{"id":342613,"date":"2025-10-30T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342613\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:32:10","slug":"the-sinclairs-rooftop-is-now-an-upscale-sushi-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342613\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sinclair\u2019s Rooftop Is Now an Upscale Sushi Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This bit of restaurant news comes to you fresh off the vine: The Sinclair<\/a>, a 16-story hotel off Main Street that happens to have one hell of a rooftop, has officially announced a new occupant for said rooftop, Nikuya.<\/p>\n

According to a reservation link in an email from DRG Concepts \u2014 the folks behind fellow Sinclair restaurant Wicked Butcher<\/a>, which\u00a0occupies\u00a0the opposite end of the building (the basement), and downtown\u2019s Wild Salsa \u2014 Nikuya is a sushi bar \u201cborn from a profound reverence for Japanese culinary tradition and \u2026 inspired by the serene elegance of Tokyo\u2019s most esteemed sushi bars.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for those interested in a sneak peek, the new establishment just kicked off a soft opening (you can snag reservations here<\/a>). While we can\u2019t report on the quality of the sushi, we can say that DRG has a pretty good track record, and the view will undoubtedly be phenomenal.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s long been some conjecture within our office, whether shared by the rest of Fort Worth or not, over what would become of The Sinclair\u2019s rooftop<\/a>; it was previously a simple bar exclusively for hotel guests. But such exclusivity and lack of innovation felt like a wasted opportunity. And with Reata now occupying a space at ground level<\/a>, a solid rooftop eatery felt like a gaping hole within downtown\u2019s culinary scene.<\/p>\n

Of course, they couldn\u2019t have picked a windier day to break such news.<\/p>\n

Designed by Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson, The Sinclair was built in 1930 for the purpose of housing office space for the growing petroleum industry. Sinclair Oil Company, perhaps best known for their logo featuring a green brontosaurus, leased the majority of the offices upon the building\u2019s completion and, thus, received naming rights.<\/p>\n

After falling into disrepair and trading hands several times, the building would eventually make a comeback in 2019 when it opened as a 164-room premium hotel under Marriott\u2019s Autograph Collection. Wicked Butcher, occupying the building\u2019s lower level, would open soon after.<\/p>\n

Bit of a fun fact: As far as we can tell \u2014 after doing a quick head count of local rooftop eateries (Branch & Bird, Atico, Lot12) \u2014 Nikuya is now officially the restaurant with the highest elevation in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This bit of restaurant news comes to you fresh off the vine: The Sinclair, a 16-story hotel off…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":342614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,3774,33801,29751,7236,12047,2105,7371,7372,168802,24001,358,168803,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-342613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-asia","10":"tag-asian","11":"tag-brian-kendall","12":"tag-downtown","13":"tag-downtown-fort-worth","14":"tag-food-and-drink","15":"tag-fort-worth","16":"tag-fortworth","17":"tag-rooftop-bars","18":"tag-sushi","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-the-sinclair","21":"tag-top-story","22":"tag-tx","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115461956831167021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342613","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=342613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}