Bikini News

Rodeo Cowboy sports bar brings bikinis and big-screen TVs to Grapevine

Rowdy Cowboy bartender behind the bar.

Rowdy Cowboy

Grapevine has roped in a new sports bar in the vein of Twin Peaks, Hooters, et al: Called Rowdy Cowboy, it's a "breastaurant"-style spot with a Western twist newly opened at 1713 Crossroads Dr., along SH 121.

The bar takes over the space most recently occupied by D’Ambrosio’s Pizza, a short-lived deep-dish spot, but has seen a number of concepts cycle through such as Cultural Catch, Roscoe's NY Diner, and The Experience.

Rowdy Cowboy is owned by Curtis Wise and Kevin "Rich" Richardson, industry veterans who previously co-owned Fort Worth locations of the strip clubs Bucks Wild and Bucks Cabaret. (Wise is still an owner of Bucks, but Richardson is no longer involved.)

The sports bar is staffed by scantily-clad women in bikinis with thong-style bottoms and cowboy boots. The bar also has neon signs that say things like "saddle up," as well as logos fire-branded into the wooden bar top. Thus the "Western" theme.

The menu is a Southern and Tex-Mex twist on bar food with wings, brisket-stuffed jalapeños, brisket-stuffed jumbo pickles, and cheese fries. It has random ambitious touches here and there, like serving the onion rings on a horseshoe-shaped dispenser, and dishes like "croissant beignets," a cross between a French and a NOLA dessert.

Plus flautas, street tacos (with a choice of chicken, steak, or brisket), quesadillas, ribs, pork chops, ribeye steak, chicken fried chicken, and country fried steak.

The beer selection is better than your usual sports bar with 32 beers on tap, including IPAs, ambers, and seasonal choices, as well as bottled beers. Cocktails include “Reverse Cowgirl” with cucumber vodka and “The Wrangler,” which is Rowdy Cowboy’s version of a tequila old fashioned.

The bar runs 40 feet long and there are 64 flat-screen TVs throughout the space.

“This is going to be the spot where you want to watch all the sports games,” says Rowdy Cowboy General Manager Julia Smith. “I think we’ll bring some fun, excitement, and entertainment.”

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Doughnut News

Luscious doughnut shop Duck Donuts makes Fort Worth debut

Photo courtesy of Visit Addison

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A decadent new doughnut shop is coming to Fort Worth: Duck Donuts, a North Carolina-based chain known for serving doughnuts made to order, will open a shop at 6387 Camp Bowie Blvd. #A within the Ridglea Plaza Shopping Center in Fort Worth.

According to a release, the shop will open on Saturday December 21 at 7 am.

Duck Donuts opened its first locations in 2007 in the beach resort towns of Duck and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the intention to create an oasis for vacationers. They're now headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and began franchising in 2013, with more than 150 locally owned and operated shops across 26 states and international locations. There was previously a DFW location in Addison on Belt Line Road that opened in 2020 but it did not survive the pandemic.

The Fort Worth shop is owned and operated by husband-and-wife Justin and Morgan Thomas.

“We are delighted to be opening in Fort Worth,” Justin says in a statement. “The community has been patiently waiting for us to open our doors, and now we cannot wait to sprinkle happiness to all with our warm, delicious and made-to-order doubhnuts.”

The 1,035-square-foot shop reflects the franchise’s reimagined design which gives a modern twist on their iconic beach theme and family-friendly atmosphere. Upon entering the store, customers are greeted by the aroma of warm, light vanilla cake doughnuts.

Customers can create their own combination by choosing from coatings, toppings, and drizzles, including traditional favorites such as chocolate icing with sprinkles and more adventurous creations such as maple icing with bacon.

Key to their appeal is the viewing area where children and adults alike can watch their doughnuts being made.

Many of their flavors have a beachy theme such as the Beach, a cake doughnut with vanilla icing dusted with cinnamon sugar; the Sunrise with lemon icing and raspberry drizzle; and the Beach Ball with vanilla icing, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle.

They rotate in seasonal offerings such as the current lineup of mint-flavored flavors including chocolate icing with mint buttercream. The doughnuts themselves are limited to vanilla and chocolate cake; the flavors come primarily from icing.

In addition to doughnuts, the Fort Worth location will serve coffee, doughnut breakfast sandwiches, doughnut sundaes — in which a doughnut is topped with ice cream and syrup — plus frozen beverages and milkshakes.

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