Ave., 817.377.9395. This Indian restaurant serves up classics like Tandoori and garlic naan (flatbread). Lunch: 11am2pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Sat. & Sun.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 5:30pm10pm Sun. $ L D (
BYBloS » 1406 N. Main St., 817.625.9667. Owned by a member of the same family who owns Hedary’s, this Stockyards restaurant serves the same great Middle Eastern fare. 11am-2am Fri. & Sat.; Sunday available for private parties. $$ L D ( CHADr A MEZZA & grill » 1622 Park Place Ave., 817.924.2372. Creative dishes featuring spicy Lebanese food and homemade Italian. 11am-3pm Mon.-Tue; 11am-10pm Wed.-Sat. $-$$ L D ( ✹
HEDArY’S » 6323 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.6961. Tucked into a shopping center just off the road, Fort Worth’s other Lebanese eatery includes the best hummus we ever put a lip to. 11am-10pm Sun.; 11am-3pm Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 5pm-11pm Sat. $ L D ( ✹
K ing t U t » 1512 Magnolia Ave., 817.335.3051. The Middle East meets the Mediterranean to bring us an alternative Egyptian restaurant. 11am-2:30pm Mon.Sat. 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Sat. $$ L D ( MAHAr AjA » 6308 Hulen Bend Blvd., 817.263.7156. This restaurant has a large menu offering many different Indian dishes, such as Chicken Makahani. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Sat.-Sun.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D (
Arlington
CACHArEl » 2221 E. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 910, 817.640.9981. Rock-solid French fare that has evolved into just about the finest in the county. 11:30am-2pm & 5pm-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sat. $$$ L D ( Fort WortH
BiStro loUiSE » 2900 S. Hulen St., Ste. 40, 817.922.9244. Chef Louise Lamensdorf frequently travels to Europe for inspiration, which returns to Cowtown in the form of superior sauces and excellent wine selections. Lunch: 11am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner: 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Sat.; Sunday Brunch 11am-2pm Sun. $$$ L D ( ✹
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your guide to local flavor
LA MADELEINE » 6140 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.654.0471. Other locations: 2101 N. Collins St., Arlington, 817.461.3634. 4201 S Cooper St., Arlington, 817.417.5100. 900 Hwy. 114 W., Grapevine, 817.251.0255. Croissants, pastries, soups, salads and more are served in a charming European atmosphere. Camp Bowie 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 6:30am-8pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Hwy. 114 6:30am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Collins and Cooper 6:30am-10pm Sun.Thu.; 6:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ B L D ✹
SAINT-EMILION » 3617 W. 7th St., 817.737.2781. Well-concocted country French dishes, including duck, lamb, steak tartare and fresh fish. Full bar. 6pm9pm Tue.-Thu.; 6pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ D ( ✹
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EDELwEISS » 3801 Southwest Blvd., 817.738.5934. Family operated with emphasis on fun and food, Edelweiss offers Bavarian charm and substantial fare. 5pm-10pm Tue.-Thur.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-8pm Sun.; Closed Mondays. $$ D (
GrEENwOOD’S » 3522 Bluebonnet Cir., 817.921.6777. A great place to venture out and try some traditional German cuisine. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Thur. & Fri. 4pm9pm Tue.-Thu.; 4pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.$$ L D (
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CAfÉ MEDI » 420 Grapevine Hwy., 817.788.5110. This authentic Greek restaurant offers only the freshest of homemade recipes, including Greek salad and tasty hummus. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Tue.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ L D ( GrEEK hOUSE » 2426 Forest Park Blvd., 817.921.1473. Gyros, souvlaki and more in a counter-pickup eatery just right for TCU students with a need for study and sustenance. 11am-8pm Mon.-Sat. $ L D ( JAZZ CAfÉ » 2504 Montgomery St., 817.737.0043. Funky, laid-back service and atmosphere with dependable Tex-Greek food and great music. 11am-3pm Mon.Fri.; 9am-3pm Sat.; 9am-2pm Sun. $ L italian
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BIrrAPOrETTI’S » 668 Lincoln Square, 817.265.0588. Birraporetti’s is a perfect spot for an elegant meal. Offering pastries, breads and fine Italian food, this restaurant features live jazz and a special brunch menu served from 11am-11pm Sun.-Mon. & Wed.-Thu.; 11am-12:30am Tues.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
ITALIANNI’S » 1601 Precinct Line Rd., Hurst, 817.498.6770. This quaint Italian bistro includes the genre standards, as well as some creative dishes like three-pepper calamari. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹ LA BISTrO » 722 Grapevine Hwy., Hurst, 817.281.9333. Enjoyable menu with excellent pastas and other traditional menu
items, including seafood. 11am-10pm Sun.-Fri.; 5pm-11pm Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
MONI'S » 1730 W. Randol Mill Road #100, Arlington, 817.860.6664. Head to Moni's for its family friendly environment and for reasonably priced Italian cuisine. 11am10pm Mon.-Sun.; $$ L D ( ✹
