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The Quintessential Guide to Fort Worth Barbecue Good ’ole Texas barbecue. We take on old favorites, new kids on the block, under-theradar establishments, and a few that will put some miles on your car to bring you the lowdown on what Fort Worth ’cue is all about.
by Malcolm Mayhew
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A New Year, a New Life
A Hurricane Harvey survivor tells the harrowing story of her rescue and how life has changed since moving to Fort Worth.
by Jocelyn Tatum
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School Guide A no-fuss guide to area schools and universities.
The Softer Side of the Rodeo Get a load of this ball o’ fluff.
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The History of the Word “Rodeo” 20
The Studio Pitch Catching up with The Toadies frontman and his latest Near Southside venture.
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Fort Worthian He’s just like any other teen — except with a college degree.
Making an Entry Inside the style of a rodeo queen.
Bound Treasure Four books to put on your 2018 reading list.
Travel to Heal Getaways that relax and refresh.
Getting the Boot Two sisters and TCU grads take on the bespoke boot business.
Know Your Meat Only nine restaurants in the country carry this beef. One of them is in the Fort. 134
Curries and Spice and Everything Nice Southeast Asia meets the West. 136
Food News A taste of what’s happening.
Restaurant Listings
A comprehensive guide to area restaurants.
122. Ten Things to Do
This Month The matriarch of one famous family is showcasing her art in Fort Worth, plus more happenings around town.
100. Barbecued History What Christopher Columbus has to do with the history of smoked meat.
102. 2017 Assembly Debutantes
104. An Artists’ Christmas/ Picnic at the Park
106. A Night in Havana/ Delicious Wishes
108. 2017 Design Awards
» On one of my first true Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo exper iences (meaning the first t ime I could order a beer while watching), I was slowly making the movement of pulling said beer up for a sip when a horse sprinted past, kicking up a large chunk of dirt that flew up in the air and landed in my cup just before my action was complete. It was so startling that I remember it in slow motion. I looked around at my friends assuming they would partake in my shock. Instead, they smiled and nodded as if to tell me I had been initiated (and should be thankful for such a good seat).
It was indeed a new experience. As a native of Houston, the rodeo mostly meant that Beyonce was back in town — and to be clear, I’m not complaining about that. But this was different. Yet, somehow still familiar. That’s what this issue of the
magazine will probably feel like to you. The same, but different. You’ll notice that we are still dedicated to covering the city of Fort Worth and making it better, showcasing the people that keep it moving and the stories that occur within. But, we have a brand-new look that gives us the chance to cover more stories, no matter how detailed or small — or large, as page 17 would have it. You’ll see our rodeo coverage starts there and is woven throughout our pages.
ON THE COVER:
And with the bulls and the blood and the dust and the mud and the roar of a Sunday crowd, we knew there was no better time to talk about barbecue. If a rodeo is our kitchen table, then barbecue is our politics. Writer Malcolm Mayhew knows that better than anyone, so he joins us again for our Ultimate Guide to Fort Worth Barbecue (page 46) — and with a field this packed, you need this experienced tour guide.
Then we take a sharp turn to a topic we can all get behind this time of year — new beginnings. On page 64, writer Jocelyn Tatum tells the story of a Hurricane Harvey evacuee who is building a new life with her family in Fort Worth after making an escape from her home in Port Arthur as water flowed in. She went from a boat, to a flatbed truck, to an airplane, to a cot, to a hotel, to an apartment. It’s a story that reminds us all that a little dirt in your beer is nothing to complain about. Happy New Year.
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» Malcolm Mayhew tackles our cover story this month on page 46. Turns out he has quite the history with ’cue.
What’s the last thing you ate?
A burger from the new location of Fuego Burger on Benbrook Highway. I need to stop eating burgers. I’m getting really fat.
What’s your most memorable bite of BBQ? Definitely the first time I ate at Angelo’s, 32 or 33 years ago. My dad and I went one day. He told me what to order — a chopped sandwich, no onions, and we shared some ribs. I still remember unwrapping the sandwich and seeing all that grease and mustard and sauce. I’d had barbecue but not anything that looked, smelled or tasted as good as that. I still get the same thing every time I go.
You worked at Angelo’s, right? I worked in the restaurant business for several years before I started working at the paper. I was working at Angelo’s when I got the gig at the StarTelegram. Funny story: I couldn’t make it over to the paper for a proper interview, because I worked at the restaurant all day, so the paper came to me and interviewed me during my shift. There I am, wearing ratty work clothes drenched in beer and barbecue sauce and potato salad and sweat, so much sweat. It was so hot in that kitchen. I can’t imagine how bad I must have smelled. Couple days later, they called and offered me the job — a dumb kid got a lucky break.
You started working at the Star-Telegram when you were 19. Do you remember what your first day was like? This guy by the name of Jimmy Mass showed me around the paper, including the newsroom. I remember walking into this tornado of activity — people yelling across the room, running back and forth from offices to their desks, phones ringing, doors slamming, papers and notebooks strewn all over the floor; I was totally into it.
The restaurant closing in the last year that bummed you out the most? I was sad to see this little Mexican restaurant in River Oaks go, called Rivera’s. It had been there a long time, 25 years or so. Great breakfast tacos, huge ones, on house-made tortillas.
You can review food, but can you cook it? You know what’s funny? When I was a music critic, people would ask me, “You can review music, but can you play an instrument?” My answer hasn’t really changed: Yes, but not very well. Being a good cook is like being a good musician — you have to have natural ability or the patience to learn.
Olaf Growald owns and operates Growald Photography, which specializes in documentary portraiture. The New York City native briefly left his job with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1999 to serve as a firefighter/paramedic until 2012. Growald’s images have appeared in places like Newsweek, Time, and The Associated Press He contributes to Fort Worth Magazine for the first time this month contributing all of the images for “The Ultimate Guide to Fort Worth Barbecue” on page 46.
Amber Bell, who writes reguarly for Fort Worth HOME magazine, contributes to our flagship title for the first time this month. She has extensive experience writing about travel, weddings and lifestyle, as she was previously a senior editor for Houston Magazine Flip to page 40 for her story on two sisters adding a modern touch to the bespoke boot business.
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» I’ll introduce myself f irst. I’m Kat Barclay, one of the editorial interns at Fort Worth Magazine I started this internship in May 2017 and planned it to end in August when I graduated. Well, to make a long story short, it’s December as I write this, and I’m still here. For those of you who are bad at math like me, that is eight months.
I’ll be honest — it’s hard to write about what a typical day looks like as an intern here when every day is different. I could talk about the stories I wrote, like the one about goat yoga or the house made of shipping containers, or when I took on the task of completing the dining guide that will be published in the spring. I could also talk about the cool events I’ve been able to attend, like the 2017 Top Chef Challenge or the TCU weekly football presser. And, while I’ve learned all kinds of journalistic tips and skills, I got a real glimpse into office dynamics. Here are the top eight things I learned while working here:
1. You’ll never know what month you’re in since the magazines are planned one to two months in advance; you’ll be preparing for Christmas while it’s still only October.
2. Find a spot in the office where the Wi-Fi works and don’t move.
3. Sales and Editorial have an interesting relationship with each other. I think it’s mostly love — I think.
4. Wear warm clothing — whether it’s July or December, the offices are always cold.
5. Google Drive is life.
6. Writing about food means being hungry all day. Even if you don’t like Indian food, you’ll be craving curry chicken after the tenth buffet you’ve written about.
7. If you don’t already know your school fight song, learn it. You just might get asked to sing it.
8. Friday afternoons are for margaritas.
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» The Softer Side of the Rodeo. This is Harley Mcdaniel. She’s an 8-monthold Blue Flemish Giant rabbit that will show at this month’s Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, beginning Jan. 12. continued on page 18 »
continued from page 17 » The 14-pound gentle giant (that’s the slang term for a Flemish; they can grow to be upwards of 20 pounds) visited our studio in early December just after winning her first champion “leg” at a show the prior weekend. Harley hails from a breeder named Robert McAllister in Indiana and now lives with Wes Archambeau and Lorie Mcdaniel in Weatherford. Two more legs and she’ll be a grand champion at the tender age of 8 months old. Her dad is particularly proud of her dewlap, the abundance of fur around her neck that she’ll use to build a nest for her offspring, and her “wide fat butt.” He assures me that’s a good thing in the rabbit world. Harley can thank a diet of rabbit pellets, sweet potato, apples, carrots, and kale (her favorite) for that back side. Archambeau is confident she’s a happy bunny, saying, “We spoil our rabbits.”
The Fort Worth City Council voted 8-1 to expand smoking restrictions and ban smoking in bars and bingo halls on Dec. 12. Almost 50 business owners and citizens spoke in support of the ban at the council meeting. Fort Worth was one of the last major cities in Texas that still allowed smoking in bars. The ban will take effect March 12.
“On behalf of some of the largest employers in Fort Worth, we ask that you please support this ordinance, and let’s make this the historic night that Fort Worth deserves — to be comprehensive smoke-free.”
Steve Love, president and CEO of the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council
“No one should have to choose between their health and a paycheck.”
Matt Dufrene, president of Blue Zones
WHEN THE RODEO BEGINS ON JAN. 19, IT WILL MEAN THAT THE WORLD’S ORIGINAL INDOOR RODEO WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD.
Although there have been various disputes to the actual first indoor rodeo, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo made sure it would get credit when it trademarked the phrase in 2012.
Legend has it that after show officials started
to feel that the outdoor shows were attracting too niche of an audience, Stock Show vice president Marion Sansom started a committee to create a “contest roundup” to wrangle in an audience and bring them indoors. With the new idea of making the events indoors, all that was missing was a name. According to the book A Hundred Years of Heroes,
“I think we all have a lot to be proud of in Fort Worth, and passing this ordinance would be just one more thing to add to that list.”
Melinda Johnston, Fort Worth resident
“They’ve literally and figuratively been holding their breath.”
Onjewel Smith, Americans for Nonsmokers Rights speaking about the men and women who work in smoke-filled environments who have been waiting since updates were made to the smoking ordinance in 2008 Go
Claude Hamilton suggested the word “rodéo” from the Spanish word for roundup. But with an accent over the “e” that no one knew how to properly pronounce, the name was still up for debate before Chairman Sansom said, “Hell, that doesn’t spell ‘ro-day-o’; it spells ‘ro-dee-o,’” confirming the name and pronunciation for the World’s Original Indoor Rodeo. – Meg Hemmerle
THEY SAY IT TAKES THREE TO START A TREND. The Little Free Library movement has hit Fort Worth. The Foundry District added a station for sharing books just outside of 200 Carroll St. in October, making a total of three in the 76107 zip code alone. Those locations also join more than 20 other listed locations in the Fort Worth area, including a library in partnership with the Near Southside and Folklore Farms) in front of Stir Crazy Baked Goods and another in front of the Tarrant Area Food Bank. The nonprofit, founded in 2011, aims to inspire a love of reading by increasing children’s access to books — especially at home. According to the U.S. Department of Education, up to 61 percent of low-income families do not have any books for their kids home. That’s why you’ll see many Little Free Libraries in the middle of neighborhoods. As November 2016, there were more than 50,000 registered Little Free Library book exchanges in all 50 U.S. states and over 70 countries around the world.
Opening late last year, The Loop provides local musicians with a place to rehearse in the Near Southside.
BY JENNIFER CASSEDAY-BLAIR
» With nearly three decades of experience recording music, Toadies frontman Vaden Todd Lewis has spent his fair share of time in rehearsal studios. Recognizing all of the obstacles musicians must overcome to be successful, Vaden and his wife, Rachel, opened The Loop last year in the Evans Street building just east of Interstate 35.
Artwork from local painters and photographers hangs from the walls throughout the rehearsal complex, and a lounge area provides a collaborative break spot for musicians. Interior common spaces and the exterior of the studio are monitored 24/7, ensuring the safety of tenants and all of their gear.
Lewis began working in a record store in Fort Worth where he soon would meet fellow Toadies band members
Toadies formed their band and began rehearsing together
Major label Interscope Records signed the Toadies
The Toadies released their second album, Hell Below/Stars Above
Toadies released debut album, Rubberneck (Lewis was working as a clerk at Sound Warehouse)
Inside Loop: Q&A With Vaden Todd Lew is
Q: Where is the strangest place you’ve ever rehearsed?
A: I’ve rehearsed everywhere from a storage unit in Fort Worth to a soundstage in LA. The storage unit was on Beach Street and was about the size of a one-car garage, made of sheet metal with a rolling metal garage door and only a light bulb socket for electricity … No heat, no AC, cement floor and loud as all get-out. That was the first place The Toadies rehearsed and where I was introduced to Mark Reznicek (The Rez), who is still our drummer to this day.
Q: How did you come up with the name, The Loop, for your rehearsal complex?
A: Ages ago I was talking with some locals about where we all lived. One person asked, “Are you in the loop?” The other replied, “Nah, I’m in HEB,”
VTL: A Timeline
Horton Heat drummer Taz Bentley and Lewis formed the band Burden Brothers
The Toadies disbanded
Toadies regrouped for a few sold-out shows
Toadies released new material, No Deliverance, for Dallasbased Kirtland Records
meaning outside Loop 820. Much later when Rachel and I were looking for locations for our rehearsal space, we told our Realtor, “We have to be in the loop” because we wanted to be centrally located. Also it’s a pretty cool name.
Q: What can fans expect from The Toadies’ newest album, The Lower Side of Uptown?
A: This album has been compared to our first album, Rubberneck, quite a bit. I think it has a similar angst, angularity and energy to that album, with a bit more refinement in the songwriting. The response has been fantastic, and the turnout for our recent tour reflected that enthusiasm. I believe fans of guitar-driven rock and roll are hungry for this sort of thing. I know I still am.
Toadies partner with Martin House Brewing Company to begin annual collaborative special edition beers
The Toadies released newest album, Lower Side of Uptown
Toadies held the first of their annual music festival, Dia De Los Toadies, at Possum Kingdom Lake Play.Rock. Music., the Toadies fifth album, was released and featured Doni Blair on bass
Lewis and his wife, Rachel, opened The Loop
BY JENNIFER CASSEDAY-BLAIR
any call 15-year-old Carson Huey-You a genius. Others refer to him as a prodigy or a savant. But this physics major, the youngest to ever receive a degree from TCU, is a quintessential teen who loves playing video games, watching superhero movies, roughhousing with his younger brother and raiding the fridge. He may have received a degree in physics and minored in Chinese and math, but that is not what defines him. His mother taught him to always be a gentleman and ensured his social life hasn’t suffered despite his elevated studies. Carson is also big brother to 12-year-old Cannan, who is a freshman at TCU studying astrophysics and engineering.
Q. Was there a moment in the classroom that you realized you were more advanced or had a better understanding of the concepts being taught than the other students?
A. I never really thought that I was doing stuff at a higher level than the other kids. I just enjoyed being in a classroom environment learning interesting concepts and taking in knowledge.
Q. You must have visited several college campuses; why was TCU the right choice for you?
A. I was considering schools in Texas because I wanted to stay close. When we
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A. Yes, definitely. Not in the sense that I wasn’t used to being around older people, but going academically from a private school to a larger campus was hard the first and second years.
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being a part of any organization, I recently worked the physics and astronomy booth during the eclipse.
Q. Outside of the classroom, what are your interests or other hidden talents?
A. Eating is my favorite activity. I also love swimming with my little brother, Cannan. We have a pool in our backyard. I like playing with my puppy Klaus and making sure he’s happy. We don’t play any violent video games, but I love playing games like “Minecraft” or “Portal.”
Q. What’s your favorite movie or book?
A It’s really hard to pick just one book. I really like the Lord of the Rings series and thought The Westing Game was really good. As far as movies, I enjoy superhero films … both Marvel and DC.
Q So your little brother is also attending TCU; how old is he and what is he majoring in?
A He’s 12 years old, and he’s double majoring in astrophysics and engineering. He wants to be an astronaut.
Q. Was there an advisor or mentor at TCU who has helped you learn the ropes around campus?
A. Dr. [Magnus] Rittby [senior associate dean for administration and graduate programs at TCU’s College of Science and Engineering] showed us around and helped with enrollment. Along the way, he’s given me tips for general success.
Q. What does the future hold?
A. My goal is to go into research in quantum physics. That might be teaching or with a private company. It might be doing research for my own company.
1. A notebook, along with his textbooks, makes his backpack very heavy.
2. Laptop. Carson prefers Mac over PC.
3. The Westing Game is one of Carson’s books of choice.
4. Scientific Calculator
5. No. 2 Pencils. Carson
says he only uses mechanical pencils.
6. Carson’s mom makes sure his mini fridge stays stocked with groceries and meals like kale for salads, meats and yogurt. On the day of the shoot, his mom had made a chicken pot pie — one of Carson’s favorites.
If the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo had a queen, it would be Elaine Agather. We took stock of some of her royal outfits, as this banker geared up for rodeo season. »
BY KENDALL LOUIS
Elaine Agather is changing clothes in a horse stall inside Will Rogers Memorial Center when I ask her how she managed life as a working mom with two young daughters early on in her career.
To be specific, she’s changing from a rhinestone-covered red, white and blue Western suit to a turquoise rhinestone-covered Western suit. She has the hat to match too.
