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he list of eclectic dining options in downtown Fort Worth is growing, with new venues popping up on every corner. Chili’s, Bennigan’s and La Madeleine are gone, but new locally-owned favorites have appeared and are creating big buzz. Dallas-based Jake’s Hamburgers has opened where Chili’s once sat on Main Street, and offers some of the best burgers around. Shakes, salads, malts and fried dessert bites are other menu highlights from this casual new downtown dive.
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Dixie House Café, a 25-year old family-owned and operated diner, has opened their seventh location downtown in the former Bennigan’s spot on Houston Street. The restaurant is known for old-fashioned homestyle favorites, including chicken fried steak, homemade meatloaf and country pork chops. The Simon family’s Belknap location is the original Dixie House restaurant and has been attracting downtown workers for lunch for years. Regulars know the neighborhood restaurant as the “Home of the Big Buns,” referring to warm, generous dinner rolls. Breakfast is also popular, featuring fresh egg burritos, French toast, omelets and more. The restaurant opens at 6:30 a.m. Another new restaurant that is gaining many accolades is Grace, the super contemporary eatery that breaks the mold of typical Fort Worth dining. The wine list is extensive, spanning more than 35 pages, and the chic outdoor patio is quickly becoming Fort Worth’s see and be seen spot. The beautiful new Omni Fort Worth Hotel is home to a handful of new restaurants, including the celebrated
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Bob’s Steak & Chop House, Wine Thief, a cozy wine bar, and Whiskey & Rye, a hotel version of a Fort Worth watering hole. One recent visit featured the music of Three Fools on Three Stools, and patrons couldn’t get enough of fun-loving music along as well as the bar food. Cabo Grande now offers brunch on Sundays which features an abundant buffet and many bottomless drink options, including mimosas, bloody marys, sangria and margaritas. Entrees include prime rib, chicken specialties and freshly made custom omelets. Another brunch hot spot is Taverna, a pizzeria and “risotteria” that offers Italianinspired breakfast items on Saturday and Sunday. Dishes include a tangy, creamy crab eggs Benedict, French toast with Mascarpone cheese and a fluffy shrimp and asparagus omelet. Pizzas for dinner are also especially delicious, not overly sauced and feature thin airy crusts.
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Lunch options downtown are plentiful and include convenient order-at-the-counter venues such as Qdoba, Potbelly, Subway, Quizno’s and Sammy’s Pizza. Vying for downtown’s favorite burger are Billy Miner’s Saloon, a Fort Worth original featuring burgers grilled to order, and Zippy’s All American Grill, a tiny joint with monstrous servings, including crispy fried onion rings. Coffee enthusiasts will appreciate Four Star Coffee Bar, not only for the fresh and flavorful brew, but for the hearty sandwiches, personal pizzas, and the local art adorning the walls. The comfortable setting makes for a pleasant lunch retreat from the office. One of Fort Worth’s favorite barbecue joints has a location downtown that draws a nice lunch and dinner crowd. Riscky’s Barbecue is known for finger-lickin’ sauce and tender pork ribs. Meanwhile, just across Main Street sits an upscale, intimate restaurant the Chop House. Quiet and great for romantic evenings, the Chop House also consistently serves one of the best steaks downtown. For New England style seafood specialties, Daddy Jack’s is a wonderful choice. Creamy lobster bisque and shrimp pasta with herbed tomato cream are menu standouts. Patio seating is now available. While Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse still remains a downtown icon for premium steaks and a classy atmosphere, the restaurant’s former longtime sommelier Cef Zambrano is experiencing his own success with his Houston Street wine bar, Zambrano Wine Cellar. The
host is known for his genuine hospitality, cozy setting and great wine and pizza selections. The signature pizza features bubbling melted cheese, artichokes, sweet red onion and jamon Serrano. The caprese salad is a tower of beefsteak tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, drizzled with balsamic. Take advantage of “Champagne Wednesdays,” when all bottles of bubbly are half price. Downtown’s Mexican options are festive with highenergy atmospheres, including Mi Cocina and Cantina Laredo. Mi Cocina offers flavorful, tender steak fajitas nachos, savory brisket tacos and the popular Rico Salad. And Thursday Night is “Ladies’ Night” at Cantina Laredo, with half price wines and house margaritas.
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hile driving or walking down Magnolia Avenue on the Near Southside, one gets the feeling that this street just south of downtown is fast becoming a unique restaurant row in Fort Worth. In fact, the entire Hospital District is fast becoming the destination spot for those who desire restaurants with unique menus, chefs and entrepreneurs who like to step out of the box, with many of these eateries in restored historic buildings. Those in the restaurant biz are calling the Near Southside restaurant boom as “unchained,” meaning these are local mom-and-pop establishments with one location. Whether that be the long established Paris Coffee shop with its down home breakfast and lunch menu or the Spiral Diner with its award winning vegan cuisine, the choices for food in the district are all over the map. Add into that mix places like Chadra Mezza & Grill, a mix of Lebanese and Italian; Hot Dam, Tamales with a gourmet approach to a simple Mexican dish; Nonna Tata’s fine Italian cuisine; the great brunches at Benito’s; Egyptian and Mediterranean fare at the King Tut Restaurant; and the perfect atmosphere of Lili’s Bistro, where global cuisine with local flavors can be enjoyed at umbrella-covered tables on the sidewalk. “The Near Southside has established a reputation for being a fun part of town with wonderful food and entertainment here in Fort Worth’s central city area,” said Paul Paine, president of Fort Worth South, Inc., the nonprofit organization that works to promote business and the revitalization of the area.
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“The unchained restaurants are one of the premier attractions for people looking for great dinner options with special character, intimacy, and atmosphere that makes for a memorable experience,” Paine continued. “The Near Southside has experienced a re-inventing of past years when this was the premier mixed-use area to
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live, work and play. This area has been getting recognized as the “new hot spot” in Fort Worth, and we keep getting better.” And things should indeed be getting better. More local entrepreneurs are eyeing this Near Southside area as the critical mass of diners is making it a destination spot. Several new restaurants are in the planning stages, and some should be open by the year’s end. Ellerbe Fine Foods will be opening in a few months in a 1948 gas station on Magnolia Ave. Childhood friends Richard King, who has 15-years in the restaurant business, and chef Molly McCook, who has extensive experience in Louisiana and California, will bring a dining spot to Fort Worth that will combine sit down eating with retail to-go segments as well. As for the name “Ellerbe,” King said it comes from the street McCook’s grandparents lived on in Shreveport, Louisiana. “We plan to focus on quality and seasonal products,” McCook said. “Our philosophy is that by serving local and in-season products, we are not only doing our part to eliminate damage that shipping food causes to the environment, but we are supporting local farmers and the health of our customers.” Ellerbe Fine Foods will have indoor and outdoor seating, along with pre-made meal options and a retail market. The retail will offer wine, cheese, specialty vinegars, jellies, olive oils and more. The wine selection will change seasonally to complement the menu. “We were thrilled to find the location on Magnolia,” King said. “This street and the surrounding area are key to urban living in Fort Worth and our restaurant and market concept fits perfectly into that. This area has become your local small business scene. There are so many great restaurants here, but they are all so varied.”
Carlo Galotto is planning a brewpub on Magnolia that will feature Italian fare with beer brewed on site. The Zio Carlo Italian Brew Pub has had some damaged ceiling issues from the old building that once housed a dry cleaner business on Magnolia Avenue, so the launch date has been delayed. But Galotto is still very bullish on the opportunities on the Near Southside. “What I want to do is a friendly brew pub, very simple in concept on both the beer and the food for the people who live in the neighborhood and those that work nearby,” Galotto said. “This part of town is just a wonderful place, and I believe very strongly in that location.” If the architectural problems can be fixed, Galotto plans an outdoor beer garden, inside and outside dining, and two big copper brew tanks visible to the patrons inside. What is happening on Magnolia Avenue and throughout the entire Hospital District is the development of a bar, restaurant and entertainment district that will have a distinct neighborhood feel and one that will complement the options downtown. Fort Worth is studying a modern streetcar line that could run from downtown out South Main Street, and then west on Magnolia Ave. If that is implemented, office workers from both downtown and the Hospital district - along with tourists and conventioneers staying in downtown hotels - would have better access to the new dining “hot spot.”
