Birdie News

A little birdie social club with patios galore has opened in Fort Worth

Hey little Birdie, let's party.

Photo courtesy of Cowtown Concepts LLC

A veteran bar group in Fort Worth is debuting a new venue: Called Birdie's Social Club, it's in the Cultural District at a familiar address: 2736 W 6th St., IE, the space that was formerly Lola's, which is relocating.

Birdie's is a casual, open-air concept, spanning the entire block between 5th and 6th streets, with three indoor and outdoor bars, multiple patios, food, drinks, and entertainment. According to a release, it's now open.

The club is from Cowtown Concepts LLC, creators of the Curfew Bar, with inspiration culled from a variety of sources spanning Route 66, country clubs, and the pastel flourishes of Palm Springs, evinced via large-scale murals and colorful details such picnic benches, umbrella tables, and loungers that have transformed the historic space.

The venue has both an outdoor covered stage for live acts and an indoor stage called The Clubhouse for intimate shows. They'll be open for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.

Details on the food are still forthcoming, but the cocktail menu for the outside space includes Birdie's Laughing Margarita; an Arnold Palmer with house-made peach tea available by the pitcher; and the Little Hollywood, a riff on the Dirty Shirley with bourbon and an ancho chile kick.

Inside features a cigar-lounge feel with a moody upscale interior, where they serve classic cocktails like the Tom Collins and the Gimlet.

But it's also designed to be family-friendly, and has an all-ages policy until 10 pm.

A grand opening is penciled in for Wednesday, August 31 from 4-8 pm with the Powell Brothers, Fletcher's Corny Dogs, and complimentary champagne from the Bubble Bus while supplies last.

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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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