Fort Worth Weekly Best of 2021

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INSIDE Getting & Spending....................... 9 People & Places............................. 20 Arts & Culture................................ 26 Good Grub........................................ 42 On The Town.................................... 60 Classifieds....................................... 75 STAFF Anthony Mariani, Editor Lee Newquist, Publisher Bob Niehoff, General Manager Ryan Burger, Art Director

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Fort Worth but all of Tarrant County is the longestrunning Best Of in town. We’ve been here 25 years and will undoubtedly be here 2,500 more. You should be getting it every week. — Anthony Mariani

SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2021

stock the Best Of issue on our bookshelves, right between the Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee, and refer to it, well, just about any old time. Dog needs groomed?

Check the Best Of. Clothes need dry-cleaned? Best Of. Special parts need waxed? Best Of. Stress and sadness need washed away with booze? You get the point. The only Best Of in town that matters because we don’t pick winners based on which places advertise with us and which don’t, Fort Worth Weekly’s Best Of not only

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What a decade this past year has been. The good news is that most of us are vaccinated, which allows us to patronize the awesome restaurants and retailers in our lives. And to visit with friends, frenemies, and, I guess, family. At least the vaccinated ones. For an out-of-town friend’s 50th, a group trip to Fort Worth was trotted out as a potential idea. Perfect timing.

Because all we’ll have to do is look through our Best Of 2021 issue, and the visit will basically plan itself.

Not sure we’ll be hitting up multiple award winner La Onda — this dude’s more pizza and burgers than white tablecloths — or going to Scott Prather’s studio for some killer body art — none of us has any patience — but I can certainly see us starting off at The Abbey Pub on West 7th for happy hour before filling up on some Serious Pizza nearby and then catching a show across the street at Lola’s Trailer Park or on the Near Southside at Tulips FTW. Cap the night off back at West 7th, The Shot Cellar specifically, and we’ll be sleeping like the kind, gentle, bearded angels that we are. As I said, the visit essentially plans itself, thanks to our trusty Best Of 2021 edition.

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Readers’ Choice: Stir Crazy Baked Goods, 1251 W Magnolia Av, 817-862-9058 Critic’s Choice: Great Harvest on Magnolia,

Barbershop

Readers’ Top 5: The Cutting Room, 1306 May St, Ste 100, 682-250-4451 • District Barbershop, 400 S Jennings Av, Ste 100, 817-420-9552 • Fort Worth Barber Shop, 3529 Lovell Av, 817-7315252 • Mend Barbershop, 1418 N Sylvania Av, 817-834-6363 • South Side Barber Shop, 1409 Evans Av, Ste A, 817-870-9737 Critic’s Choice: Fort Worth Barber Shop

To owner Tiffany Ortez Parish and husband Blake Parish, Honeysuckle Vintage is an extension of their love of a time “when goods were made to last and steered clear of the toxic fast-fashion industry,” Tiffany said.

When you pop into Fort Worth Barber Shop for a trim, it’s more like you’re going to hang out at the pad of some really cool friend of a friend, someone who’s welcoming and friendly and who appreciates the importance of a chilledout vibe. Of course, you’ll look great, but the shop’s atmosphere — natural light, good tunes, genuinely nice barbers — is why you’ll want to come back.

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Boutique

Carrying small-market cigars, boutique tobacco blends, and the implements with which to enjoy them, Underground Cigars is born out of its owners’ obsession with outside-themainstream, small-batch smokes.

Readers’ Choice: Creatively Beaut Goods, 2900 Race St, Ste 164, 682-707-9985 Critic’s Choice: Honeysuckle Rose Vintage, 5113 White Settlement Rd, @HoneysuckleRoseVintage This beautiful boutique specializes not only in vintage fashion dating back to the 1920s, but they also carry eclectic accessories, home décor, handmade local goods, textiles, and more.

Beginning as a mobile shop in 2013, Honeysuckle Rose Vintage’s first permanent location started as a mini-boutique in 2019 at Lola’s Trailer Park.

Their second location, and main headquarters, opened on White Settlement earlier this year.

We guarantee you won’t be able to leave this store without falling in love with something that is truly one-of-a-kind.

Car Wash

Readers’ Choice: University Car Wash, 3134 Collinsworth St, 817-714-5290 Critic’s Choice: Britezone, multiple locations Yes, it’s a time-honored tradition, but if there’s one chore you should consider cutting from your weekly routine, it should be washing your car. Hear us out. There’s a drive-through car wash alternative that takes customer service seriously. The crew at Britezone quickly funnel cars toward an automated drive-through that gently washes, rinses, and dries every inch of your car or truck. Any remaining wet spots are touched up by towel-laden workers as you exit.

Britezone also offers on-site detail services and interior cleaning. There are monthly plans that let you zip in and out of their drive-through automated car wash with the utmost of ease.

CBD, Place to Buy

Readers’ Choice: Thrive Apothecary, 212 Carroll St, 817-480-7098 Critic’s Choice: Thrive Apothecary CBD, a medicinal cannabinoid, works miracles on people and even pets. Mother Nature gifted humans an endocannabinoid system that can be activated for self-healing purposes when

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Bakery

1305 W Magnolia Av, 682-708-7228 West Magnolia Avenue is home to the choicest bread options in Fort Worth. Buy a loaf to take home or enjoy the baked goods with a sandwich and salad. You won’t find delivery trucks secreting factory-made bread through the back door. Here, the sourdough, five-grain, and glutenfree breads are baked the old-fashioned way, starting with wheat from the Golden Triangle of Montana. The grains are milled on-site to deliver an unadulterated, wholesome, and nutrient-rich base for a wide range of baked goods. From beginning to end, the offerings are made from five ingredients: flour, honey, salt, water, and yeast. You “knead” to try it for yourself.

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Readers’ Choice: Montgomery Street Antique Mall, 2601 Montgomery St, 817-735-9685 Critic’s Choice: Honeysuckle Rose Vintage, 5113 White Settlement Rd and at Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St This vintage store is a trove of clothing and apparel that have lasted long enough to be once again appreciated. Proprietor Tiffany Ortez Parish has a genuine love for the timeless treasures that she hand-selects for her boutique.

Hand-embroidered dresses with sunburst and moon patterns, hand-painted scarves, and all kinds of boots are just a few vintage options that can be matched with clothing from the same time period or with more contemporary accessories. Her most popular summer items are her hand-cut denim cutoffs, which, like most of the vintage wear in her store, look fabulous with a pair of cowgirl boots.

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you pop a CBD edible. Or when you use a CBD topical agent over any part of your body that’s afflicted with chronic pain.

Thrive Apothecary offers seemingly innumerable ways to eat, drink, spray, or inhale precise amounts of pure CBD or related hemp derivatives like Delta-8, CBG, and CBN, which are all 100% legal to buy, use, and transport within Texas. One of the co-owners, Trey Phillips, is a former Fort Worth police officer, so following the law is kinda his thing. His wife, Dr. Lisa Gardner, is the other half of the ownership team and a board-certified surgeon.

Charcuterie Boards

Readers’ Choice: Meyer & Sage, 2621 Whitmore St, 817-386-5009 Critic’s Choice: Board & Brie, 400 N Oak St, Roanoke, 817-693-1908 Holiday season is approaching, and, all “adult lunchable” jokes aside (which is actually the name of one of Board & Brie’s signature offerings), there’s no better way to prepare for grazing partygoers and make yourself look like the classiest person this side of Tanglewood than a picturesque charcuterie board. Owner Lane

Tunstall prides herself on beautiful standard offerings as well as custom creations that amaze the eye and elevate the palate. Her shop also offers regular charcuterie classes and is available for preorder pickup and catering. No matter what the demand or size of your event, high-quality meats, cheese, fruit, and nuts will jazz your guests when ordered from Board & Brie.

Cigars, Place to Buy

Readers’ Top 5: Big Dave’s Cigars, 6501 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-731-6433 • Good Karma Cigar, 704 E Weatherford St, 817-720-7222 • Pop’s Safari Room, 2929 Morton St, 817-334-0559 • Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge, 426 Commerce St, 817887-9535 • Underground Cigar Shop & Lounge, 6409 E Lancaster Av, 817-507-3640

Critic’s Choice: Underground Cigar Shop & Lounge Carrying small-market cigars, boutique tobacco blends, and the implements with which to enjoy them, Underground Cigars is born out of its owners’ obsession with outside-the-mainstream, small-batch smokes. The shop’s speakeasy aesthetic and BYOB policy make it the perfect hideaway for aficionados seeking the best cigars nobody has ever heard of, and if that isn’t cuttingedge enough, the shop accepts NFTs, too.

Coffee, Place to Buy

Readers’ Top 5: Arcadia Coffee, 326 Bryan Av, 817-565-3722 • Avoca Coffee Roasters, 1311 W Magnolia Av, 817-924-1514 • Black Coffee, 1417 Vaughn Blvd, 817-782-9867 • Craftwork Coffee Co., 2700 Weinberger St, 817-737-4169 • Race Street Coffee, 3021 Race St, 817-330-9270 CLUB PANTHER CITY LACROSSE CLUB PANTHER CITY LACROSSE CLUB PANTHER CITY LACROSSE CLUB PANTHER CITY LACROSSE CLUB PANTH Critic’s Choice: Buon Giorno Coffeehouse & Roastery, 500 W 7th St, Ste 140, 817-378-4505 With all the craft coffee shops popping up around town, it’s becoming more difficult to find a place that’s more than its signature drink or special additive — somewhere with simply good, straightforward brews where you could spin around blindfolded and no matter where your pointer finger lands, you know it will taste good.

That’s Buon Giorno.

The Italian-themed roastery and coffee shop brews heartily delicious, robust coffee. It’s one of the few craft coffee places where the product is simple, quality, and reasonably priced. They even sell a wide selection of their roasted coffee beans by the bagful so you, too, can fill your home with the fragrance of full-bodied java.

In fact, the baristas ask your preference of espresso roast when you order a drink. And if you become a stuttering fool like we did when first asked, the baristas happily explain what makes each roast, named after the seasons in Italian, flavorfully unique and which will pair well with your beverage. Buon Giorno is where we fell in love with their sweet, smooth chai tea lattes and all manner of caffeine made with their rich, nutty inverno espresso roast. I mean, who knew you could become someone with a favorite roast?

Aside from coffee, the tea selection is also impressive, not to mention they have somehow concocted a drink that genuinely tastes like you’re sipping a warm blueberry cobbler. We couldn’t tell you what’s in it, but we can say drinking it is like getting a big ol’ snuggly hug from your grandma. And who doesn’t love that?

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Customer Service

Readers’ Choice: Novak Hair Studios, 250 W Lancaster Av, Ste 110, 817-592-4247 Critic’s Choice: Cowtown Rover, 3958 W Vickery Blvd, 817-731-3223 Specializing in service and support for BMW, Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz owners, Cowtown Rover can help with any type of foreign-car problem you might have. When parts and vehicles are available for sale, you’ll see them posted immediately on social media. While closed on Saturdays and Sundays, Sam Esquivel and the guys are consistently there to help you every 8am-5pm Mon-Fri throughout the year.

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Dry Cleaners

Readers’ Choice: Kite’s Custom Cleaners, 4839 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-732-6031 Critic’s Choice: Kite’s Custom Cleaners, four area locations Walls filled with annual awards from other, lesser media outlets who shall remain nameless *a’hem* and a glowing reputation out in the marketplace since Day 1 in 1958, Kite’s is the obvious/tried-and-true choice for this category.

By offering sound advice via social media — who knew bug spray could stain your clothes?

— and building new locations, they are engaging younger audiences and keeping up with the times. Way to grow!

goes on hiatus for a week around the 4th of July and a week at Christmas. Good for them!

Day Spa

Candace Cooper is a true animal lover and is hands-on with her clients and their parents. The well-loved local business also offers boarding and grooming. Who’s a good doggie? You are, Doggie Diggs!

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mural-painted storefront in the foreground as a Facebook cover to the pictures of happy pups in class-picture style photos posted to its page, you can tell that Doggie Diggs is a great place to take your #FurBabies for doggie daycare. Owner

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Readers’ Choice: House of Wag, 2912 Race St, 682-250-3131 Critic’s Choice: Doggie Diggs, 221 E Broadway Av, 817-332-4264 From the aerial view of the skyline with its

Thrive Apothecary offers seemingly innumerable ways to eat, drink, spray, or inhale precise amounts of pure CBD or related hemp derivatives like Delta-8, CBG, and CBN, which are all 100% legal to buy, use, and transport within Texas. One of the co-owners, Trey Phillips, is a former Fort Worth police officer, so following the law is kinda his thing. His wife, Dr. Lisa Gardner, is the other half of the ownership team and a board-certified surgeon.

Readers’ Choice: Clearfork Farmers Market, 4801 Edwards Ranch Rd, 817-731-7396 Critic’s Choice: Bedford Farmers Market, 2824 Brown Trl, Bedford, 817-358-9510 If this place only sold farm-fresh seasonal fruits and veggies, the quality of its selection would still be worth the trek to the Mid-Cities from everywhere else in the county, but it also offers locally made salsa, tamales, cobblers, chocolates, jams, jellies, and every other delectable homemade snack that your fridge and pantry are lacking, plus a wide variety of decorative plants at great prices.

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Readers’ Choice: Perfect Touch Day Spa, 2525 Weisenberger St, 817-870-3610 Critic’s Choice: Perfect Touch Day Spa Locally owned and operated since 2002, Perfect Touch Day Spa is a luxurious oasis tucked away in the Foundry District providing affordable and convenient beauty and wellness services.

All therapists and estheticians are trained, licensed, and armed with the years of knowledge needed to meet clients’ needs. Throughout the year, Perfect Touch offers seasonal specials to prepare you for whatever is coming next.

Right now, for example, they are offering a Teen Facial. With school back in session, stress mounting, hormones changing, and acne flaring, a customized facial for your teen with their complexion, skin type, and sensitivities in mind should definitely be on the syllabus.

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If this place only sold farm-fresh seasonal fruits and veggies, the quality of its selection would still be worth the trek to the Mid-Cities from everywhere else in the county, but Bedford Farmers Market also offers locally made salsa, tamales, cobblers, chocolates, jams, jellies, and every other delectable homemade snack that your fridge and pantry are lacking, plus a wide variety of decorative plants at great prices.

Readers’ Choice: There’s No Place Like Home, 855 Foch St, 817-244-3371 Critic’s Choice: La Casa Retro, 1424 Brown Trl, Ste D, Bedford, 682-258-9400 This vintage store is heavy on vinyl records, old stereo systems, and the threads that were new when the Stones were young, but you’ll always find some mid-century table or funky ’70s chair to shake up your home’s aesthetic.

Gifts, Place to Buy

Readers’ Choice: Gifted, 212 Carroll St, Ste 110, 682-250-5963 Critic’s Choice: Well Gifted, 3401 Bernie Anderson Av, 817-718-2554 Heather Pittman and Andi Longsworth have a gift for spreading joy. Sometimes, the best gifts are unexpected, whether they be for a loved one, a youngster in college, or as a thank you gift to a longtime friend. When there’s gifting to be had, the owners at Well Gifted can handle all of your packaging and shipping needs. The online shopping options are organized into his and her product lines, baby and wedding gifts, and other options. The boxes of happiness include fun names like little Roo (for toddlers), the Old Fashioned (very much for adults), and Favorite Golfer (for pops and grandpas). Gifts show appreciation, and the offerings from Well Gifted show that you put extra thought into that act of giving.

Readers’ Choice: Neighbor’s House Grocery, 500 W 7th St, Ste 175, 817-334-0526 Critic’s Choice: Roy Pope Grocery, 2300 Merrick St, 817-732-2863 Though it’s under new ownership, Roy Pope is still the same ol’ pocket wonder the West Side has known and loved for decades. Featuring chef’s-made treats at the deli and just enough canned goods, breads, and drinks in the aisles to negate a haul to Kroger or Target, Roy Pope is definitely a gorgeous-looking anachronism but certainly a welcome one.