Although you’ve never seen Elaine Agather changing in a stall like this, you’ve probably seen her before. It could have been on a list of most powerful, thanks to her role as chair of J.P. Morgan Chase’s Dallas region, and south region head of J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Or it might be due to the position she took over from Ed Bass as the chairman of the board for Performing Arts Fort Worth. Maybe you’re one of her daughter Bradley Agather Means’ 40K-plus Instagram followers, and you’ve spotted her in your feed. But if you’ve been in Fort Worth long, you most likely spotted her at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Grand Entry once over the last 26 years. She has ridden in every show (save for one she missed for a business event) since 1992. At 36 rodeo performances a year, that’s more than 900 rides. And the ride waits for no one, which is why Agather knows exactly how long it takes to get to Will Rogers from her home — 7 minutes.
She’s earned her rhinestone-studded stripes too. Often described as the “bestdressed cowgirl in Will Rogers Coliseum,” her outfits have evolved throughout the years. She remembers buying a cheap black plastic hat for the first Stock Show parade. It was sleeting that year, and by the end of the parade, there were black streaks falling down her face. Her wardrobe upgrades are partly thanks to her husband, Neils Agather, executive director of The Burnett Foundation, who has taken an interest in gifting her Western outfits. “He started finding vintage outfits,” Agather says. “He had this one made in California. And he’s done a great job. He won’t ever let me
know where he gets it.”
Agather talks about the outfits like they’re her children. “For the vintage ones, I make up stories about the cowgirl [who used to own it] and what her life was like.” And she says she loves them all equally. “They are all my favorites. I’ll probably have to give them all to the museum when I die.” Agather is referring to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame that sits just a couple blocks from where we’re standing, largely thanks to her. Agather was on the advisory board when they raised more than $20 million for the museum to build a new facility in the Cultural District and relocate from Hereford, Texas, in the late ‘90s.
Although most see Agather, a Sherman native, as an authentic cowgirl, thanks to that more than quarter of a century of
“For the vintage ones, I make up stories about the cowgirl [who used to own it] and what her life was like.”
Elaine Agather
grand entry riding under her belt buckle, she thinks that honor goes to others in the Stock Show circle. “These women in the stock show business are so strong and full of grit and hardy and happy. They make it happen. They really, really are the heroes. Then they go home and keep the family together.” Agather tells them that, too, quickly moving out of the way of a cowgirl walking by leading her horse. “Y’all are the real deal,” she says.
She assumes those that want a picture with her think she’s just a character in the show. “When I walk from the parking lot to go ride, people stop and say, ‘Can I get your picture?’ I think they think I’m a character walking around [like at Disney World]. There’s no telling how many people I’ve taken pictures with who think I’m ‘one of the characters.’”
I ask her what her favorite part is of any given Western outfit, expecting the hats, the boots, a piece of clothing. But no, it’s the color. “I love all the colors, and I love the ability to make people smile when I ride by. It’s old. It’s young. It’s kids. I ride because of what [the Stock Show] does for these kids. I love that Dale Evans and Roy Rogers rode here.”
And her favorite part of the grand entry is after the ride is over. “When I come back, they are usually playing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Every single person stops and takes their hat off. I think the cows even stop.”
Another cowgirl walks by as our conversation draws to a close. Elaine takes notice. “You’re so cute; let’s get your picture.”
“It’s better to be looked over than to be overlooked.”
Nudie Cohn
Nudie Cohn, whom Rolling Stone referred to as “the world’s flashiest country and western stylist” in 1969, was the first to design the rhinestone-covered suits now known as “Nudie Suits.” Elaine Agather beamed recounting the famous story of Roy Rogers requesting that Cohn make an outfit blingy enough for kids in the balcony of Madison Square Garden to see him from the stands.
The Ukrainianborn American tailor counted Elvis Presley, Gram Parsons and Dale Evans among his clients.
BY JENNIFER CASSEDAY-BLAIR
Cinephiles are familiar with Tom Hanks’ roles in movies like “Forrest Gump” or “Sleepless in Seattle,” so it comes as no surprise that his sensitivity and empathetic nature drive his first collection of fiction. All 17 stories in Uncommon Type offer a humane view of people and their foibles. In a world where the news is often bleak and much fiction tends toward the dark and dystopic, this is a heartfelt, charming kind of storytelling of how people might exist in Utopia. Even when Hanks writes about somber subjects such as the effects of war or immigrants fleeing persecution, he’s able to deliver it in a palatable way for the reader. Hanks wrote his entire book on an antique manual typewriter. He’s an avid collector.
From the bestselling author of the wildly popular The Couple Next Door comes a well-plotted thriller of a woman who wakes in a hospital after a car accident with no memory of the night before. In A Stranger in the House, police can’t figure out what Karen Krupp, upstate New York housewife and bookkeeper, was doing in a sketchy part of town before running a red light and smashing her car into a utility pole. After discovering a murdered man a few blocks from the scene, detectives set in motion an investigation that quickly threatens to expose secrets beneath the suburban life Karen and her husband have created for themselves. Plentiful plot twists make this an engrossing page-turner.
Fans of “Sex and the City” will be ravenous for Andi Dorfman’s book, Single State of Mind Breakout star of “The Bachelorette” and author of New York Times bestseller, It’s Not Okay, Dorfman shares her adventures as a still-single gal trying to thrive in New York City. The relatable personality of this Georgia native has inspired intense devotion from her fans as she details her dates on Tinder, watching her ex-fiancé propose to another woman on “Bachelor in Paradise” and finding her first New York apartment. For those who love juicy gossip and brain candy, Single State of Mind fits the bill.
Elif Shafak delves into some of the most pressing issues of our time in Three Daughters of Eve Her new novel begins with a married, beautiful Turkish woman, Peri, and her teenage daughter, Deniz, stuck in a traffic jam in Istanbul on their way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion. A beggar snatches Peri’s handbag, and as she wrestles to get it back, an old Polaroid of three young women and their university professor falls to the ground. The rest of the novel is devoted to exploring her estranged relationships with the people in the photo. Shafak successfully navigates the tensions in her country between religious and secular, rich and poor, and East and West.
Need a post-holiday detox? These getaways might do the trick.
BY KYLE WHITECOTTON
While most vacations aim to provide a relaxing getaway full of beautiful sites, mouthwatering meals and adventures that temporarily suspend reality, we more often than not arrive home afterward feeling drained and ill-prepared to resume life’s busy routine. Aside from a few photographs and an overpriced T-shirt, these getaways leave your skin burned, your feet blistered and your belly a little bigger than it was before. In fact, for many, feeling worn-out, overworked and downright unhealthy is a
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Local sisters kick Western footwear up a notch with their new, modern boot brand and homegrown passion.
BY AMBER BELL
Sarah Means and Lizzie Means Duplantis have always had two things: each other and their boots. “Lizzie would wear them with pencil skirts, turtlenecks and blazers to work in the Financial District,” recalls Sarah, “and I styled them with ripped denim and slouchy sweaters in SoHo.” They both moved to New York City after graduating from TCU. Lizzie worked for Forbes Magazine, followed by stints at Goldman Sachs and Tiger Global, while Sarah took up a post with handbag and shoe designer Loeffler Randall. Now back in Texas, the sisters launched bespoke cowboy boot brand, Miron Crosby, late last year.
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Decor, which she later sold to seed Miron Crosby. “I’m so grateful to have previously owned and operated a company. It has helped me to have great perspective.”
The two have successfully built on their homegrown passion for boots, keeping family as their inspiration. The company name, Miron Crosby, is a play on their greatgrandfather’s name, Marian Otis Means. And Crosby is both a pasture on their West Texas ranch as well as a street in SoHo. Lizzie and Sarah also keep production close to home, using the 164-year-old, Texasbased boot making company and factory Rios of Mercedes, owned by their cousins. “We’ve always had access to designing boots,” says Lizzie, who has rows of memorable footwear in her closet, from TCU boots to blue boots for her wedding day, to boots sporting her children’s initials. In the Means family, custom boots were a gift from their parents for special occasions, marking major milestones in their lives.
Nestled in a second-floor studio in Highland Park Village, the brand focuses on custom boots, plus an elite off-the-shelf stock collection both in-store and online, with just eight to 15 pairs available in each style. The sisters work with clients on crafting the perfect boot around a large white marble-top table that anchors their Southwestern-influenced studio. “We wanted it to feel like Baja-metMarfa, with touches of colors and midcentury modern,” Sarah says of the space they
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Design comes quite naturally to Lizzie and Sarah, who are originally from their family’s cattle ranch in Valentine, Texas, near Marfa. Lizzie’s children are the sixth generation to participate in the familyowned ranching business since 1884. Upon moving back to Texas, Lizzie started up a furniture rental company, Perch Event
“Miron Crosby is a perfect reflection of us, our heritage, interests and passion,” says Lizzie. “Our boots are works of art, and guiding people through the process of designing their own sets us apart.”
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the ultimate guide to fort worth
From worth a drive to kind of a dive, these local spots prove Fort Worth’s barbecue scene is smokin’.
BY MALCOLM MAYHEW
There’s no better way to pick a fight in Fort Worth than saying five simple words: “Who has the best barbecue?” › In a town with so many great answers, passions run deep. In no time at all, you’ll be duking it out with someone over which is better: Railhead or Angelo’s, fatty brisket or lean brisket, a sweet glaze on ribs or a spicy rub? And, of course, the most important question: Sauce — yay or nay? › Fort Worthians love to debate the merits of barbecue, but lately we’re not the only ones. The cuisine that we hold so dear is currently in the throes of a nationwide change and renaissance, with a newfound focus on organic, local and high quality. In its infancy, barbecue was often the parts no one else wanted. Now, many of the new places that have opened near and far — and even some grizzled vets — use only best-in-show stuff, sourced as locally and responsibly as possible. › In and around Fort Worth alone, nearly a dozen new barbecue joints opened last year, from small mom-and-pops to iron and steel giants. Add these spots to an already long list of worthy ’cue joints, and you’ve got a thriving BBQ scene worth bragging — and arguing — about. The time seems ripe for a guide to these joints — where to go, what to get, a cool little tip or two. Welcome, then, to Fort Worth Magazine’s first-ever guide to the best barbecue spots this side of the Trinity.
Recently opened but already ahead of the pack
6257 Rufe Snow Drive, Watauga, 817-576-4788, berrybestbbq.com
» Newly opened in Watauga, this tight squeeze of a spot, found in the parking lot of a strip mall, is a barbecue shack in the truest sense of the term: There’s nowhere to sit. You get your food to-go, either via the walk-up counter ordrive-thruwindow.Part ofBerry Best’stiny footprintis devoted to a custom wood smoker, in whichpitmaster/ownerJohnBerry tends to brisket, ribs, bologna, pulled pork, chicken and hot links, all smoked over pecan.The longtimebarbecuerand first-timerestaurateur doesapraiseworthyjob, particularly with brisket, whose skin is etched inred smoke ringsand lined inspinesof black crust—suresigns of wellsmoked brisket.Allhis meats are seasoned withaslightly spicy,seven-blendrub, the recipe forwhichBerryguardswith lockedlips secrecy.
Don’t miss: Sweet baked beans,spruced up withground meat.
Hot tip: Get a side of the dynamitesmoked cornbread.
425 U.S. 377 S., Argyle, 940-464-4444, bumbershootbbq.com
» Good thing you’ll smell Bumbershoot before you see it. Otherwise, you may miss this new ’cue trailer in Argyle, hidden behind pizza joint Earl’s 377 (whose owners also run Bumbershoot). This is one of the few local barbecue spots that caters to families, offering a big fence and paintbrushes for kiddos to create their next Mona Lisas and familyfriendly live music on weekends. Barbecue is served Central Texas-style: Big, messy slabs of brisket and ribs come on metal trays lined in butcher paper. Pay attention to the sides, especially the pinto beans, made with brisket and rib meat.
Don’t miss: The $10 tater tots topped with chopped brisket, grated cheddar, sour cream, housemade barbecue sauce and bright green jalapeños.
Hot tip: Sandwiches are the way to go. Instead of buns, Bumbershoot uses thick buttery slices of Texas toast.
1109 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, 817-882-6970, heimbbq.com
» Relative newcomers Travis and Emma Heim, who in 2016 opened their self-named barbecue joint on Magnolia Avenue, perfectly represent what’s happening in barbecue right now. They source all-natural meat from the respected Niman Ranch. An experimental nature led them to creating bacon burnt ends — dangerously addicting bite-sized portions of candied pork belly. They have a full bar and a whiskey program — a smart way to get drinkers in. And they have found success where other ’cue spots give up — on the sides, such as potato salad that tastes just like a loaded baked potato and a sublimely rich green chile mac and cheese. They’re not the first ones in North Texas to bring a more craft-inspired approach to their barbecue, but they’ve done it well — well enough to already have a second location in the works.
Don’t miss: Jurassic-size beef ribs. Hot tip: Monday night is the only time the restaurant serves the Heimburger, a
terrific hamburger constructed out of two Texas Akaushi beef brisket patties, topped with American cheese and baconburnt-end jam.
1724 W. Division St., Arlington, 817-275-7881, jambosbarbequeshack.com
» Jambo’s BBQ Shack is the fastestgrowing mom-and-pop ’cue chain in Tarrant County. Competitive BBQ’er Jamie “Jambo” Geer opened the first store in Rendon four years ago, then sold the business to local husband-wife duo Paul and Ashton Lovato. The Lovatos opened additional locations, including this one in Arlington, which took over Arlington Steak House, a historic restaurant that dates back to 1931. Meat is smoked for hours over pecan wood, in an Ole Hickory smoker, usually with very good
results. The best way to sample every meat on the cheap is the Jambo Texan, a skyscraping sandwich consisting of bologna, sliced brisket, chopped brisket, pulled pork, sausage and ribs, all stacked in layers and all sandwiched between two thick slices of Texas toast. For $15, it’s a steal; you’ll get a couple meals out of this.
Don’t miss: Bologna here is hardly the floppy meat of our youth. Jambo’s rendition is thick-cut, hearty and smoky through and through.
Hot tip: A freshly made yeast dinner roll, a menu holdover from Arlington Steak House, is a wise way to spend a quarter.
8120 Rendon Bloodworth Road, Mansfield, 817-592-0202, smokeymaesbbq.com
» This massive new restaurant in
Mansfield is similarin styleto Hard Eight, Cooper’s and other Central Texas-influenced spots, in that you pick your meat right off asmoker.What makesSmokey Mae’sunique? Threepitmasters, working in eight-hour shifts,manthe all-wood/no-gas pits 24hours a day. Suchattention to their craftcomesthrough the most on brisket, colored with Corvette-red smoke rings,and monolithicbeef ribs brimming with moist and smoky meat.Fat plays a significant role in the taste and texture, so if that’s not your thing, let thepitmasterknow and he’ll saw it away.Worthy sides include creamy and finely dicedcoleslaw (good luck not having a KFCflashback), complimentary pinto beans, and smoked corn on the cob. Smokey Mae’s got off to a rough start, closing just a few days after it opened to retool and retrain;it has since found its groove.
Don’t miss: Jalapeño-bacon mac and cheese, which tastes every bit as good as
it sounds.
Hot tip: Pitmasters will give you bitesized samples of anymeat.
Landmark ’cue joints untouched by time
2533 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, 817-332-0357, angelosbbq.com
» Opened on St. Patrick’s Day in 1958, the most well-known and iconic ’cue joint in the city has been handed down from one generation to the next. Now itrests in the able hands ofpitmasterJason George, the grandson of founder Angelo George.Faceshave changed, but little elsehas:Taxidermy still silently
leers at every turn; meaty and thick pork ribs are still some of the bestaround;gobletsof beer are still served socold,your lips are liable to getfrostbitten; and you can still smell the hickory-smoked meatsblocks and blocks away.
Don’t miss: A chopped beef sandwich, so addicting you’ll want another one, even after your third.
Inside scoop: That magical chopped beef canbeploppedon top of aside ofsmoked mac and cheese, making foraninsanely and insatiably rich combo.
826 Taylor St., Fort Worth, 817-335-7469
» Around 10:30 a.m., they start lining up. By 11, there’s a line to the door, and at noon, that line is out the door and down Taylor Street. Par for the course forthis one-roomdowntown BBQ sandwichshack. It’s been this way since Navycook J.T. Bailey opened itin 1931, and since then, time here has barely ticked. People come in like clockwork, and they’re served like clockwork. Owner Brenda Phifer asks you what kind of sandwich you want, andseconds later, there it is,stuffed intoa brown paper bag, accompanied by aside of sauce, chips and a cold canneddrink; you’ll be out less than $10. Decorate your turkey or hamsandwich withpickles and onions if you want, but the juicy brisketrequires no extras. Getthereearly to snag one of the fewseats in the wood-paneled shoebox of a dining area, where you can watch every walk ofFortWorth life pass through.
Don’t miss: Oak-smoked brisket, sliced lean, then piled high on Mrs. Baird’s buns. Hot tip: Pulled pork is worth a try.
It’sserved one way and one way only: spicy.
