Apr 10, 2009
T&P Tavern and Grill
By: Kevin Buchanan
The T&P Tavern and Grill, in the ground floor of the Texas & Pacific Lofts building on Lancaster Avenue in Downtown, is open and running – including lunch hours. Currently, the T&P Tavern is operating in the covered breezeway between the T&P building tower and the train platforms to the south, creating what is essentially Fort Worth’s largest outdoor patio.
While operating with the patio, the owners of the T&P Tavern are restoring an ornate 1930s-era diner located in the building proper for an indoor dining area. The restored diner looks to be amazing – a nearly perfectly intact ’30s Art Deco diner sealed away since the ’60s.
The T&P Tavern features an extensive menu of sandwiches, soups, and breakfasts, and features a bar with Rahr on tap. For warm days, the patio features a huge ceiling fan, and for colder temperatures each table has its own gas heater.
On the owner’s recommendation, Fort Worthology had the Panino alla Margherita, a tasty panini featuring roasted garlic, fresh basil, sliced tomato and fresh mozzarella cheese grilled on rustic white bread. The sandwich came with chips and a tasty salsa. It was quite tasty and filling (the photo shows just half the sandwich).
If you’re looking for a flavorful and fun indie cafe in Downtown Fort Worth, the T&P Tavern and Grill is a great new choice. Bonus points for the awesome atmosphere of the T&P’s awesome Art Deco architecture and the occasional rumble of the Trinity Railway Express pulling into the station.
This looks pretty cool! May have to move the Startup Happy hour down there.
Do they have free wifi?
Ate there last week. Pretty decent, good choice of ingredients in several cases (Longoria sausage, Rarh beer, Boopa bagels), prices are fine, but what’ll really make it is the venue – that’s going to be a great place to hang out in the afternoon/evening.
Is it true that you can ride your bike onto the patio?
Love this place! What a great perk for T&P residents!
It’s bike/pet/kid friendly
found this online: http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7397
Great ambiance! Great food! Best F.W. Happy Hour hang-out! The owners have done a fabulous job of renovating the place to maintain the historic charm.
Everyone seems to really enjoy this place. It has become a very trendy place for the younger weekend crowd on Friday and Saturday nights, so we try to hit it more during the week. Best sandwiches, bagels, chips/salsa and on-tap bar, too. Sometimes we’ve seen office parties there. They just started doing lunches, too. You are right about the ambiance; they did a great job tying it all together with Fort Worth’s Zig-Zag style art deco train station. Service is friendly and they’ll light up the propane heaters if its chilly. They even installed a giant overhead fan for when the weather starts to warm up. We wish them well as they are a fine addition to downtown.
Great to see the finally got it open. I need to try it next time i am down there.
Ooo,they’re open for lunch now, too? I know where I’m walking to on my lunch break!
Really great hang-out spot…I highly recommend!