Grocery Store

Readers’ Choice: Central Market, 4651 W Fwy, 817-989- 4700 Critic’s Choice: Central Market There’s a reason Central Market is still packed after all these years. The place is legit. Offering the freshest meats, seafoods, and veggies, the Arlington Heights institution is always a good return on investment, understanding you may pay a little more than you would at Kroger or Albertson’s. Plus, there’s always the chef’smade delicacies in the round and sandwiches.

We’re big fans of the salmon filets with the mac ’n’ cheese.

Gun Store

Readers’ Choice: Defender Outdoors Shooting Center, 2900 Shotts St, 817-935-8277 Critic’s Choice: Advantage Firearms, 3100 Handley Ederville Rd, Ste D, Richland Hills, 682730-5146 Now that Texas is officially the wild Southwest again, you’ll need some training and expertise on picking out a weapon you can open carry continued on page 15

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Locally Owned and Operated

On the third Sunday of every month, the expansive patio at Lola’s Trailer Park turns into the Rock ’n Roll Rummage Sale, offering a wide range of vintage finds and handmade goods, as well as a showcase for fun, funky jewelry and accessories.

Hair Salon

Readers’ Choice: Novak Hair Studios, 250 W Lancaster Av, Ste 110, 817-592-4247 Critic’s Choice: Novak Hair Studios When it turns September, our alternative-media minds turn to fall and how soon our Best-Of award write-ups are due. (Note to self: Type faster!) It’s a refreshing break to suddenly think of springtime and the impact that one local client — Novak — has on our planet daily and not just on Earth Day in April. You see, along with doing great hair, Novak prides itself on being a fully sustainable, zero-waste, luxury salon.

Owner Benjamin Hudgins and his team go above

Jewelry, Place to Buy

Readers’ Choice: Sovereign Jewelry, 207 S Jennings Av, 817-885-7848 Critic’s Choice: Rock ’n Roll Rummage Sale, Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 On the third Sunday of every month, Lola’s expansive patio turns into a market for a wide range of vintage finds and handmade goods, as well as a showcase for fun, funky jewelry and accessories.

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Liquor Store

Readers’ Choice: King’s Liquor, 2810 Berry St, 817-923-3737 Critic’s Choice: PK Liquor Co., 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-585-1055 We like some specific libations — call us crazy — and to be honest with you, PK is the only place that has all that we’re looking for. And that’s saying something because the Cultural District establishment is not that big at all. Even better, the service is always fast and friendly, and in this viciously divided world, there’s something to be said for a business transaction with a smile.

Meat Market

Readers’ Choice: The Meat Board, 6314 Camp Bowie Blvd, 844-693-6328 Critic’s Choice: B&B Butchers & Restaurant, 5212 Marathon Av, 817-737-5212

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without repercussion. Advantage Firearms is veteran-owned and friendly to a fault. Despite our legislature’s decision to allow anyone to carry, it’s still in your best interest to attend a License to Carry class, which are offered regularly at Advantage. This shop offers the full range of services of most shops, including purchase transfers from other dealers and the ability to service Class III and specialty license holders for rare and automatic weapons. Supplies of ammunition are scarce right now, but their website is excellent and it’s easy to see what’s in physical stock before showing up in person.

AF also offers a nice selection of camping and general outdoor gear in addition to their gunspecific fare. There’s a working AR-smith, so if you’re into black rifles and need a repair or tips on accessories, AF has you covered.

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We hate sending you to the priciest place, but it really is this steakhouse and sandwich shop at The Shops at Clearfork that has the most prime collection of ham, salumi, bacon, sausage, and steaks. Plenty of Texans are serious about the last, and this boutique offers dry-aged cuts as well as both North American and Japanese wagyu. We’re awash in good steakhouses here, and B&B is on the bucket list for serious carnivores.

Record Store

Readers’ Choice: Doc’s Records & Vintage, 2628 Weisenberger St, 817-732-5455 Critic’s Choice: Panther City Vinyl, 1455 W Magnolia Av, Ste 113, 682-252-8441 The best part about a true record store is that it doesn’t discriminate, musically speaking, that is. At Panther City, you’re as likely to find some super-cheesy classic rock gem along with a ’90s hip-hop platter and Black Moth Super Rainbow or some other Pitchfork-approved slab. Buy ’em all. This isn’t to say the aisles aren’t curated to an extent because they are, just that it’s nice for a record store that doesn’t deal only in high volume to acknowledge guilty pleasures, too.

And the smart, affable Larry Harrison has to be the best record salesman in Fort Worth dating back at least 30 years.

Smoke Shop

Readers’ Choice: Fusion Hookah Lounge & Smoke Shop, 2205 W Berry St, 817-921-5500 Critic’s Choice: The Cloud House, 3604 Golden Triangle Blvd, Ste 416, 682-557-6944 From pipes and vapes to CBD edibles, tobacco, hemp, and Delta-8, The Cloud House will blow your mind with the breadth of its selection, and its old-skool headshop vibe makes for a chill shopping experience.

Tanning Salon

Readers’ Choice: Cowtown Tanning, 3501 Bluebonnet Cir, 817-525-2296 Critic’s Choice: Cowtown Tanning Tanning as an industry has changed so much.

Abrasive colors and beachy chain themes are out of style as customers crave the feel of a high-end salon and luxury experience. Cowtown Tanning on Bluebonnet is a one-stop shop to look great when you want an instant glow highlighted by extra-white teeth. Whether you’re prepping for a wedding or decide short notice you need to escape your constituents during a power outage by jetting off to Mexico, this team can have you safely looking great with a full menu of treatments with the expertise to nail the finished look you seek. Membership options are available for those looking to stay bronze all year long, and sessions are easy to book through their website. Everything is UV free, which is something Fort Worthians are already subjected to plenty of this time of year.

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Tattoo Studio

Readers’ Choice: Ink817 Tattoo Co., 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd, 682-204-0696 Critic’s Choice: Sleepy Hollow Tattoos, 3023 Bledsoe St, 817-435-2960 Whether you’re looking for a portrait, a traditional piece, or some Bart Simpson mashup you saw on Instagram, Sleepy Hollow has an artist that will totally kill it. The shop’s experienced tattooists are well-practiced in helping you flesh out your flesh art ideas, making it a great spot for a custom piece.

Thrift Store

Readers’ Choice: McCart Thrift, 5703 McCart Av, 817-921-9971 Critic’s Choice: Haltom Thrift, 3848 Altamesa Blvd, 817-370-7181 Haltom’s bargains are as great as its inventory is vast, and you’re bound to find that funny pint glass, Erma Bombeck book, or winter parka you didn’t know you needed.

Vape Shop

Readers’ Choice: Lucky Vapor, 3024 Race St, 817-386-5439 Critic’s Choice: VaporFi, 2150 E Lamar St, Arl, 817-484-0978 New to vaping? VaporFi’s friendly staff and neatly organized space will help you make sense of the hobby’s dizzying array of vapes and flavors — and it also offers a dizzying array of vapes and flavor, so it’s great for people who’ve been puffing for a while.

Waxing Services

Readers’ Choice: Melted Wax Studio, 4300 Boat Club Rd, 817-752-3655 Critic’s Choice: Wax Studio 54 inside Cachet

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Salons, 451 S Main St, Ste 26, 817-691-4107 If you prefer that the look of your bikini area be the opposite of the 1970s, esthetician Kaylee Crow can help. As the self-proclaimed Disco Waxer, she specializes in Brazilian, brow, and full-body waxing from a suite located inside Cachet Salons & Spa. With September being her birthday month, Crow is offering lots of specials on products and services through social media right now. Facebook.com/ TheDiscoWaxer is also where you can find beforeand-after pictures showcasing her excellence.

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Readers’ Choice: Cowtown Winery, 128 E Exchange Av, Ste 610, 817-626-1011 Critic’s Choice: Cadillac Wines, 3500 W Loop 820 S, 817-989-4435 There’s something to be said for the big-box retailers of the wine world (Total Wine, Spec’s, Goody Goody) and the selection that they give you, but the descendants of Frank Kent have gone in for atmosphere in the rebranded Magnolia Wine Bar on the Near Southside and this shop out west near a great many car dealerships an inside Frank Kent Cadillac. These places give you a deluxe experience as you sip by the glass and choose from a curated selection of wines of every major varietal and region of the world.

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Readers’ Choice: Ramble & Rose, 501 W Rosedale St, 817-790-9308 Critic’s Choice: Mag and May, 315 W Magnolia Av, 817-904-3112 Who wouldn’t want to live right in the middle of the Near Southside? Mag and May allows for easy access to West Magnolia Avenue and South Main Village. The mural-adorned building is a colorful sight to behold, and the rooms offer modern amenities and contemporary aesthetics.

Community is also a big part of the Mag and May experience. Complimentary access to nearby activities like bowling, occasional food trucks, free cookie giveaways, and an upbeat management staff make this apartment a great and fun place to live.

Readers’ Choice: Max Duggan, TCU Football Critic’s Choice: Stephanie Grundsoee, TCU Rifle The Danish Horned Frog is probably not a household name but should be. Grudsoee is the premier shooter on TCU’s championship rifle team. She was instrumental in a run that led them to the Air Rifle National Championship and Overall runner-up during last year’s championship match. Grundsoee was AllAmerican in each rifle discipline — air rifle and smallbore — the last two seasons as well as collecting academic conference honors. Her endof-season performance grabbed a silver medal in smallbore and fifth overall in air rifle. The former youth Olympic gold medalist recorded a perfect round in air rifle last season and is only the 11th NCAA athlete ever to do so. Grundsoee is a junior this season and will anchor her team that will be hungry to recover the national championship trophy they surrendered during an incredibly close championship match against Kentucky last year.

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Reader’s Choice: Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks Critic’s Choice: Luka Dončić Apologies for the predictable pick, but no North Texas athlete is crushing it like the Mavs’ jumbo point guard. His accomplishments are staggering: He made it to 5,000 career points faster than any NBA player not named LeBron, Durant, or Carmelo; he put up 44 and 46 points in playoff games against the Clippers; he single-handedly took Slovenia’s basketball team to the Olympic semifinals; and he’s on the cover of NBA 2K22.

If the home team can just put enough players around him who complement his genius, they can look forward to another NBA title.

City Councilmember

Readers’ Choice: Ann Zadeh, District 9 Critic’s Choice: Ann Zadeh/Chris Nettles Before we pass this public service accolade to a new city councilmember, we offer a final thank you to former city councilmember Ann Zadeh. In many ways, the former representative of District 9 paved the way for the current crop of youngish elected city leaders. Backdoor deals, gutted ethics policies, conflicts of interest, unethical campaign contributions *cough Brian Byrd*, pandering to Fort Worth’s police union *cough Jungus Jordan*, and other acts against the public interest have defined city dealings for as long as we’ve been keeping track (26 years and counting). Zadeh’s tenure was often marked by her sole dissenting vote that never wavered on ethical and moral issues that affected the lives of all Fort Worthians. Bravo, Ann. District 9 councilmember Elizabeth Beck impressed us with her deep knowledge of her district and voiced concern for folks who can be left behind in the clamor for development and growth. District 6’s Jared Williams is a bright, young rising star who won a hard-fought election campaign against powerful vested interests.

This year’s award, though, goes to District 8 councilmember Chris Nettles, whose steadfast calls for a city that respects and represents all of its citizens, irrespective of race and economic class, are finally determining how the city shapes public policy.

Nettles showed leadership when he made good on a promise to use his electoral mandate to call for a trial date for Aaron Dean, the former police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home nearly two years ago. Judge David Hagerman, who will oversee that trial, refused to acknowledge Nettles’ presence when the councilmember sought to hand-deliver a request for a trial date. Undeterred, Nettles handled the slight with dignity. Fort Worth City Council is moving forward in the interests of all Fort Worthians, even as Tarrant County doggedly refuses to budge.

Dentist

Readers’ Choice: Spencer Hoyt DDS, Fort Worth Dental Arts, 2421 W 7th St, Ste 103, 817-886-0300 Critic’s Choice: Curt Hinkle DDS, 3456 Bluebonnet Cir, 817-923-5000 Facemasks may have bought you a one-year grace period from showing the world your smile, but now is the time to brush up on your oral hygiene. One good place to start is with the friendly dental team at Curt Hinkle DDS. Located on Bluebonnet Circle and next to a Mapsco map store that seems oddly frozen in time, Hinkle’s team is uber-friendly and welcoming.

Folks of all ages have made Dr. Hinkle’s office their dental home. His jovial personality and mindfulness of his patients’ comfort are hallmarks of this private practice. The dental hygienists know all their patients by name, and they follow each cleaning with practical tips and advice for preventing gum disease and tooth decay.

Doctor

Readers’ Choice: Lisa Gardner OB-GYN, Fusion Medical Aesthetics, 2625 Whitmore St, Ste 111, 817-644-1758 Critic’s Choice: Dr. Jocelyn Zee DO, John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS), 1500 S Main St, 817-702-3431 Over the years but especially this past year and a half, Dr. Zee, a critical care physician in the Intensive Care Unit at JPS, has been both a skilled health-care provider and an inspirational leader. In addition to working long hours in uncomfortable personal protective equipment (PPE) and putting her life in danger giving COVID-19 positive patients one-on-one care, she shows up early and leaves late to boost the morale of her colleagues, offering a friendly ear for venting or reassuring words. Zee has also been known to draw colorful cartoons — from Peanuts characters to boba tea — on team members’ PPE equipment when she’s off duty, bringing a little color and cheer into an otherwise dreary situation. A Bedford native, Dr. Zee started college at age 13 and was UTA’s youngest student at the time. From UTA, she went to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school. She did her residency in family medicine at JPS and has been there ever since.

Dog Groomer

Readers’ Choice: Glamour Paws, 3000 S Hulen St, Ste 108, 817-923-9828

First Responder(s)

Readers’ Choice: Chief James Davis, Fort Worth Fire Department Critic’s Choice: Fort Worth Fire Department’s Hurricane Ida response team When Hurricane Ida recently hit the Gulf Coast, a group of firefighters from Fort Worth and the surrounding area came to the relief of the Lafourche Parish Fire Department in Louisiana.

By covering the LPFD3’s shifts, FWFD enabled the LA team to check on their own homes, assess the damage, and be there for their own families even if for only a moment. Between emergency calls, our hometown heroes even cleaned up storm debris at the station they were visiting. Talk about above and beyond.

Health-care Worker(s)

Readers’ Choice: Direct Support Staff of MHMR of Tarrant County, 1300 Circle Dr, 817-335-3022 Critic’s Choice: Kerrie Bryant, JPS Health Network, 1500 S Main St, 817-702-3431 Back in college, Kerrie Bryant was a cheerleader.

Now, her co-workers call her a cheerleader for the department. Bryant is the business operations manager for JPS Correctional Health. Her dedicated and compassionate team treats about 2,700 patients once or twice a day at the Tarrant County Jail. She personifies the JPS core value of “Own It,” stepping up to ensure that everyone has what they need to meet the needs of their patients. During the challenging year that afflicted many at the jail, her professionalism, preparedness, and leadership by example help motivated the team to do their best, and she can be counted on to dive in to solve any

problems that come up. One of her greatest passions is working with HopeKids North Texas, which supports families who have children with life-threatening medical conditions. She is a member of the Junior League of Fort Worth, an avid tennis player for the United States Tennis Association, and an active alumna of Tarleton State University.

