Editor's note: The most spectacular Christmas lights in town and a sudden restaurant closure are among this week's most-read Fort Worth stories. Catch up on the hottest headlines, and then find some fun things to do this holiday weekend here.
1. Where to see the most stunning Christmas lights in Fort Worth for 2024. Fort Worth is decked out and dazzling with Christmas lights for the 2024 holiday season. They're no longer just light "displays," but full on "attractions" - animated drive-thrus, immersive walk-through experiences, fun parades, and more.
2. Fort Worth restaurant Hot Box Biscuit Club closes after 5 years. A restaurant specializing in biscuits has closed: Hot Box Biscuit Club, which had been open at 313 S. Main St. since 2019, closed, apparently abruptly, after five years.
3. Buzzy Dan's Bagels to open 2 new Fort Worth-area locations. An acclaimed bagel shop in the mid-cities is expanding big time: Dan's Bagels, which has been winning over bagel fans at its original location in Trophy Club, is opening not one but two new outlets in spring 2025.
More rainbow bagels from Dan's.
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4. Fort Worth's Will Rogers Memorial Center welcomes bright new chef. There's a new chef in town: Waylon Cornelius, named executive chef of catering and concessions for Craft Culinary Concepts, the food and beverage provider at Will Rogers Memorial Center.
5. Milo's Cocina Mexicana brings margarita magic to North Richland Hills. A Mexican restaurant with mid-cities ties has debuted in North Richland Hills: Called Milo’s Cocina Mexicana, the restaurant is a cousin of Los Jimadores, the popular family-owned restaurant in Bedford, and it opened this summer in the former Garcia’s Latin Cuisine space at 8407 Blvd. 26 in Harwood Plaza.