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fter two months of worldwide screening recitals with 151 auditions, a panel of five judges selected thirty pianists to compete in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The event will take place at Bass Performance Hall, May 22 to June 7, 2009. At stake is an unparalleled opportunity to perform throughout the United States, as the six finalists share three years of concert tours, including more than 300 engagements coordinated by the Van Cliburn Foundation. In addition, the gold medalist will perform international engagements arranged by IMG Artists Europe. Collectively, the Cliburn winners will earn more than $1,000,000 during that time. The 2009 competitors range in age from nineteen to thirty, and include thirteen women and seventeen men. For the first time in the competition’s forty-seven-year history, a blind pianist will compete. Five of the pianists competed in the 2005 Cliburn Competition: Stephen Beus (United States), Soyeon Lee (Korea), Ang Li (Canada), Ilya Rashkovskiy (Russia), and Di Wu (China). Ms. Lee is excited to compete again for Cliburn gold: “I have been waiting for a chance to return for some time now, and I know that the 2009 Cliburn experience will be an important step in my musical career no matter the outcome.” Thirteen of the thirty competitors are from Asian countries. With seven competitors, China will have the largest number of representatives. The thirteen other countries represented in the competition are Australia (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1), Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (3), Korea (4), Russia (2), Ukraine (1), and the United States (5). As part of the Foundation’s goal to provide media exposure for all pianists participating in the competition, the seventeen-day event will be webcast live and on-demand, free of charge, starting May 22. Once again, online audiences will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite pianists, and new this year, voting will occur at each phase of the competition. Register to view the webcast at www.cliburn. org. Children twelve and older may attend competition performances in Bass Hall. Those under twelve are welcome to experience the competition at the closed-circuit viewings in the Van Cliburn Recital Hall, free of charge. The hall is in the Maddox-Muse center at 4th and Calhoun Streets, across from Bass Performance Hall. Single tickets for the Thirteenth Competition are now on sale. In addition to single tickets, some subscription packages are available at discount prices. Please note: mezzanine seats have sold out for the Final Round. For single tickets, please call 817.335.9000 or visit www.centralticketoffice.com. Order The stage is set for Van Cliburn 2009. subscriptions online at www.cliburntickets.org.
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in the country in the next 10 years” is ushering in Cabo’s third wave. The famous enchiladas are still on the menu, but they are bookended with more exotic dishes from, well, name your favorite Latin country. Start with northern Spain’s caldo gallego, a thick bean soup richly flavored with ham, chorizo, and peppers. Or a sparkling Peruvian ceviche, starring niblets of shrimp, scallops, squid, and lobster marinated in ginger, lime, garlic, and olive oil; cilantro, tomatoes, and red onion add color and a bit of crunch. At the other end of the menu, “Cabo Grandé Favorites” include Argentine steak churrasco, a seasoned 16-ounce bone-in prime ribeye served with chimichurri, a vinegar-based sauce with herbs and garlic. Short ribs, all the rage in Fort Worth right
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now, are given the Brazilian treatment here: Resting on a rich mushroom-wine sauce with a hint of chili, the meat is fall-apart tender and very tasty. Non-redmeat-eaters will love the snapper de rojo, an 8-ounce filet topped with a creamy lemon butter sauce, and the Catalan rotisserie pollo, a half chicken smothered with sautéed shallots, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Entrees come with two sides; the grilled veggies are always delicious, but our favorites (so far) are the thick black beans and fluffy Cuban rice. Newcomers to Latin cuisine have a perfect opportunity to explore their palates at Cabo’s Sunday brunch. The price includes bottomless mimosas, sangrias, bloody marys, and Cabo’s delicious house margaritas, but the primary attraction is the buffet table, so long it almost fades into the distance, of Latin and American brunch standards. You’ll find the caldo gallego here, but be warned, the bean soup is very filling; save room to try the Catalan chicken and the taco bar with ropa vieja (Cuban-style shredded beef). American breakfast items include scrambled eggs with or without chorizo, omelets made to order, biscuits and gravy, pancakes,
sausage and bacon, and the like; lunchminded folks will hover at the roast beef carving station. Desserts include sweet fresh fruit and a sublime white chocolate bread pudding. Servers check in at your table constantly, keeping water and margarita glasses full. In just a few months, Picazo has brought the best of Latin cuisine to Sundance - including Saturday-night salsadancing classes - and we have a feeling he’s not done yet. (Frankly, we’re still hoping for cabrito.) Meanwhile, we’re happy to hang in the calypso-themed El Rincon bar, drinking $2 margaritas (until 7pm) and munching on yummy fried plantains. It’s a bueno life.
