This Week's Hot Headlines

New must-try restaurants sizzle in this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

Some people got really into the taco theme.

Photo by Nancy Farrar

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. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 5 hot new restaurants for March. Fort Worth has seen a burst of restaurants open recently. There's a little something for everyone, including high-profile chef-driven spots and bar-driven restaurants with generous outdoor space. Here are five need-to-know restaurants recently opened.

2. Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival fires up return of 4-day foodie fete for 2022. Fort Worth’s tastiest feeding frenzy of spring is back for its seventh edition. The 2022 Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival will take place over four days and three nights March 31 through April 3, featuring the best of the city's culinary talent — along with a few special guests. Here's a preview of what to expect.

3. New Mediterranean and fresh-Mex top this Fort Worth restaurant news. Fort Worth's dining scene is cooking, with exciting openings, heartwarming reopenings, enticing new dishes, tempting new drinks, and everything in between. Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news.

4. Willie Nelson returns to Dallas-Fort Worth in star-filled Outlaw Music Festival. After canceling a Billy Bob's Texas show that would have taken place earlier this month, country music legend Willie Nelson now plans to return to North Texas as the headliner of the Outlaw Music Festival, taking place at Dos Equis Pavilion on July 2.

5. New blow dry bar is more than a tease for Southlake's best tressed. A new salon is ready to blow Southlake away: Blo Blow Dry Bar will debut in the Park Village Shopping Center on Friday, April 8 — just in time for cute family Easter pics and that all-important prom season.

Oysters from The Fitzgerald.

Photo courtesy of The Fitzgerald

Oysters from The Fitzgerald.

This Week's Hot Headlines

New restaurant that's hot for potatoes leads Fort Worth's top stories

Yelp

Big Potato Company baked potato

Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week is loaded with food, from potatoes to caviar to ramen. Plus, we've got the scoop on where to drink in Fort Worth right now. Catch up on our most popular stories below, then head to our event planner for more weekend fun.

1. Restaurant with a thing for loaded baked potatoes debuts in Burleson. Huge loaded baked potatoes are the thing at The Big Potato Company, a restaurant that recently opened in Burleson, in the former Dough Boy Donuts space at 291 W. Hidden Creek Pkwy.

2. Try croquet, cocktails, and caviar at luxe new bar from Fort Worth chef. The day has arrived for a new concept from celebrity chef Tim Love. Called Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails, it is now open at 4424 White Settlement Rd., along Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, where it's doing exactly what's advertised and more: croquet and cocktails with a little caviar on top.

3. Buzzy ramen restaurant Wabi House to open in charming Old Town Keller. An acclaimed ramen restaurant is headed for Keller. Wabi House, the chef-led Asian restaurant, is opening in charming Old Town Keller, in a cute building at 111 W. Vine St., where it's slated to open in the fall.

4. Top Texas restaurants and chefs celebrated at 2025 Tastemaker Awards. CultureMap has finally completed its statewide journey to honor the best chefs, restaurants, and more with the 2025 Tastemaker Awards. Meet all the Texas Tastemakers in this story.

Whiskey Cake is Fort Worth's Best New Restaurant. Photo courtesy of Whiskey Cake Kitchen and Bar

5. Where to drink in Fort Worth right now: 7 best bars for fun and games. Fort Worth likes to get its game on, as proven by the growing number of bars that provide a side of entertaining activities. Here are seven bars to visit this month where patrons can truly eat, drink, and play.