This week's hot headlines
Leon Bridges' Met Gala look leads this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines
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. Leon Bridges makes Met Gala best-dressed list with Fort Worth-inspired look. Music superstar Leon Bridges repped his home state and adopted hometown at the 2024 Met Gala, donning a suit adorned with Texas bluebonnets and inspired by a Fort Worth museum exhibition. Bridges unveiled his sartorial tribute to the Lone Star State as he walked the green carpet and ascended the stairs into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 6.
2. Treasured Anejo Taqueria settles in at cozy north Fort Worth storefront. A family-owned taqueria that started out as a food truck has found a permanent home in a storefront in north Fort Worth. Called Añejo Taqueria, it opened in March at 7355 N. Beach St. #161, at Basswood Boulevard, taking over a space that was previously Hangout Tacos.
3. Venerable dive bar on Fort Worth's Eastside closes after 17 years. A classic dive bar in Fort Worth has closed: Ozzie Rabbit Lodge, which dubbed itself "one hell of a dive," closed on May 5, going out with a bang on Cinco de Mayo. The bar, which opened in 2007, was located at 6364 E. Lancaster Ave., just east of 820, along the same strip as Dixie House.
4. These 7 friendly towns are the best places to retire in the Hill Country. Many people dream of retiring to the Texas countryside and getting away from the big city hustle and bustle, and there are seven places in particular that should be on the radar for any retiring Fort Worth residents: Georgetown and Burnet.
5. Austin-based Tacodeli taqueria chain to open first location in Fort Worth. Austin tacos are coming to Fort Worth: Tacodeli, the Texas taqueria founded in Austin in 1999, is opening its first location in Fort Worth at 4500 Hartwood Dr. in a sweet spot on the corner of Tanglewood that was previously a realty office.
