Legal Grounds closed in 2015 and half of Lakewood acted like the world was ending. That was the coffeehouse at Abrams and Gaston where you could get a latte and free legal advice, a combination that made no sense anywhere but East Dallas. When word got out that a restaurant was going in, the neighbors did what neighbors do. They complained. Then The Heights opened, the pancakes survived the transition, and the complaining stopped almost overnight.
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There’s a Model T parked over the buffet line at Willhoite’s, and it’s not there for decoration. It’s sitting on the same hydraulic lift that used to raise real cars off the ground when this building was a working garage. You fill your plate with fried catfish and mashed potatoes underneath a car that once got serviced in that exact spot, and nobody who works there thinks that’s strange.
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Dock Local finally has a date. The lobster roll operation that’s been quietly building a following out of Legacy Hall, Harvest Hall, and The Exchange will open its Dallas Farmers Market location on July 16, taking over the space Rex’s Seafood vacated back in May after eleven years on Harwood Street.
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A World Cup match between two nations with distinct and deeply rooted food cultures lands in North Texas this week, and fans looking to extend the experience beyond the stadium have real options on both sides of the bracket.
According to The Dallas Morning News, DFW restaurants serving both Australian and Egyptian food are ready to receive supporters whether they are fueling up before kick-off or raising a glass after the final whistle.
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Little Daisy sits on the ninth floor of the Thompson Dallas, inside The National, and the elevator ride up is doing some of the work before you’ve ordered a single thing. Step off and the room opens into hand-drawn wallpaper covering the ceiling, martinis and bow-tied garçons sketched out in a style that leans straight into a Toulouse-Lautrec print. A baby grand piano sits ready to play itself on quiet nights and gets taken over by a live musician on the weekends. Every table gets a candle and one single daisy in a small vase, nothing fussier than that, which is exactly the point of a place trying to feel like a Paris café rather than a hotel restaurant.
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Angelo George opened his barbecue joint on White Settlement Road in Fort Worth in 1958 with four dining tables, a stand-up counter, and not much else. He ran it with his wife, June, and his brother, Orville. It was as much a beer joint as a restaurant in those early years, the kind of place where the smoked meat was the reason people showed up but the cold beer was the reason they stayed.
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Charles Kincaid opened a grocery store on Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth in 1946. Nobody involved that year had any reason to think they were starting a hamburger institution. It was a neighborhood market, the first in the area to run separate specialty departments, and its full-service meat counter was the part of the business that would eventually swallow everything else.
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Looking for the best late night comfort food in Fort Worth? These are the most dependable diners, burger joints, and after-hours spots for hungry travelers rolling into town well past bedtime.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area doesn’t truly sleep. If you’ve ever pulled into town past midnight after a brutal cross-state haul or a grueling extended shift, you know how much a hot plate of food can change your night. Fort Worth has a handful of excellent spots that keep the grill firing when you need it most.
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