{"id":902048,"date":"2026-06-30T01:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/902048\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:54:16","slug":"mutts-canine-cantina-at-fort-worths-clearfork-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/902048\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutts Canine Cantina at Fort Worth’s Clearfork closes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A favorite Fort Worth hangout for dogs and their owners is gone “fur-ever.” The owners of <\/strong>Mutts Canine Cantina<\/a> <\/strong>announced Monday, June 29 they’re permanently closing <\/strong>all locations, including Fort Worth’s Shops at Clearfork.<\/p>\n

The unexpected announcement came via a social media post<\/a>, catching patrons by surprise since the dog parks had just been open, as usual, the past weekend.<\/p>\n

The post reads in part: \u201cAfter many years of wagging tails, muddy paws, and friendships formed at the water bowl, today we\u2019re permanently closing our Mutts Dallas and Clearfork locations, effective immediately. Mutts has been more than a dog park \u2014 it\u2019s been a community, and we\u2019re incredibly grateful to every member, guest, and pup who made it special.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company’s website was updated with a similar message. Comments sharing memories, and expressing sadness, disappointment and dissatisfaction around the news were disabled shortly after the post went live.<\/p>\n

The closure affects the flagship Uptown Dallas location, which opened<\/a> in 2013, and the Fort Worth outpost, which followed<\/a> in 2018. Additionally, the Allen location (opened<\/a> in 2021) and the franchised Austin location (opened<\/a> in 2022) are now listed as permanently closed. A planned franchise location in New Braunfels never opened.<\/p>\n

Dallas-based FreeRange Concepts, which owns Mutts, told CultureMap the company closed Mutts to focus on their other concepts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter nearly 15 years, we\u2019ve had a great run with Mutts in Dallas and Fort Worth, and it\u2019s time to shift our focus to our other brands,\u201d says Kyle Noonan, owner and CEO of FreeRange Concepts. \u201cWe still own the Mutts name and don\u2019t know what\u2019s next for it \u2014 but today we\u2019re simply grateful. Thank you to our team, our guests, and every dog who made it special.\u201d<\/p>\n

FreeRange Concepts, which was founded in 2011 by Josh Sepkowitz and Kyle Noonan, has experienced a major expansion over the past decade. Its portfolio includes popular restaurants and bars such as Bowl & Barrel, in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio; The General Public in Houston; The Rustic<\/a> in Dallas (and coming soon<\/a> to The Colony) and Houston; and Joe Leo<\/a> in Dallas.<\/p>\n

The sudden loss of Mutts leaves a significant void in the communities where it had become a beloved neighborhood staple. Its vibrant yellow benches and bar served as a fun after-hours space where dogs and people alike could socialize.<\/p>\n

Because Mutts operated on a membership model, the farewell post directed dog owners with active memberships to reach out to membership services at muttsmembers@freerangeconcepts.com for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A favorite Fort Worth hangout for dogs and their owners is gone “fur-ever.” The owners of Mutts Canine…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":902049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,3990,4415,314941,365247,7371,7372,365248,365249,197238,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-902048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-bars","tag-closure","tag-dog-park","tag-dog-parks","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-freerange-concepts","tag-mutts-canine-cantina","tag-shops-at-clearfork","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\/116836569515396475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902048","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=902048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}