{"id":265004,"date":"2025-09-29T23:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/265004\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:10:13","slug":"rotolos-craft-crust-to-sling-pizzas-west-of-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/265004\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotolo’s Craft & Crust to sling pizzas west of Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pizza chain founded in Louisiana is opening on the far west side of Fort Worth: Rotolo’s Craft & Crust<\/a>, a chain founded in Baton Rouge, is opening a location in Willow Park at 225 Shops Blvd. #106, in cute little complex right off I-30, past Aledo and on the way to Weatherford.<\/p>\n

According to a spokesperson, it’ll open in spring 2026. This will be the second Rotolo’s to open in the Fort Worth area; the first is opening in Mansfield<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n

Rotolo\u2019s Craft & Crust offers stone-baked pizzas, pastas, salads, and Italian-inspired dishes. It’s a scratch menu<\/a> with signature calzones, plus wraps and sandwiches.<\/p>\n

The first Rotolo’s opened as Rotolo’s Pizzeria near Louisiana State University in 1996. The chain now has 36 locations in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Colorado, Mississippi, and Florida.<\/p>\n

That includes their “Craft and Crust” concept which they debuted in 2016 as a pared-down concept with patio, revamped menu, and full bar with beer on tap, two wines, and cocktails.<\/p>\n

Since 2017, the franchise has focused exclusively on opening Craft & Crust restaurants.<\/p>\n

They offer more than one ariety of pizza including thin crust; thick, crunchy Detroit-style pizza; and Chicago deep-dish style.<\/p>\n

There are also burgers including a mac & cheese burger, plus a wide selection of shareable bites including spinach-artichoke dip, meatballs, fried cauliflower, dynamite shrimp, and “Boudin dip” featuring caramelized onions, mozzarella, banana peppers, and ranch for dipping.<\/p>\n

In the Dallas area, there is currently one Rotolo’s Craft & Crust in Carrollton, which opened<\/a> in March 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company has come a long way since 1996,\u201d a statement from founder and CEO Mitch Rotolo reads. \u201cFrom a single pizza spot on Bob Petit Boulevard in Tigerland to being recognized as a multi-state brand with Craft & Crust, we are so proud of how far we have come. We\u2019re excited to launch the next six locations, bringing the Rotolo\u2019s presence to nine states and counting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pizza chain founded in Louisiana is opening on the far west side of Fort Worth: Rotolo’s Craft…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":265005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,10084,16564,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-265004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-openings","12":"tag-pizza","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115290113559001856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}