Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week keeps it local with a look at the city's top neighborhood restaurants and women-owned bars. Read on for our five most popular stories, then visit this guide to more weekend fun.
1. 10 top neighborhood restaurants in Fort Worth keep locals coming back. The CultureMap Tastemaker Awards will name one Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year for 2026, and this year's 10 nominees provide for tough competition from all corners of Fort Worth and beyond.
2. Jewel Charity Ball 2026 sweeps Fort Worth into spectacular World of Wonder. The 2026 Jewel Charity Ball whisked 1,400 guests into a World of Wonder, filled with splendor and spectacle. Fort Worth's most beloved black-tie ball, held March 7, transformed the expansive Will Rogers Memorial Center's Amon G. Carter Exhibits Hall into a sumptuous garden party-fantasy set in an Emerald City.
3. La Madeleine Bakery abruptly closes Fort Worth location after 10 years. The ovens have been turned off permanently at La Madeleine Bakery & Cafe at Presidio Junction in far north Fort Worth.
La Madeleine suddenly closed March 17. La Madeleine
4. Fort Worth chef Tim Love goes Mediterranean at new restaurant Meraki. Fort Worth chef Tim Love is taking on a brand new cuisine with Meraki, a new restaurant spotlighting dishes from Greece and other Mediterranean regions, opening at 1615 Rogers Rd.
5. Where to drink in Fort Worth now: 9 women-owned bars to salute in March. For the March edition of Where to Drink — which happens to be Women’s History Month — we’re highlighting nine women-owned bars in Fort Worth to visit right now. Let’s go girls.