NIZZA PIZZA » 1430 S. Cooper, 817.274.5222. This innovative family pizza place has customers lining up around the block. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D ✹
PALIO’S PIZZA CAfÉ » 5712 Colleyville Blvd. Ste. 130, 817.605.7555. This pizza café offers interesting and high-end pizza toppings. 11am-10pm daily. $ L D ( ✹
PICCOLO MONDO » 829 E. Lamar Blvd., 817.265.9174. Don’t let the stripcenter dining surprise you. Excellent service and inviting atmosphere. Lunch: 11:30am-2:15pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30 pm-10:15pm Mon.-Thur.; 5:30pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 5:30 pm-10pm Sun. $-$$ L D (
PrESPA'S » 4720 Sublett Road, Arlington, 817.561.7540. Other location: 3100 W. Arkansas Lane #B, Dalworthington Gardens, 817.459.2775. The ambiance at Prespa's attracts couples, families and parties. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ L D ( ✹
rEfLECTIONS Of BELLA vITA » 1507 N. Watson Road, Arlington, 817.633.0877. Located in the Admiral Hotel, guests can enjoy an elegant ambiance and a mouth-watering Italian menu. Breakfast and Lunch, 6am-2pm Sun.-Sat.; Dinner, 4:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 4:30pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 4:30pm-9pm Sun.11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am9pm Sun. $ B L D (
rUGGErI’S rISTOr ANTE » 32 Village Ln., Ste. 10, Colleyville, 817.503.7373. A sweeping menu that offers a full choice of Italian favorites and more. You’ll find what you want, from chicken to beef to pasta. Lunch: 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm10pm Mon.-Sun. $$ L D ( ✹
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BELLA ITALIA wEST » 5139 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.1700. The most wild game this side of Fossil Rim. 11:30am-1:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 6pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 6pm10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
CAfÉ BELLA » 3548 South Hills Ave., 817.922.9500. The café is a busy place and known for its pizza, lasagna, salad and cheese bread. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 4pm-10pm Sat.-Sun. $-$$ L D ( ✹
fE rr É rISTO r ANTE BA r » 215 E. Fourth St., 817.332.0033. This new Tuscan-Italian eatery offers a range of dishes. For more traditional, try the Spaghettini Pomodoro, or for a heartier appetite, try the Agnello al Forno, a seared lamb loin dish. 4pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ D T ( ✹ fOrTUNA » 5837 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.737.4469. This little Italian restaurant is a favorite among Fort Worthians. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D (
ITALIAN INN rIDGLEA » 6323 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.737.0123. Get ready for attentive service in a vintage underground nightclub setting, complete with singing waiters. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ D (
LA PIAZZA » 1600 S. University Dr., #601, 817.334.0000. Upscale Italian cuisine in University Park Village Shopping Center. Dress nicely to visit this lovely (and pricey) Italian spot the experience is worth it. 11:30am-2pm Sun.-Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ L D ( ✹
MAMA’S PIZZA » 1813 W. Berry St., 817.923.3541. 5800 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.MAMA This Fort Worth staple has been serving up great pizza in Fort Worth since 1968. Lunch buffet: 11am-2pm daily. Delivery through Entrees-To-Go: 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun. $ L D ( MANCUSO’S » 9500 White Settlement Rd., 817.246.7041. A westside favorite that draws crowds from all over. Consistently flavorful authentic Italian fare. Lunch:10:30am-1pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 4pm-9pm Mon.-Thur.;4pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.; Closed Sundays. $ L D (
MA r GIE’S O r IG INAL ITALIAN KITC h EN » 9805 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.4301. 1950s-style eatery that serves pizza from a brick oven and equally fine lasagna, chicken marsala and shrimp scampi. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thur.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ D (
MELLOw MUShrOOM » 3455 Bluebonnet Circle, 817.207.9677. A funky and fun 1960s ambiance good for large gatherings. Come ready to eat unique pizza. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ L D ( ✹ MILANO’S » 3416 W. 7th St., 817.332.5226. Pizza is a big menu item, but you’ll find more than enough choices to satisfy your hunger. 11am-10pm Mon.Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $ L D ( NONNA TATA » 1400 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.0250. With a weekly changing menu, this small Italian restaurant is a hidden gem that begs to be found. 11am3pm Tue.-Fri.; 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri. $-$$ L D ✹