Hospital

Readers’ Choice: Cook Children’s Health Care System, 801 7th Av, 682-885-4000 Critic’s Choice: John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS), 1500 S Main St, 817-702-3431 The entire staff at JPS deserves kudos for its resiliency while facing unprecedented challenges in the past 18 months while staying true to its mission of caring for those in need, treating unsheltered patients, working to reduce opioid abuse, and supporting the mental health challenges in our community. The response to the global COVID-19 health emergency has taken the efforts of every area of JPS, including the heroic physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists who care for extremely ill patients and to the teams from Pharmacy and Community Health, which have administered more than 103,000 lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines to health-care workers, patients, and the public.

Because medical emergencies don’t stop during a pandemic, the JPS Level One Trauma Center — Tarrant County’s first and only — continued treating about 400 critical patients every day. In addition, JPS launched a telemedicine program, offering video visits for urgent care, primary care, and behavioral health so patients can access care anytime, anywhere. Plus, JPS has local food trucks on campus every night from 10pm to 2am in the parking lot at the northwest corner of Main and Allen streets. Well-fed people are happier people.

Hydrate, Place to

Readers’ Choice: Replenish IV Therapy, 1307 8th Av, Ste 101, 817-886-4315 Critic’s Choice: Replenish IV Hydration & Vitamin Therapy We’re all about drinking some big, cold container of nonalcoholic liquid when we’re feeling parched, but some people may need something more. This clinic offers 10 different formulas of IV drips tailored to specific needs, including nursing mothers, dieters, athletes, and others. There’s even a CBD IV drip for pain relief and anxiety.

Your first drip is free, so you can test whether it does more for you than a large glass of water.

Journalist

Readers’ Choice: Edward Brown, Fort Worth Weekly Critic’s Choice: Hady Mawajdeh, 90.1-FM/KERA Hady Mawajdeh, we’re gonna miss ya. The KERA digital engagement reporter and producer recently announced that he is heading off to work for Vox as the producer of the popular podcast Today, Explained.

Mawajdeh’s arts coverage didn’t keep him from digging into heavy journalism. During his nearly five-year tenure at KERA, Mawajdeh dived into the role guns play in society through a series called Guns and America. He explored why there’s often no consensus on what qualifies as a mass shooting and the role of domestic abuse in America’s high rate of gun violence. Mowajdeh’s past work included stints at 90.5-FM/KUT in Austin, North Carolina public radio, and the Texas Standard.

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Readers’ Choice: Daniel Hernandez Law, 800 W Weatherford St, 817-336-3100 Critic’s Choice: David Sloane, 933 Weatherford St, Ste 203, 817-810-0088 Texas marijuana laws might be edging slowly to the same blissful realm of “not a big deal” that 31 other states (plus the District of Columbia and four out of five U.S. territories) have already embraced, but for the foreseeable future, weed is still illegal here. If you need to lawyer up about it, David Sloane should be your new guy. Selfbranded as the “420 Lawyer,” Sloane, a former police lieutenant, is an active member of NORML and has 20 years’ experience defending clients charged with marijuana-related crimes. He also knows his way around a DWI charge, too.

Readers’ Choice: Electric Starship Arcade, 5620 Denton Hwy, Haltom City, 817-479-6366 Critic’s Choice: The Dock Bookshop, 6637 Meadowbrook Dr, 817-457-5700 Here you are. Reading our twentysomethingyear-old newspaper and enjoying every snarky paragraph. If words are your thing, then what better place to meet singles than literary events? For your consideration, may I present the Author’s Series at The Dock Bookshop?

Presented by the Fort Worth Public Library — another smart place to meet smart people — this fall’s events include in-person, author-attended discussions of Chasing the Thrill by Daniel Barbaris, Growing Up in the Lone Star State

by Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom, and various works by the very prolific Charlaine Harris, author of the Aurora Teagarden mystery series and more.

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Readers’ Choice: Leon Bridges Critic’s Choice: Nancy Lamb The weird thing about this pick is that while most celebrities have no idea who they may be mingling with out in public, Nancy Lamb seems to know just about everyone in town.

And everyone certainly knows her. Even without her far-out look (love the whimsical eyeglasses and that hair), the artist is certainly a name.

She’s been written about here and all over for her unique, nearly kaleidoscopic brand of photorealism. Instead of peddling products or

Readers’ Choice: COVID ICU nurses at John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS), 1500 S Main St, 817-702-3431 Critic’s Choice: Jennifer Drinkwater RN, JPS Health Network, 1500 S Main St, 817-702-3431 During this unprecedented time, the most precious gifts nurses can give patients are time, attentiveness, and support. As a Critical Care Team lead, Drinkwater has gone out of her way to help connect COVID-19-positive patients to their loved ones during times when visitors have not been allowed on the unit to limit the spread

Optometrist

Readers’ Choice: Patrick Optical, 2255 8th Av, 817-370-6118 Critic’s Choice: Ophthalmology Associates, 1201 Summit Av, 817-332-2020 Located conveniently near downtown, this suite of offices is a full-service stop that treats refractive error and eye pathologies, performs Lasik surgery, and includes an optical shop that can provide you with new glasses or contact lenses.

Photographer

Readers’ Choice: Southern Flair Photography, 2550 Legacy Point Dr, Arlington, 817-277-0477 Critic’s Choice: Brooks Burris Today’s photographers and photojournalists no longer have to dodge and burn their images, but they do have to dodge rowdy, beer-spilling concertgoers when documenting live music shows. Burris is a regular at The Post at River East, Billy Bob’s Texas, and other hoppin’ music venues, but you won’t see him jumping in front of crowds to snag his shots. Audiences won’t even notice he’s there, but they will marvel at his handiwork when it’s posted, often on the Weekly’s Instagram page (thanks, Brooks!) the following day.

An art studio on Race Street recently exhibited a collection of Burris’ mostly environmental imagery, which underlined his talent for visual storytelling when he has control over his environment and doesn’t have to worry about Joe Schmo spilling Miller Lite on him during a particularly righteous guitar solo.

Radio Personality

Readers’ Choice: The Funky Panther podcast Critic’s Choice: Barry Samsula, WRR 101.1-FM, Classical 101 Gotta admit: Despite the pandemic and the sleeping in that accompanies working from home, we are up at the crack of dawn every MonFri to take the little ones to school. And what do we listen to? Upbeat jive-turkey music? No, we gotta keep the team smooth and calm for smooth, calm sailing throughout the undoubtedly stressful school day. The answer? As if it could be anyone else, Barry Samsula. Classical 101’s morning DJ is so freaking happy and positive he makes Mr. Rogers look like a college football coach after a bad call. With Breakfast with Barry (6am-10am Mon-Fri), you’re gonna hear some smooth-motherhunching-sailing music, that’s for damn sure, the kind that courses through your consciousness like a two-hander of Xanax, and if it weren’t for the annoying marches he occasionally plays (no one needs that rah-rah shit at 7:20 in the a.m., Barry), I would recommend this show for drowsy babies, a.k.a. the best babies. You can also catch the honey-voiced Samsula 10:36am-2pm Saturdays, in case you want that trip to the baseball game or piano class to also go smoothly. (It won’t, but it’s worth a try.) Thank you, Barry. We think you’re just the tops. continued on page 23

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of the virus. She set up video calls with family members for them to “see” one another and stayed after her shift to visit with patients, easing their anxieties and lending an ear. When patients could not speak for themselves, she made sure they felt like someone cared by sitting with them or holding their hand. When she was unable to visit with patients due to other duties throughout the day, Drinkwater requested chaplains and volunteers visit the unit.

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pushing herself on her social media feeds like so many other celebs, Lamb instead highlights other local artists. Cheers to you, Nancy.

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Readers’ Choice: Tammy Melendez Home Team, 9137 Belshire Dr, NRH, 817-680-7766 Critic’s Choice: Cyndi Reep, Coldwell Banker Realty, 4300 Hartwood Dr, 817-924-4144 Here in North Texas, ladies — and gentleman, for that matter — tend to do what they want.

Realtor Cyndi Reep is no exception. While she does have listings and can certainly help you sell your property, her true love is being a buyer’s agent. Whether it’s buying or leasing a commercial or residential space, she has a flair for helping clients find exactly what they want and need. Ask Ivy Garcia. This year, Reep helped her secure her space for Higher Purpose Emporium, a new metaphysical shop on the North Side. Helpfulness extends to her personal life as well. Cyndi is an active member of the local music scene and has lent a hand at a good many benefit shows at Rail Club Live over the years. Need a property? Help is on the way!

Social Influencer

Readers’ Choice: That Texas Couple Travel & Lifestyle Blog, ThatTexasCouple.com, @ ThatTexasCouple Critic’s Choice: Ramiro “Milo” Ramirez The owner of the Salsa Limon mini-empire doesn’t give a damn about your precious feelings.

He’s out there online every day taking it to the far-right cancer that dominates half or more of Tarrant County. Don’t agree with his politics?

Don’t eat his tacos. It’s as simple as that. If only other local business leaders were as liberal with

Readers’ Choice: Aaron Stevens, Ink817 Tattoo Co, 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd, 682-204-0696 Critic’s Choice: Scott Prather, 3023 Bledsoe St, 817-435-2960 Scott Prather is a badass illustrator and artist who happens to lay down some of the most mesmerizing tattoo work in the 817. Looking for a flaming panda head that’s tricked out in samurai gear or a photorealistic lion head adorning your back? Whatever your fantasies can fathom, Prather has the artistry to bring those images to vivid life. Prather’s artworks have been featured at a solo show at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, and he’s been a consummate presence on the local art scene.

You can find Prather at Sleepy Hollow Tattoos, where the resident ink artists are hand-selected for their unmatched creativity and precision.

Teacher

Readers’ Choice: Rob Moore, Birdville Career & Tech Center, 7020 Mid-Cities Blvd, NRH, 817-547-3800 Critic’s Choice: Chrissy Cook-Gomez, Grand Prairie school district There are some people you never forget. At another alternative paper in a city that is far, far away (you know, in Dallas), Chrissy worked alongside some of us in the trenches many moons ago. She even worked here for a bit. Besides selling advertising space, correcting our grammar was one of the many other services she would often provide, so it makes sense that what she wanted to become when she grew up was a teacher. After receiving her BA in English from UTA, Chrissy earned her Master’s of

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Whatever your fantasies can fathom, tattooist Scott Prather has the artistry to bring those images to vivid life.

Education at UNT and is now a beloved teacher at Grand Prairie ISD. The biggest teaching moment for us has been watching her navigate life and love with her husband Adrian and son Jett after the loss of her oldest son Gage to a rare form of pediatric sarcoma. With September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Thu, Sep 23, marking the fourth anniversary of his passing, Chrissy is honoring his memory by raising money for childhood cancer research. (Search online for the Gage Overton Memorial Fund and donate if you can.)

Television Personality

Readers’ Choice: Clarice Tinsley, Fox 4 News Critic’s Choice: Evan Andrews, Fox 4 News Meteorologist Evan Andrews and the rest of the team at Good Day on Fox 4 are back to their pre-pandemic ways. Every Monday thru Friday from 4am to 10am, they are back in the studio prepping us all about the news, traffic, and weather. Gone are the days of realizing that Evan

Veterinarian

Readers’ Choice: Texas Coalition for Animal Protection (TCAP), 2400 Westport Pwy, Ste 100, 817-837-4500 Critic’s Choice: Charles Pipes DVM, Countrybrook Animal Hospital, 3046 Lavon Dr, Ste 136, Garland, 972-530-3951 If it were legal for veterinarians to treat humans, Dr. Pipes would be our primary care physician.

Not because we need some Ivermectin — kidding, he would never — but because we need the caring and compassion that our small, country vet’s office affords us. There are no bigcity price tags either. The team at Countrybrook has grown to include several vets and a newly remodeled/enlarged facility that will enable them to make even more people — and their doggos and meow-meows — feel better. For nonemergency cases, it’s totally worth the drive.

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plays the drums simply by noticing his kit in the background of his media room as he was doing the work-at-home thing like most of us were. We will no longer know if one dog or the other — or both of them (and the cat) — are snuggled down on the miniature couch in front of those drums.

The worst thing of all? For our semi-weekly dose of Frederick, the turtle, we must now rely on social media rather than our television screens.

Thank you, Evan — and company — for letting us into your world when ours was falling apart.

Now how about getting us a few more weeks of summer? No? Doesn’t work like that? Sigh.

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Critic’s Choice: Mouser Electronics, 1000 N Main St, Mansfield, 817-804-3800 Having started out as a family business in a small three-story building in Mansfield, Mouser Electronics is now a multimillion-dollar company doing business around the globe.

Anyone in the area who has a friend that works at Mouser knows it’s a great place to be. Their employees actively bring them new recruits and are rewarded for doing so with referral bonuses.

Does that motivate them to praise the company?

Perhaps. But no one stays at a crappy job for an extended amount of time just to earn a referral bonus. Mouser is simply taking care of its own

people first. They take care of the community as well. Recently, the company donated a batch of pies from Buttermilk Sky Pies (3150 E Broad St, Ste 110, Mansfield, 817-592-3149) to the frontline workers and staff at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. To join the ranks of the happy, thankful team at Mouser, start by checking out the job opportunities at Careers.Mouser.com.

Work Out, Place to

Readers’ Choice: ZYN22, 3236 W 7th St, 817-778-4133 Critic’s Choice: CrossFit Iron Horse, 5220 W Vickery Blvd, 817-922-8200 Iron Horse is Fort Worth CrossFit heritage.

Formerly a gymnastics gym, the enormous space off Vickery gives the feel of a world-class training facility that isn’t full of itself. It’s home to some of the fittest people in Funkytown,

including owner Candice Wagner. The former Marine is a three-time CrossFit games qualifier and fixture in the local fitness scene. Iron Horse offers programs centered on CrossFit, Olympic lifting, or even functional bodybuilding if looks supercede your performance goals. Wagner also offers an online coaching platform specifically for athletes looking to compete in CrossFit and other similar sports, and the gym has lifestyle and nutrition coaching options as well. If you’ve never worked with a coach before, it’s worth dropping in on a trial run to see if you’ve been missing something at the chain gyms.

CRITIC’S CHOICE ONLY Adopt Pets, Place to

Critic’s Choice: Paws in the City, pop-up events,

PawsintheCity.org Armed with only the commitment to end the abuse, neglect, and overpopulation of animals in North Texas and a team of more than 150 very committed volunteers, Paws in the City is one of the largest and most respected nokill organizations in the area. Along with the adoption, fostering, donation, and volunteering information available at PawsintheCity.org, online is also where you can see available animals and actually start your adoption journey, but Paws in the City isn’t just waiting around for you to come to them. For the next adoption or fundraiser event, keep an eye on PawsintheCity.org/Events.

Facebook Group

Critic’s Choice: FW4CHANGE Facebook is a trove of debunked conspiracies about the origins of COVID-19, the efficacy of facemasks (coverings are highly protective against pathogens, by the way), idiotic misrepresentations about Critical Race Theory (the academic framework that scholars use to understand how racism shapes our society), and other lies that attempt to subvert the unfaltering march toward equality and social justice in this country. The coordinated right-wing antics aren’t simply coming from rural areas outside Fort Worth, by the way. Some of the strongest sources of racist rhetoric come from privileged white neighborhoods like Tanglewood.

The FW4CHANGE Facebook group offers a marketplace of ideas based on common values like empathy, equality, and basic respect for human dignity. When formulating plans to make Fort Worth a better place for everyone to live, those conversations necessarily center on police violence, economic inequality, Sheriff Bill Waybourn’s perverse love affair with ICE, the role of white supremacy in state and local politics (not so much nationally since The Former Guy was booted), and, yes, discussions on why so many Tanglewood moms seem to be on the wrong side of every civic issue facing Fort Worth.

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Critic’s Choice: Fort Worth ISD’s mask mandate Big props to the school district for listening to scientists and doctors over Gov. Greg Abbott, who seems intent on killing us and our children.

