Fort Worth's first and only fine-dining vegan restaurant has closed: Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits, the vegan tasting restaurant that opened in June 2023 in the PS1200 complex, closed abruptly on July 7.

According to a post from the owners, the restaurant was locked out of its space and is now permanently closed.

The post acknowledges that the restaurant had "fallen behind" on paying its rent.

"Like many independent restaurants, we’ve faced an incredibly tough six months with rising costs, a slower season, and the lasting economic effects that so many small businesses are feeling right now," the restaurant's post says.

"We had fallen behind on rent and were hoping to renegotiate our lease and keep Maiden going in the space we’ve loved so deeply. Unfortunately, those efforts didn’t come together in time."

Maiden was the ambitious venture from the founders of longtime vegan restaurant Spiral Diner & Bakery, and opened with big dreams in the same block as Spiral Diner, alongside a companion bakery-dessert shop called Dreamboat Vegan Donuts & Scoops.

Maiden debuted with a $150 seasonal 8-course tasting menu consisting entirely of plant-based food, designed to be consumed over a two- to three-hour timespan, with two seatings per night, and room for 50 diners per seating.

But they also opened with limited information about the menu, very few photos, and photos that did not present the food well (see example above). They also enacted a rule that diners could not take photos of the food — further limiting the restaurant's marketing and viral reach.

In recent months, the restaurant posted that business had fallen off. They quietly closed down Dreamboat in March 2025, shifting the doughnut operation over to Spiral Diner, and they also closed two locations of Spiral Diner: Denton in 2024 and Dallas in 2022.

Interest in vegan dining surged leading up to and during the pandemic, and Fort Worth saw a number of openings in recent years. But that interest in vegan dining has slacked off, leading some Fort Worth vegan restaurants to close or change their business model in recent months, including Mariachi's Dine-in, acclaimed pizzeria Pizza Verde, and Vice Burger.

As is always the case when a restaurant is locked out for nonpayment of rent, Maiden did not receive advance notice.

"We weren’t given notice before the lockout, and we’re still processing how abruptly this chapter has ended," the post says. "It’s painful and disorienting but we know how much heart went into every part of Maiden, and how much love came back from this community in return."

The management is offering its staff other employment opportunities, and thanked its customers.

"Maiden was a team built restaurant with everyone working together towards a common goal. We are all feeling this loss deeply," the post says. "We don’t know yet what comes next. But we’re still here. And we still believe in cruelty-free cuisine."