PAT r IZIO PIZZA, PASTA AND vINO » 2932 Crockett St., Fort Worth, 817.698.0003. The décor will wow you, but the food is the real reason to visit this elegant Italian restaurant. 11am-10pm, Sun.-Mon.; 11am-11pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11 ammidnight, Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ L D ( P IOLA » 3700 Mattison Ave., 817.989.0007. Nestled in Fort Worth’s Cultural District, this cozy bistro serves up true comfort food in the form of authentic Italian cuisine. For a treat, make reservations to dine on the patio. 11am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat. $$ L D (✹
PIZZErIA UNO ChICAGO GrILL » 300 Houston St., 817.885.8667. With a great location downtown and pizza you can’t find anywhere else in Texas, Uno’s Chicago-style deep-dish pizza is a must. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat. $ L D
rU ffINO’S ITALIAN r ESTAU r ANT » 2455 Forest Park Blvd., 817.923.0522. A light homemade ravioli is our favorite to slip on a fork and across the table into the mouth of a close dining partner at this upscale romantic spot also known for its chicken, beef and pasta. Lunch: 11am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9pm Tue.-Thur.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.; Brunch 10am-2pm Sun. $$ L D (
pizzas, risottos, pastas and entrées that include beef tenderloin, sea bass and yellowfin tuna. Sunday brunch. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am10pm Sun. $-$$ L D T (
GrAPEvINE /SOUThLAKE/COLLEYvILLE
BrIO TUSCAN GrILL » 1431 Plaza Place, Southlake, 817.310.3136. Whether you want to eat in or just need that warm Italian bread to go, this restaurant has you covered. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D ( ✹
BUCA DI BEPPO » 2701 E. State Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.749.6262. A neighborhood restaurant where guests feast on family platters of Southern Italian specialties in a boisterous, celebratory environment that recalls the supper clubs of the 1940s and ’50s. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ L D ( fErr ArI’S ITALIAN vILLA » 1200 William D. Tate Ave., 817.251.2525. Owned by the Secchi family, Ferrari’s serves centuryold family recipes with a modern twist. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Mon.Thur.; 5pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ L D r AvIOLI » 120 E. Worth, Grapevine, 817.488.1181. Excellent ingredients and huge portions will satisfy the biggest appetites in your family. 11am-2pm Tue.Sat.; 5pm-9pm Tue.-Thur.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D
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MILANO'S rISTOrANTE » 119 S. Ranch House Road, 817.441.6737. Authentic Italian Cuisine prepared fresh to order. 11am-10pm every day. $ L D
latin american
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GLOrIA’S » Colleyville: 5611 Colleyville Blvd., 817.656.1784. L D ✹ Fort Worth: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.332.8800 L D T ✹ Arlington: 3901 Arlington Highlands Blvd., Ste. 137, 817.701.2981 L D ✹ Gloria’s offers an alternative to Tex-Mex cuisine with a dash of Salvadoran flavor. Colleyville: 11am-10pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. Fort Worth: 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am2am Fri.-Sat. $-$$
MI TIErr A LATIN fUSION » 603 W. Abram, Arlington, 817.861.9144. The flavors are fresh and exotic at Mi Tierra. They serve family recipies in an old fashion way. 11am-8pm Tue.-Sat.; noon-6pm Sun. $$ L D
YUCATAN TACO STAND » 909 West Magnolia Ave., 817.924.8646. With potent margaritas and Latin inspired dishes, Yucatan Taco Stand offers casual dining surrounded by warm colors with both indoor and outdoor seating. 11am to 10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-Midnight Thurs.Fri., Kitchen Closes at 10pm. Sunday Closed. $$ L D ✹
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SAPr ISTI! » 2418 Forest Park Blvd., 817.924.7231. Relaxed, elegant dining that features a European flair. 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Sunday brunch from 10:30am-2pm. $$ D (
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SCAMPI’S MEDITERRANEAN CAFE » 1057 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.927.1887. Italian and Greek cuisine in a setting recently redecorated for romance. 11am2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-9pm Wed.-Thu.; 5:30pm-9:30pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D (
TERRA MEDITERRANEAN GRILL » 2973 Crockett St., Fort Worth, 817.744.7485. A unique indoor/outdoor bar and perhaps the best hummus around. Classic Mediterranean dishes such as gyros and moussaka. 11am-2:30pm and 5pm-10pm, Mon.-Fri.; 11am-11pm, Sat.; 11am-9pm, Sun. $-$$ L D (
ThE VAuLT » 525 Taylor St., 817.348.9828. Sample sumptuos Mediterranean cuisine and wonderful wines in a warm, Europeaninspired setting. Underground Lounge
4pm - close Tue.-Sat.; Lunch: 11am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30-10pm Tue.-Sat.; Closed Sun.-Mon. $ $ L D (✹
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Abu EL o' S » 1041 West I-20, 817.486.2622. The courtyard-inspired dining room at Abuelo's creates an elegant ambiance, but the prices are reasonable and suitable for a casual night out. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D (✹
Chuy'S » 4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste. 199, 817. 557.2489. The colorful and inviting atmosphere of Chuy's allows anyone to make themselves right at home. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D T ✹
