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Garth Brooks' drive-in concert tops this week's 5 most-read Fort Worth stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. 2 Fort Worth-area drive-ins among lucky few to host Garth Brooks concert. Country superstar Garth Brooks is going on the road again without ever having to leave home. On Saturday, June 27, he will broadcast a special concert to drive-in movie theaters around the United States and Canada, including Coyote Drive-In in Fort Worth and Brazos Drive-In in Granbury.

2. New restaurant in Keller puts good food on the horizon for Fort Worth. A promising restaurant opened in Keller this week: Called Horizon 76, it's a casual but upscale American grill with steaks, burgers, sandwiches, cocktails, and craft beer. It opened June 18 at 1821 S. Main St., in a space that was once a TGIFridays.

3. Big Boyz BBQ restaurant opens in Fort Worth with unexpected signature. A barbecue restaurant is opening on Fort Worth's east side with all your favorite smoked meats, but also something you don't usually find at a BBQ joint: smoked chicken salad. It's called Big Boyz Pit Smoked BBQ and More, and it will open June 20 in the space at 6513 Brentwood Stair Rd. once occupied by Wilson's BBQ.

4. Cool retro bowling alley concept pins Fort Worth for new location. In boffo news for bowling fans, there's a new venue coming to Fort Worth. Called Bowlounge, it's a concept that debuted in Dallas and will open its second location in Fort Worth's Southside in fall 2020.

5. Crunchy cheesy birria tacos are the hot foodie trend in Dallas-Fort Worth. One day, no one in Dallas-Fort Worth had ever heard of birria tacos. The next day, everyone in town is doing them. Crispy, cheesy, and meaty, this special taco twist has become the flavor of the moment at a host of eateries across DFW.

Bowlounge has a cool retro vibe.

Photo courtesy of Bowlounge

Bowlounge has a cool retro vibe.

This week's hot headlines

Hot restaurant news tops this week's 5 most-read Fort Worth stories

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1. 2 openings and one closing ratchet up this Fort Worth restaurant news. This roundup of restaurant news around Fort Worth has at least two openings on August 16, making it quite the sizzling day for dining. There is also an unfortunate closure, new menus, limited-edition dishes starring Hatch chiles, and high school BBQ teams that are on TV.

2. New pizza joint brings unique Chicago tavern-style pies to Fort Worth. A new pizzeria with a distinctively Chicago touch has landed in north Fort Worth. Called Bartoli’s Pizza & Bakery, it just opened at 2700 Western Center Blvd., where it specializes in Chicago tavern-style pizza — the cracker-thin-crust pie long popular in Windy City watering holes that's nothing like its deep-dish cousin.

3. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 5 essential sandwiches to try. Summer is (almost) over, we're all headed back to school and back to work. We need lunch plans. We need a great sandwich. This list is five newcomers on the sandwich scene — whether a newly opened restaurant or else a new handheld from a restaurant we know and love.

4. McDonald's to debut first Fort Worth location of drink spinoff CosMc's. McDonald's opened a location of its buzzy beverage spinoff CosMc's in Fort Worth, at 5341 McPherson Blvd., in southwest Fort Worth off Chisholm Trail. It debuted on August 23.

5. Critics' guide to Fort Worth's arts & culture events in fall 2024. With fall in the wings, it's time to make plans. Fort Worth has loads of culture, restaurants, and arts events teed up and we're here to cull it down to the best bets. Our team of experts weeded through the key entertainment categories to narrow down five primary picks for each.