Though the school district’s mask mandate has been neutered — four parents sued to stop it, and the Republican judge of course sided with them — the main point remains: If you don’t want to die or kill someone else, please just put that tiny piece of fabric over your mouth and nose, warrior. Funny thing is, we’ve never seen or heard one kid complain about wearing a mask, and we are around kids every day. The only snowflakes around here are the parents.

Just put the damn things on!

Meet Locals, Place to

Critic’s Choice: Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 Grown out of Lola’s original saloon, the Trailer Park is a haven for an ever-growing cast of local characters drawn from just about every scene in the city. It’s a boozy, rowdy amalgamation of the things that make Fort Worth funky and fun.

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friends who spotlight the funkier parts of Funkytown through weekly podcasts that can also be viewed on YouTube. The hour-long episodes meander through random commentary on local happenings and eventually settle on featured guests. The three hosts are high-energy, hilarious, and not shy about dropping f-bombs on air. Local musicians are frequent guests along with chefs, brewers, and distillers. The Funky Panther offers a fun and refreshing way to keep up with the colorful musicians, creatives, and business owners who keep the 817 funky fresh.

Public Health Official

Critic’s Choice: Joshua Yudkin, epidemiologist with Tarrant County Public Health Newsflash: Showing proof of vaccination to attend a show at Billy Bob’s isn’t segregation.

We had to dig into the dark, dark, and sad world of fringe right-wing rhetoric to find that segregation — the 20th century practice of government-sanctioned oppression of Black and brown Americans — was being misappropriated by folks who feel that their freedoms are being trampled on by snooty doctors and public health officials who are doing their best to slow the death mill that is COVID-19.

Try as these medical professionals might, dumbasses in Fort Worth “bravely” refuse to take a free vaccine that offers proven protection from the same virus that asphyxiated 621,000 Americans to death. Death by COVID-19 is a horrible way to die. And it’s preventable.

Yudkin penned two op-eds for the Weekly this year, and both were a refreshing reminder

that, despite all the mask-averse freedom fighters out there, public health officials have stepped up in big ways to warn us about the very real threat of this ongoing pandemic. Yudkin is a doctoral candidate currently researching the intersection of community building and public health through a Fulbright research grant.

roughly twice the yards of Gallup with 50% more targets but scored only once more than the Cowboys’ third receiver. I hope the Dallas fans enjoyed him while he was cheap, because his production will be difficult to replace for a similar price.

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Sportscaster/ Sportswriter

Critic’s Choice: Levi Weaver, The Athletic What you have to understand about journalism is that most of us are writers at heart, not economists, not politicians, not musicians, not painters. We are writers, and most of us also aren’t athletes. Though we don’t know what kind of shape Levi Weaver is in, we do know that even though — or because — he writes about your Texas Rangers on the reg for The Athletic, he is truly a born writer. In addition to his topflight musings on the ball club out in A-town/ Get-down, he’s also known to columnize on life and all that comes with it through the lens of sports, baseball in particular, and when we’re talking life in the U.S. of A., is there anything more American? Tip o’ the hat, Levi.

Underrated Athlete

Critic’s Choice: Michael Gallup, Dallas Cowboys Dem ’Boys are usually synonymous with overrated everything. Wide receiver Michael Gallup remains, though probably not for long, an underrated and complete bargain for Jerry Jones when evaluating last season. Despite working partially with a backup quarterback, Gallup maintained the most yards per reception of the Cooper-Lamb-Gallup triad. All three receivers

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Armed with only the commitment to end the abuse, neglect, and overpopulation of animals in North Texas and a team of more than 150 very committed volunteers, Paws in the City is one of the largest and most respected no-kill organizations in the area. hauled in five touchdowns for the season, though Gallup received the fewest targets. No. 13’s salary is currently $2.4 million. This route runner isn’t likely to wear the star on his helmet next season because he wants more money and deserves it. The current salary for Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins — the highest paid receiver in the league — averages out to more than $27 million per season. Last year, Hopkins had

Critic’s Choice: Fort Worth Police Department’s Civilian Response Unit Let’s give credit where it’s due. Fort Worth’s police department made the right call when it created a new civilian-led team to respond to nonemergency situations. The first nine members of the new team graduated in March after undergoing six weeks of training at a police academy. The team members are not armed, but they also aren’t tasked with addressing violent situations. Abandoned cars, reports of burglaries, credit card fraud, and other non-dangerous situations will be handled, in part, by the Civilian Response Unit.

A civilian response unit could have prevented the tragic killing of Atatiana Jefferson nearly two years ago. Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean shot her through her back window. A neighbor had called a nonemergency line to report that the front of the home where Jefferson lived with her mother was open.

As the Civilian Response Unit becomes a familiar face to locals, especially in Black and brown communities, the unarmed teams could help improve community relations between law enforcement and civilians.

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Readers’ Choice: Saving Hope Rescue, 4455 Camp Bowie West, @SavingHopeTX Critic’s Choice: Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, 1430 E Cleveland St, Hutchins, 972-2254000 If you work in a shiny office building for any length of time, you will learn that birds are not smart. They mistake the mirrored windows for the clear, blue sky and go splat.

Often. Sometimes, they are dead on impact.

Other times, they are simply stunned. The best practice is to move them to a somewhat protected area overnight. If they eventually fly away, your work here is done. If they are truly injured, Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is your best bet. On any given day, they take in abandoned chicks, birds with broken wings, and injured or sick feathered friends of every breed.

Some birds become permanent residents, but most are able to be released back into the wild after healing. Founded by Kathy Rogers in 1989, RWRC is the largest all-species avian rehabilitation and education center of its kind in North Texas.

Readers’ Choice: Twisted Glass, 1527 Jacksboro Hwy, 817-624-0420

Readers’ Choice: The Cookery Fort Worth, 710 S Main St, 682-888-8901 Critic’s Choice: Central Market, 4651 W Fwy, 817-989-4700 It’s nice to have this cooking class back on after the pandemic forced it to go away for a while. Taking place on every day of the week except Tuesday, the classes at the venerable supermarket will take you through cuisines ranging from Brazilian to Korean and classic French, turning humble ingredients into dishes that will dazzle your date night and turn you into the toast of your potluck supper.

Cultural Event

Readers’ Choice: Gallery Night Critic’s Choice: A Tribute to Larry McMurtry Lone Star Film Society pulled out all the stops to pay homage to the great Western novelist

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Charles Gray’s familial storytelling ability was on full display at a recent gallery show at Dang Good Candy. Tell Me, I’m Listening featured more than a dozen oil portraits by Gray, whose friends and relatives sprung to life. who died in spring 2020. This past summer, they screened a number of the films that he wrote the script for as well as episodes of the trailblazing TV miniseries Lonesome Dove. The screenings included context from McMurtry scholars as well, giving insight into the cinematic legacy of this Texas literary legend.

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Readers’ Choice: Mariell Guzman, @MariellGuzman Critic’s Choice: Bernardo Vallarino The Colombian-American artist repped by Fort Works Art tackled the pandemic headon, going against his stated mission to focus on human violence and suffering. Of course, Vallarino soon realized the politicization of the virus had become a manifestation of human violence and suffering, as boneheaded decisions by leaders here and overseas were killing citizens, especially the elderly, the impoverished, and minorities. For his series A Responce to a Pandemic, the mixed-media sculptor and installation artist created replicas of American flags using U.S. bills for the stripes and sometimes gold swastikas for the stars, a beetle pushing an orb of dung with a Trump/Pence bumper sticker on it, and minicages with small figures in them made out of Goya beans cans. “We are not only suffering from COVID-19,” he writes, “but we are also suffering from a pandemic of greed, hate, bias, racism, intolerance, and apathy.” A fellow with NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures), Vallarino graduated with a BFA in sculpture from TCU and an MFA in the same discipline from Texas Woman’s University. He is the current coordinator of the Fort Worth Art Collective and a board member at Artes De La Rosa.

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In A Responce to a Pandemic, the mixedmedia sculptor and installation artist Bernardo Vallarino created replicas of American flags using U.S. bills for the stripes and sometimes gold swastikas for the stars, a beetle pushing an orb of dung with a Trump/Pence bumper sticker on it, and mini-cages with small figures in them made out of Goya beans cans.

Readers’ Choice: Texas Ballet Theater, 1540 Mall Cir, 817-763-0207 Critic’s Choice: Texas Ballet Theater In response to record levels of COVID-19 infections across North Texas in December 2020, leadership at Texas Ballet Theater announced several changes to the company’s early 2021 performances. TBT originally planned to perform Serenade (a Balanchine classic set to Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings), Star Crossed (a pas de deux of Romeo and Juliet), and a world premiere by TBT associate artistic director Tim O’Keefe at Bass Performance Hall this February. Those performances, along with performances of works by Bartok and other composers, were filmed and presented online instead. This allowed the troupe to showcase the art and resilience of ballet to the community through TBT’s digital space. With in-person performance back on the schedule, we look forward to The Nutcracker — and The Nutty Nutcracker — this winter and a full schedule for spring 2022.

Day Trip

Readers’ Choice: Dinosaur Valley State Park, 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, 254-897-4588 Critic’s Choice: River Legacy Park, 703 NW Green Oaks, Arl Sure, Arlington isn’t that far, but you can easily spend a day exploring River Legacy Park.

Whether you’re gazing at the aquariums and exhibits in the Discovery Room (which currently includes the traveling Dinosaur Safari exhibit), exploring the park’s eight miles of hiking and biking trails, or hurtling down its 10-mile mountain bike run, this urban oasis is well worth a whole Saturday. Just be sure to bring plenty of water. All that exploring is thirsty work.

Dog Park

Readers’ Choice: MUTTS Canine Cantina, 5317 Clearfork Main St, 817-877-0151 Critic’s Choice: Zbonz, 6950 Camp Bowie West With seven grassy acres — three of which are fenced off for small dogs — Zbonz has more than enough space for your pups to get their zoomies out, fill up on smells, and leave liquid graffiti for their pals and rivals to read. The park has two aerated ponds and an agility course, and there’s ample shaded seating for humans to relax.

Entertainment Spot

Readers’ Choice: Electric Starship Arcade, 5620 Denton Hwy, Haltom City, 817-479-6366 Critic’s Choice: Texas Live, 1650 E Randol Mill Rd, Arl, 817-852-6688 Now that live music is coming back to this complex, we feel comfortable in recommending it for its sheer variety of entertainment options.

The dining options alone are enough to make you dizzy, and the activities range from popup yoga to craft beer events. Of course, when it comes to catching the big game, the sports bars here are the next best thing to being at the stadium. Whether your tastes are lowbrow, highbrow, or somewhere in the middle, this massive complex has something for you. continued on page 28

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Eric “Drigo” Rodriguez was selected from 89 applicants to complete the 5,000-square-foot “Cosmic Journey” on the Near Southside.

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Readers’ Choice: Swallow the Frog, Jules Buck Jones, Artspace 111 Critic’s Choice: Tell Me, I’m Listening, Charles Gray, Dang Good Candy Charles Gray is mild and soft-spoken, but his often-autobiographical paintings and portraits speak loudly. A painting of two chickens may seem unimaginative if you are blissfully unaware that poultry was often used as bartering for buying enslaved Black men, women, and children. Gray’s muse never strays far from his immediate circle of friends and family, and his familial storytelling ability was on full display at a recent gallery show at Dang Good Candy, the new downtown studio/gallery space headed by multi-disciplinary artist Jay Wilkinson.

Tell Me, I’m Listening featured more than a dozen oil portraits by Gray, whose friends and relatives sprung to life throughout the show that Gray also curated. One multiracial friend of Gray’s was shown in different poses and temperaments to illustrate the many identities women of color must adopt as they navigate a white- and male-dominated America.

Kudos to Gray for using his first solo show to acknowledge the men and women who have shaped him into the young and brilliant artist that he is today.

Golf Course

Readers’ Choice: Rockwood Golf Course, 1851 Jacksboro Hwy, 817-392-6560 Critic’s Choice: Rockwood Golf Course Opened prior to World War II, Rockwood has undergone a renaissance and revamp that make this public course play like a country club. A $5 million renovation started in 2015 and gave these links a possible play length of 7,000 yards (where championship golf courses start). Bond money gifted the course an upgraded clubhouse, which opened back in May. Rockwood is also home to The First Tee from the Ben Hogan Center, which is an instructional facility for golf with classrooms, a kid’s library, as well as simulators and club repair. The original Rockwood designer — Ralph Plummer — also designed Colonial’s course and co-designed Southern Hills. If you love golf, and Fort Worth, you’ll never be disappointed driving these links adjacent to the Trinity River.

Kids’ Activity

Readers’ Choice: Benbrook Stables, 10001 Benbrook Blvd, 817-249-1001 Critic’s Choice: bike riding the Trinity Trails Even during the hot months, as long as you avoid going between, say, 11am and 3pm, there’s really no better way to tire out the little monsters than by hopping on the Trinity Trails and pedaling away all the bad stuff. Parking typically isn’t too bad, though good luck getting out of the park — it’s a one-way path that winds from near the Fort Worth Botanic Garden to West freaking 7th. And we hear you, continued on page 30

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weekend warriors. You’re on our left! We heard you the first five times. Sorry for trying to do something nice with our family on your precious trail. Get a life.

Mural (Commercial)

Readers’ Choice: Texas Medical Institute mural

by Kathleen Cameron, Texas Medical Institute, 3304 SE Loop 820, 817-615-8633

Mural (Community)

Readers’ Choice: Jennifer Guillen mural by Juan Velasquez, 1117 Belknap St Critic’s Choice: “Cosmic Journey,” by Eric “Drigo” Rodriquez, 401 Hemphill St

The Near Southside has long been an incubator for local art. Projects along South Main Street and West Magnolia Avenue have made the district a bastion of fun and thought-provoking murals that seemingly greet visitors at every turn. June saw the completion of the most massive mural undertaking to date in that area. Chicago-based CRG, a real estate company, ponied up $50,000 for a mural on one side of its parking garage at 401 Hemphill St. To complete it, CRT partnered with Art South, a Near Southside Inc. venture that facilitates private business investment in public art. Eric “Drigo” Rodriguez was selected from 89 applicants to complete the massive undertaking. The 5,000-square-foot mural is adequately trippy and whimsical. Unfolding across the garage’s five-story south-facing facade, it depicts a sunny dreamscape of eyepopping tropical flora, psychedelic fauna, and

a human being found in some transcendental moment involving a portal and a flamingoshaped watering can. “Cosmic Journey” speaks to humanity’s potential to evolve.

Nonprofit Organization

Readers’ Top 5: Cancer Care Services, 623 S Henderson St, 817-921-0653 • Don’t Forget to Feed Me, 5825 E Rosedale St, 817-334-0727 • Sunshine Spaces, 12650 N Beach St, Ste 8, 979324-9567 • Tarrant Area Food Bank, 2600 Cullen St, 817-857-7100 • Texas Coalition for Animal Protection (TCAP), 2400 Westport Pkwy, Ste 100, 817-837-4500 Critic’s Choice: Texas Jail Project Americans have been fed a lazy narrative on criminal justice, one that describes anyone with a badge as the “good guy’ and anyone in cuffs as deserving to be treated like an animal. Sometimes, the person in cuffs is an impoverished single mother who is behind on traffic tickets because her underserved neighborhood is overpoliced, and sometimes jailers are megalomaniacs on a power trip.

Take those same police cameras from Como and Stop Six and place them in tony neighborhoods around Colonial Country Club, and we promise that the county will see an uptick in impounded luxury SUVs from DUIs, cocaine confiscations out the wazoo, and a surge of confiscated prescription meds that were taken for “back pain” from all those hours out on the green.

Texas Jail Project humanizes the impoverished men and women who are swept up by local law enforcement and left to languish in decrepit county jails. Idiotic retorts of “Do the crime, do the time” from conservatives are no longer fooling younger generations, who understand that pretrial detainees are legally innocent and often the victims of a U.S. criminal justice system that too often protects the wealthy and targets the poor.