6262McCartAve., Fort Worth, 817-346-2511, cousinsbbq.com
» Calvin and Beverly Payne opened the original location of this Fort Worth-based chain in a strip mall on McCart Avenue in 1983. Over the years, several locations have been added, including two at DFW Airport. In terms of quality and consistency,the mothership
store remains the best. As you move through the cafeteria-style line, meat-carvers will cut your brisket however you’d like — moist or lean. Thanks to ribbons of fat, moist has more personality, but lean cuts aren’t a bad option. Those slices, too, have a bit more depth than those found at other ’cue joints. Other meats include two kinds of housemade sausage, ham, turkey, chicken and pulled pork, all smoked over hickory. The dozen or so sides include a few surprises, like fried okra and broccoli casserole.
Don’t miss: The Big Urban sandwich, comprised of two dissimilar components moist brisket and jalapeño sausage — that work wonders together.
Hot tip: Not many ‘cue joints do french fries well, but Cousin’s are hand-cut beauties.
900 East Enon Ave., Everman, 817-478-9997, hickorystickbbq.com
» Found on a bumpy back road in the sleepy town of Everman, 42-yearold Hickory Stick BBQ is the epitome of a small-town barbecue joint. With a big metal cow out front, employees who call you “sir” and “hun,” and walls covered in newspaper clippings about the local high school football team, it’s straight out of “The Last Picture Show.” First person you’ll see when you open the creaky screen door is owner Mark Jones, who has spent the better part of his life right there, in that exact same spot, taking your money and thanking you kindly. Behind him in a small kitchen, employees cut meat while others fetch sides. If the place is packed, as it often is, Jones jumps in and helps slice and dice the meat, too. After all, he is the pitmaster. “Never thought about doing anything else with my life, never wanted to,” he says. “My daddy ran this place, and after he passed, I took it on. It’s been my life.”
Don’t miss: Brisket is the star attraction. Jones’ customers like it lean and clean. “I’ll leave a little fat and crust on for flavor,” he says. “But I don’t believe in charging people for fat and crust.”
Hot tip: Barbecue lore frowns on sauces, but Hickory Stick’s is worth disavow-
ing that adage. The fantastic peppery sauce was dreamed up by Jones’ father, Johnnie Andrew Jones, and it’s one of the best you’ll find in North Texas.
2314 Azle Ave., Fort Worth, 817-624-8662, risckys.com.
» For many in Fort Worth, barbecue begins and ends at the original location of Riscky’s, found just west of the Stockyards. Longtimers and those wishing to pay tribute to this elder statesman gladly line up in the rickety, nearly 70-year-old building for frills-free brisket and ribs simple, inexpensive and good. They sit in old booths covered in duct tape, along shelves jammed with dusty antiques and knickknacks — a reminder of when the place operated as a grocery/retail store.
In 1927, Polish immigrant Joe Riscky and his wife Mary first set up shop here (the original store was rebuilt in 1950), thus beginning the Riscky’s chain that is now eight locations strong; the business is still in the family.
Don’t miss: Phenomenal butter beans, cooked with tiny cubes of ham. Hot tip: The restaurant’s 5-for-5 special — five chopped beef sandwiches for five bucks — hasn’t been too affected by inflation; it’s now a 5-for-$7 deal.
9001 E U.S. Highway 377, Cresson, 817-396-4758, bbqonthebrazoscressontx.com
» Tucked into a Texaco gas station in the tiny town of Cresson, BBQ on the Brazos is among the best ’cue spots in North Texas. Pitmaster John Sanford is an old pro, having worked at restaurants near and far for the better part of his 60 years. Here,
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407 BBQ Named after the Argyle farm road upon which it sits, this new joint offers Central Texasstyle ’cue along with rotating weekend specials, including brisket chili and a smoked rib-eye sandwich. 14003 Corral City Drive (FM 407), Argyle, 214908-3461, 407bbq.com.
Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que Stockyards offshoot of storied Llano original serves ’cue essentials in a ginormous space, outfitted with communal tables. Before splurging on sides, remember excellent pinto beans are complimentary.
301 Stockyards Blvd., Fort Worth, 817-6266464, coopersbbqfortworth.com.
Hard Eight This Roanoke branch of popular Stephenville a restaurant features gigantic beef ribs, brisket, two kinds of sausage and smoked baked potatoes.
205 S. Oak St., Roanoke, 817-8378888, hardeightbbq. com.
McKinzie Barbecue There’s not another place around here like Jerry McKinzie’s 15-year-old spot: It’s a barbecue joint housed in a liquor store. Not a bad choice for super-cheap ’cue: a chopped sandwich on Texas toast for only $3. 154 N. Riverside Drive, Fort Worth, 817-8380005.
Off the Bone Eddie Brown’s popular Forest Hill spot, inside an old Dairy Queen, is always buzzing with locals chowing down on
hickory-smoked ribs, brisket and unbelievably juicy chicken. 5144 Mansfield Hwy., Forest Hill, 817-5637000, offthebonebbq. com.
Railhead Smokehouse Packed open to close with movers and shakers, one of the city’s most beloved spots serves excellent chopped sandwiches, fries loaded with jalapeños and fried onions, and snappy jalapeño and cheddar sausage. 2900 Montgomery St., Fort Worthhv, 817-7389808, railheadsmokehouse.com.
Robinson’s BarB-Que East Side landmark, open 30 years, serves ’cue doused in housemade BBQ sauce – what the restaurant describes as Kansas City-style. Look for the old chuck wagon sign. 1028 E. Berry St., 817924-1009.
Smoke Pit At this nearly 60-year-old mainstay just east of downtown, brisket and ribs are delivered to your table by scantilyclad women — hence the restaurant’s “BBQ with a view” nickname. 2401 E. Belknap St., Fort Worth, 817-2220455.
Sausage Shoppe The Chambers family’s terrific housemade sausage – in beef or pork – is reason enough to seek out this longrunning ’cue and soul food joint, housed in a strip mall in far south Fort Worth. 3515 Sycamore School Road, Fort Worth, 817921-9960.
heslow smokesbrisket, ribs,sausageand other ’cue essentials in an OleHickory smoker for hours,over post oak,garnering results that landedhima spot on Texas Monthly’s recentTop 50 BBQ Joints list.Just about everything he does is top-notch, from the beautifully smoked brisket to meaty St. Louis-styleribs tosausage that snaps when you bite into it. Sides aren’t run of the mill. See the cornbread salad, a glorious mess of green onions, sour cream and cornbread crumbs. On Saturdays, the place is a madhouse; get there early.
Don’t miss: Few turkey sandwiches can best the beauty of theirs, topped with melted mozzarella and fried onions and
served onjalapeño cheese bread. Hot tip: Therestaurant opens early, at 6:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday, and 9 a.m., Saturday, for breakfasttacos, stuffed with chopped brisket andsalsaand wrapped inhousemadeflour tortillas
1620 Las Vegas Trail N., Fort Worth, 817-367-2200,billystxbbq.com
Owned and named afterbounty hunter-turned-BBQ-pro Billy Woodrich, the original location of Billy’s Oak Acres BBQ is housed in a charmingly ramshackle building in far west Fort
Worth, down a winding stretch of Las VegasTrail that some people don’t even know exists.Look for the “Beer” sign, and you’re there.Woodrich was one of the first localpitmastersto take a more craft-inspiredapproach to barbecue,as most of his sides and desserts are made in-house.Usingpecan as his primary wood,he utilizestwo smokers — one left behind years and years ago byan earlier ’cue restaurant anda wood-burningOyler — for brisket, ribs, sausage, turkey andpork, the latter of which is his calling card, with its smooth, silky texture andoutrageously smoky flavor; there’s not a better pulled pork sandwich around here. The wise will save room for any number ofhousemadedesserts, from cakes to pies to banana pudding — there’s not a dud among them. Billy’ssecond location will open any day now at7709 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Don’t miss: No one will bat an eye if you pop in just for dessert, namely the fantastic banana pudding, topped not with boringol’ vanilla wafers but with chessmancookies.
Hot tip: On Thursdaysand Sundays, go for the excellentchicken-fried steak.
100 ChristopherDrive, Fort Worth, 817-568-9494,longoriasbbq.com
» Of barbecue’s holy trinity of meats — brisket, ribs and sausage — the latter is often considered least important by ’cue restaurants, with most opting to buy commercial or premade links. But at the 22-year-old Longoria’s, located on the outskirts ofEverman, next to a residential area,sausage isthe main attraction. TheLongorias— first Fred, then son Danny, now Danny’s brotherDavid — have attracteda loyal following to their friendly, tin-roofed ‘cue shack, primarilyon the strength of theirhousemadesausage, made fromcoarselyground brisket.Smoked over oak and pecan, as are all Longoria’s meats, ithas a deep, rich,pepperyflavor.Therecipe is held in such secrecy that David once turned down a chance to appearonGuyFieri’s “Diners, Drive-Insand Dives” because he would have been required to reveal it. Boy, Guy would have loved this place.
Don’t miss: Get the sausage by the link and eat it with your hands.Nowyou’re a BBQ lover.
Hot tip: The brisket used to make the sausage is also put to excellent use on smoked brisket burgers.
919 W. Northwest Hwy, Grapevine, 817-251-1227,meatuanywhere.com
Grapevine hasn’t exactly been known for good barbecue. That changed in 2013 when onetime corporate ’cue executive AndySedinoopened his first location of Meat UAnywhere(the oddname made more sensewhenSedinojust did catering). The massive crowds tookSedinoso off guard, he hired a valet company tohandle the nutso parking.Sedinowasahead of the craft-’cue curve, insisting on using high-qualitymeat, cooked inwood-burning smokers, andmaking sidesfrom scratch. It’s hard to have a bad meal here: Crusty brisket issublime; St. Louis-styleribs pack alot of seasoning and sweetness; and monolithic beefribs can feed up to three or four. A second location opened in Trophy Club, another town in need of good ’cue — well, not anymore.
Don’t miss: Not many ’cue joints can get chicken right, but Meat U’s is excellent — tender, moist and smoky.
Hot tip: On Saturdays, the restaurant serves prime rib, tenderloin and bone-in pork loin.
Under-the-radar’cue joints worth discovering
Kip’z BBQ
1509 Evans Ave., Fort Worth, 817-877-5479, facebook.com/Kipz-BBq
» Housed in a small,innocuous building in Fort Worth’s Poly area, Kip’zis afamily-run spot, known mainly to locals and in-the-know BBQ-chasers lucky enough to be in on this place’ssecrets: The food isexcellent, and prices are dirt-cheap.Owner Charles“Kipz”Stone—who has been in the business, off and on, for the pastdecade—usesacustombarrelsmokerin which he burnspecanand hickory, giving his brisket, sausage, ribs, turkey and bologna acom-
plex flavor that goes beyond the BBQ norm. Particularly good aremeaty spare ribs, whose simple rub of onion powder, garlic andpepper addspersonality and bite but allows the meat to do the heavy lifting.Cakes,pies and fantastic banana pudding are made in-house by Stone’s wife, Erica.
Don’t miss: Massive baked potatoes topped with chopped brisket, three slices of sausage, sour cream, butter, green onions, bacon bits and grated cheese. Hot tip: Excellentsmokedchicken with a cracked-pepper rub goes fast; get there early for it.
818 E Rosedale St., Fort Worth, 817-877-3322
» The first thing you see when you head east on Rosedale Street under Interstate 35 is this charming little ’cue and soul food dive run by Fort Worth’s only female pitmaster, Ernestine Edmond.Various family members pitch in here and there, but she’spractically a one-woman show, smoking the meat herself,making the sides herself and baking the utterly fantastic piesherself. Since she openedthe joint a half-dozen years ago, in a building that originally housed a Kentucky Fried Chicken, she’s rubbed shoulders withMayor Betsy Price, who’s been known to pop in a time ortwo, and become somewhat of a savior to tight-on-cash locals. Here, $10 will get you a big smile and enough food for a couplemeals — good meals, too: nicely smoked brisket, tender porkribs, even crispy planks of catfish. With an interior decorated with Bible verses and
spiritualmessages, Mama E’s offersa respite from the hipster pomposity that often dogs contemporarybarbecuejoints —but even if youhave a beard and an attitude, she’ll love you anyway.
Don’t Miss: A meal here isn’t complete without a housemade mini-pie; pray she still has some lemon chess left.
Hot tip: Non-barbecue recommendation: fried pork chops, one of several soul food staples the restaurant also offers.
5300 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, 817-451-8222,smokeysbbqtx.com
» Don’t letSmokeys’ modest east side digs fool you. This is one of the best ’cue
joints in the city.Owner Paul Calhoun does everything the hard way, slow-smoking meats, hand-making the sides, baking the bread in-house. Calhoun, who took over the spot in 2013 frombeloved local caterer EddieDeen,uses not one, but twosmokers —a vintageall-wood smoker forbrisket andan indoor Southern Pride for ribs.His moist brisketcomeslined withstreamsof glistening fat and black crust. Ribs are the perfect comboof sweet andspicy, rubbed in black pepper andcoatedin a sweet glaze.Sides areexcellent, especiallypaprika-dusted potato salad. Desserts, such asbuttermilkpies,aremade fresh and go fast.
Don’t miss: Sliced brisket sandwich, served on buttery and toastyhousemadebuns.
Hot tip: Load up onterrific bread and butterpickles,jalapeñosand relishat a self-serve condiment bar.
324 S. Saginaw Blvd., Saginaw, 817-847-0400
» Texas Pit Bar-B-Qhas been open 15 years but has largely gone unnoticed, despite the big yellow smiley-face sign that causes plenty of drivers on Saginaw Boulevard to rubberneck.Locals love it, though, and they’ll gladly line right up forplates,pounds and sandwichesof brisket, sausage and turkey,slicedwhile they watch.Owner andpitmasterLeon Adams does a finejob with ’cue essentials and also nonessentials, like tacos stuffed with pork and smokedribeyes. A nice plus: live music on the weekends.
Don’t miss: Super-cold beers could give Angelo’s a run for its money.
Hot tip: When the dining room is packed, zip through the drive-thru window.
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» First you have tofindWilson’s BBQ. If you’re heading east on Brentwood Stair and you come to 820, you’ve gone too far. If you’re going west and you hit the Whataburger, you’ve gone too far. Somewhere in the middle, you’ll see a tiny red building with the word“BBQ” on it.
This is former IT guyLeroyWilson’stiny joint, where locals flock for pecansmokedribs,brisket, bologna and sausage. He’s not open 24 hours, as the signs outside suggest, but he does stay open late, until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. There aren’t many places in Fort Worth where you can get a good chopped sandwich at 11 o’clock at night.
Don’t miss: Excellent pork ribs, bathed in ahousemadesauce.
Hot tip: For an over-the-top indulgence, try the off-the-menu barbecue nachos, made with Doritos, pintobeans, chopped brisket, sour cream and grated cheddar cheese. They’re as ridiculous as they are good.
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A Hurricane Harvey evacuee leaves her destroyed home in Port Arthur behind to start a new life and new job in Fort Worth.
By Jocelyn Tatum
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Ayden, 7, Andrew, 18, and Aaron, 24 — sit in the few plastic folding chairs they have scattered among a sea of boxes reaching 4 feet tall. April takes a break from cooking to sit in one plastic patio chair in her new cramped kitchen. She’s trying to prepare Thanksgiving dinner the way her dear mother taught her, even though her mother can’t be with them this Thanksgiving for the first time since April can remember.
Her mother stayed in Beaumont and was not affected by the hurricane, but she lost her legs to diabetes and couldn’t make the drive north to Fort Worth.
April and her boys evacuated Port Arthur when Hurricane Harvey flooded her two-story townhome. There was not an initial mandatory evacuation so April thought they were safe.
But then the rain came and did not stop. She watched it crawl up her backyard to the base of her house and into the garage and front door. They moved to the second floor, bringing as many of their first-floor belongings in the living room with them to the bedrooms on the second floor. Then they stacked their TVs atop their dining room table and couches.
“We had gathered up food and huddled together upstairs. When I looked out the window, all I could see was water all around. The houses were all covered in water,” she said.
They started to hear helicopters overhead rescuing neighbors. Boats motored down their street. The water was rising and fast. It was time to go.
“When I looked out the window, I saw the sea of water,” she said.
The rest of the afternoon was a blur. She felt chaos creep inside with the water outside her home. She remembers about 1 p.m., Aug. 30, yelling it was time to get out. She called 911 panicking and screaming. “We need to get out of here! We need help!”
The 911-answering service said they could not help because they were drowning in emergency evacuations but to try the fire department.
The fire department, too, did not have enough hands on deck, so they advised the hysterical and desperate mother to put a white sheet on her fence and front door as a sign of surrender and to sit and wait, hoping a volunteer citizen would stop and rescue them. All April could do was pray that her white flag of surrender would grab someone’s attention.
April hates water. She almost drowned at 15 attempting to swim in the deep end of a swimming pool when she didn’t know how to swim. Although her friend saved her, she was left with severe anxiety about water.
Human Services Manager Marie Francis with Fort Worth’s government entity Community Action Partners (CAP) said so many people who evacuated New Orleans and areas that Katrina affected moved to Galveston, Port Arthur and Houston. So this was a shock for them to have to go through this again. And, there are people like April, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because she has had to evacuate three hurricanes over the last 12 years.
