{"id":760656,"date":"2026-04-29T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760656\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:50:17","slug":"take-a-look-inside-six-fort-worth-restaurants-weve-visited-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760656\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a look inside six Fort Worth restaurants we\u2019ve visited this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside Look<\/a><\/b> stories give Star-Telegram subscribers exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes reporting. Story suggestion? Editors@star-telegram.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since January, our Inside Look<\/b> series has given Star-Telegram readers a behind-the-scenes peek at six new Fort Worth-area restaurants \u2014 from Asian fusion cafes drawing two-hour lines, to a brand-new steakhouse honoring Teddy Roosevelt.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick tour of where we\u2019ve been eating.<\/p>\n

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The Berry Sweet Stacks with two souffle pancakes, secret sauce and berries at Sweet Stacks on Jan. 21, 2026 in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sweet Stacks (Magnolia Avenue):<\/b> This Asian fusion cafe opened at the end of December in the former Vice Burger space and is drawing lines up to two hours long<\/a> for its souffle pancakes, which take 30 minutes to make. Chef and owner Mina Sourignavong also serves Thai stir-fries and matcha lattes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sh\u014dgun Taqueria (Near Southside):<\/b> Francisco \u201cPaco\u201d Islas reinvented his former Paco\u2019s Mexican Cuisine into an Asian-Mexican fusion spot<\/a> serving ramen-ritos, birria quesatacos and chicken tinga dumplings. A hidden door leads to Secreto Speakeasy next door.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Henry McCarty Irish Pub (West 7th):<\/b> Just in time for St. Patrick\u2019s Day, this polished Irish pub<\/a> opened on Crockett Street with corned beef cabbage rolls, shepherd\u2019s pie, Jameson mules and Irish nachos \u2014 no sticky floors in sight.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ichir\u014d Izakaya (South Main):<\/b> This narrow Japanese bar and yakitori grill fills a gap in South Main with charcoal-grilled skewers<\/a>, shumai dumplings and matcha cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e. Reservations are smart \u2014 the small space fills up fast.<\/p>\n

\"Felina\u2019s<\/p>\n

Felina\u2019s Hot Mess pizza has tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino, basil, soppressata, whipped ricotta and hot honey.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Felina (Near Southside):<\/b> From the brothers behind Bocca Italian, this trendy Roman-style pizza spot<\/a> opened in February inside the old Funky Picnic brewpub, serving thin-crust pies like the hot mess with soppressata and hot honey.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Theodore\u2019s Steak and Seafood (Dalworthington Gardens):<\/b> Chef Moose\u2019s new Teddy Roosevelt-themed steakhouse<\/a> opened April 10 with table-side carved Tomahawks, Texas wagyu and presidential cocktails like the smoked \u201cTo Kill a Bull Moose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25 In case you missed it…<\/p>\n

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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside Look stories give Star-Telegram subscribers exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes reporting. Story suggestion? Editors@star-telegram.com. Since January, our…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":760657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,312555,7371,7372,312554,988,23376,312553,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-760656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-asian-fusion-cafe","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-mina-sourignavong","tag-restaurants","tag-star-telegram","tag-teddy-roosevelt","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116486434189125574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760656","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=760656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}