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Yay for good news: Grimaldi's Pizzeria at Clearfork Fort Worth is back

News about pizza is always good.

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Bucking the coronavirus closure trend, a pizzeria in Fort Worth is reopening: Grimaldi's Pizzeria, the chain known for its New York-style pizza, reopened its location at The Shops at Clearfork, where it will offer delivery and carryout service from 11 am-9 pm daily.

Grimaldi’s is an institution, dating back to 1990 when they opened their first location under the Brooklyn Bridge. The chain is noted for its coal-fired, brick-oven pizza, although they've modified their original approach of using just a coal-fired brick oven by going with a hybrid oven, which is only probably interesting to people who really care about things like pizza ovens.

The chain came to the DFW area in 2007, and opened the Clearfork location in December 2018. But then COVID-19 shut down Clearfork in March, and most businesses in the shopping complex followed suit.

"The Grimaldi’s Clearfork location initially closed when the landlord of The Shops at Clearfork closed the entire property out of an abundance of caution," the owners say in a statement. "In the weeks since, the viability of offering pic-up or delivery only has been proven at other locations, so the shopping center permitted restaurant operators to reopen with these limited services."

Not to mention, Gov. Greg Abbott just decreed that retail stores could be open as of April 24, although on a to-go basis only.

In addition to pizza, Grimaldi's menu includes appetizers, salads, and Italian-inspired desserts.

The Grimaldi's at Clearfork will offer family meal deals to make ordering even easier for customers. The deals include:

Meal Deal 1 ($25, feeds two) – One 18” Traditional Cheese Pizza, one House or Caesar salad, two fountain drinks
Meal Deal 2 ($40, feeds four) – Two 18” Traditional Cheese Pizzas, one large House or Caesar salad, four fountain drinks

If you want additional toppings, they're at regular menu price. The deals must be ordered by phone, and are for carry-out only. They can't be combined with any other offer or discount.

They're also offering 50 percent off bottles of wine; $6 single bottles of beer; and 6-packs of beer for $15, carryout only. The standard Grimaldi's menu is available for delivery through DoorDash, Uber Eats, and GrubHub.

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Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

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A decadent new doughnut shop is coming to Fort Worth: Duck Donuts, a North Carolina-based chain known for serving doughnuts made to order, will open a shop at 6387 Camp Bowie Blvd. #A within the Ridglea Plaza Shopping Center in Fort Worth.

According to a release, the shop will open on Saturday December 21 at 7 am.

Duck Donuts opened its first locations in 2007 in the beach resort towns of Duck and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the intention to create an oasis for vacationers. They're now headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and began franchising in 2013, with more than 150 locally owned and operated shops across 26 states and international locations. There was previously a DFW location in Addison on Belt Line Road that opened in 2020 but it did not survive the pandemic.

The Fort Worth shop is owned and operated by husband-and-wife Justin and Morgan Thomas.

“We are delighted to be opening in Fort Worth,” Justin says in a statement. “The community has been patiently waiting for us to open our doors, and now we cannot wait to sprinkle happiness to all with our warm, delicious and made-to-order doubhnuts.”

The 1,035-square-foot shop reflects the franchise’s reimagined design which gives a modern twist on their iconic beach theme and family-friendly atmosphere. Upon entering the store, customers are greeted by the aroma of warm, light vanilla cake doughnuts.

Customers can create their own combination by choosing from coatings, toppings, and drizzles, including traditional favorites such as chocolate icing with sprinkles and more adventurous creations such as maple icing with bacon.

Key to their appeal is the viewing area where children and adults alike can watch their doughnuts being made.

Many of their flavors have a beachy theme such as the Beach, a cake doughnut with vanilla icing dusted with cinnamon sugar; the Sunrise with lemon icing and raspberry drizzle; and the Beach Ball with vanilla icing, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle.

They rotate in seasonal offerings such as the current lineup of mint-flavored flavors including chocolate icing with mint buttercream. The doughnuts themselves are limited to vanilla and chocolate cake; the flavors come primarily from icing.

In addition to doughnuts, the Fort Worth location will serve coffee, doughnut breakfast sandwiches, doughnut sundaes — in which a doughnut is topped with ice cream and syrup — plus frozen beverages and milkshakes.

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