This edition of dining news around Fort Worth has it all: openings, relocations, acquisitions, closings, and spring menus. If you want an action packed roundup of Fort Worth restaurant news, you've come to the right place.

Here's what's happening in Fort Worth restaurant news:

Blue Mound Cafe, the small locally-owned chain of restaurants serving homey, wholesome Southern and American food, is opening its newest location in the former Vickery Cafe space at 4120 W. Vickery Blvd. on March 19. (Vickery Cafe relocated to the West 7th District.) Blue Mound Cafe owners Dustin & Craig Bunney founded the concept in 2020 with a menu of omelets, egg combos, breakfast tacos, sandwiches, salads, nine burgers including cheeseburger sliders, tuna melts, chicken-fried steak, cream pies, cheesecake, and cobblers. They currently have four locations at Belknap, North Richland Hills, Saginaw, and Arlington — Vickery will be the fifth.

Dave's Hot Chicken, a Los Angeles-based Nashville hot chicken chain that began as a street food sensation before transforming into a fast-casual chain, is opening a new location in Fort Worth at 3240 Tracewood Way #120 on March 21. Dave's specializes in hot chicken tenders and sliders, plus sides such as kale slaw, mac & cheese, crispy fries, and cheese fries. This is their third location in Fort Worth, and their 13th in the DFW area, following locations in Arlington, Hurst, Lewisville, Denton, Dallas, Plano, Richardson, and Mesquite.

On the Border, the Mexican grill & cantina chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is closing (or has closed) 40 non-performing stores including: 2011 Copeland Rd. Arlington, 890 E. 114 Roanoke, 4855 Belt Line Rd. Addison, 3310 Knox St. Dallas, 1890 S. Stemmons Fwy. Lewisville, 500 SH-121 Plano, 1505 N. Central Expwy. Plano, 590 W. Parker Rd. #210 Plano, and 213 N. Central Expwy. Allen. At the time of the filing, there were 80 restaurants across the U.S. and South Korea, 60 in the U.S. across 18 individual states. Their locations map shows there are still 19 locations open across DFW, including Rockwall, Garland, Mesquite, McKinney, Denton, Irving, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Burleson, Bedford, Fort Worth, and Weatherford.

Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro has relocated to a larger space. They're at 115 S. Main St. in Cleburne inside Historic Wright Plaza - where they have a beautiful indoor dining area and a gorgeous outdoor patio as well. One of their new features they are excited about is a grab-and-go section with pre-made wraps and salads, perfect if you don't have time to dine in.

Brio Italian Grille, the casually elegant Italian restaurant in Southlake, has Lent specials for lunch and dinner including Lobster & Shrimp Fettucine, featuring lobster, shrimp, fettuccine, roasted grape tomatoes, and green onions in a light cream sauce; Grilled Salmon Fresca with grilled salmon, asparagus, sweet potatoes, spinach, red peppers, feta, Roma tomatoes, pesto vinaigrette, and balsamic reduction; and Lemon Garlic Orzo with Shrimp featuring orzo with Parmesan cheese, lemon, spinach, and shrimp. They'll be available March 11-April 20.

Eatzi’s Market & Bakery has three new chocolate treats: the Double Chocolate Cookie, a rich, chewy deep chocolate cookie made with butter, brown sugar, and unsweetened cocoa powder, $3 or a 5-pack for $6,49; Chocolate Oblivion Cake Balls, a flourless chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache coating; and the return of Mom’s Chocolate Cake, a moist sour cream chocolate cake layered with chocolate cream cheese icing, $6.79 by the slice. At stores in Grapevine and Fort Worth.

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria has a new spring menu as follows: Italian Hero Pizza, a pizza version on the classic Italian Combo Sandwich with ham, salami, roma tomatoes, red onion, and pepperoncini; Spring Bridge Board with Italian meats, cheeses, walnuts, red peppers, pepperoncini, and sliced bread; Banana Cream Cheesecake with a Nilla Wafer crust and crushed Nilla Wafers; Caramel Coconut Cheesecake on an Oreo cookie crust; Limoncello Spritzer with limoncello, Riesling, and ginger beer. There's also a new vegetable pizza with permanent status: Tuscan Veggie Pizza topped with roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, spinach, garlic, and basil.

Golden Chick has brought back its panko-crusted Butterfly Shrimp, which they introduced in 2020, for a Lent season special, available through May 11. There's also a new Wicked Shrimp, the same panko-breaded shrimp but tossed in spicy Lotta Zing seasoning.

Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes has teamed up with entertainment sensation Dude Perfect to launch the Dude 'Burger Battle Box,' a limited-time offering with four cheeseburgers, fries, and two milkshakes for $40. The Burger Battle Box is packaged in a box that matches Dude Perfect's signature shade of blue, and comes with trick shot tutorials and family games.

Cotton Patch Cafe has a limited-time offering of herb-crusted pecan tilapia filets that are pan-seared and topped with a pecan and maple glaze, served with two sides such as black-eyed peas and fried okra for $16.29, or for $20.29 topped with four fried or grilled shrimp, available through April 20.

Yogurtland, the self-serve fro-yo chain, is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with fan-favorite flavors: Lucky Irish Mint, which is positioned next to Cookies & Cream so that you can have a Mint Classic Cookies & Cream swirl. Available "while supplies last."

Pepsi is acquiring Poppi, a "functional" prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion. Poppi was founded in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2017. Prebiotic sodas, made by companies like Poppi and Olipop, supposedly have ingredients that help "gut health." Coca-Cola recently launched its own prebiotic soda brand, Simply Pop.