“Some [people relocating to Fort Worth] definitely showed signs of PTSD,” Marie said.
“LET’S GO. YOU’VE GOTTA GET OUT!”
A citizen rescue boat finally arrived. April and family rushed and packed a bag. She
They started to hear helicopters overhead rescuing neighbors. Boats motored down their street. The water was rising and fast. It was time to go.
All that was left for April to return to in Port Arthur after this hurricane was what she and the locals called “tent city” – a parking lot in front of a civic center filled with camping tents.
remembered medicine for her 7-year-old son’s ADHD and her diabetes and blood pressure, toothbrushes and toothpaste, but forgot clothes.
They waded through black water with bugs, trash and an oily sheen on the surface that smelled of sulfur. She and two of her boys struggled into the boat with one small bag as the rain drained from the heavens. Then things got blurrier. Time warped.
She managed to document some of the rescue on her iPhone and iPad with pictures and videos. As she watched them again for the first time in two months since the evacuation, she was in shock. She barely remembered most of what she had recorded. She just kept saying, “Oh my God, oh my God.”
The rescue volunteers in the videos kept the conversation light, making the occasional joke to put them at ease. They looked around their fishing boat at the homes with water nearly up to the top of the first floor. Destruction was everywhere.
The boat motored them to higher ground, which was a highway ramp. April, Ayden and Aaron (Andrew was safe in Houston where he attends college studying music education) were told to pile onto a cramped flatbed truck and wait.
How long? They did not have a clue.
But in a state of shock, they sat for hours on that flatbed truck in the pouring rain.
“We were just piled up like little rats,” April said.
Once there wasn’t an inch of space left, the truck started to move up the highway ramp as April dangled her legs over the edge. People all around her moaned and groaned about their discomfort and the relentless rain.
Then, every shelter they stopped at was full, so the flatbed truck would have to move on. At one point the truck stopped because they weren’t sure they could make it through yet another patch of high water.
But they did and inched forward. When April passed a broadcast news truck that wasn’t from southeast Texas, it occurred to her this was making national news. This was more serious than she thought.
At a church in the next town, they finally found refuge. April said from the moment they got off the truck, the community welcomed her with unforgettable kindness. They finally had a place to rest. But the next morning, they were told they needed to leave.
Where to now? Nobody had a clue.
“I’m tired of running from hurricanes,” April said. “I pulled up my FEMA account, and it is like, Rita, Ike and then Harvey. I’m just tired of running away from hurricanes.”
All that was left for April to return to in Port Arthur after this hurricane was what she and the locals called “tent city” — a parking lot in front of a civic center filled with camping tents, which looked like a miserable situation to April. “I said to my kids, we are not going back this time.”
After waiting nine hours at the airport, April and her family were herded onto an Air Force plane from Nevada. “The first words spoken to us were ‘Welcome to Dallas!’ Everyone here has been so compassionate, giving and hospitable.” She and her family unloaded at DFW Airport, where April says she felt nothing but kindness.
On the edge of town, in a sort of desolate no man’s land, is the Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center where evacuees like April and her children took shelter. Bald fields and outdated buildings make this place feel like anything but home. It isn’t within walking distance to anything. It would make someone with wanderlust homesick. But April insisted it was all a gift from above. She said they had everything they needed. And sometimes people would come in and bring entertainment or karaoke, which she and Ayden loved.
Catholic Charities has already helped relocate 100 households representing 242 individuals. Bryan Knox, the Harvey Case Manager with Catholic Charities, said that number is growing daily. Bryan said so many people who relocated here didn’t even want to mess with FEMA or any social services because of how difficult it can be to sort through what is at times a bureaucratic mess, so the total number of people moving to Fort Worth is
unclear. Since FEMA has extended assistance, some are still living in hotels since early last September, and some are still moving.
Bryan says that Catholic Charities is providing long-term care — two to three years for evacuees. He had a partner working with him who quit because of the overwhelming work it took and continues to take.
Marie said CAP had the capacity to provide a lot of the services the evacuees needed, as did many local churches and nonprofits. CAP alone, apart from Catholic Charities, saw 109 families come through the Resource Fair but knew of only 60 relocating to Fort Worth permanently. The ones that stayed did not have much of anything to go back to.
CAP, a social service agency within the city, is rare. It made Fort Worth more prepared to assist new Fort Worthians.
“Only a handful of municipalities have that designation,” Marie said. “We are a weird duck within the flock of geese in the city. We are different because we are truly a social service industry [but a municipal entity].”
And Bryan said word has gotten around that Fort Worth has done such a good job welcoming evacuees. Families who evacuated to Dallas have relocated to Fort Worth. Some families have had such good experiences in Fort Worth that they have called their families still in southeast Texas to tell them they should move here.
April had great job skills and a solid
resume. She had a good job working at the local school district in Port Arthur, but the building she worked in was destroyed. And she knew she wasn’t going back this time.
April was given a job lead by one of the many volunteers at the shelter. She worked on her resume, applied and got an interview then waited.
“HEY!!! Just got the official job offer!!!!” April sent in a text Oct. 19.
Then moments later.
“I just NOW got the call that I was approved for the apartment!! God, is SO good, girl…”
She was getting so tired of months in the tiny hotel room in Forest Hill.
April’s path to a new life in Fort Worth has been anything but easy. Salvaging and moving what was left of her belongings back to Fort Worth was her biggest nightmare. But she also spent countless hours on the phone with insurance companies, FEMA, and Fort Worth city officials to get her into housing. She lost her home, car, and frequent visits to her beloved mother in Beaumont. She sat in the rain for hours, slept on cots, lived in a hotel for months. But she never complains. April sees a blessing in every little thing. Maybe because she lives by a famous quote at the beginning of Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Something she lives by as she smiled at her boys Thanksgiving Day over those piles of boxes. She knows in her heart her family has a brighter future in Fort Worth.
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Have you ever wondered where the term “barbecue” originated? Yeah, me neither. But the truth is, our old buddy Christopher Columbus had something to do with it. While he was wandering around the Atlantic Ocean trying to find India, he happened upon a Caribbean island he decided to name Hispaniola.
Later that night after a mixer with his crew and the indigenous tribe that inhabited the island, Chris dropped by the chief’s place for a nightcap.
He happened to notice that his host had a unique method for cooking meat. It was slow-cooked over an indirect flame created by lighting some type of green wood. The flavor of the meat was so good that he wanted to stick around and open a restaurant, but his crew finally talked him into leaving so they could go discover America. However, the Spanish sailors did manage to give this new cooking process a name. They called it “barbacoa,” which over the years eventually morphed into “barbecue.”
Ever since then, people who live in certain areas of the country argue that they have the best barbecue. The supposedly four best areas are known as the “barbecue belt” and include Carolina, Kansas City, Memphis and Texas. And Fort Worth has some of the best barbecue restaurants in the state. There are three that I have frequented the most, and they’ve become iconic. Back in the ’50s, my dad used to take me to Jetton’s, which was located
in the medical district. Walter Jetton had opened his first restaurant in 1946, and by the time I ate there, he had already anointed himself “King of Barbecue.” He became the favorite caterer of Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson. Angelo’s restaurant also became hugely popular when it opened in 1958 on White Settlement Road. The thing that some of you may remember about both places is they had sawdust on the floors. And not just a little sawdust. It was deep. If something fell in it, just forget about it. You weren’t ever gonna find it. Years later, the health department made them get rid of it because it felt it was unsanitary. Rumor has it that while they were sweeping all that sawdust out, they uncovered over a million in lost change, 400 sets of car keys and one of the regulars that had passed out the night before. The last one’s actually not
true. I was just sleeping.
The third one is Railhead, located on Montgomery Street, which Charlie Geren opened up back in 1986. It stays packed nearly every day. Because of its success, another Railhead opened in 2007 on Ranch House Road in Willow Park, just a little west of Aledo.
Now new barbecue restaurants open up in Fort Worth almost every month. A few of them are very good and may also become iconic in the years to come. But I’ve noticed a couple of things peculiar only to places that serve great barbecue: a good manager and long lines of impatient people who will wait for two hours or more just to get what they want. I was at the end of such a line in Austin a couple of months ago. An older guy was at the front of the line and about to pay. Apparently he was already nibbling on something off his tray, because he began choking and fell to the floor. Everyone in that long line just panicked. But that manager was right on top of things. He immediately sprung into action and opened another register. Otherwise, we’d have all been stuck there at least another hour.
Well, I can promise you this, I’ll be eating a lot of barbecue after reading this issue. So if you see me at one of those restaurants, come say hello. And if my eyes are shut, gently tap me on the shoulder. I’m just sleeping.
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Camp Fire First Texas hosted its 33rd annual An Artists’ Christmas art auction and gala Nov. 11 at the Fort Worth Zoo. The evening featured a gourmet dinner, dancing, luxury auction packages, raffles, and, of course, art.
Alliance For Children’s Picnic at the Park event on Sept. 16 featured Texas Rangers alumni including Michael Young and emcee Skin Wade from 105.3
The Fan. Attendees enjoyed dinner on the field and stadium tours, as well as a silent and live auction. Photo by Bobby Cornelius.
On Nov. 3, at River Crest Country Club, The Roundelay Club enjoyed “A Night in Havana” with Cuban-themed food, decorations and party favors during its annual fall dinner dance.
Make-A-Wish North Texas hosted the 7th annual Delicious Wishes on Nov. 9 at the W.R. Watt Arena in Fort Worth. The lead chef was Juan Rodriguez, and Honorary Chairs Sandy and Mike Stepp helped Delicious Wishes raise over $335,000.
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The inaugural Fort Worth HOME Design Awards were held Dec. 7 at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams in The Shops at Clearfork. Winners were announced in various categories including Best Whole Home Design and Best Kitchen. The Capital Grille catered the food for the evening. Photos by Honey Russell.
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Just a glance across the business landscape of Fort Worth and the surrounding cities reveals many women who own or run companies or other organizations that greatly influence the life of the community. On the next few pages, these successful women will tell you more about their professional endeavors and share inspiring advice. The information in this section is provided by the advertisers and has not been independently verified by Fort Worth Magazine.
FOCUS: To assure every customer’s experience at our dealerships is “Best in Class.” EDUCATION: Tarleton State University and onthe-job training. The past 16 years that I have worked by my father’s side have been an invaluable learning experience, and I continue to learn every day. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: To create a culture of teamwork for our employees and encourage our team to work together and strive every day to provide our customers “Best in Class” sales and service experience. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Having relationships with my employees and customers. It makes me so proud to have customers come back because they feel like family. ADVICE FOR ASPIRING CAREER WOMEN: Find that balance between work and
family. If you have that balance, both areas of your life and business will flourish. Learn to listen and empathize; you can learn more from listening than anything else. MISSION: Provide a workplace that encourages a work/life balance environment, cultivating team work, career growth opportunities and long-term retention of staff. This ensures that all customers are treated professionally and builds a relationship with employees, which grows your business.
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817.279.5900 mikebrownauto.com
EDUCATION: Master’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences and doctorate degree in Audiology. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: I love to inspire people to be the very best version of themselves and to deliver outstanding care with each patient that enters our doors. As a team, we have developed our core values and our mission statement. Fun, teamwork and continuous improvement are just of few of the values we embrace. People often tell me how much they enjoy coming to our office and how they feel like a part of our family. OUTSIDE OFFICE: I enjoy spending time with my husband Rod and our three children. We love to try new restaurants and to find a great patio to enjoy. Recently, our family and office have become involved in fostering dogs. The dogs occasionally come to the office and have been a fun addition to the Carson Hearing Care team.
GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Putting together an amazing team of people that all share one common goal, “to provide the best hearing health care experience in Fort Worth.”
GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT: My family. Being fortunate to have the support and love of my family. ADVICE: Slow and steady wins the race, and never settle for mediocrity.
PICTURED: (left to right) Melinda Bronstad; Erich Gessling (fourthyear doctoral student); Robin Carson, Au.D. (Doctor of Audiology); Aimee Plummer; and Christie Plock (hearing healthcare specialist).
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FOCUS: To be the best possible steward for this planet and its inhabitants. EDUCATION: Tyler Junior College; UT Austin. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS: Woman Owned Business of the Year; Entrepreneur Hall of Fame; Entrepreneur of Excellence; Inc. 5000; Top 100 Private Companies: North Texas Largest Woman-Owned Businesses. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGE-
MENT: Everyone at M-Pak, Inc. works for themselves. Debbie Cooley recognizes that every M-Pak, Inc. employee is striving to attain his or her own goals and dreams. Cooley is the architect that provides the foundation for a healthy, happy and fiscally sound environment in which employees can achieve their goals, and she believes it is the catalyst for the team unity enjoyed at M-Pak, Inc.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Board member: EO Organization, Women’s Policy Forum, PPNT, Parenting Center. Mentor: TCU Neeley School. OUTSIDE INTERESTS: Watching her
grandson, Charlie, play baseball and having incredibly deep conversations with her 3-year-old granddaughter, Josephine. Traveling and hiking in out-of-the-way places. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Navigating male-dominated industries well enough to own and operate an award-winning, $12 million business with four U.S. locations. ADVICE FOR ASPIRING CAREER WOMEN: Do not accept others’ plans for your life nor any limitations they attempt to impose. Persist! MOTTO: Embolden people to employ the innate abilities that lie within them.
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mpakpackaging.com debbie@m-pakinc.com
EDUCATION: Associates Degree in Business Management; Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing (in progress). RECOGNITIONS/ AWARDS: Stars Award, City of Fort Worth. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: “Empower employees to make decisions at the restaurant, and allow employees to move up in positions. I will teach anyone how to cook and, what’s most important, work ethics. Everyone works very hard at Enchiladas Ole. There are lots of opportunities for learning new skills in the kitchen.” GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Owner and chef at Enchiladas Ole, Mary Perez says that her greatest professional achievement is learning the restaurant industry lifestyle. “The first two years I was not sure if I would make it because it was the hardest job and lifestyle that I’ve ever been a part of. But it’s something I love. I’ve learned to run a successful retail, catering and restaurant business by being a cook and business
woman.” Cantina Ole’ opens January 2018 — Enchiladas Ole re-enters the retail market with a whole new line of products! Our sauces will include not only our award-winning Savory and Verde sauce, but also our Queso, Hatch and New Mexico Red sauces as well. ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE ASPIRING CAREER WOMEN: “Never give up, no matter how much you cry or how hard your personal life can be. Always give it 150 percent.”
CONTACT INFORMATION:
901 N. Sylvania Fort Worth, Texas 76179
817.984.1360
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FOCUS: Everything we do, we believe in challenging the status quo. The way we challenge the status quo is making our Japanese cuisine and service beautifully designed. Not satisfied with just “customer satisfaction,” Japanese Palace aims for complete customer delight. Step into our doors and feel you have been on a trip to the Orient. Enjoy our teppanyaki cooking tables as our chefs delight our diners with mouthwatering flavors. Japanese Place is a place where all ages come together. A place where generations of memories are born. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Over 43 years ago, a visionary built a Japanese-style palace on the Cowtown prairie. While most restaurants are short-lived, we are proud to have served our guests for over four decades. The women of Japanese Palace bring a consciousness of the ingredients of graciousness and exciting cuisine that create customer
delight. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: Delivering distinctive customer service is simple, but not easy. It takes commitment, consistency, and continuous improvement. There is only one boss, the customer. ADVICE FOR ASPIRING CAREER WOMEN: Follow your dreams. If you work just for money, you will never make it. But if you love what you are doing and put your customer first, you will succeed. PICTURED: Pam Benson, Joy Howland, Tamae Thomas and Kum Cretsinger.
CONTACT INFORMATION: japanesepalace.net
EDUCATION: B.A. in Political Science, Paralegal Certification, University of Texas at Arlington. PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT: I coordinate and facilitate support for legal services utilizing the highest ethical standards. My goal is to empower employees to seek independent and autonomous solutions where applicable, while providing the guidance where necessary to comply with legal strategies and guidelines. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE: Chairman for The Beat Leukemia of Texas Ball, co-chair of St. Jude Luncheon, committee member for SaveHaven, committee member for Ladder of Alliance, auction chair for Cancer Care Services, committee member for Kinderfrogs, committee member for Go Red. GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS: My greatest achievements include working alongside my husband in his law firm and raising two beautiful children. Our son is a photojournalist
with NBC, and our daughter is in her second year of law school. ADVICE FOR ASPIRING CAREER WOMEN: Never lose sight of the things in life that are important. Understand the difference between what most people think and what you know, both emotionally and objectively, is important. Always remember to invest the time to make a difference. The positive difference you make will likely have a more profound impact on your life than the life you changed.
CONTACT INFORMATION: onelegalplace.com irma@onelegalplace.com
MOTTO: Choose Happy! Happiness is a choice. FOCUS: Melissa Nickelson works with clients who are facing or considering life-changing choices. She is a CDC Certified Divorce Coach and a Certified Mindset for Success Coach who specializes in helping clients work through the emotional side of divorce. To gain confidence, figure out what’s next and move forward in life. Coaching offers a safe environment with someone to listen, guide and help clients recognize that they have the power to make choices and live their own life. Melissa is the author of From Mrs. to Ms.: A Guide to Living Your Life During and After Divorce and Thoughts, Quotes and More, a Journey of Life Journal COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Melissa is on the advisory board of Cuisine
for Healing in Fort Worth and has been named one of the Top Tarrant County Women Owned Businesses. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation, the Tarrant County Family Bar Association and the Texas Family Law Foundation. GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Melissa’s greatest personal achievement is having a happy, healthy family. ADVICE: “Live YOUR life. Believe in yourself.”
