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Terra Mediterranean Grill Open This Week

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 23, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

The newest eatery in the West 7th development is opening this week.  Terra Mediterranean Grill, the newest offering from the Chanaa family, has been chatting up their opening this week on their Twitter feed, and the Star-Telegram’s great Eats Beat man himself, Bud Kennedy, also mentioned the opening:
Now, the next major opening in the West [...]

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Rahr Brewery Roof Collapses From Snow

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 12, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: General

(Photo from Bike Friendly Fort Worth)
The roof of the Rahr Brewery in the Near Southside has collapsed due to the record snowfall.  Not a lot of information just yet.  When we hear more from Rahr, we’ll post it (obviously, the Saturday brewery tour is off).  Here’s what out friends at Bike Friendly Fort Worth had [...]

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Yofé Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Cafe Now Open

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 1, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

We finally had the chance to check out Yofé Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Cafe, freshly opened in the ground floor of one of the buildings of the West 7th mixed-use development.
One of the complaints about the Cultural District’s mixed-use developments is that their ground-floor tenants are almost all national chains or Dallas-based outfits.  There’s a [...]

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So7 Bistro Location Spotted, Further Sidewalk Improvements

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 15, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The So7 Bistro, the new restaurant from Jean Michel Sakouhi (owner of The Vault in downtown), is underway and as a result, its actual location in the So7 development has been revealed.  So7 Bistro will be going in on the south side of the loft/retail building up on 7th Street, along Stayton/Museum Way and one [...]

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Yofé, others now open at West 7th, more coming soon

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 11, 2010 - 7 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Ground-floor tenants have been opening up left and right in the West 7th development out in the Cultural District area.  We noticed that Yofé Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Cafe has now opened in the ground floor of the Movie Tavern building, and next door to it will soon be Sweet Sammies and Pure Bliss.  Over [...]

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Mamma Mia Opens on Magnolia

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 9, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

We noticed this morning that Mamma Mia Italian Grill & Pizza, in the former Palermo’s space on Magnolia (between College and Washington) in the Near Southside, now has a banner up proclaiming their opening.  We checked the sign in the window, and Mamma Mia’s hours of operation are listed as 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, [...]

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Cat City Grill Posts Menu

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 5, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

Via Eat This Fort Worth, it looks like Cat City Grill (the new eatery opening soon at 1208 West Magnolia in the Near Southside) has posted its menu on its web site.  Go there and check it out.  For the uninitiated, Cat City Grill is a new spot on Magnolia between 5th & Henderson that [...]

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Cowtown Diner Opening on the 11th

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 5, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: Preservation, Urban Development

According to an ad in this issue of the Sundance Square Insider (PDF link), Cowtown Diner will be opening in the former La Madeleine space at 305 Main on the 11th.  (Insert rant about the over-reliance on the “Cowtown” thing here.)  Cowtown Diner will feature a gourmet deli/take out market serving salads, sandwiches, prepared entrees [...]

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Zio Carlo Brew Pub Progress

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 14, 2009 - 3 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

News of a project we had once thought had been abandoned – the former Gunn’s Cleaners building at College & Magnolia in the Near Southside is indeed still being converted to an Italian brew pub named Zio Carlo. Extensive work has been going on at the building, which dates to 1916 and has been [...]

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Two More Tenants Headed To So7

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 8, 2009 - 11 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

Via So7’s web site, there are two more restaurants headed to the ground floors of the mixed-use development’s loft buildings. Listed with only the description “Coming Soon!” is Chuy’s, which from what we can tell is this Chuy’s, originally from Austin but with several locations now.
Also listed, with a bit more information, is “So7 [...]

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