Supermarket News

Fort Worth is getting a fancy new Kroger Marketplace store off Hwy 287

Kroger supermarket.

Photo by Robert Bostick

Fort Worth's getting a new Kroger: The Kroger Co. broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art Kroger Marketplace format store at 113 E. Bonds Ranch Rd., along the northbound side of Highway 287.

According to a release, the store will span 123,000 square feet, built on nearly 17 acres, and is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2024.

It will be the 10th store currently operated by Kroger in the City of Fort Worth and the shopping center will feature various businesses and new dining options for the community.

“As Fort Worth continues to expand, this new store will be a very important and significant investment in our community and will provide opportunity for new jobs and further economic growth,” said Keith Shoemaker, president, Kroger’s Dallas Division. “Our newest store in Fort Worth will feature the very best that Kroger has to offer with thousands of fresh, local, healthy, and unique selections and an extensive assortment of products.”

Kroger’s new Marketplace store in Fort Worth will feature a Starbucks kiosk, Murray’s Cheese counter, full-service grocery, pharmacy and expanded general merchandise, including outdoor living products, toys, home goods, and more. The store will also feature a fuel center with 18 fueling positions and a grab & go kiosk including beverages and snacks.

The site will be developed by Ridgemont Commercial Construction, based in Irving and Weitzman real estate of Dallas.

Fort Worth is the third of three new Kroger Marketplace stores announced earlier this year, which includes new stores currently under construction in Melissa and Plano. These will be the first stores built in North Texas since the company opened its location at 1801 North Lake Forest Drive in McKinney in 2019. Kroger has been serving North Texas communities for more than 65 years.

In 2022, Kroger opened a Fulfillment Center in South Dallas to focus solely on the growing demand for grocery delivery service. With spoke facilities since constructed in Austin, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, the company has added the capability to serve an ever-increasing digital audience and more remote communities without the need for brick-and-mortar stores.

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Mex Mex News

El Garambullo Mexican restaurant in Hurst is the real deal

El Garambullo

Sopes plate at El Garambullo

A restaurant in Hurst is serving something that just about everybody wants: authentic Mexican food. Called El Garambullo, it’s a family-owned place located in the former Harwood Cafe space at 109 Harwood Rd., where it's serving breakfast, fajitas, and house-made horchata.

El Garambullo is owned by Lisa Rodriguez and her family, who come from San Luis Potosi in Mexico. That's where they got the inspiration for the name of the restaurant: a garambullo is a type of cactus native to northern Mexico that Rodriguez views as a connection to her family origins.

Signature dishes include enchiladas, flautas, street tacos, and the fajitas, with a choice of the usual beef, chicken, or shrimp, or a more inclusive El Piquin Grill fajita plate featuring a combination of all three meats plus sausage.

Here's where to get a molcajete, a piping hot stone bowl and mixing pestle filled with sausage, shrimp, peppers, and cheese. Plus breakfast every day, including chilaquiles, eggs & chorizo, and huevo rancheros. Prices range from $10 for breakfast plates to $40 for fajitas that can feed two.

"I would describe our style of cooking in three simple words: Traditional, authentic, and for the whole family," Rodriguez says. "Our food is what you would imagine to taste in every town in Mexico. Most of the ingredients we use are from there, and we stick to our traditional recipes."

The horchata is made with homemade rice milk and spices. One thing you won’t find at this restaurant, however, is a margarita. There’s no bar or alcohol served here, but it is a BYOB restaurant.

Rodriguez, who learned to cook as a child from her mother and grandmother, worked in several restaurants but always dreamed of having her own restaurant and she wanted to do it in her own hometown.

"Hurst is not only the place where this restaurant opened its doors, but also the place I chose to live in for me and my family," Rodriguez says. "It's a very good place, along with all of the neighbors and the community."

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