Fort Worth’s Best New Restaurants 2024
My picks for the best new restaurants to open in and around Fort Worth in 2024 (and 2023, too) can...
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9 restaurants to take your holiday guests
The holidays draw near and for many of us, that means one thing: family’s coming to town. Cook...
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Los Guapos brings Mex street food to W. 7th
Longtime Fort Worth chef Angel Fuentes recently celebrated the opening of his exciting new...
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Wickedly good barbecue in Arlington
One of the top barbecue pitmasters in Arlington these days is Regan Wickes, owner of Wicked 3D...
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Michelin honors four Tarrant restaurants
Three restaurants in Fort Worth and one in Arlington were honored at what was certainly one of the...
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Hidden gem 225 BBQ worth the hunt
Arlington’s great 225 BBQ has landed in a tricky-to-find brick-and-mortar; it’s worth...
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97 West’s new brunch menu + other news
97 West recently updated its brunch menu with nearly a dozen new offerings, Vickery Cafe moves...
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Housemade pastas + an old-Fort Worth vibe
Bocca Osteria Romana gets my vote for the city’s best new restaurant. Here’s...
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Former TCU football player kicks off culinary career
I always like doing stories like this about people like this – a guy who spent the...
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Once-abandoned downtown building now home to French food & upscale hotel
The downtown Fort Worth building that once served as an annex to the Hotel Texas – where JFK...
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Melt closes, opens + new tacos on east side + other news
News of a new taco shop on the east side, Melt closing one location and opening another, plus...
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Raising the Bar(becue)
Experimenting with bold flavors and adventurous dishes, local pitmasters are injecting new life...
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About me
I’m a Fort Worth native who’s been writing about my hometown since 1992, when I joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Over a 26-year career there — 14 years on staff and 12 as a freelancer — I traveled across town, the state, and the country, writing about music, pop culture, food, and people, both famous and unsung, from Billy Joel to a young high school couple in love in a small Texas town.
My work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, American Way, Texas Music, Pop Culture Press, and MTV.com. I currently freelance for Fort Worth Magazine and CultureMap.
This site is an ongoing work in progress, updated regularly with new stories and older work spanning my now 30-year-plus career.