Strolling through the Modern on a Saturday is always a pleasant way to spend an afternoon. And ending it all with a stop at Café Modern can gaurantee it is a rewarding experience, especially if you have an incurable sweet tooth. It’s one thing to sit at Cafe Modern, enjoying the spectacular view and exceptional cuisine, but what if you desire a quick, sweet treat on the run? The Chocolate-Chocolate Mousse Cake is available at the coffee counter and ready to go home with you after a day of working up your appetite through the halls of the Modern. Delicious layers of moist chocolate cake sandwiches layers of milk chocolate and white chocolate mousse surrounded by a thin, decorative chocolate frosting. The friendly Modern staff will even offer to drizzle raspberry sauce on top, which is highly recommended by this sweet tooth. Chocolate Mousse Cake $4.00 at Cafe Modern 3200 Darnell St. • 817-738-9215 • themodern.org
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chicken, ham & cheese, or roasted veggies. True to its sports-bar heart, BoomerJack’s appetizers are mostly battered, fried, and delicious: mozzarella sticks, fried pickles, fried mushrooms, cheese fries, and highly addictive “Boomer Chips” - fried sliced jalapenos served with ranch dressing ($5.99). Oh, and wings, of course. Good wings. The service: A sports bar must have attractive servers, obviously, but BoomerJack’s lovelies are also swift and attentive. You won’t go hungry or thirsty here. The verdict: Let’s run through the checklist: Cold beer. Big burgers. Wings in five flavors. Battered-n-fried appetizers with ranch sauce. Lots of hi-def TVs. Outdoor patio. Great service. Yep, BoomerJack’s has it all.
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on’t let the swine flu slow you down this May. Just take some anti-bacterial hand sanitizer with you wherever you go. You’re going to need it, because you’re going to be going out a lot. May is just chock-full of premier cultural events, starting with the Fort Worth Opera’s second annual festival. Bass Performance Hall (525 Commerce St., in Sundance Square) is hosting FWO’s takes on two classics -- Bizet’s Carmen and Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella) -- and an acclaimed contemporary opera, Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, based on the true story of a nun who tried to convince a Death
trots out West Side Story: Symphonic Dances, a mélange of Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, which will feature supreme soloist Augustin Hadelich, whose last performance with FWSO was at the symphony’s recent Carnegie Hall debut; Mejia’s Pequeña Suite; a selection of symphonic dances from Bernstein’s West Side Story; and Turina’s Danzas Fantasticas. For more information, visit www.fwsymphony. org.
uniforms and military gear from Texas landmarks such as Fort Concho, Fort Richardson, Fort Griffin, Fort Parker, and Fort McKavett, among others. Along with infantry, artillery, and cavalry demonstrations, the event will be rounded out by military parades, frontier-period re-enactors, and lots of music. All of the action will take place on the lawn of the
Inner City All Stars will rock Central Market on Thursday, May 21st.
