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Unsung hero restaurants top this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth stories

Fiesta Mexican Restaurant is a hidden gem.

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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: 6 unsung hero restaurants for May. Not every restaurant in Fort Worth has a post that goes viral on TikTok, or is constantly written about by food media types. Some survive on word of mouth and dedicated followers. This month’s Where to Eat is dedicated to these under-the-radar gems.

2. Fast-food diner from California with burgers & pies to open in Arlington. A fast-casual restaurant chain from Northern California is not only opening a location in Texas, the company is moving here: Nation's, a diner-style restaurant with hot dogs, giant burgers, and pie, will open two locations in the DFW area including Frisco and Arlington.

3. A Fort Worth historic home is now the city's newest wine bar. The newest wine bar in Fort Worth is now open in one of Fort Worth’s oldest homes: Called Saddlerock Wine + Beer Co., it's a winery that originated in Malibu, California, and has debuted in the historic Chapman Bennett home at 731 Samuels Ave.

4. Fort Worth readers meet up weekly at fascinating 'silent' book club. On Tuesday nights at Fort Worth boutique Hotel Dryce, the bar is packed, yet quiet. Guests are curled up on couches, camped out at the counter, or seated on the patio — all with their nose in a book. It's Silent Book Club night.

5. Fort Worth drone king Sky Elements adds cutting-edge new pyro to drones. A Fort Worth-area business known internationally for its award-winning drones has logged an achievement: Sky Elements, the North Richland Hills company that produces hundreds of drone light shows throughout the U.S. and internationally, made history last week by flying the first-ever pyro drone show in the U.S.

This week's hot headlines

Tacos and burgers sizzle in this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

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1. Catch up on new tacos and burgers in this Fort Worth restaurant news. This roundup of restaurant news around Fort Worth includes a couple of openings and a couple of closings — and a whole lot of new dishes and menus for fall. There's tacos, burgers, and beer cheese fondue. Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news.

2. 18 DFW billionaires join Alice Walton as richest Americans, per Forbes. On the heels of news that Fort Worth's Alice Walton is now the richest woman in the world, more than a dozen Dallas-Fort Worth billionaires - including two Bass brothers - have joined her on the new Forbes 400 list of the 400 richest people in the United States for 2024.

3. These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. Bourbon, beer, and wine were on the menu of food events in Fort Worth this week, as October officially arrived. Oktoberfest events are still happening, and there was a rare opportunity to snag tickets to a popular outdoor firepit cooking class.

4. Get tacos with a Middle Eastern twist at Tacos y Rocky in Fort Worth. A taco concept in Fort Worth is giving the Mexican staple an unexpected twist. Called Tacos y Rocky, it's a roaming kitchen with a menu that adds Middle Eastern flavors to traditional Mexican cuisine.

5. Amazon seeking 8,000 part-timers in Dallas-Fort Worth for 2024 holiday. As the 2024 holiday shopping season approaches, Amazon is doing its annual round of holiday hiring, seeking to fill 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the U.S., including 18,000 positions in Texas — including 8,000 openings in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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