CONTACT INFORMATION: melissanickelson.com
SPECIALTY: Sur La Table’s Culinary Program is the largest (and best) vocational cooking school in the country. We teach over 300,000 guests in 75 stores across the nation. Our customers get hands-on, detailed, and customized instruction on how to create, and recreate at home, a wide variety of recipes and techniques – from basic knife skills, regionally inspired cuisines and methods, to soufflés, croissants, and everything in between! TRAINING: Our Chefs at the Royal/Preston store are all classically trained and have collective decades of experience in restaurants, hotels, and food operations. INNOVATIONS: Sur La Table carries thousands of products for the kitchen, including exclusive and hard-to-find items. The store offers a vast assortment of bakeware, cookware, cutlery, appliances, gadgets, glassware, grilling tools, linens, serving pieces, table decor and, of course, the cooking school. HOPES FOR FUTURE CUISINE: We are all about
technique. We believe that life happens around the table and brings people together through food. We are all here for the same reason: to inspire discovery by helping our customers do more in the kitchen and do it better. Our motto is LEARN. EAT. LAUGH. PICTURED: (left to right) Vertima Dumas, Culinary Lead/Preston Location; Sara Newberry, Assistant Resident Chef/Cole Location; Nancy Maslonka, Resident Chef/Preston Location.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Multiple store locations in surrounding DFW area SurLaTable.com
1 Laura Wilson: Photographs in the West Jan. 3-Feb. 3
Lauded Dallas-based photographer — and mother to actors Owen and Luke Wilson — Laura Wilson is back in Fort Worth to showcase her images of the contemporary American West. More than 20 of her photographs will be on display on the walls of Fort Works Art. Meanwhile, the upstairs gallery will feature a much darker exhibit, with photos by Texas photographer Byrd Williams IV depicting the aging process.
Fort Works Art. 2100 Montgomery St. fortworksart.com. 817.759.9475.
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Jan. 9
Make your own large Scrabble tiles, monogrammed signs and other crafts at a DIY workshop hosted by Hammer & Stain. Hammer & Stain DIY Workshop. 5411 Basswood Blvd., Ste. 217. hammerandstaindfw.com. 817.584.3810.
Jan. 13
Think Coldplay meets The Killers. Fort Worth-based rock band KYSER is releasing a new album and celebrating at Main at South Side. And we must say, the singer is a pretty cool dude. (Robby Kyser is Fort Worth Magazine’s digital marketing and development director.) Main at South Side. 1002 S. Main St. kyser-band.com.
Jan. 20
The Fort Worth Blackhouse has gotten quite a bit of buzz as an out-ofthe-box art venue in the past year. The all-black house in the Rock Island neighborhood northeast of downtown has hosted everything from intimate concerts to the Fall Gallery Night after-party. It’s all kept homeowner Noel Viramontes so busy that he’s decided to make managing the house as an event venue a full-time job. Now branded as simply “Blackhouse,” one of its first events of 2018 will be the Blackhouse Market, featuring art for sale and food vendors. The house will be open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. If you happen to miss this one, don’t worry — Blackhouse Market is set to take place every third Saturday of the month. Fort Worth Blackhouse. 1105 Peach St. fwblackhouse.com. 817.266.4082.
6-Feb. 10
Most artists paint their work on a canvas and hang it on a wall — unless you’re Robert Taite. For the Canada-based artist, the canvas is the wall itself. Using unprimed canvas, trimmed poplar and mistinted paint left at hardware stores around Winnipeg, Taite puts his works directly onto the wall. The result? A composition of geometric shapes in muted colors meant to bring the viewer closer to the work. It’s available for the audience to view at 909 Currie St. — marking Taite’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. The exhibit, hosted by Cydonia Gallery, will kick off with an artist reception Jan. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 909 Currie St. cydoniagallery.com. 214.296.4848.
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Jan. 10
It’s rodeo season, y’all. And just in time, newly opened design studio LOCAL will host a pop-up shop featuring Western brands CITY Boots and Arloom. Dallas-based CITY Boots’ specialty is modern, handmade cowboy boots with pops of color, while Arloom features Westerninspired totes, handbags and accessories. LOCAL Design Studios + Gallery. 3610 W. Vickery Blvd. localdesignstudios.com.
Jan. 20
National barhopping event 90s Bar Crawl hits Fort Worth on Jan. 20, inviting participants to dress in ’90s gear and relive the days of Pogs, LA Gears and “Space Jam” while visiting local spots like Landmark Bar & Kitchen, Trophy Ranch and America Gardens — all while ’90s music pumps in the background. Tickets range between $20-$40. The 90s Bar Crawl does recommend having a designated driver or ride-sharing service ready to go — and if you use Lyft, plug in the code 90sBarCrawl to get $5 in free credits. Various locations. 90sbarcrawl.com.
Jan. 5-6
Musical worlds collide when ‘90s R&B chart toppers Boyz II Men join the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Bass Hall to perform their Grammyaward-winning hits. As of press time, Saturday night tickets were sold out, but tickets to Friday’s 7:30 p.m. performance were still available.
Bass Performance Hall. 525 Commerce St. fwsymphony.org
Jan. 7
Yeah yeah, we know everyone is trying to get fit for the new year. Here’s one way to start — SoulSpace co-owner Lauren Wessinger is hosting a yoga class at the newly renovated O.B. Macaroni Building (you know, where MELT Ice Creams, Craftwork Coffee Co., W Durable Goods and TexMalt recently opened production space, just off Interstate 35 and East Vickery Boulevard). DJ Ronnie Heart will provide the playlist, and guests can enjoy a free mimosa and browse holistic vendors. The class is $20 and takes place from noon to 2 p.m. O.B. Macaroni Building. 108 South Freeway. parvenuevents.com.
Jan. 20, 27
With the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo up and running, Fort Worth Camera hangs out on the midway, hosting a workshop to teach photography buffs how to capture a carnival ride using long exposure techniques. The class begins at Fort Worth Camera’s Montgomery Street store; then students hop in a van and practice what they learned at the Stock Show itself. Fort Worth Camera. 1600 Montgomery St. fortworthcamera. com. 817.335.3456.
If you’re looking for a private venue with true southern charm for your wedding, you’re in luck. Located just 25 miles outside of Fort Worth is Lucky Spur Ranch Retreat, a venue hidden between the rolling hills and creeks of Justin, Texas.
Here are four reasons to get married at Lucky Spur Ranch Retreat.
WEEKEND ACCOMODATIONS! You read that correctly…Once the celebration has ended you don’t have to go far. The Lucky Spur Ranch Weekend Package includes; exclusive use of the ranch from Friday to Monday, overnight accommodations, brunch on Saturday & Sunday, stocked fishing ponds, and skeet shooting. Its private This sprawling property allows for an intimate setting on your special day. With 56 acres of creeks, ponds and rolling hills, Lucky Spur makes for a private getaway to celebrate with friends and family — without the long drive to the countryside. The ranch allows you to escape the bustling city and focus on celebrating and unwinding.
We cater for you No need to worry about the food — With an on-site kitchen that allows for in-house catering, menus tailor made for each event, The Lucky Spur team of chefs carefully sources and preps each ingredient for a truly unique experience.
We have plenty of indoor and outdoor space The altar is located on an open lawn nestled between trees and the reception barn. The climate-controlled barn seats 400 guests and offers a pavilion that accommodates an additional 200. To continue the celebration, Lucky Spur boasts an old-fashioned saloon with a 12-foot full-service bar where you can listen to music and play a game or two of pool. Finish the evening off in the heart of The Ranch, sitting by the fire pit in the spacious courtyard.
» Steak is good. Kobe beef is better. Learn why you can only find what’s inside the B&B Butchers’ meat locker at eight other restaurants in the country. »
BY COURTNEY DABNEY
For years you’ve probably noticed menus tout their Kobe steaks, burgers and sliders along with those authentic price tags to boot. But, what they really meant to say was that they are serving “Kobe-style” beef — commonly known as Wagyu, which is not nearly as hard to come by.
Only 400 pounds of authentic, certified A5 Kobe beef is shipped to the U.S. each month and only to licensed members of the Kobe Beef Association in Japan. “We were the ninth restaurant in the country to be certified to import true Kobe beef, directly from Kobe City, Japan. In the past few years, B&B has become one of the biggest distributors of it in the country,” says General Manager Darren McDonald. That’s B&B Butchers, the upscale steakhouse that opened in The Shops at Clearfork last month.
“Kobe steak is a delicacy, and just like true Champagne, it has to come from that specific region and be certified as such. Whereas, Japanese-bred Wagyu comes from the prefectures surrounding Kobe City, Japan,” McDonald says. “When we opened B&B Butchers in Houston, we blew up the traditional steakhouse menu and added more choices, like introducing Kobe beef,” he says. “Having a large variety ensures that our customers can visit us often and have a different experience each time.”
Kobe is a port city resting between Osaka Bay and the Rokko Mountain Range. Tajimagyu cattle (certified for their pure bloodlines) graze in the valley of Hyogo Prefecture.
And, less than 4,000 of these meet the strict classification standards, including the most evenly distributed marbling of fat, each year — qualifying them as certified Kobe cattle.
“The product is so rich, it’s like butter. Our chef simply seasons our Kobe steak with nothing but salt and pepper and then sears it on the stove-top and not the grill,” he says. One flameup would destroy it, plus the high fat content would simply melt on B&B’s 1800-degree grills.
“When our chef prepares our Kobe steaks, he saves the fat from the trimmings and sautés the vegetables in it, to bring the entire dish full circle,” says McDonald. Their Kobe steak is served sliced, so the meat’s lacy marbling is apparent.
In the attached Butcher shop, you can purchase some amazing aged steaks from B&B Butchers’ meat locker and take them home to your own grill. You can take some Kobe steak home as well just don’t overcook it.
“Our Kobe steak has been very popular in Houston, and we expect it will be here in Fort Worth as well,” McDonald says. “In fact, we have guests who travel to dine at B&B exclusively for a taste of it.”
Authentic Kobe beef is a melt-in-your-mouth delicacy due to its rich and even marbling.
This import comes from several breeds of cattle in specific areas in Japan. Also boasting evenly dispersed marbling with scores between 7-10, yet not meeting the strict Kobe beef standard. Japanese Wagyu is simply seared on a 500-degree block of pink Himalayan rock salt.
This is what you find on most menus. It is a crossbreed between Texas Angus and Japanese Wagyu cattle. B&B’s Texas Wagyu is sourced from the Gearhart Ranch in Marfa, Texas. This is a high-grade 100 percent certified organic and grass-fed only beef with no finishing.
Only the top 2 percent of all U.S. beef earns this coveted designation. B&B has carefully curated an inhouse, 28-day and 55day dry-aged program with this beef.
Malai Kitchen offers a fresh and savory culinary tour of Southeast Asia at its new Clearfork location.
BY JENNIFER CASSEDAY-BLAIR
kitchen, allowing diners to be in on all the action.
Inspired by their extensive travels throughout Vietnam and Thailand, husband-and-wife team Braden and Yasmin Wages opened their restaurant concept, Malai Kitchen, in 2011 in Uptown Dallas. Within five years, the couple expanded with a second location in Southlake, and just a few month’s ago, a third restaurant opened in a 3,000-square-foot space at The Shops at Clearfork in Fort Worth. Malai Kitchen showcases a modern take on Southeast Asian cuisine in a sleek environment with scratchmade ingredients and house-brewed beers.
On a recent 80-degree December afternoon, a group of friends and I made our first visit. Surrounded by luxury shopping, Malai is situated on a corner across from the construction site of the upcoming AMC Theatre. The restaurant’s interior features dramatic lighting, an elegant bar area, oversized booths and a central, open-concept
Malai’s version of bread and butter is a complimentary banana-leaf-covered mound of sticky rice. Served alongside it is a small cup of pureed eggplant. Our polite attempt to dig in with chopsticks after unwrapping the leaf proved futile. We gave in and used our hands to pull off clumps of rice and then dipped it in the smoky sauce.
Perusing the shareable appetizers, I was confused to find Shishito Peppers ($6), traditionally a Japanese fare. Malai also has a selection of sakes that seems out of place on a menu featuring cuisine from Southeast Asia.
Unlike the traditional blistered presentation found in Japanese restaurants, Malai’s Shishito Peppers were lightly tempura battered, fried and served with a sweet-and-sour dipping sauce. What made this dish was the addition of lemon zest, giving it a light and airy essence. My only criticism was that the peppers lacked any kind of kick.
Our table also shared jumbo whole Thai Chicken Wings ($6). They are hearty, enough for four, with an addictive chili garlic glaze topped with toasted sesame seeds.
My Chicken Vietnamese Soup ($7 small, $10 large) arrived next. A small portion was twice as large as I expected. Tender pieces of chicken breast, thin rice noodles, bean sprouts and fresh herbs harmoniously swam in a perfectly spiced chicken broth. It’s a pick-up-the-bowl, slurp-thelast-drop kind of soup.
Malai Kitchen
Location: 5289 Monahans Ave. For Info: malaikitchen.com
What We Liked: Dishes are packed full of traditional flavors, and the dynamic menu allows guests to eat light or indulge in one of Malai’s noodle dishes.
What We Didn’t: The patio was polluted with construction noise, but that’s a temporary issue.
Recommendations: Malai’s appetizers are just as impressive as its entrees, so don’t skip them and pace yourself. The Mango Sticky Rice Smash dessert is to die for.
The pièce de résistance was the Whole Branzino ($24) delivered to the middle of our group as our final taste. Served with the head and tail on, everyone forked pieces from the wok-fried fish served with Tamarind-Soy Moon Sauce, Jasmine rice and a cucumber salad. It’s dramatic in presentation with a papery-crisp skin and tender white flesh.
While many locals’ travels may not take them to the Orient, we can thank the Wages for allowing us a brief taste at Malai Kitchen.
» What’s the last thing you cooked? A Bacon and Apple Sandwich. It’s our take on the ever-popular BLT. We cure our own bacon and pickle our own apples, and serve it with cheddar cheese on a toasted sourdough bun.
» What’s your favorite part of the new restaurant?
Our goal is to create a space where everyone feels welcome and can enjoy a meal regardless of their means. We want the atmosphere to be inviting and comfortable. Taste Project is not segregated like a shelter, where servers are on one side of the counter and recipients are on the other.
» What was the hardest part of all of this?
It’s a bit of an education curve. We need to educate our customers about the pay-what-you-can concept. And, along with hiring a few more key staff, we really need to broaden our volunteer base to keep costs down.
» What’s the best thing on the Taste menu?
Our menu will change seasonally, but based on sales so far, it must be our hamburger. I think our Farro Salad is one of the hidden gems on the menu. I love the chewiness of the farro served with hearty roasted vegetables.
A taste of what’s happening around town.
BY COURTNEY DABNEY
Clearfork welcomed several new restaurants recently, among them: Cru Food & Wine Bar with 300 bottles to choose from and a bistro menu of shareable small plates and main dishes; B&B Butcher’s an upscale steakhouse with attached butcher shop; City Works — the new neighborhood pub featuring around 90 taps of beer; Clean Juice — the first Texas location of this freshpressed juice and smoothie bar; Fixe — Chef James Robert’s menu celebrates the soul of the South; and Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar — known as much for its beverage menu as for its American cuisine.
Mountain Tavern, Brian Olenjack’s newest venture, opened Dec. 5. Olenjack served as executive chef of Reata and later at his namesake Olenjack’s Grille in Arlington. The Eagle Mountain Tavern is located on Boat Club Road in the former BooRays of New Orleans space and serves American fare, including Olenjack’s famous Shrimp and Grits.
Another long-awaited restaurant also opened Dec. 5 in the Southside.
Taste Community Restaurant, the “paywhat-you-can” concept, opened in its inviting new digs at 1200 South Main St.
Michael Crain, former “advance-man” in the George W. Bush White House, philanthropist who founded the successful Foodie Philanthropy and real estate agent, adds restauranteur to his resume this month. MidiCi Neapolitan Pizza will fire up its stylish pizza ovens on Jan.19 in the Left Bank.
Tim Love added a quirky new spin to his Queenie’s Restaurant in Denton last year – doughnuts hot from the fryer and served out the back door between 11 p.m.-1 a.m. He called it Back Dough and drew a late night crowd with cravings for fresh doughnuts. In December, the Back Dough craze hit his Love Shack on Exchange in Fort Worth’s Northside. When the red
neon sign lights up…hot doughnuts are not far behind.
The Near Southside added a big dose of Deep Ellum cool to the mix when the Twilite Lounge opened in early December. A spinoff of the original Dallas hangout, which first opened in 2013, the draw is partly its New Orleans vibe (NOLA-style cocktails and Rat Pack-era booth seating) and partly the lure of free live music talent. The menu includes po’boy sandwiches, red beans and rice, fried oysters and classic beignets.