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Row inmate to find salvation through confession. Robynne Redmon, Daniel Okulitch, and Sheryl Woods star. David Gately directs, and the Fort Worth Symphony, under the direction of Joe Illick, will provide the music. (A fourth entry in the festival, the Christmastime classic Amahl & the Night Visitors, won’t be heard until the Holidays roll around.) For more information, visit www.fwopera. org. The symphony will continue rolling through May. On the weekend of the 15th at Bass Hall, conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s crew
Also at The Bass Hall in May is the start of the 13th Annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Thirty pianists will participate in the preliminary round (May 22 through May 26), performing 50-minute solo recitals. Twelve will compete in the semifinal round (May 28 through May 31) and six in the finals (June 3 through 7). There is no more prestigious competition of its kind in the world. The six finalists receive a prize package of three years of managed concert tours (a $1,000,000-plus value), and winners perform in hundreds of venues all over the world. For more information, call 1-800-462-7979. Music of a different kind will also be blazing through May. Along with the Fort Worth Weekly, Central Market (at I-30 and South Hulen) brings you Thursday Night Live, a series of rock concerts on CM’s spacious patio that starts in the early spring and wraps up in the fall. Slated to perform in May are Texas Gypsies (May 7), Titanmoon with Odis (May 14), the Inner City All Stars (May 21), and James Hyland (formerly of the South Austin Jug Band) with Somebody’s Darling (May 28). For more information, pick up the Weekly or visit www.fwweekly.com. On Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, the historic Fort Worth Stockyards turns into an authentic representation of the Texas frontier. The Ninth Annual Frontier Forts Days is a free heritage event designed to show you what life was like back in the olden days, with authentic wagons, flags, music, colorful
Historic Livestock Exchange Building and the lawn of the Fort Worth Visitors Center on East Exchange Avenue, from 9 am to 5 pm on both days. For more information, call 817625-9715 or visit www.fortworthstockyards.org. Another great excuse to get outdoors and enjoy the great springtime weather while culture-ifying yourself is the Fort Worth Cats, whose home opener is Thursday, May 14, at LaGrave Field, on the near North Side, versus the always feisty Grand Prairie Air Hogs. Singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” will be country music Hall of Famer and Dallasite Charley Pride. A couple of days earlier, on Tuesday, May 12, you’ll get the chance to meet the players. The 2009 Meet the Team Party is at Los Vaqueros (2629 N. Main St., by the Stockyards), starting at 6 pm. The event also will feature a
Frontier Forts Days rolls into the Fort Worth Stockyards.
performance by one of Fort Worth’s craziest bands, Poo Live Crew. The cost of admission is $10. For more information, call 817-226-CATS or visit www.fwcats.com. And lastly, at Circle Theatre (230 W. 4th St., in Sundance Square), the “Catholic Neil Simon” Tom Dudzick’s Hail Mary! opens the weekend of Thursday, May 14. Told in two acts, the comedy is about the clashings between a young parochial school teacher and her Mother Superior. “The unexpected appearance of a childhood sweetheart and an eccentric priest add hilarious complications to the mix,” according to the theater. Directed by Harry Parker. For more information, visit www.circletheatre.com or call 817-8773040. Have a great May. See you ... in the summer.
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Barse Sterling Silver, a multi-million dollar company featuring sterling silver jewelry, has opened a 1,000 square foot retail store at the southeast corner of Main and 4th streets. Barse Sterling Silver is known for the best in sterling silver and semiprecious stones and is now right in the heart of downtown Fort Worth. “Barse Sterling Silver is a unique retailer that draws a client base reflective of Sundance Square’s visitors,” stated Johnny Campbell, president and CEO of Sundance Square. “Their fine quality jewelry will have great appeal to our residents, employees working in Sundance and visitors.” More than 20 years ago, Fort Worth native Melanie Barse Gobril created a design house to honor the heritage of her great uncle, renowned artist George Randolph Barse. Today, Barse can be found in major department stores throughout the United States and internationally, as well as their first retail store located in Southlake Town Square. Barse established itself as an expert in the use of genuine stones with the trend of American southwestern influenced jewelry. Today, Barse’s leadership in women’s bridge jewelry is defined by the company’s uncommon use of semi-precious stones, especially turquoise. The company targets women who desire to own distinctive sterling jewelry. “I’m so excited to be back in the heart of my hometown with a store that can showcase my best designs,” said Melanie Gobril, Barse Sterling Silver co -founder. “Sundance Square is such a vibrant location. It’s a perfect match for Barse.”