Museum Exhibit

Readers’ Choice: Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, Kimbell Art Museum Critic’s Choice: Buddha Shiva Lotus Dragon, Kimbell Art Museum The exquisite curatorial eyes of John D. Rockefeller III and his wife Blanchette Rockefeller came to the fore in the Kimbell’s show of Asian art, with its spectacular displays of Indian Chola bronze sculptures and Chinese porcelain. This feast of decorative arts boasted metalwork and ceramics showing how Buddhism, Hinduism, and commercial trade knitted together far-flung parts of Asia in olden days.

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Readers’ Choice: Cowtown Paints, 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ste 809, 469-844-8480 Critic’s Choice: A Geek and Her Brush, AGeekandHerBrush.com, 682-429-8064 Self-described as a “hot mess of a Southern belle with an imagination as big as the Texas sky,” Jana Mills hosts public paint nights at bars and restaurants — like Rogers Roundhouse (1616 Rogers Rd, 817-367-9348) — all around North Texas through her Fort Worth-based arts and crafts business A Geek and Her Brush. With stay-athome practically being the theme of the year,

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Guests interact with our brand-new Science on a Sphere, a large sphere hanging from the ceiling in the Current Science Studio that displays space and Earth-based content from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

NEW MUSEUM HOURS! The museum is open every Friday and Saturday from 10AM to 5PM, and on Sundays from 12PM to 5PM. Monday thru Thursday, we are closed.

(Note: Noble Planetarium is open, but Omni Theatre and WaterWorks are still temporarily closed. Stay tuned for updates!)

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The results are in for USA Today’s Readers’ Choice awards, and we are proud to announce we’ve been voted the 9th Best Science Museum in America!

USA Today assembled a panel of industry experts to identify the top 20 science museums in the U.S. The publication then opened the list to voting, asking the public to choose their top 10, and YOU helped us receive the #9 spot! Thank you for helping the Museum win this national recognition!

Self-described as a “hot mess of a Southern belle with an imagination as big as the Texas sky,” Jana Mills hosts public paint nights at bars and restaurants all around North Texas through her Fort Worth-based arts and crafts business A Geek and Her Brush.

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The exquisite curatorial eyes of John D. Rockefeller III and his wife Blanchette Rockefeller came to the fore in the Kimbell’s Buddha Shiva Lotus Dragon, a feast of decorative arts boasting metalwork and ceramics and showing how Buddhism, Hinduism, and commercial trade knitted together far-flung parts of Asia in olden days.

Park

Readers’ Choice: Trinity Park, 2401 University Dr, 817-392-5700 Critic’s Choice: Buffalo Ridge Park, 5720 Parkwood Tr, Haltom City, 817-831-6464 Trinity Trails may be great, but do they take you past a high school athletics facility? That’s a negatory, Ghost Rider, because Buffalo Ridge Park on the edge of Fort Worth territory winds from North Beach Street to White Branches Park, navigating all manner of ups and downs and swerves through mostly woody neighborhoods and Haltom High. Do the loop twice, and that’s about six miles. The best part: no weekend warriors behind you shouting, “On your left!” constantly.

Recreational Activity

Readers’ Choice: Classes at Studio of MoveMINT, 5512 Bellaire Dr, Ste 140, 682-312-0442 Critic’s Choice: Fort Worth Bike Sharing, various locations, 817-348-0084 Available for rent at stations scattered between Waterside retail district in the southwest and Nolan Catholic High School in the northeast,

See Movies, Place to

Readers’ Choice: Coyote Drive-In Theater, 223 NE 4th St, 817-717-7767 Critic’s Choice: Film Alley, 825 I-20 Frontage Rd, Weatherford, 817-341-3232 Alas, the Alamo Drafthouse locations have been closed since last summer, so we go with this place that not only has a full-service restaurant and a bowling alley but also is one of the increasingly rare movie theaters to offer a large video arcade.

Plus, it was the only theater last year showing the Australian horror film Relic. If Film Alley displays more specialty movies like that, that’ll give us even more reason to make the trip out west.

Take Kids, Place to

Readers’ Choice: Fort Worth Zoo, 1989 Colonial Pkwy, 817-759-7555 Critic’s Choice: Kid Mania, 9101 Tehama Ridge Pkwy, 682-703-8440 Unleash the animals to bounce and jump and climb and duck around for hours while you chill on a chair far, far away and dine on surprisingly delicious, seemingly made-from-scratch food.

It’s pizzas, burgers, salads, and the like, but, man, not too shabby! Give this place a liquor license, and the North Fort Worth building will have to expand by about a million square feet to accommodate all of the life-crazed chillun and beaten-down parents out there. continued on page 32

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these sturdy bikes are a fantastic way to get some fresh air, exercise, and see the city via the Trinity Trails, popping into the adjoining neighborhoods for bites, beers, and other bikebased adventures.

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He does a spot-on impersonation of Prince, and his lively renditions of “Purple Rain” leave fans making it rain dollar bills. The chorus’ downbeat is when the athletic performer drops his glittery purple cape to reveal a skin-tight purple one-piece. It’s a sight to behold. Mikyles can read a crowd, and he has a gift for making everyone feel comfortable at his shows. If you want to order Mikyles a drink, we hear the MC loves Fireball shots.

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Critic’s Choice: William Campbell Contemporary Art, 4935 Byers Av, 817-737-9566 First off, congrats to Bill and Pam Campbell for not only running a small, independent art gallery in fORt woRtH nearly 50 years but for being such awesome human beings. Your active presence will be dearly missed. The good news is that you left y our pristine art space in good hands. Now under new ownership, William Campbell Contemporary Art has proven by its inaugural group show last month that, while Fort Worth is the capital of Fort Worth art, other parts of Texas can’t be ignored. We just hope William Campbell and Artspace 111 can share all the talent.

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Some drag queens are natural performers while others have what it takes to lead drag shows as MCs. Patrick Mikyles does both masterfully well.

Critic’s Choice: Drift Bridge, Volkan Alkanoglu Not something you expect to see in good ol’ Cowtown, Drift manifests the kind of progressive, sustainable design that’s normally found in major metropolises on the coasts and in Europe. The 62-foot-long bridge looks like a giant hollowed log or canoe. Spanning a creek in South Hills, the timber-and-steel structure represents the only route across the waterway for seven blocks.

Commissioned by Fort Worth Public Art, Drift was designed by Portland’s Volkan Alkanoglu and represents his first major infrastructure project.

Burlesque

Theater Troupe

Edward Brown

Readers’ Choice: Dead, Dead on the Range at Texas Star Dinner Theater, 816 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-910-5588 Critic’s Choice: The Naughty List, Stage West 821 W Vickery Blvd, 817-784-9378 If you braved the freezing cold this past winter to see the troupe’s holiday show, you took in an outdoor dance piece that told the origin story of Krampus, with dancers moving to Christmas carols that you hadn’t heard before. The dialogue-free piece put a premium on the safety of performers and audience members alike and made great use of the space at Texas Wesleyan University to tell a story in a new way.

Critic’s Choice: The Red Goose Burlesque Revue, Red Goose Saloon, 306 N Houston St, 817-332-4745 The Red Goose downtown is the place for all your burlesque needs. Be it a regular Friday night or even a Saturday brunch, Delilah DuBois, a.k.a. the “Double-D Debutante of Burlesque” and the “Duchess of Debauchery,” and members of North Texas’ super-glam drag family, are here to titillate and tease their stupendous, well-dressed bodies the way it used to be, long before pole-

dancing took over and acrobatics in clear heels and bikinis became the norm. The Goose’s next drag brunch is noon-2pm (doors at 11am) on Saturday. Doors open at 11.

Drag Performer

Critic’s Choice: Patrick Mikyles Some drag queens are natural performers while others have what it takes to lead drag shows as MCs. Patrick Mikyles does both masterfully well.

Mikyles is the go-to ringleader for the My Oh My! series that primarily presents shows in Fort Worth.

Critic’s Choice: Stage West, 821 W Vickery Blvd, 817-784-9378 The pandemic really put a crimp in the live theater scene both here and around the world. The troupe that has been in operation since 1979 took best to the obstacles thrown in its way, putting shows online and staging interactive productions where audience members could take part via Zoom. Nothing will ever replace the thrill of live performance, but as the industry staggers back to its feet, Stage West showed everyone else how to cope with adversity.

“A roaring, wondrous whirlpool of a show”

This exhibition is organized by Tate Britain in association with the Kimbell Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Fort Worth Tourism Public Improvement District.

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Here are our top picks for having a great time now thru October. Think of it as a compilation disc for the season, a greatest hits album, if you will. Enjoy!

TRACK #1

Western Days Festival Downtown Lewisville, 150 W Church St, LewisvilleWesternDays.com, 972-219-3401 On Fri-Sat, Sep 22-23, Lewisville’s annual Western Days Festival will take place in the heart of the historic old town area. The festivities include children’s activities, a car show, cooking demonstrations, live music, vendors, and more. On Fri, the festival is open 5pm11:30pm with everyone’s favorite localgone-national alt-country band Old 97’s playing the main stage at 10pm. Then on Sat, come out from 10am to 11:30pm and watch Dwight Yoakam do his thing at 10pm. The best part? This event is free if you arrive before 7pm each day. To err on

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Panther Island Pavilion, 395 Purcey St, OktoberFestFW.com, 817-699-0700 There’s no need to head to Germany this season, as Fort Worth is having Oktoberfest right in our own backyard.

On Thu-Sat, Sep 23-25, head to Panther Island Pavilion for authentic German food, biergartens, dancing, games, music, and shopping. The Dachshund Dash alone is worth the price of admission.

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TRACK #4

Ramblin’ Roads Music Festival Downtown Arlington, various venues, RamblinRoadsFest.com, 817-303-2800 The first weekend of October, travel the roads to discover Downtown Arlington at the Ramblin’ Roads Music Festival.

This unique event Fri-Sun, Oct 1-3, features blues, country, gospel, jazz, rock, and more over three days at 18 venues, including Arlington Music Hall (224 N Center St, 817-226-4400), Levitt Pavilion (100 W Abram St, 817-543-4308), and Texas Live (1650 E Randol Mill Rd, 817852-6688). Big Ass Brass Band, Chromeo, Dan Cavanaugh Quartet, William Clark Green, Grupo Control, April Hutchins, Jamestown Revival, Tatiana Ladymay, La Sonora Dinamita, Shaker Hymns, Bobby Pulido, Mike Ryan, Monica Salvidar, Jesse Stration, Gene Watson, and Wynn Williams are a few of the big-name acts tapped to headline the shows. Tickets are $45-250 at RamblinRoadsFest.com.

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Screams Halloween Park Scarborough Fairground, I-35 at FM 66, Waxahachie, ScreamsPark.com, 972-938-3247 For a totally immersive Halloween experience, head to Screams. Located on the grounds of Scarborough Renaissance Festival, each of the five haunted houses has a different theme, including two new ones this season — Klownz in 3D and Times Up Maze. There’s also a haunted cemetery, games of skill, and live entertainment throughout the park.

Plus, you can drink beer and sing ScaryOke at the pub. Screams is open 7:30pm1am every Fri-Sat from Oct 1 thru 30.

Tickets are $42 at ScreamsPark.com.

TRACK #6

Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Alliance Airport, 2221 Alliance Blvd, AllianceAirShow.com, 817-890-1000 The Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show is one of the largest, longest-running, and most successful civilian air shows in the nation — voted No. 1 by USA Today

readers, in fact. This year’s BFWAA show takes flight on Fri-Sun, Oct 22-24, and includes a beer garden, exhibitors, food concessions, flight simulators, kids’ activities, and more in the all-new Landing Zone. (Note: While the event is 11am-4pm each day, arrivals to the parking lot area are only permitted from 10am to 1pm.) With a theme of Flight & Freedom, the featured performers will be the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, plus an allveteran parachute team, the Air National Guard Band of the Southwest, and more.

Ticket pricing at AllianceAirShow.com is complicated — from $0 to $1,000 plus parking — but well worth the research.

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OTEP & Texas Hippie Coalition Rail Club Live, 3101 Joyce Dr, RailClubLive.com, 817-386-4309 From protecting other businesses from the COVID-19 virus through his Masters of Disasters decontamination outfit to delivering Easter eggs to local families as part of his Stand for Something efforts/mindset, Chris Palone has had a busy pandemic. Besides doing good and fighting the tyranny of the TABC, the governor’s office, and our (former) mayor, Palone still manages to find the time to book some stellar shows at his beloved Rail Club Live. Two upcoming events that have our attention are national act OTEP on Sat, Oct 23, and regional darlings Texas Hippie Coalition on Fri, Oct 29. (Chris, while OTEP is in town, please order takeout for her from the Best Vegan and Best Vegetarian winners in this issue’s Good Grub section. You can thank us later.)

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Four Day Weekend Improv Shows Sundance Square, 312 Houston St, Ste 7404, FourDayWeekend.com, 817-226-4329 Did you know that Four Day Weekend — the critically acclaimed comedy troupe — is the longest-running show in the Southwest? For the past 25 years, just like the Weekly, they’ve homed in on being the best. Every Fri-Sat at 7:30pm and 10pm, the group performs an hour45-minute comedy shows based solely on audience suggestions and participation.

(Now that’s what I call improv!) While the troupe does have its own 212-seat theater space in Sundance Square, they are glad to bring the party to your venue of choice. Along with scheduling their roster of comedians to emcee your corporate events, awards banquets, and such, Four Day Weekend will also make team-building fun for you corporate types. Tickets to the weekly improv shows are $25 at FourDayWeekend.com.

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Plan to stay for dinner at the NEW Café Modern Seating for dinner every Friday evening from 5 to 8:30 pm.

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Mary and a super-chill environment, and you have a locale that’s not fussy or trying to rush you out after the last bite or a spot to see and be seen. Head to the heart of Magnolia for a casual brunch excursion which can lead to other fun daytime weekend options. *wink, wink*

Burger

Readers’ Top 5: The Bearded Lady, 300 S Main St, 817-349-9832 • Charlie’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, 4616 Granbury Rd, 817-924-8611 • Dutch’s Hamburgers, 3009 S University Dr, 817927-5522 • Kincaid’s, 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-732-2881 • Rodeo Goat, 2836 Bledsoe St, 817-877-4628 Critic’s Choice: Dayne’s Craft Barbecue, at Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St, 682-472-0181 Nothing fancy here, just fabulousness between a bun. Two melt-in-your-mouth beef patties come topped with gooey cheese and not much else to make for an experience that’s big on the pure symphony created by cooking meat to perfection, covering it with cheese, and piling it onto soft, buttery bread. Located at Lola’s Trailer Park, Dayne’s is open only 11am-2:30pm Fri-Sun. Now that the weather’s getting less unbearable, a trip to Dayne’s should be on your list of weekend plans. We hear the barbecue is pretty top-notch, too. (We’ve tried it multiple times. It is.)

Burrito

Readers’ Choice: Salsa Limon, 5012 White Settlement Rd, 682-312-5744 Critic’s Choice: Bad Azz Burrito, 1200 S Blue Mound Rd, Ste 170, Saginaw, 817-847-5511 Like Chipotle but better. Way better. Better seasoned meat; better, crisper grilled veggies; fresher cheese and other accoutrements. Line

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Readers’ Top 5: Angelo’s, 2533 White Settlement Rd, 817-332-0357 • Dayne’s Craft Barbecue, 2735 W 5th St, 682-472-0181 • Heim Barbecue, 1109 W Magnolia Av, 817-882-6970 • Panther City BBQ, 201 E Hattie St, 682-499-5618 • Railhead Smokehouse, 2900 Montgomery St, 817-738-9808 Critic’s Choice: Brix Barbecue, 218 Bryan Av, 219-363-6210 The Texas-style barbecue cognoscenti know where to show up on Saturdays and Sundays.