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ESPARZA’S » 124 E. Worth St., 817.481.4668. Located in a 19th-century home in historic downtown Grapevine, this quaint little restaurant serves Tex-Mex favorites. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ L D ✹ LA hACIENDA RANCh » 5250 Hwy. 121, Colleyville, 817.318.7500. Mexican food is the fare, and the grilled steaks are excellent. Don’t forget the fajitas. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D RI o MAM bo » 5150 Hwy. 121, 817.354.3124. Salad takes a new twist alongside standard Tex-Mex favorites, with the Los Cabos, a Mexican cobb salad of sorts with chicken, avocado and bleu cheese. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹ FoRT WoRTh
ANThoN y’S » 2400 Meacham Blvd., 817.378.9005. The Santa Fe-style Mexican cuisine features red and green chile enchiladas, fajitas, seafood and more, as well as a great selection of beer, wine and margaritas. 7am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9pm Wed.-Sat. $ L D ✹
bAKER ST. Pub & GRILL » 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.9772. British-themed pub with a menu that offers shepherd’s pie and Scotch egg with good chutney. 11am2am daily. $-$$ L D ( ✹
b ENITo’S RESTAuRANT » 1450 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.8633. Other location: 2516 N.E. 28th St., 817.740.1679. Authentic Mexican fare with some TexMex mixed in. Great weekend breakfast, as well. 10am-9pm Mon.-Thur., 10am-2am Fri.-Sat., 11am-9pm Sun. $$ L D
CA bo GRANDE » 115 W. 2nd St.,
817.348.8226. Good service plus Mexican dishes in a festive atmosphere. Enjoy ribs, snapper and fajitas outside on the patio. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
CANTINA LAREDo » 530 Throckmorton St., 817.810.0773. Start with the top-shelf guacamole and move on to the Enchiladas de Mole. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 10am-9pm Sun. $-$$ L D T ( ✹
ChIMy’S CERVECERIA » 1053 Foch St., 817.348.8888. Famous for its nachos and addictive margaritas, this place is a musttry for all Tex-Mex lovers. 11am-midnight Mon.-Sat. $ L D ✹
C h IP o TLE » 3050 S. Hulen St., 817.735.8355. Other locations: 3000 W. 7th St., 817.348.8530. 4484 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.735.4506. 1312 W. Pipeline Rd., 817.595.3875. 3010 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.4745. Standard Mexican tacos and burritos. Everything is made to order while you watch. 11am-10pm daily. $ L D ✹
DoS GRINGoS » 1015 S. University Dr., 817.338.9393. The name says it all. The Tex-Mex menu is top fare in a setting that appeals to the Cultural District crowd. Their margaritas are the largest in town! 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D ( ✹
EL FENIX » 6391 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.5584. More than 80 years ago, the Martinez Family pioneered what is now internationally known as the Tex-Mex food phenomenon, but they also offer many traditional Mexican food dishes that are popular south of the border. 11am10pm daily. $ L D (
EL R ANCho GRANDE » 1400 N. Main St., 817.624.9206. Fresh tortillas and chips and salsa are made from scratch daily, and the eatery is housed in a beautiful vintage 1918 restored building on the north side of Fort Worth. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ L D (
ESPERANZA’S MEXICAN bAKERy & CAFE » 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770 B
L D ( ✹ Other location: 1109 Hemphill St., 817.332.3848 B L D ( The southof-the-border fare draws neighborhood families and downtowners alike because of the friendly surroundings. Bakery: 6am7pm daily; Cafe: 6:30am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 6:30am-7pm Sat.-Sun.; 6:30am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-5:30pm Sat.-Sun. Hemphill. $
FERNANDEZ CAFE » 4220 W. Vickery Blvd., 817.377.2652. This family-friendly Mexican eatery offers a low-fat selection of food on its menu. 6:30am-2pm daily. $ B L D
FIESTA » 3233 Hemphill St., 817.923.6941. Twenty five years in one location with the original owners. Some employees have even been here for 23 years! The brightly colored lights make for a nice ambiance. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. $ L D (
FuZZy’S TACo ShoP » 2917 W. Berry St., 817.924.7943. Other Locations: 2719 Race St., 817.831.TACO. 5710 Rufe Snow, 817.465.3899. 510 East Abram, Arlington, 817.265.8226. The favorites for late nights are tacos, big burritos, great enchiladas and beer. A TCU student hot spot. 7am-midnight Mon.-Wed.; 7am-1am Thur.; 7am-3am Fri. & Sat.; 7am-10pm Sun. $ B L D ✹
JoE T. GARCIA’S » 2201 N. Commerce,
817.626.4356. Family-owned and -operated for three generations, Joe T.’s is a must for outside dining. Pick one of two menu choices (enchiladas or fajitas) and feast in one of the courtyards or in the fiesta gardens. Beware: The weekend rush will keep you in line for a table, but it’s well worth the wait. Cash only. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $$ L D ( ✹
LA FAMILIA » 841 Foch St., 817.870.2002. Family-owned and -operated restaurant. Lunch specials are served six days a week. Good service and great Tex-Mex are served up here in large portions. 11am10pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat. $ L D
