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These are the 7 best food and drink events in Fort Worth this week

The Peach Truck arrives this week just in time for the first day of summer.

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The official first day of summer is this Wednesday, and there’s a summer bubbly tasting to celebrate. This week also brings the arrival of a traveling Southern peach truck (place your order now for pick-up), and a summer rosé sampling on a popular patio. End the week with a celebratory Pride brunch and market, and a pop-up brunch at a wine bar with an unexpected chef.

Wednesday, June 21

Summer Bubbles Wine Tasting at 3 Vino
The downtown Roanoke wine bar and bottle shop will kick off the first official day of summer with some bubbly. Get five sparkling summer wines and a cheeseboard for $30. Bottles can also be purchased to-go. The tasting will be available from 6-8 pm.

Thursday, June 22

Summer Rosé Tasting at Fitzgerald
The 2023 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards' Restaurant of the Year hosts a summery rosé tasting on the patio. The $25 price includes four wine samples paired with light bites. Bottles will be available to purchase to-go. Reservations are not required, and the tasting will take place from 6-8 pm.

Sosie Wine Dinner at Waters
Chef Jon Bonnell’s downtown seafood destination will present a multicourse wine dinner paired Sonoma’s Sosie wines. Sosie co-founder Scott MacFiggen will be on-site to talk through the wine selections, which will range from sparkling rosé of Syrah to Cabernet Sauvignon. Menu highlights include prosciutto-wrapped Georges Bank scallops and pepper seared beef tenderloin. The dinner is $160, plus tax and gratuity, and starts at 7 pm. Email info@waterstexas.com or call 817-984-1110 if interested.

Friday, June 23

The Peach Truck Pick-Up at Jabo’s Ace Hardware
The Nashville-based Peach Truck is taking a summer tour and stops include the Jabo's Ace Ace Hardware Westcliff. Visit from 11 am-1 pm for peach-themed grilling demos, freeze-dried peach ice cream bites, and to pick up a box of freshly picked peaches. Orders should be placed online in advance to guarantee peaches, with limited extras available until sell-out. The Peach Truck will visit the Fort Worth area every Friday through August 11.

Saturday, June 24

Fort Worth Margarita Festival
The annual festival will welcome margarita lovers for a Saturday afternoon of sampling at Rusty Nickel Icehouse bar and patio in South Fort Worth. The event is nearly sold out and only $75 VIP tickets remain; they grant entry at 12 noon and a sampling card good for 10 premium tequila margaritas from bars and restaurants around town, each 3.5 ounces in size. The ticket also comes with two raffles entries to win a trip to Mexico. There’ll be food trucks on site, and the event will end at 6 pm.

Sunday, June 25

Annual Pride Brunch at The Bearded Lady
In honor of Pride month, The Bearded Lady hosts a brunch with Pride-themed and -colored foods, cocktails, decorations, music, and more. In addition to brunch, the event will include a Wandering Roots market. It all takes place 11-4 pm at the South Main restaurant and bar. For more Pride events this month, check out this list.

Pop-Up Brunch at Rancho Loma Vineyards
Chef Lee Warren will bring a taste of Cajun flavor to the South Main Street wine bar with his pop-up, a la carte brunch menu. An East Texas native, Warren mans the grill at Belknap Street biker bar Fuel 2.0 and has received local awards for his burgers. Visit from 12-3 pm.

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Downtown News

Historic Hogan Building in Fort Worth to welcome a Mexican restaurant

Beverly's

Beverly's Mexican Fort Worth

There's a new restaurant set to open in downtown Fort Worth. Called Beverly’s Downtown, it's a Mexican place set to open in the basement of the historic Hogan Building at 901 Houston St.

According to a release, Beverly's will open in late 2025.

The restaurant is from a team that includes Jeff Payne and Jason Cross, owners of Cousin’s BBQ and the highly anticipated New American restaurant, The Mont; partnered with Jeff Morgan and Steve Maddux, owners of the historic Hogan Building. They've been working on the renovation of the building since 2022.

The team brings a shared passion for hospitality, design, and culinary creativity to a project that aims to continue to elevate the city’s dining scene.

"We’re not trying to replicate the traditional Mexican restaurant experience,” says co-owner Jeff Payne. “Instead, we’re moving the needle forward while respecting the roots of the cuisine — creating something unique, sexy, familiar, and entirely new.”

Beverly’s will be open for lunch as well as dinner and after-hours dining, aimed at locals and visitors alike.

The menu will explore the full geographical and cultural spectrum of Mexican cuisine: from the meats and earthy spices of the North to the coastal influences of the Gulf and Caribbean.

Each dish will start with recognizable tradition but with inventive execution, such as their take on bread service, swapping rolls for heirloom flour and corn tortillas served with cultured butter mixed with pickled onion.

The 7,000-square-foot restaurant is an underground hideaway with an atmospheric, speakeasy-like allure, featuring rustic textures, moody lighting, and curved architectural accents.

Originally built in 1900 and redesigned in Art Deco style in 1937, the Hogan Building has been restored to its historic roots with modern touches.

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