Magdalena’s, the popular Supper Club that serves BYOB dinners on weekends out of a catering space on Grand Avenue, started a brunch supper club in November. Coined “Buenas Dias Supper Club,” Chef Juan Rodriguez serves a set-menu, BYOB brunch monthly. Sign up for Magdalena’s emails for invites. Spots go fast.
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Babe’s Chicken Dinner House 230 N. Center St., 817.801.0300. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; All Day 11am-9pm Sat. and Sun. $
BJ’s Restaurant And Brewhouse 201 E. Interstate 20, 817.465.5225. 11am-midnight Mon.-Thur.; 11am-1am Fri.; 11am-1am Sat.; 10am-midnight Sun. $-$$
Chef Point Cafe 5901 Watauga Rd., Watauga, 817.656.0080. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.; 7am-10pm Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. Breakfast Saturdays. $-$$
Dave & Busters 425 Curtis Mathes Way, 817.525.2501. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thur.; 11am-1am Fri.-Sat. $$
Houlihan’s 401 E. 1-20 Hwy., 817.375.3863. 11am-midnight, bar 1am Mon.-Thu.; 11am1am, bar 2am Fri.-Sat.; 11am-10pm, bar midnight Sun. $$-$$$
Humperdink’s Restaurant And Brewery 700 Six Flags Drive, 817.640.8553. 11am-midnight Sun.Thurs.; 11am-2am Fri.-Sat. $$
J Gilligan’s Bar & Grill 400 E. Abram. 817.274.8561. 11am-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-midnight Thu.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun.; drafthouse open nightly 11am-2am $
Mac’s Bar & Grill 6077 W. I-20 Frontage Rd., 817.572.0541. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 10am-2:30pm and 3pm-10pm Sun. $$
No Frills Grill 4914 Little Rd., 817.478.1766. Other locations: 801 S. Main St. #109, Keller, 817.741.6344. 2851 Matlock Rd., Ste. 422, Mansfield, 817.473.6699. 1550 Eastchase Pkwy., Ste. 1200, Arlington, 817.274.5433. 11am-2am daily. $ Rose Garden Tearoom 3708 W. Pioneer Pkwy., 817.795.3093. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon.-Sat.; closed Sun. $
Restaurant 506 at The Sanford House 506 N. Center St., 817.801.5541. Closed Mon.-Tues.; 11am2pm, 5:30pm-9pm Wed.-Fri.; 10:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-9pm Sat.; 10:30am-2pm Sun. $$
Southern Recipes Grill 2715 N. Collins St., 817.469.9878. 11am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 8am-9pm Sat.; 8am-4pm Sun. $-$$ Steve’s Garden & Grill 223 Depot St., Mansfield. 817.473.8733. Tues.-Thur. 11am-9pm; Fri. 11am-
10pm; Sat. 4 pm-10pm; Sun.-Mon. closed. $-$$ Ventana Grille 7005 Golf Club Dr., 817.548.5047. 6:30am-9pm daily $-$$
BURLESON
Babe’s Chicken Dinner House 120 S. Main St., 817.447.3400. 11am-2pm lunch and 5pm-9pm dinner Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9pm Sat.-Sun. $ Dalton’s Corner Bar & Grill 200 S. Main St., 817.295.5456. 11am-2am Mon.-Sun. $$ The Porch 140 S. Wilson St., 817.426.9900. 6:30am-8pm Mon.-Thu.; 6:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat.; 9am-8pm Sun. $$
Market Street 5605 Colleyville Blvd., 817.577.5020. 6am-10pm daily. $
Trio New American Cafe 8300 Precinct Line Road, Ste. 104, 817.503.8440. Closed Sun.-Mon.; 11am3pm, 5pm-9pm Tue.-Sat. BYOB. $$ FORT WORTH
Bird Cafe 155 E. 4th and Commerce, 817.332.2473. 11am-midnight Mon.-Thur.; 11am-1am Fri.; 10am-1am Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $$ Bluebonnet Café 2223 Haltom Rd., Haltom City, 817.834.4988. 6:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat. $ Brewed 801 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.945.1545. 8am10pm Tue.-Wed.; 8am-11pm Thu.; 8am-midnight Fri.-Sat.; 9:30am-2:30pm Sun. $-$$
Buffalo Bros Pizza Wings & Subs 3015 S. University Dr., 817. 386.9601. 11am-2am daily. $$ Buttons 4701 W. Freeway, 817.735.4900. 11am10pm Sun.-Tues.; 11am-midnight Wed.-Thu.; 11am-2am Fri; noon-2am Sat. $$$
Cork & Pig Tavern 2869 Crockett St., 817.759.9280. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11:30pm Fri.; 9am-11:30pm Sat.; 9am - 9pm Sun. $$$
Cast Iron Restaurant 1300 Houston St., 817.350.4106. 6am-11am Breakfast; 11am-2pm Brunch, Sun.; 11am-2pm Lunch, Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Dinner, daily. $$
Cat City Grill 1208 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.916.5333. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.Sat.; Brunch: 10:30am-1:30pm Sun. $$-$$$ Charleston’s 3020 S. Hulen St., 817.735.8900. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ Clay Pigeon 2731 White Settlement Rd., 817.882.8065. 4:30pm-10pm Mon.-Sat. $$$
Curly’s Frozen Custard 4017 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.763.8700. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $
Del Frisco’s Grille 154 E. 3rd St., 817.887.9900. 11am-4pm Lunch, Sat.; 11am-3pm Lunch, Sun.; 4pm-10pm Dinner, Sun. and 4pm-11pm Mon.-Sat. $$
Dixie House Cafe 3701 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0883. Other locations: 6200 Calhoun St., 817.451.6180. 5401 S. Hulen St., 817.361.8500. 5401 Blue Mound Rd., 817.625.4115. 6:30am8:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-3pm Sun. $ Drew’s Place 5701 Curzon Ave., 817.735.4408. 10:30am-6pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $-$$
Ellerbe Fine Foods 1501 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.926.3663. Closed Sun.-Mon.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm-9pm, Tue.-Thu.; 11am-2pm and 5:30-10pm, Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm, Sat. $$-$$$
Fred’s Texas Cafe 915 Currie St., 817.332.0083. 10:30am-midnight Tue.-Sat.; 10am-9pm Sun. 10:30am-9pm Mon. 2730 Western Center, 817.232.0111. 10:30am-midnight Tue.-Sat.; 3509 Blue Bonnet Circle, 817.916.4650. 10:30ammidnight, daily. $$
HG Sply Co. 1621 River Run, Ste. 176, 682.730.6070. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-midnight Fri.; 10am-midnight Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $$-$$$ Hookers Grill. 213 West Exchange Ave., 817. 773.8373. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun. $$ Little Red Wasp 808 Main St., 817.877.3111. 11am10pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-10pm Sat.-Sun.; Brunch to 4pm Sat.-Sun. $$-$$$
Lucile’s Stateside Bistro 4700 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.4761. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$
The Lunch Box 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.2181. 8am-2:30pm, daily. $
MASH’D 2948 Crockett Street. Hours: MondayThursday: 11am-9pm, Friday: 11am-11pm, Saturday:10am-11pm, Sunday: 10am-9pm $$
MAX’s Wine Dive 2421 W. 7th St., Ste. 109, 817.870.1100 4pm-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pmmidnight Fri.; 10am-midnight Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun.; Brunch 10am-3pm Sat. & Sun.; Happy Hour 4pm-6pm Mon.-Fri. $-$$
Montgomery Street Café 2000 Montgomery St., 817.731.8033. 6am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-Noon Sat.; Closed Sun. $
Old Neighborhood Grill 1633 Park Place Ave., 817.923.2282. 7am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 8am-9pm Sat.; Closed Sun. $
Ol’ South Pancake House 1509 S. University Dr.,
Join us at our new venue: City Club of Fort Worth Saturday, April 14, 2018
6:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.
Current Underwriters:
Diamond Patron - Radiology Associates
Platinum Patron - Frost
Gold Patrons - Sewell; Texas Health Resources; Dr. Jerry and Layna Chase
It is with great excitement that the Tarrant County Medical Society Alliance Foundation is planning for our only fundraising event of the year. Join us as we return downtown for Medicine Ball 2018. The evening will be a sparkling extravaganza including a cocktail reception, raffles, dinner, dancing, and a Casino Royale with poker tournament.
Shaken and Not Stirred Cocktail Reception presented by DFW Center for Spinal Disorders
Many in Tarrant County are unable to afford quality healthcare. The Alliance Foundation is dedicated to providing education and crucial healthcare to those in need in our community. Proceeds from the event support our Community Health Projects.
Be Wise Immunize provides education and immunizations to thousands.
Project Access Tarrant County provides critical specialty medical procedures to the working poor. Hard Hats for Little Heads properly fits bike helmets preventing traumatic brain injury.
Allied Health Scholarships are awarded to qualified and motivated students with financial need.
For information on how you can be a Community Health Hero through event and project underwriting, contact Linda Kennedy, medicineball2018@gmail.com
Tarrant County Medical Society Alliance Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and contributions are deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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817.336.0311. Open 24 hours. $ Pappadeaux 2708 W. Freeway, 817.877.8843. Other location: 1304 E. Copeland Rd., Arlington, 817.543.0544. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Paris Coffee Shop 704 W. Magnolia, 817.335.2041. 6am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Breakfast Only 6am11am Sat. $
Park Hill Cafe 2974 Park Hill Dr., 817.921.5660. 10am2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-1pm Sat.-Sun. $-$$ Pop’s Safari 2929 Morton St., 817.877.0916. 9am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 9am-midnight Fri.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$-$$$ Press Cafe 4801 Edwards Ranch Road, Ste. 105, 817.570.6002. 7am-10pm Mon.-Sun. $-$$ Rise & Shine 3636 Altamesa Blvd., 817.423.3555. 6am-2pm daily. $
Secret Garden Tearoom 2601 Montgomery St., 817.763.9787. 10am-6pm Mon.-Sat.; Noon-6pm Sun. $
The Rose Garden Tea Room 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.7673. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon-Sat.; 12pm-3:30pm Sun. $$
The Social House 840 Currie St., 817.820. 1510. 11am-2am Mon.-Sun. $$
Twin Creeks Café 3400 W. Loop 820 S. (inside Frank Kent Honda), 817.244.9600. 7:30am3:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 8am-3:30pm Sat. $ Vidalias Southern Cuisine 200 Main St., 817.210.2222. 6am-10pm daily. $$ Varsity Tavern 1005 Norwood St., 817.882.6699. 11am-2am Mon-Sun. Brunch 11am-4pm Sat-Sun. $$
Westside Café 7950 W. Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.560.1996. 6am-9pm Sat.-Thurs.; 6am-10pm Fri. $ GRAPEVINE
Mac’s on Main 909 S. Main St., Ste. 110, 817.251.6227. 11am-3pm, Lunch Mon.-Sat.; 4:30-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 4:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 10am-2:30pm Brunch, Sun.; 4:30pm-9:30pm Sun. $$
Tolbert’s Restaurant 423 S. Main St. 817.421.4888. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-8:30pm Sun. $$
Winewood Grill 1265 S. Main St., Grapevine, 76051 817.421.0200. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$-$$$
KELLER/LAKE COUNTRY
FnG Eats 201 Town Center Ln., Ste. 1101, 817.741.5200 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.; 10:30am-10pm Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. $$
ROANOKE
Babe’s Chicken Dinner House 104 N. Oak, 817.491.2900. 11am-2pm, 4:30pm-9pm Mon.Thurs.; 11am-2pm, 4:30pm-9pm Fri.; 11am9pm Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. $ Classic Cafe 504 N. Oak St., 817.430.8185.
Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$-$$$ Dove Creek Café 204 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4973. 6am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-3pm Sat. & Sun. $ Reno Red’s Frontier Cooking 304 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4855. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-
10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $-$$
SOUTHLAKE
Café Express 1472 Main St., 817.251.0063. 7am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 7am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
The Cheesecake Factory 1440 Plaza Place, 817.310.0050. 11am-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 11ammidnight Fri.-Sat.; 10am-11pm Sun. $$
Del Frisco’s Grille 1200 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.410.3777. 11am-11pm Mon.-Sat.; 10am9pm Sun. $$
Modern Market 1161 E. Southlake Blvd. Bldg. O, Suite 260. 817.442.0123. 8:30am-9:30pm, Mon.-Sun. $$
Wildwood Grill 2700 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.2100. 11am-10pm, daily. $-$$
Fire Oak Grill 114 Austin Ave., 817.598.0400. Lunch: 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm9pm Tue.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Iron Skillet Restaurant 2001 Santa Fe Drive, 817.594.0245. Open 24 hours. $$
Weatherford Downtown Café 101 W. Church St., 817.594.8717. 7am-3pm Mon.-Wed.; 7am-8pm Thu.-Sat.; 8am-3pm Sun. $
Bethany Boba Tea House 705 Park Row Dr., 817.461.1245. 11am-10pm daily. $
Genghis Grill 4000 Five Points Blvd., Ste. 189, 817.465.7847. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat; 10am-10pm Sun. $$ Orchid City Fusion Cafe 2135 Southeast Pkwy., 817.468.3777. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$
Pei Wei 2100 N. Collins St., 817.299.8687. Other locations: 4133 E. Cooper St., 817.466.4545. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ Piranha’s Killer Sushi 859 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.261.1636. Other locations: Arlington Highlands 309 Curtis Mathes Way, Ste. 149 817.465.6455 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.; noon-11pm Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun. $$ Sukhothai 423 Fielder North Plaza, 817.860.4107. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Sat. $ Taste Of Thai 2535 E. Arkansas Lane, 817.543.0110. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; Noon-10pm Sat.; Noon9:30pm Sun. $ BEDFORD
MK’s Sushi 2400 Airport Fwy., Ste. 130, 817.545.4149. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; 4:30pm-10pm Sun. $$ Thai Jasmine 3104 Harwood Rd., 817.283.8228. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am-9:30pm Fri.-Sat. $ BURLESON
Taste Of Asia 130 NW John Jones Drive, Ste 206, 817.426.2239. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $ FORT WORTH
Asia Bowl & Grill 2400 Lands End, Ste. 115, 817.738.1688. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am9:30pm Fri.-Sat. $
Blue Sushi Sake Grill 3131 W. 7th St., 817.332.2583. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.; noon-midnight Sat.; noon-10pm Sun. $-$$ Cannon Chinese Kitchen 304 W. Cannon St.