LA PLAyA MAyA » 6209 Sunset Dr., 817.738.3329. Other locations: 1540 N. Main St., 817.624.8411. 3200 Hemphill St., 817.924.0698. Traditional Tex-Mex is well done, but the seafood is better. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $ L D ( ✹
LoS MoLCAJETES » 4320 Western Center Blvd., 817.306.9000. Here, you have a tremendous amount to choose from, including various enchiladas, tostadas, fajitas, chimichangas, combination platters and a sampler platter for the lunch crowd. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ L D
LoS VAquERoS » 2629 N. Main St., 817.624.1511. Other Location: 2880 W. Berry St., 817.769.3070.11am-11pm Mon.-Fri.; 11 am-midnight Sat. $ L D ✹ Located across from Billy Bob’s Texas, this northside favorite is a great place for inexpensive, but absolutely delicious, TexMex. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-3pm Sun. $ L D ✹
MAMbo’S » 1010 Houston St. in the Park Central Hotel, 817.336.3124. A downtown favorite. Mambo’s famous tacos and incredible margaritas will keep you going back for more. Late-night dining at its best. 11am- 2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-midnight Tue.-Thu.; 5pm-2am Fri.-Sat. $ L D ✹
MI CoCINA » 509 Main St., 817.877.3600
L D ✹ Other location: 4601 W. Freeway (I-30 and Hulen), 817.569.1444 L D A favorite all over the Metroplex. Nachos locos, chicken con hongos, mongo goodo and the famous Mambo Taxi that may make you "looso drunko." Easygoing cantina atmosphere. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $
oLD RIP'S TEX MEX » 3105 Cockrell Ave., 817.207.0777. Named for a Texas lizard legend, Old Rip's is Tex-Mex at its finest. 7:30 am-9:30 pm daily (open later for private parties or if there is a crowd).
$-$$ B L D (✹
ThE oRIGINAL » 4713 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.6226. Fort Worth’s oldest Mexican restaurant offers all of the traditional favorites such as warm flautas and homemade tamales in a warm, family-friendly setting. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ L D (
PACo & Joh N » 1116 8th Ave., 817.810.0032. Known for its authentic Latin cuisine, Paco & John offers much more, such as their Cuban press or the salmon enchiladas. Breakfast/Lunch hours: 7:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am2pm Sat.; Dinner hours: 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Sat. $$ B L D ✹
PAPPASITo’S CANTINA » 2704 W. Freeway, 817.877.5546. Other location: 321 W.
Road to Six Flags, Arlington, 817.795.3535. Next door to Pappadeaux, this restaurant draws large crowds with generous helpings of Tex-Mex food. The quality is the best, the portions are huge, and the service is impeccable. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹ all locations
Pu LID o S » 5051 Hwy. 377 S., 817.732.7871. Other locations: 2900 Pulido St., 817.732.7571. 4924 Old Benbrook Rd., 817.731.4241. Classic Mexican restaurant offering everything from enchiladas to crispy tacos. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ L D ( ✹
RIVERA’S MEXICAN GRILL AND MARKET » 900 SH 183, White Settlement, Fort Worth, 817.367.0109. Richard and Dresden Rivera have made a name for themselves as caterers and bring those dishes and others to this restaurant in the Ridgmar Farmers Market Building. 7am-9pm, Mon.-Thu.; 7am-10pm, Fri.; 7am-11pm, Sat.; 9am-5pm, Sun. $-$$ B L D
RED C ACTuS RESTAuRANT » 3005 S. University Dr., 817.927.2933. Located across the street from TCU campus, Red Cactus supplies counter-service burritos, tacos and breakfasts to the local college crowd. They describe their cuisine as fresh-Mex. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $ B L D ✹
RIo MAMbo » 6125 SW Loop 820, 817.423.3124. Salad takes a new twist alongside standard Tex-Mex favorites, with the Los Cabos, a Mexican cobb salad of sorts with chicken, avocado and bleu cheese. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
TRES JoSES CoCINA MEXICANA » 4004 White Settlement Rd., 817.763.0456. Decidedly creative menu with a range of choices, from chargrilled chicken breast to grilled shrimp, fancy tamales stuffed with sirloin and topped with tomatillo salsa. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun.; Closed Mon. $$ B L D (
uNCLE JuLIo’S » 5301 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.2777. A West Fort Worth cult eatery, and it’s easy to see why. This national chain has blended the best parts of Southwestern cuisine with Mex and Tex-Mex, giving guests a flavorful dining experience. 11am-10:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
SouThLAKE
MI ChuLA’S » 1431 Southlake Blvd., Ste. 551, 817.756.6920. Featuring popular Mexican dishes, Mi Chula's has adapted classic recipes to offer guests a menu with a flavor all its own. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. & Sat. $$ L D ✹
WILLoW PARK
Lo S VAqu ER oS » 4971 E. I-20N, 817.441.1551. Sister restaurant to Los Vaqueros in the Stockyards, this has the same menu with a more laidback, family-friendly atmosphere. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. $-$$ L D ( ✹
seafood
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FISh CIT y GRILL » 3900 Arlington Highlands Blvd., 817.465.0001. This casual restaurant offers tasty treats from the sea at tasty prices. Try the blue crab stuffed mushrooms or the Fish City sandwich.
