{"id":786138,"date":"2026-05-10T08:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/786138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:28:29","slug":"fort-worths-david-shaw-nearly-died-then-opened-a-new-shaws-restaurant-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/786138\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth\u2019s David Shaw nearly died, then opened a new Shaw\u2019s restaurant anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth restaurateur David Shaw has run bar-and-grills for nearly 50 years. But not like this.<\/p>\n

Shaw, the founder of long-gone Abernathy\u2019s and Shaw\u2019s in Fort Worth, survived a life-threatening injury, multiple surgeries, infections and cancer to open his newest restaurant, Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille<\/a> on the Granbury square.<\/p>\n

Shaw, 73, co-owner of Shaw\u2019s Patio Bar and Grill<\/a> on West Magnolia Avenue, was looking forward to opening a new Shaw\u2019s in that tourist town<\/a> 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Then he fell on a heavy metal bolt during construction that stuck deep in the right side of his chest, severing two arteries and chipping his clavicle.<\/p>\n

After a series of complications and treatment for prostate cancer, he came back in November. By then, his wife and co-owner Ann Diakis Shaw had opened the newest Shaw\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy, let me tell you,\u201d Shaw said.<\/p>\n

He credits the staff at John Peter Smith Hospital\u2019s Level I Trauma Center, where he was rushed Aug. 12 after the accident and returned twice for stays after surgery and heavy antibiotic treatment.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The tree-shaded back patio at Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just like the movies,\u201d he said, \u201cthe way four people came out and started treating me in the driveway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

What followed was weeks of painful treatment, beginning with packing and repacking the wound. Then came an infection, surgery and more complications.<\/p>\n

He thought he was healing. But it hurt to stoop over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said, \u2018You need to come back.\u2019 I was there for another six days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw is from an old south Fort Worth family<\/a> that owned Shaw Bros. Creamery in the early 1900s.<\/p>\n

But his new neighbors in Granbury were \u201cso sweet\u201d about the delay in Shaw\u2019s opening, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll they asked was how I was doing,\u201d he said \u2014 \u201cthey were just so patient. And then Ann did such a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Stringfellow\u2019s bar is upstairs at Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.<\/p>\n

The recovery also delayed his treatments for prostate cancer. That\u2019s no longer showing on tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so happy with this place,\u201d he said, sweeping an arm around the dining room with local art on limestone walls lined with booths and dark wood trim.<\/p>\n

Any day now, he plans to open an upstairs bar, Stringfellow\u2019s, in the 150-year-old limestone landmark, an early-1900s Granbury boarding house named City Hotel. He also added a bed-and-breakfast.<\/p>\n

In Fort Worth, Shaw also plans to redecorate the Fort Worth restaurant to bring some of the Southwestern menu items and a fresh look.<\/p>\n

The top sellers in Granbury, as you might expect, are the chicken-fried steak and chicken-fried chicken in jalape\u00f1o cream gravy, along with the thick poblano-bacon cheeseburgers on sweet Hawaiian buns.<\/p>\n

Reviews on social media also praise the piled-high \u201cborder nachos\u201d with brisket, queso, guacamole and charred jalape\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

\"Nachos<\/p>\n

Nachos are topped with brisket, queso, guacamole and jalapenos at Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.<\/p>\n

The menu is spicier than at the Fort Worth restaurant, with a habanero-serrano-jalape\u00f1o cheeseburger, a chipotle club sandwich and deviled eggs with hot honey shrimp.<\/p>\n

A surprise top seller: fish and chips with tempura cod.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is busy at weekday lunch and all day weekends. Both the dining room and a sprawling back patio were full at midafternoon on a Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A \u201cTexas Caesar\u201d salad adds sweet red peppers, charred corn, black beans and cilantro dressing to traditional Caesar toppings at Shaw\u2019s Southwest Grille in Granbury, Texas.<\/p>\n

Like the Fort Worth restaurant, Shaw\u2019s Southwesterm Grille features live music and occasionally, karaoke. He plans street parties for Granbury\u2019s three-day Hometown 4th of July Celebration July 4-6 and parade.<\/p>\n

Shaw\u2019s Southwestern Grille is open for lunch and dinner daily except Mondays, with the bar open late on weekends. It\u2019s at 101 E. Pearl St.; 682-205-1351, shawsswgrille.com.<\/p>\n

The Fort Worth restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Tuesdays through Saturdays and brunch Sundays; 1051 W. Magnolia Ave.; 817-926-2116, shawspatio.com.<\/p>\n

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