817.238.3726. 11:30am-2:30pm Lunch, Tues.Fri.; 5pm-9pm Dinner, Tues.-Thurs.; 5pm-10pm Dinner, Fri.-Sat. Closed Sun. $$
Edohana Hibachi Sushi 2704 S. Hulen, 817.924.1144. Other locations: 5816 S.W. Loop 820, 817.731.6002. Lunch 11:15am-2:15pm Mon.Fri.; Dinner 5:15pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 4:45pm10:30pm Fri.-Sat.; 4:45pm-9:30pm Sun $$
Hanabi Ramen & Izakaya 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.420.6703. Lunch 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.Sat.; Closed Sun. $$
HoYA Korean Kitchen 355 W. 3rd St., 817.334.7999. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $
Japanese Palace 8445 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.0144. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Kona Grill 3028 Crockett St., 817.210.4216. 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am10pm Sun. $$
Little Lilly Sushi 6100 Camp Bowie, Ste. 12, 817.989.8886. 11am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$
My Lan 4015 E. Belknap St., 817.222.1471. 9am9pm Mon.-Sun. Closed Wed. $
Pappa Chang Asian Bistro 1526 Pennsylvania Ave., 817.348.9888. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $
Pei Wei 5900 Overton Ridge Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.294.0808. Other location: 2600 W. 7th St., Ste. 101, Montgomery Plaza, 817.806.9950. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ P.F. Chang’s 400 Throckmorton, 817.840.2450. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ Pho Little Saigon 1712 Mall Circle., 817.738.0040. 10am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $
Phu Lam 4125 E. Belknap St., 817.831.9888. 10am9pm Daily $-$$
Piranha Killer Sushi 335 W. 3rd St., 817.348.0200. 11am-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-11pm Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.; noon-midnight Sat.; noon10pm Sun. $$
Shinjuku Station 711 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.923.2695. 5pm-9pm Mon.; 11am-9pm Tues.Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sat. $-$$
Sushi Axiom Japanese Fusion Restaurant 4625 Donnelly Ave., Ste. 101, 817.735.9100. 11am10pm Mon.-Fri.; Noon-10pm Sat.; Noon9pm Sun. Other locations: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.877.3331. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.; noon-11pm Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$
Szechuan 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., Cityview Plaza, 817.346.6111. 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am9:30pm Sun. Other location: 5712 Locke Ave., 817.738.7300. 11am-10:30pm Fri.; 11am-9:30pm Sat.-Sun. $-$$
Taste Of Asia 4484 Bryant Irvin Road, Ste. 101, 817.732.8688. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat.; 9324 Clifford St., Ste. 116, 817.246.4802. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat,; 7420 Beach St., 817.503.1818. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $
Thailicious 4601 W. Freeway. Ste. 206 (Chapel Hill at I-30 & Hulen), 817.737.8111. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu. 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
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Thai Select 4630 SW Loop 820, 817.731.0455. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thur.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $
Thai Tina’s 600 Commerce St., 817.332.0088. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Bar, Sun.-Sat. $$ Tu Hai Restaurant 3909 E. Belknap St., 817.834.6473. 9am-8pm Mon.-Sat; Closed Sun. $ GRAPEVINE
Edohana Hibachi Sushi 1501 W. State Hwy. 114 Ste. 100, 817.251.2004. 11:15am-2:30pm Lunch, Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 5pm10pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm Sun. $$ P.F. Chang’s 650 W. Highway 114, 817.421.6658. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ HURST
Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine 977 Melbourne Rd., 817.268.2899. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9:30pm Sat.; 11:30am-8pm Sun. $-$$
MANSFIELD
Sake Hibachi Sushi And Bar 100 W. Debbie Lane, Mansfield, 817.453.5888. 11am-10pm, Mon.Thu.; 11am-10:30pm, Fri.-Sat.; noon-10pm, Sun. $-$$
Kobeya Japanese Hibachi & Sushi 1230 Main St., 817.416.6161. 11:30am-2pm Lunch, Mon.-Fri.; Noon-3p.m. Lunch, Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm, Dinner, Mon.-Thurs.; 5pm-10:30pm Dinner, Fri.-Sat.; Noon-9pm Sun. $$
Pei Wei 1582 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.722.0070. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $
RA Sushi 1131 E. Southlake Blvd. Bldg. L. 817.601.9590. 11am-12am Sun.-Thu.; 11am1am Fri.-Sat. $$
Sushi Sam 500 W. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 138, 817.410.1991. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm Sun. $-$$
David’s Barbecue 2224 W. Park Row Dr., Ste. H, 817.261.9998. 11am-9pm Tues.-Sat. $ Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 5530 S. Cooper, 817.468.0898. 1801 Ballpark Way, 817.261.6600. 11am-9pm daily. $
Oh My BBQ 901 E. Arkansas Ln. 817.303.1499. 10am-8pm Mon.-Thurs.; 10am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $ FORT WORTH
Angelo’s 2533 White Settlement Rd., 817.332.0357. 11am-9pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-10pm Thu.-Sat.; closed Sun. $
Billy Bob’s Texas Honky Tonk Kitchen 2520 Rodeo Plaza. 817.626.2340. 11am-9pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-10pm Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.-Sat.; noon9pm Sun. $
Billy’s Oak Acres BBQ 1620 Las Vegas Trail North, 817.624.7117. 11am-8pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que 301 Stockyards Blvd., 817.626.6464. 11am-8:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. and Sat. $
Cousin’s Pit Barbecue 6262 McCart Ave., 817.346.2511. Other locations: 5125 Bryant
A former Reata chef is returning to Fort Worth, this time to lead Clay Pigeon. Andrew Dilda, who also served as chef de cuisine at Woodshed Smokehouse, as well as Barter and Independent Bar & Kitchen in Dallas, was named Clay Pigeon’s new executive chef — giving owner and former executive chef Marcus Paslay more time to split between both his restaurants, Clay Pigeon and Piattello Italian Kitchen. With a new chef comes new, seasonal dishes, like a Porterhouse steak and a wedge salad with duck confit, which will stay on the menu through January.
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2731 White Settlement Road
817.882.8065
Mon.-Sat. 4:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Irvin Rd., 817.346.3999. 9560. Feather Grass Ln., 817.750.2020. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 451 University Dr., 817.231.8813. 11am-9pm daily. Other locations: 951 N. Beach St., 682.647.0222. 11am-9pm daily. 1989 Colonial Pwy., 817.759.7400. 11am-9pm daily. 5412 Blue Mound Rd., 817.289.0027. 10:30am-8:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $
Heim Barbecue 1109 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.882.6970. 11am-10pm Wed.- Mon. Closed Tues. $$
Railhead Smokehouse 2900 Montgomery St., 817.738.9808. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
Red Hot And Blue 3000 S. Hulen St., 817.731.8770. 9143 Grapevine Hwy., 817.605.1333. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Riscky’s 6701 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.989.1800. Other locations: 140 E. Exchange Ave. 817.626.7777. 300 Main St., 817.877.3306. 9000 Benbrook Blvd., 817.249.3320. 10:30am-8:30pm Mon.-Sat. $
Sammie’s Bar-B-Q 3801 E. Belknap, 817.834.1822. 9am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 9am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-5pm, Sun. $-$$
Smokey’s Bbq 5300 E. Lancaster Ave. 817.451.8222. 11am-”until we run out” Mon.-Fri.; 8am-”until we run out” Sat.-Sun. $
The Smoke Pit 2401 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0455. 10:30am-3:30pm Mon.; 10:30am-7pm Tues.Wed.; 10:30am-8pm Thurs.-Fri.; 10:30am-6pm Sat. $-$$
Trailboss Burgers 140 E. Exchange Ave, 817.625.1070. 11am-7pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9pm Fri.; 11am-10pm Sat. $-$$
HURST
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 1858 Precinct Line Rd., 817.656.0200. 10:30am-9pm daily. $ WHITE SETTLEMENT
Soda Springs Bar-B-Q 8620 Clifford St., 817.246.4644. Mon.-Sat. 11am-2pm; Thurs. 4 pm-8pm; Fri. 11am-8:30pm; Sat. 11am-8pm; Sun. closed. $-$$
Rafain Brazilian Steakhouse 2932 Crockett St., 817.862.9800. 11am-2pm, 5pm-9:30pm Mon.Thu.; 11am-2pm, 5pm-10pm Fri.; 4:30-10:30pm Sat; 12pm-3pm, 4:30pm-9pm Sun. $$$ Texas De Brazil 101 N. Houston St., 817.882.9500. 11am-3pm Brunch, Sun.; 11am-3:30pm Lunch, Sun.; 11am-2pm Lunch, Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Dinner, Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.; 4:30pm-10pm Sat.; 4pm-9pm Sun. $$$
Boi Na Braza 4025 William D. Tate, 817.251.9881. 5pm-9:45pm Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-8:45pm Sun. $$$
Al’s Hamburger’s 1001 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd.. Ste. 103, 817.275.8918. 7am-9pm, daily. $ Chapps 2045 N. Hwy. 360, 817.649.3000. Other
locations: 153 Southwest Plaza (1-20 & Little Road), 817.483.8008, 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. 2596 E. Arkansas, 817.460.2097. 10:45am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am9pm Sat.-Sun. $
Chop House Burgers 2230 Park Row Drive, Ste. A, 817.459.3700. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $
Kincaid’s 3900 Arlington Highlands Blvd., Ste. 113, 817.466.4211. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-7pm Sun. $
Tom’s Burgers & Grill 1530 N. Cooper St., 817.459.9000. 6am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; 6am-9pm Sun. $-$$
FORT WORTH
Dutch’s 3009 S. University Dr., 817.927.5522. 11am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 11am-10pm Thu.-Sat. $
The Great Outdoors 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.877.4400. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. $
Kincaid’s 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.2881, 11am-8pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. Other locations: 4825 Overton Ridge Blvd., 817.370.6400. 3124 Texas Sage Trail, 817.750.3200. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-7pm Sun. $
The Love Shack 110 E. Exchange Ave., 817.740.8812, 11am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 11am10pm Thurs.; 11am-1am Fri.-Sat. $
M & O Station Grill 200 Carroll St., 817.882.8020. 11am-4pm Mon.; 11am-9pm Tues.-Sat. Closed Sun. $
Rodeo Goat 2836 Bledsoe & Currie, 817.877.4628. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $-$$
Shaw’s Patio Bar And Grill 1051 W. Magnolia Ave. 817.926.2116. 11am-2:30pm Mon.; 11am- 9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10:30am-11pm Sat.; 10:30am-8pm Sun. $-$$
Tommy’s Hamburger Grill 5228 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.569.1111. Other location: 2455 Forest Park Blvd., 817.920.1776. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-8pm Sun. $
Woodshed Smokehouse 3201 Riverfront Drive, 817.877.4545. 8am-11am Breakfast, Mon.-Sat.; 8am-2pm Brunch, Sun.; 11am-10pm Lunch, Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun.; until midnight, Bar, Wed.-Sat. $-$$ Z’s Café 1116 Pennsylvania Ave. 817.348.9000. 10am-2pm Mon.-Fri. $ SOUTHLAKE
Johnny B’s Burgers & Shakes 2704 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.749.0000. 10:30am-8:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 10:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-3pm Sun. $
Kincaid’s 100 N. Kimball Ave., 817.416.2573. 11am9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-7pm Sun. $
ARLINGTON
Café At Daireds 2400 W. I-20, 817.465.9797. 817.465.9797. 12pm-6pm Sun.; 9am-6pm Mon.; 9am-7pm Tue.; 9am-9pm Wed.-Thu.; 9am-6pm Fri.; 8:30am-5:30pm Sat. $-$$ FORT WORTH
Six10Grille 610 Main St., 817.332.0100. 6:30am-
10:30am Mon.-Fri. $-$$$
ARLINGTON
Iris Bagel And Coffee House 5801 W. Interstate 20, 817.561.9989. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-2pm Sun. $ FORT WORTH
Baker Bros. American Deli 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. 244, 817.989.1400. Other locations: 501 Carroll St., Ste. 658., 817.332.0500. 3300 Heritage Trace Pwy., Ste. 110, 817.750.6666. 10am-9pm daily. $
Black Rooster Bakery 2430 Forest Park Blvd., 817.924.1600. 7am-6pm Tue.-Fri., 8am-4pm Sat. $
Bluebonnet Bakery 4705 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.4233. 7am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-4pm Sat. $
Boopa’s Bagel Deli 6513 N. Beach St., 817.232.4771. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 6:30am-2pm Sat.; 6:30am-1pm Sun. $
Carshon’s Delicatessen 3133 Cleburne Rd., 817.923.1907. 9am-3pm Mon.-Sat. $
Corner Bakery Café 3010 S. Hulen St., 817.665.9949. 6:30am-9pm daily. $
The Cupcake Cottage 5015 El Campo Ave., 817.732.5670. 10am-4pm Tues.-Fri.; 10am-2pm Sat. $
Esperanza’s Mexican Café & Bakery 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770. 6am-7pm daily. Other locations: 1601 Park Place Ave. 817.923.1992, 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 6am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 6am-5pm Sun. $
J. Rae’s 935 Foch St., 817.332.0090. 9am-7pm Mon.Fri.; 9am-5pm Sat. $ Jason’s Deli jasonsdeli.com. Hours vary. $-$$ McKinley’s Fine Bakery & Café 1616 S. University Dr. Ste. 301, 817.332.3242, 7am-6:30pm Mon.Fri.; 8am-6:30pm Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $ Panera Bread 1700 S. University Dr., 817.870.1959. Other location: 1804 Precinct Line Rd., 817.605.0766. 1409 N. Collins, Arlington, 817.548.8726. 2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. S. 817.416.5566. 4611 S. Hulen St. 817.370.1802. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-8pm Sun. $ Pearl Snap Kolaches 4006 White Settlement Road. 817.233.8899. 6am-2pm Mon.-Fri., 7am-2 pm Sat.-Sun. $ Sweet Sammies 825 Currie St., 817.332.0022. 11am-9pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-10pm Thurs.Sat.; Noon-9pm Sun. $ Swiss Pastry Shop 3936 W. Vickery, 817.732.5661. 7am-6pm Bakery, 7am-11am Breakfast, 11am3:30pm Tues.-Sat. $ The Snooty Pig 2401 Westport Pkwy., Ste. 120, 817.837.1077. Other locations: 100 Country Club Rd., 940.464.0748; 2940 Justin Rd., 972.966.1091, 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-2pm Sat.-Sun. $ Yogi’s Deli and Grille 2710 S. Hulen St., 817.924.4500. 6:30am-3:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am3:30pm Sat.; 7:30am-3pm Sun. $ Yolk 305 Main St., 817.730.4000. 6am-3pm Mon.Fri.; 7am-3pm Sat.&Sun. $ GRAPEVINE
Breadhaus 700 W. Dallas Rd., 817.488.5223. 9am6pm Tues.-Fri.; 9am-4pm Sat. $$
Main Street Bistro and Bakery 316 Main St., 817.424.4333, 6:30am-3pm Mon.; 6:30am9pm Tues.-Thurs.; 6:30am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat.; 6:30am-9pm Sun. $
The Snooty Pig 4010 William D. Tate, 817.283.3800. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-2pm Sat.-Sun. $ Weinburger’s Deli 601 S. Main St., Ste. 100, 817.416.5574. 10am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
HUDSON OAKS
Ultimate Cupcake 3316 Fort Worth Highway, 817.596.9090. 10am-5pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-1pm Sat.; Closed Sun.-Mon. $
Elegant Cakery 5351 Nolen Drive, Ste. 200, 817.488.7580. 10am-6pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-3pm Sat. $-$$
Weinburger’s Deli 3 Village Circle, Ste. 116, Westlake, 817.491.9119. 8:30am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
The Melting Pot 4000 Five Points Dr., Ste. 119, 817.472.9988. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.; 3:30pm-11pm Sat.; 3pm-9pm Sun. $$-$$$
FORT WORTH
Café Modern 3200 Darnell, 817.738.9215. 11am2:30pm Lunch, Tues.-Fri.; 10am-3pm Sat.-Sun.; 5pm-8pm Dinner (during lecture series), Tues.; 5pm-8:30pm Dinner, Fri.; Bar: 10am-4:30pm, Tues.-Sun.; 10am-9:30pm Fri. $$
Fixture - Kitchen and Social Lounge 401 W. Magnolia Ave., 817-708-2663. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; 10am-10pm Sat.; 10am-2pm Sun. $$
Kimbell Art Museum 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.332.8451, ext. 251. For reservations call 817.332.8541 ext. 277. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Thu. & Sat.; noon-2pm Fri. & Sun.; Dinner 5:30pm-7:30pm Fri. $$
Lili’s Bistro 1310 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.877.0700. Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 6pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$
Reservoir Bar, Patio And Kitchen 1001 Foch St. 817.334.0560. 3pm-2am Mon.-Fri.; noon-2am Sat.-Sun. $-$$
Righteous Foods 3405 W. 7th St., 817.850.9996. 7am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 9am-9pm Sat.; Closed Sun. $$
Simply Fondue 111 W. 4th St., 817.348.0633, 5pm10pm Sun.-Thurs.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ Spiral Diner 1314 W. Magnolia, 817.332.8834. 11am-10pm Tue.-Fri.; 9am-10pm Sat.-Sun. $
Winslow’s Wine Café 4101 Camp Bowie Blvd. 817.546-6843. Mon.-Thu. 4pm-11pm; Fri. 4pm-midnight; Sat. 10:30am-2pm and 4pm-midnight; Sun. 10:30am-2pm and 4pm-10pm. $-$$$$
ARLINGTON
Tandoor Indian Restaurant 1200 N. Fielder Rd., Ste. 532, 817.261.6604. 11:30am-2:30pm Lunch, 5:30pm-10pm Dinner, daily. $-$$
FORT WORTH
Bombay Grill 4625 Donnelly Ave., 817.377.9395. 11am-2pm Lunch, Mon.-Thurs.; 5:30pm-10pm Dinner, Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-2pm Lunch, Fri.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Dinner, Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Lunch, Sat.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Dinner, Sat.; 11:30am-2:30pm Lunch, Sun; 5:30pm-9pm Dinner, Sun. $
Byblos 1406 N. Main St., 817.625.9667. 11am-4pm and 5pm-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-2am Thu.Fri.; 4pm-1:30am Sat.; Sunday available for private parties. $$
King Tut 1512 Magnolia Ave., 817.335.3051. 11am2:30pm Mon.-Sat. 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Sat. $$ Maharaja 6308 Hulen Bend Blvd., 817.263.7156. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Sat.-Sun.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ Spice 411 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.984.1800. 11am9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
La Madeleine 2101 N. Collins St., Arlington, 817.461.3634. 6:30am-10pm daily. Other location: 4201 S Cooper St., Arlington, 817.417.5100. 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ FORT WORTH
La Madeleine 6140 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.654.0471. 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am11pm Fri.-Sat. Other locations: 4626 SW Loop 820. 817.717.5200.; 900 Hwy. 114 W., Grapevine, 817.251.0255. 6:30am-10pm daily $ Saint-Emilion 3617 W. 7th St., 817.737.2781. 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
FORT WORTH
Edelweiss 3801 Southwest Blvd., 817.738.5934. 5pm-9:30pm Wed.-Thu.; 5pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat.; Noon-9pm Sun. $$ Greenwood’s 3522 Bluebonnet Cir., 817.921.6777. Lunch: 11am-2pm Thu. & Fri. 4pm-9pm Tue. Thu.; 4pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
FORT WORTH
Café Medi 420 Grapevine Hwy., Ste. 101A, Hurst, 817.788.5110. Other location: 129 E. Olive St., Keller, 817.337.3204. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ Greek House 2426 Forest Park Blvd., 817.921.1473. 11am-8pm Mon.-Sat. $ Jazz Café 2504 Montgomery St., 817.737.0043. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 9am-3pm Sat.;
9am-2pm Sun. $
The Vine Greek Taverna 2708 W. 7th St., 817.334.0888. 11am-2pm Tue.-Sat.; 5pm-9pm Tue.-Sat. $
Route 66 100 E Altamesa Blvd. 469.605.9684. 11am-9pm every day. Buffet every day, specials at dinner. $$
Birraporetti’s 668 Lincoln Square, 817.265.0555. 5pm-10pm daily. $$
Italianni’s 1601 Precinct Line Rd., Hurst, 817.498.6770. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
La Bistro 722 Grapevine Hwy., Hurst, 817.281.9333. 11am-9:30pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am-9:30pm Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
Mama’s Pizza 1200 N. Fielder, 817.795.8700. Lunch buffet: 11am-2pm daily. Delivery through Entrees-To-Go: 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; noon-10pm Sun. $
Mellow Mushroom 200 N. Center St. 817.274.7173. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ Moni’s 1730 W. Randol Mill Road, Ste. 100, 817.860.6664. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am9pm Sun. $$
Nizza Pizza 1430 S. Cooper, 817.274.5222. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
Palio’s Pizza Café 5712 Colleyville Blvd. Ste. 130, 817.605.7555. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $
Piccolo Mondo 829 E. Lamar Blvd., 817.265.9174. Lunch: 11:30am-2:15pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10:15pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 5pm-10pm Sun. $-$$
Prespa’s 4720 Sublett Road, Arlington, 817.561.7540. Other location: 3100 W. Arkansas Ln. B, Dalworthington Gardens, 817.459.2775. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ FORT WORTH
Avanti 150 Throckmorton St., Ste. 140, 817.991.6455. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Sat. $$
Aventino’s Italian 5800 Lovell Ave., 817.570.7940.11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9pm Mon.-Thurs.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$$
Bella Italia West 5139 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.1700. 11:30am-1:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 6pm9pm Mon.-Thu.; 6pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ Café Bella 3548 South Hills Ave., 817.922.9500. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 4pm-10pm Sat. Closed Sun. $-$$
Campisi’s 6150 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.916.4561. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sun. $$
Cane Rosso 815 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.922.9222. 11am-3pm Lunch, Tue.-Sun.; Brunch 11am3pm Sat.-Sun.; Dinner 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sun. $$
Fortuna 5837 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.737.4469.
