Gentrified Chicken
I always admired how the Near Southside was stocked with mostly independently owned businesses, especially on West Magnolia Avenue, the hood’s main artery. But...
Secret Garden
I don’t know where the Gardens Restaurant (3220 Rock Springs Rd, 817-731-2547) ranks in the hierarchy of ladies-who-lunch restaurants, but it at least has...
Jeepers, That’s Good Food
Race Street on the Near East Side has spent years trying to position itself as an entertainment district with varying degrees of success. “Build...
Waffles of Wrath
Ridgmar Mall is a very sad place these days. The once-thriving complex now looks more like the setting of some post-apocalyptic abandoned-city movie ––...
South-By-Not-Much
The Fort Worth foodie-verse turns into a frightening, dystopian hellscape south of I-20. There are exceptions (mostly near Hulen Mall and Bryant Irvin), but...
Back in Black-Eyed
Someone add the Black-Eyed Pea to the list of endangered species. There’s only one left on the planet, so it can’t even mate with...
Primetime Heim Time
Heim Barbecue & Catering’s brick-and-mortar location (1109 W Magnolia Av, 817-882-6970) has been open for what, six months or so? You’d think that I...
Soul Food TKO
I don’t think it was a coincidence that Teddy Pendergrass’ “Love TKO” slinked through the speakers at the exact same time my lunch arrived....
Olivella’s Resets the Bar
When it opened, I remember thinking Tim Love’s long-defunct tapas joint Duce was going to change the way people dined in this town. The...
An Artful Hand
As I stood in the winding line to get into the Buffet Restaurant at the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth, I wondered whether...
