Six years after it opened as a reliable neighborhood market and sandwich counter, Bodega is now an excellent breakfast-lunch-and-takeout cafe, and it\u2019s only a half-mile from downtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bodega is a survivor in South Main Village. It was one of the first food shops on the street and faithfully fed neighbors through both the pandemic and the disastrous 2021 Texas freeze.<\/p>\n Now, the cafe at 203 S. Main St. serves a growing menu of paninis, Reubens, quiche and desserts, with a full-service breakfast menu coming soon.<\/p>\n \u201cThe grocery component was great in theory, and I still miss the idea,\u201d owner\/chef Tasha Monticure<\/a> wrote in a message.<\/p>\n She didn\u2019t elaborate, but there isn\u2019t as much demand for small neighborhood markets anymore. Supermarket delivery is cheap and easy.<\/p>\n So Bodega is more of a cafe-bakery.<\/p>\n It\u2019s good at both.<\/p>\n On a recent visit, a turkey Reuben on bakery rye with a spicy Russian dressing was a complete surprise.<\/p>\n That\u2019s one of the menu favorites, along with a turkey-brie sandwich with apricot preserves, a roast-beef-and-cheddar on ciabatta or a ham-and Gouda on a croissant.<\/p>\n These are huge sandwiches. Save half for dinner.<\/p>\n Spinach-cremini mushroom quiche ranked with the best. A blueberry pie, uncommon in local bakeries, was loaded with flavor.<\/p>\n Bodega also has muffins, cookies, bagels with a schmear and, sometimes, one of its custom cakes.<\/p>\n That\u2019s what caught my attention. Teddy Wong\u2019s Dumplings & Wine nearby sells Bodega\u2019s cakes. A \u201cslice\u201d of the Italian cream was big enough for the table to share.<\/p>\n Monticure\u2019s background is in baking and catering. Her family owned grocery stores in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n She\u2019s shortened the afternoon hours \u2014 Bodega closes at 5 p.m. weekends, 4 p.m. Saturdays \u2014 to expand the breakfast. It opens weekdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n South Main Street is not as lonely as it used to be.<\/p>\n With new restaurants opening nearby, Bodega will focus on \u201cdelicious scratch-made everything,\u201d she said, from sauces to baked items.<\/p>\n Park on the street or behind Bodega; 682-224-5148<\/a>, bodegasouthmain.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM.<\/p>\n Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Bud Kennedy is celebrating his 40th year writing about restaurants in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has written the \u201cEats Beat\u201d dining column in print since 1985 and online since 1992 \u2014 that\u2019s more than 3,000 columns about Texas cafes, barbecue, burgers and where to eat.
\n ![\"Profile](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BudKennedy-Profile.jpg\")
\n <\/a><\/p>\n
\n Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH Bodega South Main isn\u2019t just a little grocery anymore. Six years after it opened as a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":795550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-795549","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-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795549","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=795549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}