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Pictures of Then with The Cut Off Presented by: Bass Hall *Performance to be held in McDavid Studio Fri May 15 8:00 pm Thirteenth Van Cliburn Piano Competition 2009 Presented by: Cliburn Concerts May 22-June 7
Fort Worth Opera Festival 2009 Presented by: Fort Worth Opera Cinderella Fri May 2 8:00 pm Dead Man Walking Sat May 2 8:00 pm Carmen Sun May 3 2:00 pm Carmen Sun May 3 8:00 pm Cinderella Sat May 9 8:00 pm Dead Man Walking Sun May 10 2:00 pm
THEATRE Circle Theatre, Inc. 230 W. 4th St. 817-877-3040 www.circletheatre.com; plays@circletheatre.com
Central Library 500 W 3rd St 817-871-7724 www.fortworthlibrary.org City Streets 425 Commerce St. 817-335-5400 www.clubcitystreets.com
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2009 Spring Concert Presented by: Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth German Gutierrez, Conductor Tue May 12 7:30 pm Boz Scaggs Presented by: Bass Hall With Opener Kat Edmonson Wed May 13 8:00 pm West Side Story: Symphonic Dances Presented by: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Augstin Hadelich, violin Fri May 15 7:30 pm Sat May 16 8:00 pm Sun May 17 2:00 PM
Encore Lounge (inside Four Day Weekend Theater) 312 Houston St. 817-226-4329 Hyena’s Comedy Night Club 605 Houston 817-877-5233 www.hyenascomedynightclub.com
Thirteenth Competition Artwork Design: Ivan Chermayeff Incorporating Treble Clefs by Josef Albers, 1932. Courtesy of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
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Fort Worth Convention and Visitors BureauInformation Center 415 Throckmorton St. 817-336-8791 www.fortworth.com Four Day Weekend 312 Houston St. 817-226-4DAY
Fort Worth Cats Baseball LaGrave Field 301 NE 6th Street 817-226-2287 www.fwcats.com The Flying Saucer 111 E. 4th St. 817-336-7470 beerknurd.com Fort Worth Convention Center 1111 Houston St. 817-392-6338 or fortworthconventioncenter.com National Business Media, Inc May 1-3 Barbizon Modeling School May 9, 23 & 30 2009 Legend of the Five Rings May 16 Magic Regionals May 16 CMCA Spring Conference May 19-21
Jubilee Theatre 506 Main St. 817-338-4411 www.jubileetheatre.org Museums, Galleries & Exhibits Fire Station No. 1 NE corner of 2nd & Commerce Free 9:00 am - 8:00 pm daily 817-255-9300 www.fwmuseum.org/ firesta.html Historic Wall at the ITC 9th & Jones at the Intermodal Transportation Center Milan Gallery 505 Houston St. 817-338-4278 www.milangallery.com Sid Richardson Museum 309 Main Street 817-332-6554 www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org Thomas Kinkade Gallery 302 Main St. Free. Open 7 days a week, call for times. 817-335-1140 www.kinkade.com National Cowboys of Color Museum & Hall of Fame Open Wed-Sat 11 am - 6 pm 3400 Mount Vernon Avenue www.cowboysofcolor.org 817-922-9999 MISCELLANEOUS Fight Night! May 8 - Sundance Square in the Chisholm Trail Parking Lot, boxing action gets underway. www.centralticketoffice.com or by calling 817-335-9000.
Downtown Retail 7-Eleven 1401 W. Summit Avenue 817-348-0317 AlphaGraphics 201 Main Street, Suite 100 817-335-2679 817-335-3211 Barnes and Noble 401 Commerce St. 817-332-7178 Basket Mart 311 Main St. 817-882-8743 Downtown Market and Deli 901 Throckmorton St. 817-850-9494 Earth Bones 308 Main St. 817-332-2662 FED EX 901 Houston 817-348-8899 Flowers to Go 120 W. 3rd St. 817-339-2555 Haltom’s Jewelers 317 Main St. 817-336-4051 Hertz Rent a Car 917 Taylor St. 817-332-5205 Houston Street Computers 107 Houston St. 817-915-7217 Joe Daiches Credit Jewelers 101 Houston St. 817-332-6391 Jos. A. Bank 501 Houston St. 817-878-2548 Kinko’s 901 Houston St. 817-348-8899 Leddy’s Ranch at Sundance 410 Houston St. 817-336-0800 Milan Gallery 408 Houston St. 817-338-4278 Nathan Frankel Electric Supply 1109 Lamar St. 817-336-5656
