Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week includes a new breakfast joint on the horizon and a salad chain's major round of closures. Plus, where to see live music for free around Fort Worth. Catch up on our most popular stories below, then visit our event planner for more weekend fun.
1. Brunch king cooks up new breakfast spot in Fort Worth's West Seventh. There's an exciting new breakfast concept coming to Fort Worth from a well-known name in the breakfast realm. Called Top of the Morning, it's opening in Artisan Circle, at 2948 Crockett St. in the space previously occupied by Mash'd.
2. 4 Fort Worth restaurants earn slots on new list of top 50 BBQ joints. Four Fort Worth barbecue restaurants have earned slots on a newly released best BBQ list. The list, Top BBQ Joints in the South, is from Southern Living magazine, a magazine fond of lists, and features 17 restaurants in Texas overall.
3. Salad and Go drive-thru chain to close 41 locations including DFW. Cheap salad chain Salad and Go is going, going, gone. The one-of-a-kind salad chain that churned out low-priced salads in a drive-thru-only format, has plans to close 41 restaurants this week.
Salad and Go has gone. Photo by Salad and Go
4. Favorite fall flavor is the theme in this Fort Worth restaurant news. This edition of dining news around Fort Worth includes openings, reopenings, and a sad closing. There are new menus and new dishes, many with the most favorite flavor of fall: pumpkin.
5. 7 best venues to see live music for free in Fort Worth. Fort Worth has seen live music venues come and go in recent years, but that does not mean the music has stopped. There's so much music in the air that you can find it for free in many places around town, some expected, some surprising.
Taylor Sheridan and Nicole Sheridan live near Fort Worth. Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for Paramount 