A humble silver Airstream (known to regulars as the “Smokestream”) serves Central-Texasstyle ’cue — fork-tender beef brisket and ribs smoked with mild woods that don’t obscure the meat. This is no mere Austin imitation. Hatch chile pork tortas and tacos, the Funkytown Hot Chicken sandwich, Akaushi beef belly burnt ends, and other diabolically creative meat-centric options make Brix Barbecue a welcome trailblazer in an already deep field of superlative local barbecue joints.

Brix recently announced a new location that’s slated to open by spring 2022. The first brix-and-mortar *smug laugh* location, just south of MASS, will feature a bar, an expanded kitchen, and the chance to feed a growing following of meat lovers who prefer their burgers drizzled in Dank Sauce.

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Brixy is here to let you know that Brix Barbecue is our critic’s choice for the best in town.

Hatch chile pork tortas and tacos, the Funkytown Hot Chicken sandwich, Akaushi beef belly burnt ends, and other diabolically creative meat-centric options make Brix a welcome trailblazer in an already deep field of superlative local barbecue joints. up at the counter and pick your delicious, perfectly cooked meats and veggies on a fluffy tortilla, sit down, and enjoy. Don’t pass on the chicken fully loaded with some chipotle hot sauce, our personal fave.

Cajun Food

Readers’ Choice: Tributary Cafe, 2813 Race St, 817-744-8255 Critic’s Choice: Tributary Cafe Found in the River East district, Tributary Cafe serves up spicy Southern fare out of a restored 1940s bungalow. Its menu is a celebration of the Trinity River through the lens of Cajun cuisine, stuffed to the gills with seafood plates like Shrimp Victoria (with mushrooms, crème fraiche, and cayenne), crawfish etouffee, and blackened fresh fish, as well as mouthwatering gumbos and po’ boys. And save room for the key lime pie.

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Chef

Readers’ Choice: Jon Bonnell, Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine, Waters, Buffalo Bros Critic’s Choice: Victor Villarreal, La Onda, 2905 Race St, 817-607-8605 Like a well-seasoned composer who finally penned his magnum opus, Chef Victor Villarreal has channeled his extensive experience in the foodservice industry (Clay Pigeon, Grace, The Mansion at Turtle Creek) into a popular Latin restaurant newcomer, La Onda. The main draws here are carefully prepared and immaculately plated seafood and delicious cocktails from Victor’s wife, Misty Villarreal, who co-owns the venture. The homey bungalow on Race Street sets the tone for the high-quality but unpretentious dining experience the Villarreals brought to the River East community. Smoked continued on page 44

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fish, super-rare oysters flown directly from the cold waters off Alaska, or any of Victor’s rotating ceviche options are great places to start when dining at this culinary gem.

Readers’ Choice: Horseshoe Hill, 204 W Exchange Av, 817-882-6405 Critic’s Choice: Tom’s Burgers & Grill, 1530 N Cooper St, Arl, 817-459-9000 The special ingredient in the batter of the chicken-fried steak is an openly discussed secret. He knows it. We know it. But we all just play the hmmm-what’s-in-this? game, then nod and smile — and sometimes wink — as we gobble up the goodies. (Want a hint? There is a certain potato-based snack item ruffling everyone’s feathers.) While the chicken-fried steak is available for breakfast with eggs and hashbrowns and for lunch/dinner with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob, we’d go with breakfast. Sometimes, you can order jalapeñobacon gravy while it lasts.

Chinese Food

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Like a well-seasoned composer who finally penned his magnum opus, Chef Victor Villarreal has channeled his extensive experience in the foodservice industry (Clay Pigeon, Grace, The Mansion at Turtle Creek) into the popular fine-dining Latin newcomer, La Onda. you gotta go with the legendary Szechuan on the West Side. Imagine perfectly cooked Chinese food the way we’ve always loved it, and that’s what you get here: big servings, delicately seasoned, and perfectly cooked, with loads of flavor.

Coffee Shop

Readers’ Choice: Race Street Coffee, 3021 Race St, 817-330-9270 Critic’s Choice: Buon Giorno Coffeehouse & Roastery, 500 W 7th St, Ste 140, 817-378-4505 You know that feeling of feeling at home in a

place even though you don’t live there? Buon Giorno is that home away from home. Perhaps it’s the way it effortlessly leans into the Italian theme without overdoing it and becoming kitschy or try-hard and still maintains that simple, down-to-earth charm and homey atmosphere.

Buon Giorno is the type of gathering space where you can conduct a business meeting or meet a friend, whether in person or in the pages of your favorite book, and feel at home doing either. Whether you want to lounge, work, chat, read, or simply enjoy your cappuccino, Buon Giorno saves a spot for everyone.

Despite the upgrade from its previous, more apt location on Florence Street, Buon Giorno retains the welcoming, laid-back atmosphere it’s always possessed. Now, the space is just a little classier. The floor-to-ceiling windows face Burnett Plaza and “Man with a Briefcase,” with a row of perfectly placed comfy chairs for you to enjoy the view while you sip. If you arrive early enough, you can watch the sun slowly brighten the skyline while classical, opera, or mellow coffee shop tunes serenade you. At Buon Giorno, it’s the exquisite coffee that beckons you and the ambience that makes you stay awhile.

Deli

Readers’ Choice: Carshon’s Delicatessen, 3133 Cleburne Rd, 817-923-1907 Critic’s Choice: Weinberger’s, 601 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-416-5577 When you think “deli,” either New York or continued on page 46

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If you’ve had Filipino food in the 817 this year, it’s likely because: A, you’re Filipino or know someone who is; or, B, you’ve been to the uber-popular Near Southside truck headed by Chef Mark Guatelara. Fort Worth had zero Filipino dining options until Guatelara used the pandemic to leave the hotel industry and try his luck at running a late-night food truck, Ober Here.

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In 1952, Weinberger’s Deli was founded in the Windy City by Dan Weinberger’s father. In 2002, Dan brought a piece of his dad’s Chicago to Grapevine and has been perfecting sandwiches ever since. While there are hundreds of ingredient choices and anything you want can be made, the smart move is to try something from the leader board. To ensure customers have the best choices available, the 20 topselling sandwiches from the prior year are listed, and the board gets updated each spring.

Filipino dining options until Guatelara used the pandemic to leave the hotel industry and try his luck at running a late-night food truck. On most evenings, you’ll find Ober Here parked on the southeast corner of West Rosedale and 8th streets. The bowls of lightly seasoned beef, pork, and chicken come with sides of papaya salad, a sunny-side-up egg, and annatto-fried garlic — all served on a perfectly steamed bowl of rice. The experience is a blend of sweet, savory, and mild spiciness.

Fried Chicken

Readers’ Choice: Swiss Pastry Shop, 3936 W Vickery Blvd, 817-732-5661 Critic’s Choice: Morgan’s Ice Cream, 321 S Main St, 817-615-9999 No sooner did we write about these guys than they closed down temporarily but indefinitely due to staffing shortages. Somebody give them a call and say you’re willing to dole out scoops for them so we can savor the high-intensity flavors of this artisanal creamery. For the moment, the illustrious MELT Ice Creams can rest easy knowing that they’re still the ice cream kings in town, but when Morgan’s opens back up, they’ll have competition.

Readers’ Choice: Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, 1067 W Magnolia Av, 817-927-4693 Critic’s Choice: The Cookshack, 500 University Dr, 817-367-9151 Dang, our mouths are watering just thinking about it! This small Texas chain does fried chicken right, using all-natural, hormone-free bird. And there’s spice. Inspired by, or presaging, the Nashville Hot craze, Cookshack specializes in fried chicken that has a little kick to it. From levels Not Hot to AMF, the Cultural District resto serves up huge, juicy, moist pieces that fit into any sort of style, tenders or sandwiches, plus melt-in-your-mouth ribs with sides that will light your belly on fire, especially the house-made mac ’n’ cheese. Who would you trust? Someone in Tennessee or someone closer to the (hot) equator? (Don’t answer that. It’s a joke.)

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Readers’ Choice: Calisience, 3318 E Belknap St, 323-640-9898 Critic’s Choice: Ober Here, 682-760-3904 If you’ve had Filipino food in the 817 this year, it’s likely because: A, you’re Filipino or know someone who is; or, B, you’ve been to the uber-popular Near Southside truck headed

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restaurants and the linen-tablecloth places. The old standbys like butter chicken and saag paneer will leave you satisfied, but off the beaten path, you’ll find Nepalese momos fried to a perfect crisp and served with a refreshing dipping sauce, plus a ras malai dessert of cheese curds and pistachios to end things on a proper note.

Italian Food

Readers’ Choice: Nonna Tata, 1400 W Magnolia Av, 817-332-0250 Critic’s Choice: Piattello Italian Kitchen, 5924 Convair Dr, UNIT 412, 817-349-0484 You gotta love Marcus Paslay’s endeavor for, first of all, offering the gamut of pastas. Cappelletti, spaghetti, tagliatelle, ravioli, linguine, even bucatini (basically spaghetti with a decadent hole through the middle, ideal for sucking up all that tasty sauce) — Piattello does it and does it superbly. There’s more. The kitchen run by the guy who also does Clay Pigeon and Provender Hall serves up tantalizing entrees steeped in rustic Italian tradition. Even carnivores will dream about Piattello’s eggplant parmigiana (roasted eggplant, Grana Padano, house mozzarella, basil) after scarfing it down, and scarfing it down is what will happen to every single plate that appears in front of you here. If you happen to arrive on the Lord’s day, order the “Sunday gravy,” a robust meat sauce with ricotta on top. For another slap-your-nonna appetizer on a regular day, try the house-made sourdough with ricotta. Mangia!

polite, and the food is made from scratch using authentic recipes and natural ingredients.

Mexican Food

Readers’ Top 5: Benito’s, 1450 W Magnolia Av, 817-332-8633 • Enchiladas Ole, 2418 Forest Park Blvd, 817-984-1360 • Joe T. Garcia’s, 2201 N Commerce St, 817-626-4356 • Mariachi’s Dine-In, 5724 Locke Av, 682-760-9606 • Paco’s Mexico Cuisine, 1508 W Magnolia Av, 817-759-9110 Critic’s Choice: Paco’s Mexican Cuisine As birria tacos became thing (and they still are), Paco’s added them to their menu and then did them one better by making them some of the best in town. Dipped in that lovely red consommé, there may be none better, but that’s not all Paco’s

does well. Along with assorted fajita plates, the little Magnolia resto also serves up delectable tlacoyos (black bean-infused masa in a tomatillo sauce topped with cilantro, onion, fresco, avocado, and crema) and molcajete (with grilled steak, chicken, chorizo, shrimp, or nopales, plus fresco, jalapeño, elote, and ranchero salsa). Best part is that the price is always right.

every element is carefully considered. Don’t miss the “Sharkcuterie” board — cutesy name aside, it’s fresher fish than we have a right to expect so far inland and perfectly complemented by toasted bread, sliced leeks, and pickled shallots.

The menu rotates with the availability of product and the seasons of the year so that only the freshest seafood makes it to your plate.

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Pho

Readers’ Choice: 360 Smoke Shack, 2708 W 7th St, 817-334-0888 Critic’s Choice: La Onda, 2905 Race St, 817607-8605 Believe the hype. This artisanal seafood place has a Latin bent and a small, focused menu so that

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Korean Food

Readers’ Choice: Samwon Garden Restaurant, 5201 McCart Av, 817-926-1515 Critic’s Choice: Hoya Korean Kitchen, 355 W 3rd St, 817-378-4045 Admittedly, Fort Worth offers scant Korean restaurant options. The real bastions of North Texas Seoul food are Carrollton and Dallas, but downtown Fort Worth has an authentic Korean dining experience that can save you a trip. Hoya Korean Kitchen serves up favorites like rice and noodle bowls, bibimbap (which can easily be made into a vegetarian option), Korean barbecue, traditional hot soups, and all those fun little side dishes. The service is fast and

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Readers’ Choice: Tokyo Café, 5121 Pershing Av, 817-737-8568 Critic’s Choice: Shinjuku Station, 711 W Magnolia Av, 817-923-2695 This long-running Magnolia Ave staple continues to impress with its exuberant dining experience centered on meticulously authentic, small-platestyle Japanese meals and a sushi selection that is proudly “better-than-a-Cali-roll.” Beautifully plated nigiri and sashimi delicacies like yuzu tobiko (yuzu-infused flying fish caviar) join savory pork gyoza, noodles such as yakisoba and shoyu ramen, and a wide array of fun shareables like seared baby octopus and thin-sliced teres major steak you sear over a hot stone yourself.

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celebrated for its rice and seafood entrees, but don’t sleep on the place’s beef pho either, with broth that has been simmered for 18 hours and includes filet, brisket, and those meatballs with the particularly bouncy texture that the Vietnamese like so much. This traditional restaurant makes sure to do the basics crushingly right.

Pizza

Readers’ Top 5: Black Cat Pizza, 401 Bryan Av, Ste 109, 817-489-5150 • Cane Rosso, 815 W Magnolia Av, 817-922-9222 • Hysen’s Nizza Pizza, 401 University Dr, 817-877-3900 • iFratelli, 1907 8th Av, 817-927-7779 • Zoli’s Pizza, 3501 Hulen St, 817-402-0050 Critic’s Choice: Serious Pizza, 2728 W 7th St, 682-348-2482 The thing about this place’s gimmick — a 30inch pizza — is that … it’s actually good. Beyond good. It’s great. It’s “Best Of.” In true New York style, Serious’ pie offers a melange of sauce and melted cheese on perfectly foldable dough with just a little bit of crust, all cooked to perfection.

No bubbles, no burned bits, no lack of sauce.

Speaking as someone who lived in New York City for several years, Weekly Editor Anthony Mariani claims Serious is as close to the Big Apple as you can get without hopping on a plane.

Poke

Readers’ Choice: Poke-Poke, 1515 W Magnolia Av, 682-707-9519 Critic’s Choice: Poke Stop, 8605 N Beach St, 817-741-9611 While there are certainly more poke options than, say, five years ago, there still isn’t a lot.

Good thing Poke Stop is still going strong, serving up all kinds of Japanese delights — from sushi to ramen — but specializing in poke bowls. The Stop’s signature dish, the Spicy Ahi, is a blend of spicy tuna mix, avocado, seaweed salad, krab mix, furikake, masago, scallion, fried onion, and nori, with spicy mayo and eel sauce served on sushi rice. Another personal favorite is the Atlantis (spicy salmon mix, mango, cucumber, jalapeño, tomato, cilantro, white sesame seeds, tempura flakes, and Hawaiian sea salt, with house chili, ponzu, and sesame oil served on sushi rice). For a little of both, try the Godzilla Roll: spicy tuna, salmon, crab, and cream cheese.

Queso

Readers’ Choice: Torchy’s Tacos, 928 Northton St, 817-289-8226 Critic’s Choice: Eagle’s Point Bar & Grill, 1029 N Saginaw Blvd, Saginaw, 817-349-9387 Almost every appetizer on Eagle’s Point’s menu includes some form of cheese, which is nothing to complain about. Listed first is the Hot Mess.

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jump out after stirring the creation is a mix of sour cream and beans. The taste is reminiscent of a hot version of a five-layer dip. Next, your chip unearths tender taco meat, fresh guacamole, and traces of pico de gallo. It’s a queso candy bowl. The hot and crispy chips are thin yet strong enough to hold each chunky scoop. If you’re not careful, you could get plenty full on the Hot Mess alone.

Ramen

Readers’ Choice: Hanabi Ramen, 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-420-6703

Critic’s Choice: Kintaro Ramen, 101 E Abram St, Ste 130, Arl, 817-538-5344 UTA folks can fuel up at midday at this place before heading back to class. The kitchen makes chicken broth that’s as silky and luxurious as other ramen shops’ pork broth. That alone would recommend Kintaro, but they also offer fried delicacies like black tiger shrimp and karaage, which is like the better version of chicken nuggets.