11am-10pm, daily. $
La Piazza 2930 Bledsoe St., 817.334.0000, 5pm10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; Closed Sun. (in the summer). $$$
Mama’s Pizza 1813 W. Berry St., 817.923.3541. Other locations: 5800 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.6262. 5811 Bryant Irvin, Ste. 101, 817.346.6262. Lunch buffet: 11am-2pm daily. Delivery through Entrees-To-Go: 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
Mancuso’s 9500 White Settlement Rd., 817.246.7041. 10:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 10am-9pm Sun. $ Margie’s Original Italian Kitchen 9805 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.4301. 5pm-10pm Wed.Thurs., Sun.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Mellow Mushroom 3455 Bluebonnet Circle, 817.207.9677. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Milano’s 3416 W. 7th St., 817.332.5226. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat. $
Nizza Pizza 401 University Dr., 817.877.3900. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ Nonna Tata 1400 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.0250, 11am-2pm Lunch, Tue.-Fri.; 5:30pm-8:30pm Dinner, Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-9:30pm Fri.; 5:30pm9pm Sat. $-$$
Piattello Italian Kitchen 5924 Convair Drive, Ste. 412, 817.349.0484, Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-2 p.m, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. Brunch 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun.Sat. Coffee Bar 7 a.m.-Close $$
Piola 3700 Mattison Ave., 817.989.0007. 11am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat. $$
Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill 300 Houston St., 817.885.8667. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11ammidnight Fri. & Sat. $
Taverna Risotteria 450 Throckmorton St., 817.885.7502. Sunday brunch. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $-$$
Thirteen Pies 2949 Crockett St., 817.769.3590. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Sat. $$ SOUTHLAKE/COLLEYVILLE
Brio Tuscan Grill 1431 Plaza Place, Southlake, 817.310.3136. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$
Buca Di Beppo 2701 E. State Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.749.6262. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
Ferrari’s Italian Villa 1200 William D. Tate Ave., 817.251.2525, 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 5pm10:30pm Fri.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$-$$$
Nizza Pizza 3930 Glade Rd., Ste. 101, 817.283.4700. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
Ruggeri’s Ristorante 32 Village Ln., Ste. 100, Colleyville, 817.503.7373. Lunch: 11am-2pm Mon.Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Fireside Pies 1285 S. Main St., Grapevine, 817.416.1285. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Sat. $$
Gloria’s Colleyville: 5611 Colleyville Blvd., 817.656.1784. 11am-10pm daily. Fort Worth: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.332.8800. 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. Arlington: 3901 Arlington Highlands Blvd., Ste. 137, 817.701.2981. 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
Trevino’s 1812 Montgomery St., 817.731.8226. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; 10am9:30pm Sat.; 10am-8:30pm Sun. $-$$
Yucatan Taco Stand 909 West Magnolia Ave., 817.924.8646. 10am-10pm Sun.; 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.; 10ammidnight Sat. $$
Chadra Mezza & Grill 1622 Park Place Ave., 817.924.2372. 11am-3pm Mon.-Tues.; 11am10pm Wed.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $-$$ Istanbul Grill 401 Throckmorton St., 817.885.7326. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Thu.; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fri.Sat.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun. $-$$$
Saffron Sky 449 N. Beach St., 682.708.3901. 11am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-4pm Sat.; Closed Sun. $-$$
Terra Mediterranean Grill 2973 Crockett St., 817.744.7485. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, Mon.Fri.; 11am-11pm, Sat.; 11am-3pm Lunch, 5pm9pm Dinner, Sun. $-$$
Luna Grill 1141 E. Southlake Blvd. Suite 530. 817.488.8811. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $-$$
Chipotle 5001 S. Cooper St., Ste. 125, 817.522.0012. Other location: 2151 N. Collins St., 817.459.0939. 11am-10pm daily. $
Chuy’s 4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste. 199, 817.557.2489. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ El Fenix 1620 E. Copeland Rd., 682.558.8890. Other location: 4608 S. Cooper Rd., 817.557.4309. 11am10pm daily. $
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 510 East Abram, 817.265.8226. Other locations: 4201 W. Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington, 817.516.8226. 2030 Glade Rd, Ste. 296, Grapevine, 817.416.8226. 480 W. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 101, Southlake, 817. 488.2500. 7am-midnight Mon.-Wed.; 7am-1am Thu.; 7am-3am Fri. & Sat.; 7am-10pm Sun. $
Rio Mambo 6407 S. Cooper St. 817.465.3122, 11am9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am1:30am Sat.; 10am-9:30pm Sun. $$ COLLEYVILLE / GRAPEVINE
El Fenix 401 State Hwy. 114 W., Grapevine, 817.421.1151. 11am-10pm daily. $
Esparza’s 124 E. Worth St., 817.481.4668. 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am9:30pm Sun. $
La Hacienda Ranch 5250 Hwy. 121, Colleyville, 817.318.7500. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Rio Mambo 5150 Hwy. 121, 817.354.3124. 11am-
9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am11pm Sat.; 10am-9:30pm Sun. $$ FORT WORTH
Benito’s Restaurant 1450 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.8633. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu., 11am-2am Fri.; 10am-2am Sat.; 10am-9pm Sun. $$ Cantina Laredo 530 Throckmorton St., 817.810.0773, 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. Other location: 4020 William D. Tate, Ste. 208, Grapevine, 817.358.0505, 11am-10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$
Chimy’s Cerveceria 1053 Foch St., 817.348.8888. 11am-midnight Mon.-Sat. $
El Fenix 6391 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.5584. 11am-10pm daily. $
El Rancho Grande 1400 N. Main St., 817.624.9206. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
Enchiladas Ole 901 N. Sylvania Ave., 817.984.1360, 11am-3pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-8pm Thurs.; 10am-9pm Sat.; Closed Sun. $$
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 2917 W. Berry St., 817.924.7943. Other Locations: 2719 Race St., 817.831.8226. 5710 Rufe Snow, 817.465.3899. 6353 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. 101, 817.989.8226. 5724 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.292.8226. 9180 N. Fwy., Ste. 500, 817.750.8226. 7am-midnight Mon.-Wed.; 7am-1am Thu.; 7am3am Fri. & Sat.; 7am-10pm Sun. $
Joe T. Garcia’s 2201 N. Commerce, 817.626.4356. Cash only. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Mon.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $$
La Familia 841 Foch St., 817.870.2002, 11am-9pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am-9:30pm Fri.-Sat.; Closed Sun.-Mon. $
La Playa Maya 6209 Sunset Dr., 817.738.3329. Other locations: 1540 N. Main St., 817.624.8411. 3200 Hemphill St., 817.924.0698. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ Los Asaderos 1535 N. Main St., 817.626.3399, 11am-10pm Mon.; Closed Tues.; 11am-10pm Wed.-Thurs.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat.; 10am10pm Sun. $-$$
Los Molcajetes 4320 Western Center Blvd., 817.306.9000. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.; 9am-10pm Sat.; 9am-9pm Sun. $ Los Vaqueros 2629 N. Main St., 817.624.1511, 11am-9pm Sun.-Thurs.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. Other Location: 3105 Cockrell Ave., 817.710.8828, 10:30am-9pm Sun.; 11am-9pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. Crown Valley Golf Club, 29 Crown Road, Weatherford. 817.441.2300, 11am-9pm Tues.-Sun. $ Mi Cocina 509 Main St., 817.877.3600, 10:30am9pm Sun.; 10:30am-10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 10:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. Other locations: 4601 W. Freeway (I-30 and Hulen), 817.569.1444, 11am-10pm Mon.-Sun. 9369 Rain Lily Trail. 817.750.6426, 11am-10pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $
The Original 4713 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.6226, 11am-9pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ Pappasito’s Cantina 2704 W. Freeway, 817.877.5546. Other location: 321 W. Road to Six Flags, Arlington, 817.795.3535, 11am-10pm
Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am10pm Sun. $$ Pulidos 2900 Pulido St., 817.731.4241. Other location: 5051 Hwy. 377 S., 817.732.7871. 11am9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ Revolver Taco Lounge 2418 Forrest Park Blvd, 817.820.0122, 11am-10pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11ammidnight Fri.-Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $$ Rio Mambo 6125 SW Loop 820, 817.423.3124, 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; 10am-9:30pm Sun. 1302 S. Main St., Weatherford. 817.598.5944, 11am9:30pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am11pm Sat.; 10am-9:30pm Sun. $$
Salsa Limon 4200 S. Freeway, Ste. 1099, 817.921.4435, 10am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 10am-2am Fri.-Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun.; 2916 W. Berry St. 817.675.2519, 7am-9pm Mon.-Thurs.; 7am-2am Fri.-Sat.; 8am-8pm Sun. $ Torchy’s Tacos 928 Northton St. 817.289.8226. 7am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 7am-11pm Fri.; 8am11pm Sat.; 8am-10pm Sun. $
Uncle Julio’s 5301 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.2777. 11am-10:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11:30pm Fri.; 10am-11:30pm Sat.; 10am-10:30pm Sun. $$
Velvet Taco 2700 W 7th St., 817.887.9810, 10ammidnight Mon.-Wed.; 10am-3am Thurs.; 10am4am Fri.; 9am-4am Sat.; 9am-midnight Sun. $ Wild Salsa 300 Throckmorton St., Ste. 180, 682.316.3230. Mon-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday Closed; Happy Hour Mon.-Sat. 3 p.m.-7 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m.Close; Brunch Sat. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $$-$$$$
Mi Chula’s 1431 Southlake Blvd., Ste. 551, 817.756.6920. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
ARLINGTON
Fish City Grill 3900 Arlington Highlands Blvd., 817.465.0001. 11am-10pm Mon.- Thu.; 11am–11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am- 9pm Sun. $-$$ Pappadeaux 1304 E. Copeland Rd., 817.543.0544. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ Razzoo’s 4001. S. Cooper St., 817.467.6510. 11am11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ Rockfish 3785 S. Cooper St., Arlington, 817.419.9988. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Blu Crab 6115 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.763.8585. Mon.-Sat. 11am-10pm; Sun. 11am-9pm. $$$$
Daddy Jack’s 353 Throckmorton St., 817.332.2477. 11am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Eddie V’s 3100 W. 7th St. 817.336.8000, 4pm-10pm Sun.; 4pm-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$$$
J&J Oyster Bar 612 N. University Dr., 817.335.2756. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thu.; 11am-2am Fri.-Sat. $ Lone Star Oyster Bar 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.370.0030. 11am-2am Tue.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun.-Mon. $
Pacific Table 1600 S. University Drive,
817.887.9995. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am10pm Sat.; 9am-9pm Sun. $$
Pappadeaux 2708 W. Freeway, 817.877.8843. Other location: 600 W. Hwy 114, Grapevine, 817.488.6220. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Razzoo’s 318 Main St. in Sundance Square, 817.429.7009. Other locations: 4700 Bryant Irvin Rd. in Cityview, 817.292.8584. 2950 Texas Sage Trail, 817.750.0011. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-2am Fri.-Sat. $$
Zeke’s Fish & Chips 5920 Curzon Ave., 817.731.3321. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $
Fish City Grill 2750 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.748.0456. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
Rockfish 228 State St., 817.442.0131. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
Truluck’s Seafood, Steak & Crab House 1420 Plaza Pl., 817.912.0500. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
WILLOW PARK
Fish Creek 4899 E. I-20., 817.441.1746. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; noon-10pm Sat. $$
Blue Mesa Bar & Grill 612 Carroll St., 817.332.6372. Other Location: 550 Lincoln Square, Arlington, 682.323.3050. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$
Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine 4259 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.738.5489. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Tues.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-9pm Tues.-Sat. Closed Sun.Mon. $$$
Buffalo West 7101 Camp Bowie W., 817.732.2370, 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; 10:30am-8:30pm Sun. $-$$$
Lonesome Dove Western Bistro 2406 N. Main St., 817.740.8810. 11:30am-2:30pm Tue.-Sat.; 5pm10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$ Michaels Restaurant & Ancho Chile Bar 3413 W. 7th St., 817.877.3413, 11am-11pm Dining and Bar, Mon.Wed.; 11am-midnight Dining and Bar, Thurs.-Sat.; 11am-11pm Kitchen, Mon.-Fri.; 11am-midnight Kitchen, Thurs.-Sat.; 11am4pm Brunch, Sun. $
Reata 310 Houston St., 817.336.1009. 11am2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm daily. $$
The Tavern 2755 S. Hulen St. 817.923.6200. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 9am-10pm Sat.; 9am-9pm Sun. $$
ARLINGTON
The Keg Steakhouse & Bar 4001 Arlington Heights Blvd., Ste. 101, 817.465.3700, 4pm-11pm Mon.Sat.; 4pm-10pm Sun. $$$ CLEBURNE
Fly by Night Cattle Co. 2705 CR 1125, 817.645.7000. 5pm-10pm Thurs.-Sat. $$-$$$$
Bob’s Steak and Chop House 1300 Houston St., 817.350.4100. 5-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5-11pm Fri. and Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$$
The Capital Grille 800 Main St., 817.348.9200. Lunch: 11am-4pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 4pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-11pm Fri.; 5pm-11pm Sat.; 4pm-9pm Sun. $$$$
Cattlemen’s Steak House 2458 N. Main St., 817.624.3945. 11am-10:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am11pm Fri.-Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$$
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse 812 Main St., 817.877.3999. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9pm Sun. $$$$
Grace Restaurant 777 Main St., 817.877.3388. 5:30pm-9:30pm daily. $$$$
H3 Ranch 105 E. Exchange Ave., 817.624.1246, 11am-10pm Mon.-Thurs.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 9am11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$$
Hoffbrau 1712 S. University Dr., 817.870.1952. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
M&M Steakhouse 1106 N.W. 28th St., 817.624.0612. Cash only. 5pm-11pm Tue.-Sat. $$
Riscky’s Steakhouse 140 E. Exchange Ave., 817.626.7777. 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Ruth’s Chris 813 Main St., 817.348.0080. 5pm-10 pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 4pm-9pm Sun. $$$
Silver Fox Steakhouse 1651 S. University Dr., 817.332.9060. Other location: 1235 William D. Tate, Grapevine, 817.329.6995. 4pm-10pm Mon.-Sat. $$$
GRAPEVINE
J.R.’s Steak and Grill 5400 State Hwy. 121, 817.355.1414. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$
Kirby’s Steakhouse 3305 E. State Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.410.2221. 5pm-10pm Mon.Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9pm Sun. $$$
Old Hickory Steakhouse Restaurant Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center, 1501 Gaylord Trail, 817.778.2215 (after 5pm, 817.778.2280). Nightly, 5:30pm-10pm. $$$$
» The rodeo is the main attraction at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, but the young — and young at heart — will always love the Midway. All the rides come from right here in Fort Worth through the same company that owns the Texas Star at the State Fair of Texas — that’s Talley Amusements, a company that’s been familyowned for five generations. This year’s Stock Show will welcome rides like the Spider, the Metro Maze, and a brand-new 108-foot Ferris wheel.
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