H Mart hasn’t opened yet, and people are already making the drive to Haltom City.
That’s the thing about H Mart Plaza at 3920 NE Loop 820 — the anchor is still months away, pushed to fall 2026 after supply chain delays on imported fixtures, but the restaurants around it have been opening on their own schedule. The plaza is fully leased, more than 40 tenants deep, and what’s taking shape out there is something Fort Worth hasn’t had before: a real Asian food corridor on the west side of the metroplex.
Carrollton has had this for going on 20 years. The H Mart there became a destination years ago, the kind of place people drove across the county for on a Saturday afternoon. Tarrant County has been waiting its turn. Now the wait is almost over — and for a lot of these restaurants, Fort Worth isn’t just another Texas market. It’s the first stop in Texas, period.
Lantern Thai Kitchen built its reputation in New York. The pineapple roast duck and crispy basil duck are the dishes that get mentioned every time. This is their first Texas location, and they picked Haltom City — not Dallas, not Austin, not Houston. Worth noting.
Mensho is a Japanese ramen operation that mills its own noodles and sources ingredients with the kind of care most ramen spots don’t bother with. Farm-to-bowl is the shorthand. This will be their first Tarrant County store.
Maht Gaek already has a following in Plano and Carrollton — marinated grilled pork ribs, ox bone soup, hot pots, seafood pancakes. Not the Korean barbecue format most people are familiar with. Closer to what you’d eat at someone’s house in Seoul. The Haltom City location will be their third.
Nigori Gourmet & Sushi Bar is bringing rolls, sashimi, and broader Asian dishes. SomiSomi brings the Ah Boong — a fish-shaped waffle cone packed with Nutella, custard, red bean, matcha, or black sesame and finished with soft serve on top. It’s a specific thing and people are obsessive about it.
85°C Bakery Cafe is a comeback story of sorts. They had a location at Left Bank off West 7th that didn’t make it. This time they’re back with breads, pastries, cakes, and coffee, and the people who were regulars at the old spot have been waiting.
Old Ferry Donut makes its Texas debut here — a Seoul-founded premium donut shop with U.S. locations in California, known for filled pastries including peanut butter and matcha cream. R&B Tea handles Taiwanese bubble tea. The Alley, which already has stores in Arlington and Mansfield, opens its third Tarrant County location at the plaza.
The Kickin’ Crab is in there too — Cajun seafood boils, king crab, lobster, shrimp in a bag. If you’ve been to their South Hulen spot, same idea, different zip code.
There’s plenty more in the mix beyond the food — Kinokuniya Books, MINISO, Teso Life, and a couple of arcade spots fill out the rest of the plaza. The full tenant list reads like a small city’s worth of Asian retail and dining crammed into one corridor off Loop 820.
H Mart itself will follow when it follows. The company cited overseas sourcing of fixtures as the holdup, and the current estimate is fall 2026. By then, the food corridor around it will already be running. That’s not a bad problem to have.
H Mart Plaza, 3920 NE Loop 820, Haltom City, off Beach Street.