Restaurant

Readers’ Top 5: The Bearded Lady, 300 S Main St, 817-349-9832 • Lili’s Bistro, 1310 W Magnolia Av, 817-877-0700 • Reata Restaurant, 310 Houston St, 817-336-1009 • Wabi House, 1229

8th Av, Ste 227, 817-720-3099 • Wishbone & Flynt, 334 Bryan Av, 817-945-2433 Critic’s Choice: La Onda, 2905 Race St, 817-607-8605 The handiwork of the celebrated husband-andwife team of Chef Victor Villarreal and wife Misty Villarreal, a standout mixologist, La Onda is the kind of place Fort Worth’s been waiting for: progressive, sustainable, elegant, and capable of drawing foodies from all over the state and beyond. With all due respect to Saint-Emilion, the gold standard for white tablecloth dining in town, La Onda is a bit more approachable, which may have something to do with its location, on Race Street, an unpretentious, decidedly arty strip on the North Side. What puts La Onda over the top is its cocktail menu, which is just

as forward-thinking as the Latin-inspired food coming out of the kitchen.

Salsa

Readers’ Choice: Blended Family Foods, @ BlendedFamilyFoods, 817-901-3144 Critic’s Choice: Taqueria San Andres, 961 W Magnolia St, 682-250-3542 Don’t be fooled by the trendy neighborhood, this taco emporium is about as barebones as they come. Who cares when they’re putting out plates of chips with salsa verde that sports such an unusually hot kick? The red salsa comes in squeeze bottles and is no less fascinating, with its notes of smoke underlying its satisfying heat.

You’ll be wanting to take home your own bottles of the stuff when you’re paying up at this nofrills place.

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Readers’ Choice: Waters Restaurant, 301 Main St, 817-984-1110 Critic’s Choice: La Onda, 2905 Race St, 817-607-8605 Named after an avant-garde art movement that grew out of the 1960s counterculture in Mexico, La Onda is just as much the chef’s mission statement as it is a name. Newly opened in July, this Latin-inspired seafood eatery blends progressive technique with traditional comfort.

The entire bill of fare represents the kind of cuisine locals rave about when they travel abroad to the world’s foremost food cities. The small menu requires a certain level of trust that the chef knows his food better than you. The ingredients are sourced from the same purveyors that supply some of the best-known, pedigreed restaurants in the state. La Onda is the only place in Fort Worth you can sample escargot caviar, for example. The kitchen serves a sublimely fresh ceviche of the week, a selection of often-hard-toobtain oysters, and a rotating choice of dry-aged fish. Most of the seafood is wild-caught.

Soul Food

Readers’ Choice: Drew’s Place, 5701 Curzon Av, 817-242-4454 Critic’s Choice: Lady & the Pit, 5301 E Lancaster Av, 682-301-1888 It’s out in Meadowbrook, but it’s well worth the short drive from town. Now running out of a former Taco Bell or Taco Casa or something, Lady & the Pit serves up contemporized soul food that’s as big on flavor as you’ve always known it. Mouthwatering pulled pork, succulent chicken, toothsome meatloaf, beef tips, rice, collard greens, and so much more await at this soon-to-be institution, and the price is right. Get there early because the lines to get into the smallish space start forming seemingly overnight.

Steak

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No matter the filling, Tacos La Banqueta’s street tacos are el mejor. Savory, spicy, and made with fresh meats and veggies, they’re inexpensive and the perfect size for trying different combos.

Street Tacos

Readers’ Top 5: Fuel City, 1715 Haltom Rd, Haltom City, 817-484-0712 • Mariachi’s Dine-In, 5724 Locke Av, 682-760-9606 • Salsa Limon, 5012 White Settlement Rd, 682-312-5744 • Taco Heads, 1812 Montgomery St, 817-615-9899 • Tacos Oasis, 623 E Enon Av, 817-470-2137 Critic’s Choice: Tacos La Banqueta, 2612 Hemphill St, 817-923-8846 No matter the filling, Tacos La Banqueta’s street tacos are el mejor. Savory, spicy, and made with fresh meats and veggies, they’re inexpensive and the perfect size for trying different combos. A quartet composed of pastor, chorizo, bistec, and suadero is a great start, and a taco de nopales is also a tasty move.

Sushi

Readers’ Top 5: Blue Sushi Saki Grill, 3131 W 7th St, 817-332-2583 • Hatsuyuki Handroll Bar, 907 Foch St, 817-720-5330 • Little Lilly Sushi, 6100 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ste 12, 817-989-8886 • Sushi Axiom, 2600 W 7th St, Ste 171, 817-877-3331 • Tokyo Cafe, 5121 Pershing Av, 817-737-8568 Critic’s Choice: Hatsuyuki Handroll Bar In an unassuming nook on the eastern edge of Foch Street is one of the most sublime dining experiences Fort Worth has to offer. Hatsuyuki Handroll Bar serves impeccably handcrafted

Tamales

Readers’ Choice: Tommy Tamales, 1689 W Northwest Hwy, Grapevine, 817-360-6385 Critic’s Choice: Reata, 310 Houston St, 817-336-1009 Picking the best traditional tamale in Fort Worth would require a decade to properly debate, so we’re taking the easy way and singling out the ones at Reata. They are pricey, and they are not wrapped in foil and served out of an Igloo cooler at your favorite bar. But the juicy, savory tenderloin paired with buttery pecan mash make these tamales a memorable, must-have Fort Worth meal.

Tex-Mex Food

Readers’ Choice: Mercado Juarez Cafe, 1651 E Northside Dr, 817-838-8285 Critic’s Choice: Maria’s Mexican Kitchen, 1712 S University Dr, 817-916-0550 Located in the old Hoffbrau near TCU, Maria’s is Mexican fine dining at its best. Even better, the service is top-notch. It’s almost as good as the upscale Mexican fare, especially the mole.

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or finer than here. With steaks ranging from filet mignon and bone-in New York strip to a porterhouse ($145) and a massive, mouthwatering Tomahawk (gonna run ya $160), Wicked Butcher is ideal for either a business deal or hot date.

Of all seven of the sauce options, the lobster butter can’t be beat. There’s more than steaks, of course. Wicked Butcher also serves up craft cocktails and chops, poultry, and game along with seafood, including freshly shucked oysters.

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sushi rolls like the uni or red crab roll and rotating cuts of sashimi splendor. If you’re looking for something nontraditional, try the handrolls. Conical or cylindrical seaweed casings hold sushi-grade rice and your choice of sashimi, caviar, or other nuanced and flavorful fillings.

Each handroll is about the size of an uncut sushi roll, and the crisp, salty outer shell and soft and mild rice and fish make for magic in your mouth.

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Thai Food

Readers’ Choice: Spice, 411 W Magnolia Av, 817-984-1800 Critic’s Choice: Zaap Kitchen, 1621 River Run, 682-255-5752 Yes, yes, this is a Laotian restaurant, but the Thai entries on their menu are good and plentiful enough for us to put this TCU hangout in this category. The place is open late and priced cheaply enough for students to afford, and the notes of lemongrass and spice will sate anyone who’s in the mood for papaya salad, larb gai, and drunken noodles. Don’t overlook the Lao options like the chicken soup and iced coffee, either.

name indicates, it also comes through with noodle dishes like the dry, transparent crystal kind served with soy dressing in the bottom and clear broth on the side. A plethora of boba teas, coffee drinks, and smoothies will round out your meal.

seafood destination. Not only are the waiters and servers polite and prompt, they’re also well versed in the menu, which comes in handy when members of your party may have food allergies or certain dietary preferences. Wine director Candice Miller is also a pure delight.

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Wings

Readers’ Choice: Scott Berkman, Ellerbe Fine Foods, 1501 W Magnolia Av, 817-926-3663 Critic’s Choice: Waters Restaurant, 301 Main St, 817-984-1110 There’s never a time when Jon Bonnell doesn’t deserve praise, so in a world full of overworked waiters, servers, and line cooks, we’ll happily go with the team at the celebrity chef’s downtown

Readers’ Choice: Buffalo Bros, 415 Throckmorton St, 817-887-9533 Critic’s Choice: Mighty Chick Hot Chicken, 8247 Rufe Snow Dr, Ste 500, Watauga, 817-720-9573 This sports bar offers as close to authentic Korean fried chicken as we have in this county.

That’s recommendation enough in itself, but the wings themselves are enormous. The place

offers seven different flavors of them — the Sweet N Spicy might be just as good as the Korean ones — and seasonal craft beers to wash them down while you watch the big game.

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Vietnamese Food

Readers’ Choice: Four Sisters — A Taste of Vietnam, 1001 S Main St, 682-385-9353 Critic’s Choice: Noodles @ Boba Tea House, 7355 N Beach St, 817-234-9996 We’re spoiled for choice with Vietnamese restaurants in our city. This near-Keller hangout makes many different kinds of pho, but as its

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Readers’ Choice: Spiral Diner & Bakery, 1314 W Magnolia Av, 817-332-8834 Critic’s Choice: Mariachi’s Dine-In, 5724 Locke Av, 682-760-9606 This is not a case of “How dare some restaurant challenge King Spiral” but “Why aren’t there more options for vegans and even vegetarians?”

In a world full of meat lovers, a.k.a. Cowtown, Mariachi’s has devoted at least half of its kitchen to vegan offerings. And not just any vegan items but scrumptious ones that would turn on just about any Spiral Diner regular. Asada vegano burritos, chorizo vegano salad, hickory Chik’n vegano street tacos, pastor vegano torta, Impossible burgers — they’re all outstandingly flavorful and served with love. Mariachi’s may make a vegan lover out of you yet.

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Readers’ Choice: jackfruit birria, Mariachi’s DineIn, 5724 Locke Av, 682-760-9606 Critic’s Choice: Texas Hot Chik’n, Spiral Diner & Bakery, 1314 W Magnolia Av, 817-332-8834 Not only is Spiral’s Texas Hot “Chicken” sandwich the best vegan dish out there, but it’s maybe the best sandwich we’ve had in a long time. Don’t know about the calorie or fat content and, frankly, don’t care. Tossed in a blend of subtle barbecue and Buffalo sauces and served on a buttered sesame-seed bun with lettuce (some), pickles, and mayonnaise, the crispily breaded Chik’n strips simply melt in your mouth while stuffing it aggressively with savoriness. Little tip: Tell Spiral to hold the obligatory side of chips and instead order (and pay extra for) a cup of the scrumptious pasta salad. A bite of that and a bite of the Texas Hot at the same time? *chef’s kiss*

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order, health nut. Closer to home, The Bearded Lady courteously offers the My Oh My, It’s Frito Pie: half-pound patty topped with Frito-crusted cheese patty, house-made chili, Fritos, and a sour cream drizzle. Your mouth and belly thank you in advance. The upshot is if you miss this Burger of the Month offering, the Lady’s old favorites are still there for you, starting with the L.U.S.T. Burger (half-pound patty stuffed with feta cheese and roasted poblanos, topped with melted gouda, caramelized onion, and avocado) and the Spicy AF Burger (melted pepper jack, fried Fresno peppers, grilled jalapeños, lettuce, and onion, drizzled with house-made habanero mayo), which actually isn’t all that spicy, just flavored properly.

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Critic’s Choice: (tie) The Chubby Chaser, Eagle’s Point Bar & Grill, 1029 N Saginaw Blvd, Saginaw, 817-349-9387; My Oh My, It’s Frito Pie, The Bearded Lady, 300 S Main St, 817-349-9832 Seems like the hot thing these days is to put delicious sides not next to your burger but actually on it. Out in Saginaw, the newish Eagle’s Point specializes in creative and scrumptious burgers that are decidedly funky yet approachable. In addition to the fan

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Critic’s Choice: Dimassi Mediterranean Buffet, 6357 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-862-7432 Since 1992, family-owned Dimassi Mediterranean Buffet has been building locations throughout the state of Texas, including many in Houston and three in Dallas. Now, Fort Worth finally has one as well. Located in the long-vacant, freestanding Black Eyed Pea building on Camp Bowie, Dimassi specializes in authentic Halal and Mediterranean cuisine made with fresh ingredients. Affordably priced, this is the perfect place to take your uninitiated friends to sample some Mediterranean. The buffet is only $13.85 at lunch, $14.77 at dinner, and $17.54 on weekends.

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Critic’s Choice: Big State Fountain Grill, 100 E Irving Blvd, Irving, 214-307-5000 Originally the site of a men’s haberdashery at the turn of the century and then a drug store in 1948, Big State Fountain Grill was purchased in 2014 and converted to a diner by Rick and Susan Fairless — of Stroker’s Dallas motorcycle destination fame — who are second and fifth generation Irvingites, respectively. “We were devastated when Big State Drug closed their doors, so we decided to buy it with our hearts and not our heads,” Rick said. “We are very happy we did!” Along with the typical diner breakfast items and hand-dipped ice cream, Big State is known for “damn good” burgers with your choice of fries, tater tots, or, for a bit more, onion rings, but it’s the newest side item — fried okra — that really has our attention. Lightly battered and fried to crispy perfection, it’s a must-try.

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Readers’ Choice: (tie) The Boiled Owl Tavern, 909 W Magnolia Av, 817-920-9616 • The Chat Room Pub, 1263 W Magnolia Av, 817-922-8319 Critic’s Choice: The Boiled Owl Tavern What makes a bar-bar a destination? Good bartenders, No. 1. A close second is safety.

Third? How about … vibe? In Fort Worth, there’s no vibier watering hole than the Owl, and it’s not only because it’s the epicenter of Creative Fort Worth. (Many a Leon Bridges sighting has happened here.) The dangerously hip employees are genuinely nice. And socially conscious. Two of the hardest-hitting acts in town, Cool Jacket and Unspell, perform 8pm Wed, Sep 29, as part of a fundraiser for Texas Equal Access Fund, a nonprofit devoted to “making reproductive rights a reality.” The show is free, and it’s dollar-off drafts and wells, but donations would be nice.

Readers’ Choice: Sapphire Davenport, The Urban Cowboy Saloon, 2620 E Lancaster Av, 682-707-5660 Critic’s Choice: Jason Pollard, The Usual, 1408 W Magnolia Av, 817-810-0114

Beer Selection

Readers’ Choice: Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 111 E 3rd St, 817-336-7470 Critic’s Choice: Buffalo Bros, various locations Sure, there are heavier hitters when it comes to beer options. World of Beer offers 500 brews from 40 countries, and the Flying Saucer serves up a dizzying 200 labels on draught. Kudos to those stalwart suds peddlers, but few frostycentric joints offer the total package that

Readers’ Choice: Chef’s Point Bar & Restaurant, 5901 Watauga Rd, Watauga, 817-656-0080 Critic’s Choice: The Rim, 295 E Renfro St, Burleson, 817-663-2950 Chef Keith Hicks is back. The former head of Buttons (R.I.P.) has a new seafood venture, The Rim, that serves up one helluva Bloody Mary.

More of a meal than a mixed drink, the Rim’s Bloody Mary Breakfast is a looming tower of meat (bacon-wrapped pretzel, single jumbo shrimp, Hicks’ signature chicken wang, sausage link, and obligatory tiny pickle for garnish) stuck into a glass of Bloody Mary. Once you munch your way through that meaty treat, your reward awaits — a tall serving of spicy, vodka-infused tomato juice that just might knock you over if you don’t share it with your compadres.

The Usual’s longtime bartender and now managing partner Jason Pollard has kept the discerning watering hole’s standards at the highest levels. beer have divided Texans every bit as much as presidential elections, but Martin House brews have also been a reminder that beer is also what unites us as Americans. We’re glad the taproom is once again open. Thanks for churning out fun and quirky beers while we were homebound throughout most of 2020. We still have mixed feelings about the ranch dipping sauce beer y’all released, but being an innovator in today’s craft beer market sometimes means setting aside convention in the interest of having fun.

