For the love of smoke
A young couple who met through the restaurant industry is now behind one of Fort Worth’s...
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Tag: BBQ
Wine/dine series at Duchess, Chuy’s reopens + other food news
In this month’s restaurant news column: Duchess (pic’d above) launches a new wine...
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Halal barbecue comes to east side
A cool new ‘cue joint with an amazing backstory opens on the city’s east side. Read...
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Fort Worth’s best new restaurants 2025
This was a great year for new Fort Worth restaurants, from small mom-and-pops to opulent...
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Goldee’s new cookbook + other news
The Goldee’s BBQ gang has a new cookbook, The Mont has a new menu and the Core of Chicago...
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Yes, you can still eat at Dayne’s BBQ
After landing in the top 10 of Texas Monthly’s Best BBQ Joints list, Dayne’s has been...
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Brix BBQ to close August 17
One of the city’s best BBQ joints will close August 17. Read more here.
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Dayne’s Craft BBQ opening in Taiwan
Didn’t see this coming: Aledo-based, Fort Worth-bred Dayne’s Craft BBQ is opening a...
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Two FW joints land in top 10 on Texas Monthly BBQ list
Several local ‘cue joints got shout-outs in the latest Texas Monthly BBQ list, including...
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Tim Love’s croquet & cocktails venture + other news
This month’s round-up of restaurants news includes items about Tim Love’s new croquet...
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Young pitmaster opens Habibi BBQ in Arlington
This 19-year-old kid is knocking it out of the park at his barbecue food truck in Arlington. Read...
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Dayne’s BBQ adds dinner, Morton’s Tavern opens + other news
May’s restaurant news includes updates on Dayne’s new dinner hours, newly opened Near...
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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.