This week's hot headlines
10 best bars of 2024 top off this week's most-read Fort Worth stories
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. 10 contenders for Bar of the Year are shaking up nightlife in Fort Worth. As we continue to profile nominees for the 2024 CultureMap Fort Worth Tastemaker Awards, it’s time to raise a glass to contenders for Bar of the Year. Among these 10 contenders are some longtime watering holes and some brand new hangs. Get to know them, and all the nominees, in our special editorial series leading up to the big event: the Tastemaker Awards party.
2. Austin chef and 26-year-old native of Fort Worth killed in hit-and-run. A tragic hit-and-run in Austin cost 26-year-old Cody Shelton his life, leaving his family members and colleagues in mourning. Shelton was a native of Fort Worth who went to both Castleberry High School and Azle High School, where he graduated.
3. Owners of popular Cafecito in Fort Worth open new cafe with trendy bowls. A new Fort Worth cafe is serving acai bowls with a Latin-inspired twist. Called Fide’s, it’s a family-run operation from a mother-daughter duo who already own a beloved cafe in Fort Worth’s Near Southside. Fide's is from Cinthya Duran and her mother Yaneth Sanchez, who launched the Mexican brunch cafe Cafecito in 2023.
4. Fun new openings and special dishes stir up this Fort Worth restaurant news. This roundup of Fort Worth dining news has some fun and unexpected openings, along with new menu items, seasonal dishes, limited-edition offerings, and best of all, some tempting desserts.
5. Discount home décor store Homesense makes Texas debut in Fort Worth. An off-price home goods retailer called Homesense has opened its doors at Fort Worth's Alliance Town Center, marking the chain's debut in Texas. It's definitely not a local debut for the store's parent corporation, TJX Companies, however. Framingham, Massachusetts-based Homesense is a sibling concept to popular discount home and apparel stores HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls.