Mike Smith’s PARIS COFFEE SHOP is a Fort Worth landmark, with the invitation “come on in” at its entrance. The Coffee Shop is open for breakfast 6 days a week and lunch 5 days. Choices for your morning meal include eggs any style including omelets-plain, Denver, Greek or vegetable, French toast, pancakes, cereals (means oatmeal too), biscuits & gravy and hashbrowns. Sides include bacon, sausage, breakfast steak, ham, or a pork chop. The lunch menu starts off with a daily special, à la carte, sandwiches, fish, soup, or salads. Desserts include mile-high meringue pies, fruit pies, cobblers, and home made cookies. Hrs. are Mon.-Fri. 6 a.m. until 2:30, Sat. 6 a.m. until 11 a.m. For more info call 817-335-2041. 704 W. Magnolia, www.pariscoffeeshop.net. REATA RESTAURANT - Choosing from the best that Southwestern food has to offer, Reata (Spanish for rope), offers a menu that ranges from steaks to Creole to Southern dishes. An example for the first course is Field Greens with Texas Goat Cheese, San Saba pecans with Sherry Wine Vinaigrette. The main course could be Reata’s Chicken Fried Steak with Cracked Pepper Cream Gravy and a couple of sides like Jalapeno and Cheddar grits and bacon wrapped asparagus. End with Texas Pecan Pie. Reata has a carefully selected wine list that “complements” its Texas cuisine. Reata is the name of the ranch in the movie Giant made in 1956, based on the novel by Edna Ferber. 310 Houston St. in Sundance Square, 817-336-1009 or www.reata.net. RODEO GOAT - Recently, in a contest between Rodeo Goat and some other really good burger places the Rodeo Goat got “Best Burger in D/FW.” Some of the choices at Rodeo Goat are Nanny Goat with herb goat cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and garlic herb mayo; the Ravi Shankar features red curry, coriander, chutney, carrots, lettuce, tomato, onion and peanut butter. The Neil Young is a homemade vegetable patty with sprouts, tomato, avocado and green goddess dressing. Musthave sides can be Hand Punched Fries, Homemade Goat Chips, the Rodeo Side Salad and Texas Caviar. Desserts include Apricot, Cherry or Chocolate fried pie. A wide range of beers includes Texas Craft Draft, American Craft, and Rodeo Regulars. 2836 Bledsoe at Currie St., 817-877-4628 or www.RodeoGoat.com. THE ROSE GARDEN TEA ROOM - is located inside The Mercantile, a carefully curated marketplace of 200+ dealer booths with an impressive collection of gifts, home décor, antiques, fashion, furniture, and more. The Rose Garden is a delicate blend of English tradition and old southern charm. Choose from an assortment of soups, salads, fruit and sandwiches. Their entrées are the very popular Rose Garden Variety which is a sampler plate of chicken salad, fresh fruit, quiche, soup & a pumpkin bread sandwich; the Quiche du Jour or the Southern Chicken Crepes which include salads and “toasties.” There are several delectable desserts and specialty teas, coffees and soft drinks. Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. & Sun. noon-3:30 p.m. 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd. 817-731-7673, www.the-mercantile.com. ST. EMILION - Le restaurant Français de Fort Worth. Since 1985, St. Emilion has been serving classic French cuisine such as Les Escargots in garlic butter and French Onion Soup as a precursor to a main course of prime beef, duck, pork and fresh seafood accompanied by sauces such as a black peppercorn or sour cherry sauce or Black Truffle Demi-Glace. Desserts include Crème Brulée, Brandy Ice, or Raspberry Tarte. A full wine list is available as well as Red or White wine by the glass. Nightly Blackboard Specials lists additional appetizers and main courses. St. Emilion will also customize a vegetarian plate. The Zagat Guide listed St. Emilion as one of the top five restaurants in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since 2010. 3617 W. 7th Street, 817-737-2781, www.saint-emilionrestaurant.com.
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Fort Worth Food & Drink Tours By Laurie James, Visit Fort Worth
Whether you crave tacos or ’cue, there’s a tour for you in Fort Worth.
The Distillery Trail - Five distilleries are keeping the spirits alive and well in Fort Worth. The selfguided distillery trail includes Acre Distillery & Coffeehouse (try the rum), BlackEyed Distilling for vodka and Blackland Distilling where you can purchase a barrel and craft your own spirit for a special occasion. Firestone & Robertson Distilling, which houses the largest whiskey distillery west of Kentucky, is a must-visit, and Trinity River Distillery, where you can belly up to the bar and sample cocktails made with their craft vodka or whiskey, is picking up steam. www.FortWorth.com. Eat This Fort Worth - Fort Worth food blogger Josie Villa-Singleton will tell you that there’s nothing more Fort Worth than tacos. Her original Taco & Margarita tour will take you on a four-hour excursion to four delicious taco joints. www.eatthisfortworth.com. Six Pack Bike Trail - So, we’ll admit, this is not for the faint of heart. But biking the bi-monthly 10-mile brew cruise around Funkytown reaps its own benefits. Bike to six of our best breweries, enjoy an 8-ounce pour in a souvenir beer stein, and cap it off with dinner at Brewed. You’ll be expending the same number of calories you’re taking in. www.6packtrail.com/fort-worth-tour.html. Texas Beer Tours - The group offers a Southside Brewery Tour organized by brew-loving locals offering residents and newcomers alike a chance to sample a variety of craft brews. It’s also the only walking tour in our bunch – distances will not exceed 10 minutes, but you will need to prepare with comfortable shoes. The best thing of all – tour participants can have a couple of full pours of their favorites, or sample a flight to find a new preferred brew.
Texas BBQ Tour - The Texas BBQ Tour trips you through some of the town’s most historic and best BBQ locations, from the historic Angelo’s, which is now run by the third generation of the George family, to relative upstart Off the Bone. Your sampling pleasure is coupled with visits to some of our favorite spots in town, like the Water Gardens, Sundance Square and the Stockyards. The fivehour tours run almost every day. Fort Worth BBQ & Brews Tour - Finally, Visit Fort Worth’s BBQ & Brews Tour is the newest tour in town launching later this month. The guided tour of popular BBQ spots and local breweries will change every few months. On the inaugural tour, you’ll start at Panther City BBQ and get a guided bus tour of several of our local faves along South Main –– both popular and under the radar. www.fortworth.com. Fe b r u a r y 2 0 2 0
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