15th Annual Communities In Schools Kitchens Tour
Thank you to the 2010 Kitchens Tour Underwriters for making this event possible.
Exclusive Kitchen Tour Sponsor
Williams Trew
House Sponsors
Chad & Mimi Stephens
Lockheed Martin
Rober & Dawn Zuilhof
Kitchen Sponsors
Bette Mebane & Jim Atteberry
Jade & Jake Bailey
Una & Joe Bailey
Robert Bass
Manning Family Fund of the Community
Foundation of North Texas
Stuart & Melissa Murff
Pier 1 Imports
The Roach Foundation
Mike & Karen Steele
Karen Watkins
Gourmet Sponsors
Kim & Glenn Darden
DuBose Family Foundation
Drs. Steven & Tonya Fuqua
James & Mary Ann Harris
Cathy & Darrell Hirt
Terri & Rich Hollander
Luther King Capital Management
Peter & Sara Sterling
Emma Walker,CPA
Howard Walsh, Jr.
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Restaurants
Bistro Louise
Brothers Sauces
City Kitchen
Del Frisco’s
Fire Oak Grill
Grace Grady’s
Mac’s Grill on 7th
McKinleys Fine Bakery
MICHAELS
Nonna Tata
Piranha Killer Sushi
Ruffino’s
TCB Catering
Vidallia’s
Winslows Wine Café
Special Thanks
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We would like to Thank the committee for their hard work and dedication on this years event.
Kitchens Tour Committee
Co-Chairs: Martha Williams & Joan Trew
Jade Bailey
Janet Bishop
Lynn Gafford
Meredyth Haller
Terri Hollander
Mandy Kizer
Libby Manning
Kathy Mills
Amber Paulk
Diane Stow
11am-10pm Mon.- Thu.; 11am–11pm Fri.Sat.; 11am- 9pm Sun. $-$$ L D ✹
Fort Worth
DADDY JACK’S » 353 Throckmorton St., 817.332.2477. The attentive servers and the expertly cooked dishes make for a wonderful dining experience. 11am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm11pm Fri. & Sat. $$ L D T ( ✹
EDDiE V’S » 3100 W. 7th St. 817.336.8000. Diners can expect an award-winning menu with selections that are flown in daily, as well as an extensive wine list offering American and European vintages. Open daily at 4pm. $$$$ D T (✹
J&J oYStEr BAr » 612 N. University Dr., 817.335.2756. The Oyster bar is the best place where locals go for oysters, scallops and the best seafood gumbo in town. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $ L D ✹
LoNE StAr oYStEr BAr » 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.370.0030. Seafood lovers shouldn’t leave this place without trying the tasty oysters. 11am-2am Tue.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun.-Mon. $ L D ( ✹
PAPPADEAUX » 2708 W. Freeway, 817.877.8843. Other location: 1304 E. Copeland Rd., Arlington, 817.543.0544. Basic New Orleans-themed chain, but hardly pedestrian on the palate. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
r AZZoo ’S » 318 Main St. in Sundance Square, 817.429.7009. Other location: 4700 Bryant Irvin Rd. in Cityview, 817.292.8584. Why go to Mardi Gras when you’ve got Razzoo’s at home? 11am-11pm Sun.-Thur.; 11am-2am Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ✹ ro CKF i S h » 3050 S. Hulen St., 817.738.3474. A seafood lover’s paradise in a good people-watching place. Tender pastas complement all the seafood choices, and the raspberry margarita is too tasty for words. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ✹
ZEKE’S FiSh & ChiPS » 5920 Curzon Ave., 817.731.3321. This Fort Worth staple serves up something different than the Southern battered fish fry. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; Noon-9pm Sun. $ L D ✹
SoUthLAKE
FiSh Cit Y GriLL » 2750 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.748.0456. Try the blue crab stuffed mushrooms or the Fish city sandwich. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11pm11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$ L D ( ✹
trULUCK’S SEAFooD, StEAK & CrAB hoUSE » 1420 Plaza Pl., 817.912.0500. It’s all about the fresh seafood and tender crab at Truluck’s which features a weekly changing menu. 5pm-10pm daily. $$$ D T (
WiLLoW PArK
FiSh CrEEK » 4899 E. I-20., 817.441.1746. This casual restaurant offers some of the best seafood in the area. 4pm-9pm Mon.Thur.; 4pm-10pm Fri.; 4pm-9pm Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ L D ( ✹ southwest
Fort Worth
BLUE MESA BAr & GriLL » 1600 S. University Dr., 817.332.6372 L D (
✹ Other Location: 1586 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, 817.416.0055 L D ✹ Escape Tex-Mex fever and opt for superb Southwestern cuisine in this favorite University Park Village haunt. Fort Worth: 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun.; Southlake: 11am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 9am-9:30pm Sun. $$