Brewery

Readers’ Top 5: Cowtown Brewing, 1301 E Belknap St, 817-489-5800 • HopFusion Ale Works, 200 E Broadway Av, 682-841-1721 • Martin House Brewing Company, 220 S Sylvania Av, Ste 209, 817-222-0177 • Neutral Ground Brewing Company, 2929 Race St, 682-499-6033 • Wild Acre Brewing Co., 1734 E El Paso St, Ste 190, 817-882-9453 Critic’s Choice: Martin House Brewing Company It’s almost a cliche by now: What will Martin House come up with next? The Riverside brewery has released every conceivable style of beer by this point, and they’ve all been pretty damn tasty. Strong opinions over pickle

Comedy Club

Readers’ Choice: Four Day Weekend, 312 Houston St, Ste 7404, 817-226-4329 Critic’s Choice: Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub, 425 Commerce St, 817-877-5233 We just don’t talk about Hyena’s enough. In our defense, shows that are already sold out can’t go in Night & Day. (ND features seven things to do the week our paper comes out and getting turned away at the door is simply a drag. A what not to do, if you will.) But we digress. Our point is this: What is our point?

Oh, yes. Hyena’s brings in strictly the best in comedic entertainment. In short, the next time Pauly Shore tickets go on sale, you best act fast.

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The Usual was North Texas’ first craft cocktail bar when it opened in 2009 on the Near Southside. The craft cocktail movement started on the East and West coasts years earlier as part of a rediscovery of the hand-crafted libations Americans and Europeans enjoyed before bars started peddling Crown and Coke and other easy-to-make-but-bland mixed drinks. The Usual’s longtime bartender and now managing partner has kept the discerning watering hole’s standards at the highest levels. The Usual offers more than superlative drinks. The staff are always friendly and attentive. The bartenders see mixing and serving cocktails as a calling and not a gig. Pollard deserves mad credit for the Usual’s continued success.

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It’s almost a cliche by now: What will Martin House come up with next? As if pickle beer wasn’t adventurous enough.

Readers’ Choice: Laugh Your MASS Off, MASS, 1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774 Critic’s Choice: Claws Out Comedy With regular shows, open-mic nights, a podcast, and a mission of humanizing the experiences of folks with mental health conditions, Claws Out Comedy has quickly grown into a multifaceted operation. And it all started from the warped and hilarious mind of local comedian Monna.

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the silver piano as a DJ booth to the transparent, glowing floors and #selfie-worthy pink Cadillac, Your Mom’s House is your destination for seeing and being seen. Please tip your servers and treat them well. These gals and guys hustle more than any single person on the dance floor.

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Banks, Mark Mayr, and Katherine Clause. Tipsy Tuesdays at Funky Picnic Brewery & Cafe and Ladies’ Comedy Night at Twilite Lounge (which features a burlesque drag show after) can help you start your week the right way — by pounding some shots and laughing your ass off.

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Readers’ Choice: Thompson’s Bookstore, 900 Houston St, 817-882-8003 Critic’s Choice: Que Bueno, La Onda, 2905 Race St, 817-607-8605 Yes, there should be an accent mark in the “Que.” We had this cocktail back in the spring, and while it’s not currently available at the Latin seafood place, we can’t forget how the vanilla bitters and Mexican chocolate gave so much snap to the rye whiskey base. Without being cloyingly sweet, this cocktail is good enough to make a whiskey drinker out of someone who avoids the spirit.

More of a meal than a mixed drink, the Rim’s Bloody Mary Breakfast is a looming tower of meat (bacon-wrapped pretzel, single jumbo shrimp, Hicks’ signature chicken wang, sausage link, and obligatory tiny pickle for garnish) stuck into a glass of Bloody Mary.

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Readers’ Choice: Studio Eighty, 500 Taylor St, 817-332-4833 Critic’s Choice: Your Mom’s House, 3005 Bledsoe St, 817-832-3244 As massive and energetic as Texas Republic is, the smaller Your Mom’s House is just as buzzing and buzzy and arguably better organized. From

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Readers’ Choice: Blackland Distillery, 2616 Weisenberger St, 682-268-5333 Critic’s Choice: SuTi Craft Distillery, 528 W Kennedale Pkwy, 817-330-3976 The distilling industry, at least domestically, is largely preoccupied with replicating existing recipes or marginally tweaking popular spirits through infusions and aging techniques. Rarely does an entirely new liquor hit the U.S. market.

About a year ago, Suy Dinh and Tien Ngo, both natives of Vietnam, released a spirit that had never been produced in the United States — Ruou De. The rice-based liquor is about 40% alcohol and has a profile not dissimilar to sake but with the slight fragrance of jasmine rice. Dinh and Tien used a recipe and distilling technique that date back several generations. The newish operation offers two options: Old Man and Lion 45. Old Man is a little feisty and not unlike moonshine while Lion 45 would be considered smoother by American-palate standards. The single distillation and one-month aging process is intended to preserve the natural flavors and esters of long-grain rice — just like it was made several decades ago in pre-war Vietnam.

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Readers’ Choice: 1851 Club, 931 W Division St, 817-642-5554 Critic’s Choice: My Oh My!, various locations, 817-946-2295 Locals no longer have to hoof it over to Dallas to see amazing drag shows. Liberty Lounge, Twilite Lounge, The Urban Cowboy Saloon, and other nightspots frequently host the uproariously entertaining dance and lip-syncing extravaganzas.

For the past several years, Robert Burke has been carefully growing and nurturing one of the best shows in town. My Oh My! has all the qualities of a great drag show that locals

Gentlemen’s Club

Readers’ Choice: Bucks Cabaret, 2345 Meacham Blvd, 817-740-0026 Critic’s Choice: Roxy Showgirls, 1300 NE Loop 820, 817-626-7699 For starters, you can’t miss the place as bright lights call you to the Roxy from the freeway. The

dancers are numerous, and while the DJ spins mostly hip-hop and R&B, the club staffs women of varying ethnicities and styles. While the cover is $20 per person, it’s BYOB, so you can save your bills for the ladies. As the club opens at 4pm — no day shift is probably a plus — many fans make this their after-work happy hour spot. On Friday and Saturday, it’s open until 5am, so add it to your latenight list as well. For a break in the action, head to Tumbleweeds Sports Bar at the same intersection.

Happy Hour

Readers’ Choice: The Abbey Pub, 2710 W 7th St, 817-810-9930 Critic’s Choice: Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, 3100 W 7th St, 817-336-8000

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Hotel Bar

Readers’ Choice: Hotel Drover, 200 Mule Alley, 817-755-5557 Critic’s Choice: The Sinclair, 512 Main St, 682231-8214 Fort Worth’s hotels are bringin’ the swank.

Newcomer Hotel Dryce is showing Cowtown that local art can be as much of a draw as any room amenity. The boutique hotel’s bar is headed by mixologist extraordinaire Pam Moncrief.

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Karaoke Night

Readers’ Choice: Sarah’s Place, 5223 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-731-7337 Critic’s Choice: Oscar’s Bar & Grill, 1581 SW Wilshire Blvd, Ste 101, Burleson, 817-447-7232 Christian Baird is no stranger to great music and gourmet food. As the owner of the Green Room in Dallas and a musician himself, he was excited to re-open Oscar’s Bar & Grill earlier this year. When his original local band Lowside isn’t on the bill, Baird hosts tribute bands, a great new entertainment option for Burleson. With a full gourmet food menu that includes unique items like pork wings, Oscar’s is a one-stop shop for dinner, drinks, and a show. On Sundays, you can actually be the show by signing up to sing karaoke. Karen Bell Poole has an ongoing karaoke residency weekly starting at 6pm.

Paso, Ste 130, 817-841-2837 Start with carefully collected rainwater, a cornbased mash, six distillations, and more rainwater to cut to 90 proof, and you have the basic recipe for Silver Star Spirit’s vodka. The clear, smooth, and velvety liquid is devoid of any off-putting flavors and makes for the perfect base for a classic martini, dirty or otherwise. You can enjoy a handcrafted ’tini at the distillery’s bar, which boasts an adjacent kid- and dog-friendly whiskey garden. Weekend tours, often led by the distillery’s president, Bob Camillone, are a great way to learn about the distilling process and some of the extra steps that go into making Silver Star Spirits a local favorite.

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Readers’ Choice: Daniel “DJ” Alvarez, The Post at River East, 2925 Race St, 817-945-8890 Critic’s choice: Brittany Webber, Mash’d, 2948 Crockett St, 817-882-6723 Across the street from Crockett Hall there’s this place that also sports a big, airy indoor space that works if you’re being conscious of the pandemic. Mash’d’s assistant manager will make you a traditional cocktail like a Ranch Water or a Manhattan, but order some of the place’s more adventurous creations, and you’ll find a Rowdy Rhonda with a riot of fruit flavors or a chocolate- and marshmallow-flavored Double Dealer that’s like a boozy coffee after dinner.

Music Open-Mic Night

Readers’ Choice: Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 Critic’s Choice: Blues Jam at Lola’s Trailer Park, 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 Led by guitarist/pianist/singer/sweetheart extraordinaire Big Mike Richardson, Lola’s jam may not be the kind of open-mic you’re thinking of (i.e., sad white guys with acoustic guitars), but it is egalitarian. Shelve your ego, bring your axe or sticks, sign up, and Big Mike and the boys will welcome you heartily every Thursday from 7pm to 10pm. No cover, and the Delicias De Guerrero Food Truck is on-site slinging juicy, mouthwatering tacos y mas. continued on page 66

Readers’ Choice: Muy Frio Margaritas, 3613 W Vickery Blvd, Ste 109, 817-238-3386 Critic’s Choice: Yucatan Tequila Bar and Grill, 909 W Magnolia Av, Ste 10, 682-213-5858 Light, refreshing, not too acidic, not too sugary, this is an ideal mainstream margarita if drinking isn’t your side job and just another something to do that’s fun. What we’re probably trying to say is that while it’s certainly not the fanciest margarita in town, it sure does hit the spot. And when you think about it, isn’t your palate the best judge?

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There’s no easy answer to that question, but building a community that accepts and affirms folks no matter their sexual orientation, gender, or non-gender is a great place to start. Liberty Lounge, the newish bar on the Near Southside, is headed by Jenna Hill-Higgs, a longtime publicschool teacher who was raised by two lesbian mothers. #BigLoveJenna and her staff are just as concerned about how your day went as your drink order. Hill-Higgs is a deep listener and chronic hugger. Expect nothing but good vibes and a welcoming and loving environment from Liberty Lounge.

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Music Venue

Readers’ Choice: Tulips FTW, 112 St. Louis Av, 817-367-9798 Critic’s Choice: Tulips FTW With the energetic hues and murals on its walls, the room’s crisp sound, and a calendar that showcases a good mix of locals and the midlevel touring acts that festivals are made of, Tulips is a fun place to be. The beer selection is good, there are some tasty signature drinks (try the Hibiscus Ilegal Ranch Water), and the spacious patio is a trip to just sit in and enjoy the atmosphere. Nice bathrooms, too!

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Readers’ Choice: Shaw’s Patio Bar & Grill, 1051 W Magnolia Av, 817-926-2116 Critic’s Choice: (tie) Ático, at Springhill Suites, 2315 N Main St, 682-255-5112 and Branch & Bird, at the Frost Tower, 640 Taylor St, 12th Floor, 682-785-8888 What can we say, we like riding high. Located atop the new-ish hotel in the Stockyards, Ático offers an intimate yet open-feeling atmosphere while at Branch & Bird, the entirety of the Fort Worth skyline is at your fingertips. The food at both places is also outstanding.

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Restaurant Bar

Readers’ Choice: The Bearded Lady, 300 S Main St, 817-349-9832 Critic’s Choice: Tinie’s Mexican Cuisine, 113 S Main St, 682-255-5425

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Shot List

Readers’ Choice: The Shot Cellar, 931 Foch St, 817-386-3561 Critic’s Choice: The Shot Cellar The Shot Cellar’s menu literally has 300 shots on it. One of them is called a Reptar Depth Bomb.

Another is called Alexis Texas. Pick your pun and reference, this place probably has a shot named for it. The menu is like if the 1-800-BARTEND song went on for 30 or 40 additional verses, and if there’s something you’ve heard of that isn’t listed, the bartenders can probably figure it out for you. And if such a swirling maelstrom of choices overwhelms your single-minded, whiskey-served-neat brain, there’s a spin of the ever-popular Shot Wheel to guide you.

Sports Bar

Readers’ Choice: Buffalo Bros, 3015 S University Dr, 817-386-9601 Critic’s Choice: Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, 6501 N Fwy, 817-420-9988 Basically, everywhere you look, there’s a TV tuned to sports — 17, in fact. And that’s just inside. There are a few more on the sweet enclosed patio. We

hear you thinking: Isn’t every bar a sports bar, essentially? Oh, how wrong you’d be. At Boston’s, the atmosphere also counts, and what we appreciate about this North Fort Worth establishment is its devotion to the Fort. Instead of Cowboys, Rangers, and Stars stuff, there’s a collage of famous Fort Worth architecture, including TCU. There’s also a couple F-Dub brews on draft. Bigger bonus? The food is top-notch. You gotta try the pizza burger, a cheeseburger wrapped in a pepperoni pizza and stuffed with bacon, mozzarella, and pizza sauce.

Magnifico. Looking for ladies in skimpy clothing, and that’s it? Go elsewhere.

Wine Bar

Readers’ Choice: Magnolia Wine Bar, 1101 W Magnolia Av, 817-632-6070 Critic’s Choice: Rancho Loma Vineyards, 411 S Main St, Ste 104, 817-349-9030 Admittedly, we’d like this hangout better if it were open more days of the week. Even so, this tasting room features live music and outdoor seating as well as samples of their awardwinning pours. While it’s still warm outside, you might want to taste their cinsault rosé.

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About the Cover: Celestial L’Amour as No Doubt

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Welcome to Our Anti-Tragic Kingdom

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What better way than to re-imagine No Doubt’s seminal album Tragic Kingdom in the style of our people?

Rather than oranges — rotting or otherwise — around these parts, we prefer Parker County peaches. Our awesomeness doesn’t draw flies. It draws honey-lovin’ bees. While the tree in the background is reminiscent of a certain infamous mimosa tree that went missing from the local scene this year, that fact is purely coincidental. (Or is it? Well, that’s a story for another time and place.) For the main attraction, we invited local up-and-coming alt-rock band Celestial L’Amour to play the part of No Doubt.

Just like the Weekly, Gwen Stefani is still relevant all these years later. She has gone beyond her ska-band beginnings, succeeded as a solo artist, dominated reality TV, and found the love of her life. We have no doubt (see what we did there?) that many of our readers spotted Stefani and her country beau Blake Shelton around North Texas this summer en route to their wedding at his ranch. Keep an eye on Gwen Stefani — and Celestial L’Amour — because as they say, #TheFutureIsFemale.

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As our own Juan Govea wrote in July upon the release of the single “Le Sable,” there are lots of new tracks from the Fort Worth songwriting duo of married couple Celestial L’Amour and Luis Lopez. The band’s latest releases are on Spotify and at CelestialLamour.

Bandcamp.com. In fact, the newest single, “Knocking on the Door,” was just released today.

Specializing in songs of hardship and grace, Celestial L’Amour never loses sight of hope. While not technically categorized as “Christian,” lyrically the idea of a higher power is at play in the band’s songs. (Hopefulness is a mid-/ post-pandemic necessity for all of us, don’t you think?)

L’Amour, Lopez, and company have been releasing singles at a rapid pace since the start of the pandemic and intend to return to the studio soon and played a final gig at MASS (1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774) before going on hiatus. To see some of the video footage, go to Facebook.com/Celestial L’Amour.

If you did not attend, you’ll just have to wait until November. That’s when the band intends to play its next show.

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