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Amusement park slides to top this week's hottest stories in Fort Worth

A new "dry" slide amusement park opened this week.

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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. Amusement park with 'dry' slides coasts into DFW with Denton opening. A slippery slidey new entertainment venue is coming to town: Called Slick City Action Park, it's an indoor slide and activity venue that just opened in Denton, in a former trampoline park at 2434 S I-35 E. #140.

2. Cousin's BBQ team to debut upscale new restaurant in SW Fort Worth. The Mont is an upscale New American concept from Cousin's BBQ owner Jeff Payne and Cousin's VP Jason Cross. The restaurant will open in the Montserrat neighborhood in southwest Fort Worth in winter.

3. Fort Worth Botanic Garden plants veggie crops for new community garden. The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is getting into community gardening. They've set aside an area called the Backyard Vegetable Garden, located near the top of the Rose Garden and off the beaten path. Crops will benefit residents at Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County.

4. Mr. Gatti's Pizza unrolls restaurant-buffet-game room in SW Fort Worth. Mr Gatti's Pizza, a pizzeria-family entertainment center, opened at 5203 McCart Ave. #205 with an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet, dessert pizzas, a salad bar, and a 7,500-square-foot game room with more than 40 arcade games.

5. Austin chain Chuy's Tex-Mex brings Elvis enchiladas to west Fort Worth. Austin Tex-Mex chain Chuy’s Tex-Mex has opened a new location in Hudson Oaks, a fun and friendly spot to eat Tex-Mex at a great price.

This week's hot headlines

Closure of ramen restaurant tops week's 5 most-read Fort Worth stories

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1. Last chance to get ramen from acclaimed West 7th Fort Worth restaurant. Fort Worth has lost some great ramen: Kintaro Ramen, the ramen shop on West Seventh Street from chef Jesus Garcia, closed for good on September 9. News of the closure was posted on Facebook, with an expression of gratitude to customers.

2. Where to drink in Fort Worth right now: 8 hot new bars for September. An exciting round of new bars has debuted in Fort Worth, with a few notable additions in Grapevine, too. The list is wide-ranging, from a sky-high hotel rooftop lounge to an underground cave dedicated to fine wine. All eight are worth a visit this month for the latest in sips, brews, and views.

3. Save the dates for Fort Worth's 10 most fabulous galas of fall 2024. Fort Worth knows how to party. This fall, the top fundraising galas in town will turn up the "Neon Lights," step right up to a "Cirque du Soiree," conduct a "Masquerade in the Lab," and bet on "A Night at the Races." So steam your gown, shine your boots, circle these dates on the calendar, and click through to reserve the 10 most coveted gala tickets in Fort Worth this season.

4. Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth to close and sell off artifacts. A Fort Worth museum is closing its doors: The Texas Civil War Museum, which displayed artifacts from the Civil War era, will close at the end of October. The museum, located at 760 Jim Wright Fwy. North in White Settlement, had been open since 2006.

5. Fuzzy's Taco Shop is one of 7 Texas chains ready to take on America. America is set to be on the receiving end of an explosion of Mexican chain restaurants — and Texas, God bless, is doing its part. An eye-opening story on Mashed called "Mexican Chain Restaurants You're About To See Everywhere" finds 12 chains all on the verge of expansion. Seven are from Texas.

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