B o NNELL’S F i NE t EXAS CU i S i NE » 4259 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.738.5489. Wonderful Texas game dishes, fresh grilled seafood, steaks and chops. Something for every taste, like the grilled trout with mango salsa. Dinner Hours 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue.-Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $$$ L D (
Gr ADY'S rEStAUr ANt» 2443 Forest Park Blvd., 817.922.9980. Grady Spears does it again with his latest restaurant venture. Grady's serves up cowboy dishes with a twist. 5pm-10pm Tue.-Sat. $$$ D (
LANNY’S ALtA CoCiNA MEXiCANA » 3405 W. 7th St., 817.850.9996. Don’t go in expecting traditional enchiladas and tacos. Instead, enjoy multiple courses of nouvelle Mexican cuisine from a fourth-generation member of the Joe T. Garcia family. Lunch: 11am2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Tue.-Thur.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri. & Sat. $$$ L D ( ✹
LoNESoME DoVE WEStErN BiStro
» 2406 N. Main St., 817.740.8810. Chef/ owner Tim Love has brought together a collection of dishes that reflects the spirit of food from the traditional and new Southwest. 11:30am-2:30pm Tue.Sat.; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ L T ( ✹
M i C h AELS r ES t AU r AN t & ANC ho C hi LE BA r » 3413 W. 7th St., 817.877.3413. Michaels Restaurant & Ancho Chile Bar serves up contemporary Southwestern cuisine, a comfortable atmosphere and an extensive list of fine wines. 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 5:30pm-11pm Thur.-Sat. Chile Bar hours: 11am-11pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am1am Thu.-Fri.; 5pm-1am Sat. $ L D ( ✹
rEAtA » 310 Houston St., 817.336.1009. A garden bar three stories above downtown and two stories of dining make this one of the most popular tickets in Fort Worth. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm daily. $$ L D T ( ✹
ti LLMAN ' S ro AD ho USE » 2933 Crockett St., 817.850.9255. This update on the classic Texas roadhouse offers really good food, drinks and music in an inviting atmosphere. 11 am11pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-2pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-11pm Sun. $$$ L D (✹
steaks
ArLiNGtoN
MAC’S S t EAKS & SEAF oo D » Arlington: 6077 I-20 W., 817.572.0541. Fort Worth: 2600 W. 7th St., Ste. 153, 817.332.6227. Colleyville: 5120 Hwy. 121, 817.318.6227. Trendy but casual pub featuring steaks and seafood. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 3pm-10pm Sun. $-$$ L D ( tr A i L DUS t S t EAK ho USE » 2300 E. Lamar Ave., 817.640.6411. The large and lively atmosphere make this a good
place for a night out with the family. 11am-10pm Daily. $$$ L D ( ✹
Fort Worth
BAiLEY'S PriME PLUS » 2901 Crockett St., 817.870.1100. Bailey's offers exceptional steakhouse cuisine including both dry- and wet-aged steaks, seafood dishes and outstanding desserts. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; Bar stays open until 1am Fri. and Sat. $$$ L D ( Bo B ’S StEAK AND Cho P h oUSE » 1300 Houston St., 817.350.4100. One of the top steak houses in the country, Bob’s Steak and Chop House, has come to Fort Worth and is located inside of the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. 5-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5-11pm Fri. and Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$$ D T (
CAtt LEMEN’S S t EAK ho USE » 2458 N. Main St., 817.624.3945. In the Stockyards since 1947, Cattlemen’s is a beef institution where you choose your steak from the glass butcher case. 11am-10:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 1pm-9pm Sun. $$$ L D (
DEL F ri SC o ’S D o UBLE EAGLE
S t EAK ho USE » 812 Main St., 817.877.3999. A Fort Worth/Dallas legend. The meat is great, and so is the service. Don’t hesitate to try the fish or the mock turtle soup made with beef and sherry. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9pm Sun. $$$ D T (
Gr ACE rES tAUr ANt » 777 Main St., 817.877.3388. With fresh, bold flavors and high-quality ingredients, Grace serves modern American classics on its protein-driven menu. 5:30pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. Bar Hours 4pm-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pmmidnight Fri.; 5:30pm-midnight Sat. $$$$ D T ( ✹
h 3 r ANC h » 109 E. Exchange Ave., 817.624.1246. The bunkhouse feel lends a special Stockyards flavor to roast pork Southern-style, and be sure to try a gooey caramely dessert served in a skillet or a flaming steak with 150-proof fuel. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$$ L D T ( ho FFB r AU » 1712 S. University Dr., 817.870.1952. A relaxed setting that serves up good steaks, chargrilled pork chops, bacon-wrapped shrimp, fried pickles and banana pudding. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ L D ( ✹
