Editor's note: It's time to look back at the top Fort Worth news of the week, including a round of restaurant closures and a local billionaire being crowned the world's richest woman. Plus, we introduce you to the 16 best new restaurants in Fort Worth. Get the details on our most popular stories below, and then find the best things to do this weekend right here.
1. Farewell to 3 Fort Worth restaurants in this roundup of dining news. In this edition of dining news around Fort Worth, there are a few closures in the categories of Irish pub, breakfast, and burgers. But there's also an opening or two, a re-opening, and some new meal times being introduced by favorite local restaurants. Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news.
2. Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton reigns as world's wealthiest woman. More billionaires have made it onto the 2025 World's Billionaires List than ever before, but few appear higher on the list than Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton. The Walmart heiress is the wealthiest woman in the world in 2025, Forbes says.
Alice Walton is the world's richest woman.
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3. 16 best new Fort Worth restaurants battle for Tastemaker Award trophy. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, Fort Worth welcomed a lengthy list of new restaurants, along with new residents, over the past year. And now it’s time for readers to choose which is best. There are 16 contenders in this bracket-style tournament for the CultureMap Tastemaker Awards Best New Restaurant title. Make your voice heard by voting for your favorite new Fort Worth restaurants.
4. Fort Worth Food & Wine Fest is top food and drink event of the week. Foodies, start your engines: the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival officially revs up this week. The four-day feast, which debuted in 2014, has established itself as the city’s premier multi-day culinary extravaganza.
5. Sports bar from Dallas Stars owner to open at Northlake youth center. A Canadian sports bar is coming to Northlake: Called Shark Club Sports Bar and Grill, it will be part of a new youth sports center from the Dallas Stars hockey team, at 4819 SH 114 at the StarCenter Multisport, just north of Fort Worth, set to open by 2026.