Where to Drink Now

Where to drink in Fort Worth right now: 5 bars for new adventures

Pick from dozens of beers, ciders, and more at Lone Star Taps & Caps.

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Forget New Year’s diets and all those vows of fewer glasses of wine. Let 2017 be the year of trying new things — namely, these recent additions to Fort Worth’s booze scene. Challenge yourself to try a new brew, varietal of vino, or craft cocktail at one of these drink spots.

Lone Star Taps & Caps
This growler bar expanded to Camp Bowie from Lewisville and Denton. Even if you’ve been in before, Taps & Caps feels like a new shop with each visit, thanks to more than 50 rotating brews. Stop in for a pint or 4-ounce pour to sip in-house, or fill your growler and take it home. Not a lager lover? Try Taps & Caps’ ciders, root beers, or kombuchas.

44Bootlegger
As a former retail store in Near Southside, this bar is no stranger to what’s in vogue. The charming juxtaposition of an industrial interior with delicate furniture offers something for everyone, much like the available wines, beers, and food menu. Order wine or beer (there are 44 options of each, naturally) and play I Spy with the funky doors, taxidermied animals, and boats lining the bar. You can also take a case of beer or wine to-go.

Whiskey Business
If the clever name doesn’t peak your interest, daily drink specials will get you in the door. With the same minds behind the Rail Club, the Moon Tower, and Tomcats West, this remodel of The Mule includes ample TVs and a tried-and-true patio. Check social media for open-mic nights, live music, karaoke, and weekly specials.

Republic Street Bar
Heim Barbecue might have helped Republic Street Bar gain prominence, but Republic still pleases every day of the week. And now that Heim has opened its own storefront, Republic has released a food menu including brunch, appetizers, and delectable tots. Grab a mimosa on Saturday, a Bloody Mary on Sunday funday, or a weekday beer — especially when the weather permits outdoor seating.

Tortaco
Truffle steak tortes and inventive mezcal cocktails? Go ahead and rearrange your happy hour plans right now, because this restaurant and bar hybrid has drinks and eats for everyone who likes Tex-Mex (which is pretty much everyone, right?). Plus, there’s something on the menu called Burnt Ends, which serves up jalapeños, cheddar, avocado, onions, and the smoky ends of brisket in a torta or taco. Try it with a Dirty Sanchez cocktail.

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Pizza News

Calif pizza chain proud of its curly pepperoni opens in Mansfield

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A California-based chain known for its mountain-sized pizzas is now open in Mansfield: Mountain Mike’s Pizza has opened a locaion at 1670 E Broad St., at the corner of US 287, an extremely buzzy location which is also home to an H-E-B supermarket that opened there in June.

Mountain Mike's was founded in Palo Alto, and is growing quickly with more than 250 locations across California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Washington, Wisconsin, and Texas including eight in the DFW area and two in Houston.

Their signature is their "legendary crispy curly pepperoni," where the pepperoni slices curve up into little cups. This is accomplished by enclosing the pepperoni in a collagen casing which causes it to shrink in the oven into little cups.

Varieties include an all-meat, a vegetarian olive & mushroom, and a garlic combo, with mushroom, olives, & pepperoni. Other varieties include a bacon pizza, a chicken club pizza, and a garlic chicken pizza.

Non-pizza items include wings in a variety of flavors, both boneless and bone-in, plus salads, mozzarella sticks, crinkle-cut wedge potato fries, desserts, beer, and wine.

The chain made its Texas debut in 2022, opening locations in Lewisville, Grand Prairie, Saginaw, which opened in May, and Melissa, which opened in August.

The Mansfield location is from Dallas-Fort Worth residents (and Mountain Mike’s Pizza multi-unit franchisees) Ramein Gerami and Min Chang. The locatoin boasts a family-friendly atmosphere plus six big-screen TVs for sports events.

The location also includes an all-you-can-eat pizza and salad bar, weekday lunch buffet, kids’ arcade area, plus craft beer and wine and complimentary Wi-Fi.

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