thE KEG StEAKhoUSE & BAr » 5760 SW Loop 820, 817.731.3534. Other locations: 4001 Arlington Heights Blvd., #101, Arlington, 817.465.3700. The fireplace makes it cozy, but the food makes it better, especially the oddball, round “baseball steak.” Fort Worth: 4pm-midnight Mon.-Thur.; 4pm-1am Fri. & Sat.; 4pm-11pm Sun. Arlington: 11am-10pm Sun. $$$ D ( L AMBErt’S » 2731 White Settlement Rd., 817.882.1161. Lambert’s serves bold ranch cuisine in a big city setting. Enjoy country cooking and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am3pm Sun. $$ D T ( ✹ MErCUrY ChoP hoUSE » 301 Main St., 817.336.4129. The menu is the only way to describe this place of beef ten-
derloin Oscar, Dijon-crusted pork chops, truffled polenta and halibut over a roux of Kalamata olives and Roma tomatoes. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm10pm Sun.-Thur.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $$$ B L D T ( ✹ M&M StEAKhoUSE » 1106 N.W. 28th St., 817.624.0612. This restaurant may be small, but the steaks sure aren’t. Try one of these huge slabs of meat smothered in a garlic sauce. The food is excellent. Cash only. 5pm-11pm Tue.Sat. $$ D ( ri SCKY’S S t EAK ho USE » 120 E. Exchange Ave., 817.624.4800. A true Old West décor serving Texas-size steaks of certified Angus beef. 11am9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thur.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ L D ( rU th’ S Chri S » 813 Main St., 817.348.0080. Ruth’s Chris famous steaks are seared to perfection at 1800 degrees and topped with fresh butter so they sizzle all the way to your table. 5pm-10 pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.Sat.; 5pm-9:30 pm Sun. $$$ D T ( Sh ULA’ S 347 » Sheraton Hotel, 1701 Commerce St., 817.870.2700. Named after Hall of Fame football coach Don Shula, this high-end steakhouse with a sporty flair offers everything from salads to burgers to its famous Shula Cut steaks. 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30 am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ B L D T (
S i LVE r F oX S t EAK ho USE » 1651 S. University Dr., 817.332.9060. Other location: 1235 William D. Tate, Grapevine, 817.329.6995. Prime veal, steak salads and off-the-cob cream corn are a few of the favorites on this menu of upscale Western chophouse fare. 4pm10pm Mon.-Sat. $$$ D T (
GrANBUrY
B UFFAL o GAP S t EAK ho USE AND CAN ti NA » 1470 Hwy. 377, 817.573.4472. Buffalo Gap offers live music to go with their fine sirloins and ribeyes. 11am-10pm daily. $$ L D ✹
GrAPEViNE /SoUthLAKE/ CoLLEYViLLE
J.r .’S StEAKhoUSE » 5400 Hwy. 121, 817.355.1414. J.R.’s draws a more casual crowd, but there is nothing casual about the food. You will also find live music nightly in the adjoining bar. 4pmlounge; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$ D T (
K ir BY’S S t EAK ho USE » 3305 E. Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.410.2221. A fine dining experience featuring primeaged, bone-in ribeye and pepper steak. 4:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 4:30pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ D T (
WEAthErForD
t h E Wi LD M US hroo M St EAK h oUSE AND LoUNGE » 1917 Martin Drive, 817.599.4935. Live piano music entertains guests as they enjoy their meals of perfectly grilled steaks, fresh salmon and much more. 5pm-9pm Mon. - Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sat. $$-$$$$ D (
Host:
Event Chairs:
Martha & Doug Hawthorne
COMMITTEE
Honorary Chairs:
Rosie & Mayor Mike Moncrief *
Elizabeth & Sal Espino
Mac & Zim Zimmerman
Lucretia & Danny Scarth
Christene & Frank Moss
Glenda & Jungus Jordan
Ellie & Carter Burdette
Kathleen Hicks
Joel Burns & J.D. Angle
Sponsorship Committee:
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Tim Carter *
Doug Cook
Mike Guyton *
Dan Hagan
Dan Hansen *
Bob Jameson *
Brenda Kostorhyz *
Rick Merrill
Lynn Montgomery
Phil Norwood
Gina Puente *
Norma Roby *
John Stevenson *
Wes Turner *
Greg Upp *
Vaughn O. Vennerberg, II
Auction Chairs:
Molly & Mitch Snyder
Robin & Ken Ponitz
* Fort Worth Promotion & Development Fund
Board of Directors Members
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Photo courtesy of the Jack White Photograph Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
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