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Paper Trails 508 Main St. 817-877-4362
Tobacco Lane 512 Main St. Ste. 110 817-334-0900
Café Texas (Hilton Hotel) 815 Main St. 817-870-1000
Pappagallos Classiques 408 Houston St. 817-698-8100
UPS Store at Sundance Square 209 W. 2nd Street 817-870-1604
Cantina Laredo 530 Throckmorton 817-810-0773 cantinalaredo.com
Parfumerie Marie Antoinette’s 101 W. 2nd St. 817-332-2888
Walgreen’s 921 Henderson St. 817-885-8558
Peter Bros Hats 909 Houston St. 817-335-1715
Wallace Stamp and Coin 940 W. Belknap St. 817-338-4631
Quick Way Food & Shell Gas Station 801 W. Belknap 817-338-1736
Zap Copy Center 809 Taylor St. 817-877-1800
Retro Cowboy 406 Houston St. 817-338-1194
Downtown Dining
Schakolad 106 E. 4th St. 817-870-2400 Sherry’s Gifts and Snacks 801 Cherry St., Suite 100 817-877-4333 Sherry’s Gifts and Snacks 301 Commerce St. 817-339-8829 Sid Richardson Museum Store 309 Main St. 817-332-6554 Starbucks Coffee Café 404 Houston St. 817-882-9480 Sundry Mart 200 W. 6th St. 817-332-1677 Texaco 320 E. 1st St. 817-390-8763
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915 W. Belknap St. 817-885-8590 Thomas Kincade Galleries 302 Main St. 817-335-1140 Thomas Reprographics 805 Lamar St. 817-336-0565 Thomas Rubber Stamp Company 1306 Throckmorton St. 817-332-2060
7th Street Grill 411 W. 7th St. 817-877-1390 7thstreetgrill.com 8.0 Restaurant & Bar 111 E. 3rd St. 817-336-0880 Alonti 801 Cherry St., #32 817-877-4022 alonti.com Alonti 203 Commerce, Ste 200 817-335-3988 alonti.com Bailey’s Barbeque 826 Taylor St. 817-335-7469 Barnes & Noble Café 401 Commerce St. 817-332-7178 barnesandnoble.com Billy Miner’s Saloon 150 W. 3rd St. 817-877-3301 billyminers.com Bob’s Steak and Chop House 1300 Houston St. 817-535-6664 Bobs-steakandchop.com Cabo Grande 115 W. 2nd St. 817-348-8226 Café Ashton (Ashton Hotel) 610 Main St. 817-332-0100 theashtonhotel.com
Grace 777 Main Street, G200 817-877-3388 Gracefortworth.com
Caffini’s 309 W. 7th St., #105 817-335-0526 Cast Iron 1300 Houston St 817-535-6664 Omnihotels.com/fort-worth Corner Bakery 615 Main St. 817-870-4991 cornerbakery.com Daddy Jack’s 353 Throckmorton St 817-332-2477 daddyjacks.com
Fresh Choice Express 777 Main St., Suite C-90 817-335-2137 freshchoiceinc.com
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Del Frisco’s Double Eagle 812 Main St. 817-877-3999 delfriscos.com Dixie House Café 515 Houston St. 817-347-9333 www.dixiehousecafe.com Domino’s Pizza 900 Henderson 817-355-8888 dominos.com Downtown Market & Deli 901 S. Throckmorton 817-850-9494 Ferre Ristorante e Bar 215 E. 4th Street 817-332-0033 ferrerestaurant.com Fizzi’s 500 Commerce St. 817-336-3499 fizzis.com Flying Saucer 111 E. 4th St. 817-336-3499 beerknurd.com Four Star Coffee 815 Houston St. 817-332-3355 fourstarcoffeebar.net Fox & Hound 604 Main St. 817-338-9200
Jakes 515 Main St Fort Worth, TX 76102 817-332-5253 Jakeshamburgers.net Jamba Juice 400 Main St. 817-870-1001 jambajuice.com J’s Burgers n’ More 905 Throckmorton St. 817-332-5609 Mambo’s Tapas Cantina 1010 Houston St. 817-336-3124 parkcentralhotel.com Marble Slab Creamery 312 Houston St. 817-335-5877 marbleslab.com Mercury Chop House 301 Main St. 817-336-4129 restaurantlife.com Mi Cocina 509 Main St. 817-877-3600 mcrowd.com P.F. Chang’s China Bistro 400 Throckmorton 817-840-2450 pfchangs.com Picchi-Pacchi 512 Main St., #106 817-870-222 Piranha Killer Sushi 335 W 3rd St. 817-348-0200 Pizzeria Uno 300 Houston St. 817-885-8667 pizzeriauno.com Potbelly Sandwich Works 540 Throckmorton 817-870-3600 potbelly.com Pour House 209 W. 5th St. 817-335-2575
Quizno’s 355 W 3rd St. 817-885-8995 quiznos.com
200 Main St. 817-882-1719 (Renaissance Worthington Hotel)
Stockyards Station www.stockyardsstation.com 817-625-9715
Razzoo’s 318 Main St. 817-429-7009 razzoos.com
