{"id":495222,"date":"2026-01-06T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495222\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:08:09","slug":"brooklyns-opens-american-fusion-restaurant-on-south-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/495222\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn\u2019s Opens American Fusion Restaurant on South Main"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Fort Worth\u2019s most high-profile restaurant spaces has a new tenant. Brooklyn\u2019s, a new American fusion concept, has opened at 401 S. Main St., taking over the spot once occupied by popular Italian restaurant Tre Mogli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s is from a first-time restaurant owner, Brandi Bohn, a 33-year-old West Texas native who has spent several years in the hospitality and fine-dining industry, most recently as the bar captain at Quince, a global-cuisine restaurant on the Trinity River.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bohn says the Tre Mogli space was a near-perfect match for a concept she\u2019d been building toward for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to open my own restaurant for some time, working on a business plan, developing a menu, looking for properties,\u201d she says. The restaurant is a family affair: Her investors are her father, Cary, and uncle, J.R.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s is named after Bohn\u2019s eight-year-old daughter, whom Bohn named for her favorite food neighborhood in New York. \u201cBrooklyn is a big melting pot of people and cultures and food,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s why the name makes so much sense to me. It represents bringing cultures together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

As such, the menu draws from a wide range of influences, sometimes combining them within a single dish. Pizzas, for instance, move well beyond traditional toppings, with options like beef bulgogi and blackened chicken b\u00e9chamel, built on crusts designed to resemble naan bread rather than classic Neapolitan or New York\u2013style dough.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the menu, Italian, Asian, Mexican and American elements overlap in unexpected ways: a 14-ounce ribeye finished with a hoisin glaze; quesadillas filled with chicken teriyaki; and orange lemongrass shrimp scampi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bohn describes the menu simply as American fusion, built around mixing and matching cuisines in a way not commonly seen in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Leading the kitchen as executive chef is another newcomer to Fort Worth\u2019s restaurant community, Cole Elrod, a 15-year chef at the Abilene Country Club, where Bohn also worked. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The bar program, however, is led by a known Fort Worthian: Darrell Lundy, whose resume includes Le Margo and Quince. Lundy\u2019s drinks menu mirrors the fusion concept, offering specialty cocktails, mocktails and twists on classic drinks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Changes in the design were kept to a minimum, Bohn says. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say we changed it, we personalized it,\u201d she says. Updates include new murals by local artist Caleb Cannon, including one inspired by Bohn\u2019s daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A second-floor cocktail lounge and event space is in the works, with plans for art shows and live music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Led by local chef Stefon Rishel, Tre Mogli opened in mid-2022 and abruptly closed a year later; Brooklyn’s is the first restaurant to move into the space since Tre Mogli’s closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For a relative unknown to land one of the most high-profile restaurant spaces in Fort Worth isn\u2019t lost on Bohn. \u201cI know a lot of eyes were on the space, as there should have been, it was beautifully designed by the Tre Mogli team and required very little updating,\u201d she says. \u201cI wasn\u2019t really sure we\u2019d even get it. I think the owners really fell in love with our vision for it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Bohn, the restaurant\u2019s arrival has been the light at the end of a winding tunnel that included years of hardship and drug addiction, she says; she\u2019s been sober now for seven years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bohn says she hopes her journey can serve as an inspiration to others who are trying to rebuild their lives after suffering from addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing from where I came from, living that life, someone might think I wouldn\u2019t stand a chance to open a restaurant,\u201d she says. \u201cI just want to be an inspiration to people who may think they can\u2019t do something like that – because they can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s, 401 S. Main St.,\u00a0instagram.com\/brooklynsdining\/<\/a><\/p>\n