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Near Southside burger joint shutters in this week's most-read stories

Vice Burger is closing after two years.

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Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week is chock-full of restaurant openings and closings, including a vegan burger joint and downtown Mexican restaurant. Get the details below, then visit our event planner for some weekend ideas.

1. Burger joint on Fort Worth's Near Southside to close after 2 years. A Fort Worth burger joint with a vegan menu is closing. Vice Burger, a fast-casual restaurant with vegan burgers and shakes, located in the Near Southside district, is closing after two years.

2. Exciting new openings electrify this Fort Worth restaurant news. This June roundup of Fort Worth dining news is packed with exciting news including a flurry of openings, and loads of new menus. Don't miss out on halal sandwiches, a wine bar, and a new spot to grab Dubai chocolate.

3. Paco's Mexican Cuisine shutters location in Sundance Square Fort Worth. A buzzy Fort Worth Mexican restaurant has closed. Paco’s Mexican Cuisine shuttered its location in Sundance Square after three years.

Paco's Mexican Cuisine has closed. Photo courtesy of Paco's

4. Mexican restaurant Vidorra to bring energized vibe to Grapevine. A Dallas-based Mexican restaurant and bar is coming to Grapevine. Vidorra, a modern Mexican restaurant chain founded in Deep Ellum in 2018, will open in December 2025.

5. Ranch feast fuels 5 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. Upcoming events include a Juneteenth supper club, collaborative Italian Sunday supper, and more.

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Where to find fresh peaches around Fort Worth and more popular stories

Photo courtesy of Gemini Peach and Rose Farm

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Editor's note: The top Fort Worth news of the week is sweet with fresh summer peaches. Plus, we round up the hottest restaurants for July and the best snow cone stands around town. Catch up on our most popular stories below, then head to our event planner for more weekend fun.

1. Best Fort Worth-area markets and orchards for fresh summer peaches. Nothing embodies the spirit of a Texas summer quite like a sun-ripened peach at its peak. Ideal growing conditions have yielded an early, abundant harvest, with orchards across Parker County and the Hill Country showcasing some of their finest fruit in years. Here's where to find this summer's standout picks around Fort Worth.

2. Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 hottest restaurants for July. The July edition of Where to Eat in Fort Worth is hot, and it's not just the summer weather. There's a restaurant by the lake, two places with pizza, one with souffles, and another serving brunch.

3. Fort Worth's only fine-dining vegan restaurant abruptly closes. Fort Worth's first and only fine-dining vegan restaurant has closed. Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits, the vegan tasting restaurant that opened in June 2023 in the PS1200 complex, closed abruptly on July 7.

Maiden vegan Maiden: Fine Plants and Spirits has closed. Photo by Chris Plavidal

4. 10 top Fort Worth-area snow cone shops for a sweet summer brain freeze. Nothing offers sweet relief on a scorching summer day like an icy-cold snow cone. Here are 10 favorite Fort Worth-area snow cone shops where the ice is fluffy, the flavors are bold, and the brain freezes are totally worth it.

5. Peaches rule the 6 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week. The 40th edition of a sweet and peachy summer tradition returns, plus whiskey and yoga combine.