Zambrano Wine Cellar 910 Houston St. Ste 110 817-850-9463
Grapevine Vintage Railroad 817-625-7245 www.grapevinevintagerailroad.com
Zippy’s All American Grill 400 Houston St. 817-334-0999
Texas Trail of Fame A virtual chronological history of our Western Heritage in the United States, Texas, and the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
World Finals Barrel Race May7-10
Stockyards Livery & Stables 817-624-3446
Black Stallion Literacy Project Forth Grade Matinee May 8
Ruth’s Chris Steak House 813 Main Street 817-348-0080 www.ruthschris.com Sammy’s Pizza & Pasta 402 Houston St. 817-348-0085 Shula’s 347 Grill 1701 Commerce St. 817-870-2700 shulas.com Sodo Grill 911 Houston St 817-877-3939 Starbucks Coffee 404 Houston St. 817-882-9780 starbucks.com Subway 500 W. 7th St. 817-336-0900 subway.com Subway 512 Main St., Ste.101 817-334-0495 subway.com
Allen A.M.E. Chapel 116 Elm 817.332.5071 First Christian Church of Fort Worth 612 Throckmorton 817.336.7185 First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth 1000 Penn St 817.335.1231
The Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. 817-738-1933 www.cartermuseum.org
First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth 800 W 5th St 817.336.7277
Casa Mañana 3101 W. Lancaster Ave. 817-332-2272 www.casamanana.org
Gethsemane Presbyterian Church 960 W Bluff St 817.332.9061
Children’s Playhouse features: A Year with Frog Toad Showing May 1 - 17
Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church 2023 Wenneca Ave 817.332.5549
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History 1501 Montgomery St. 817-255-9300 www.fortworthmuseum.org OMNI now open!
Greater St. James Baptist Church 210 N Harding St 817.336.2214 Morning Chapel C.M.E. Church 2612 Sara Jane Ln 817.332.4842 Saint Andrews Episcopal Church 917 Lamar 817.332.3191
Taco Bell 900 W. Weatherford 817-877-4884 tacobell.com
St. Patrick’s Cathedral - Catholic 1206 Throckmorton 817.332.4915
Taverna Pizzeria & Risotteria 450 Throckmorton 817-885-7502
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 1800 W Freeway 817.332.2281
The Vault Restaurant and Cellar 525 Taylor Street (817) 348-9838 thevaultdfw.com
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Texas de Brazil 101 N. Houston St. 817-882-9500 texasdebrazil.com Vidalia’s
Cultural District www.fwculture.com
Billy Bob’s Texas 2520 Rodeo Plaza www.billybobstexas.com 817-624-7117 Cowtown Coliseum 817-625-1025 or 888-COWTOWN www.cowtowncoliseum.com
The Fort Worth Zoo 1989 Colonial Parkway 817-759-7555 www.fortworthzoo.org Kimbell Art Museum 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd 817-332-8451 817-654-1034 www.kimbellart.org The Modern 3200 Darnell St. 817-738-9215 866-824-5566 www.themodern.org The National Cowgirl Museum Hall of Fame 1720 Gendy St. 817-336-4475 www.cowgirl.net Will Rogers Memorial Center 3401 W. Lancaster Ave. 817-392-7469
TAEX Agricultural Awareness May 5-6
Dalmatian Club of N Texas - All Breed Agility Trial May 8-10
Texas Girls Choir Concert May 9 Margo Dean School of Ballet Spring Performance May 10 Dance Concept recital May 13-14 USTPA Cowtown Roundup Sorting & Penning May15-17 Texas Numismatic Association Convention May 16-17 North central Texas Meat Goat Show May 16 Pet Expo May 16-17 UAW Local 218 Meeting May 17 CFW - Water Department - Waterama May 19-21 Footworks Performing Arts Center Recital May 20-21 The Texas Classic May 22-30 High Caliber Gun & Knife Show May 23-24 Gem & Mineral Show May 23-24 Texas Ballet Theater School Spring Performance May 23 Texas State Criterium Championships May 25 FWISD-Retiree Banquet May 28 King & Roberts Dance Recital May 30
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Reata 310 Houston St. 817-336-1009 reata.net
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