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Longtime Fort Worth Starbucks store closing amid 250-store shutdown

Starbucks is closing in the Ridglea area of Fort Worth.

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Starbucks is closing one longtime Fort Worth location this week as part of a broader plan to shutter 250 underperforming stores across North America, the company says.

The store at 6115 Camp Bowie Blvd., 76116, in the Ridglea area of Fort Worth, will close for good.

In a September 24 press release, chief operating officer Mike Grams revealed Starbucks would close the coffee shops where the company doesn't "see a path to acceptable financial performance" or locations the company doesn't believe can "consistently deliver the experience [they] want" for customers and employees.

The Seattle-based coffee chain operates more than 40,000 coffee shops globally, and over 18,000 in North America. The recent closings make up about 1 percent of the total stores operating in North America alone.

Starbucks has not publicly released a list of the locations that will be closing, but an online list has been confirmed by CultureMap's content partner KVUE.

The Fort Worth Starbucks set to close has been a mainstay of the Village at Camp Bowie shopping center for more than two decades, as other restaurants and retailers around it have come and gone.

Friendly baristas regularly welcome remote workers, study groups, and chatty neighbors into the shop. But this location doesn't have one crucial amenity that another Starbucks has, just two blocks away: a drive-thru.

Four more Starbucks locations in the Dallas area will close:

Snider Plaza – 6733 Hillcrest Ave., Dallas, 75205
Preston & Alexis – 14760 Preston Rd., Dallas, 75254
Murphy & Blackburn – 6600 Murphy Rd., Sachse, 75048
FM 544 & Hwy 78 – 410 Highway 78, Wylie, 75098

The Starbucks store locator indicates affected stores will be closed after Saturday, September 26.

Grams says the company is speaking directly with affected employees and will transfer them to other stores whenever possible. Employees who cannot secure transfers will receive severance support.

Other Starbucks locations in Texas that are set to close include:

Hwy 59 & Miller St. – 202 Loop 59 N., Atlanta, 75551
Loop 360 & Westlake – 3801 N. Capital Of Texas Hwy., Austin, 78746
SR 71 & US 290 – 7015 W. U.S. Hwy. 290, Austin, 78736
N. Bell & 1431 – 1109 N. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park, 78613
S. Home St. & FM 942 – 609 S. Home St., Corrigan, 75939
Main St. & TX-361 – 2975 Main St., Ingleside, 78362
College & 9th – 812 College Ave., Levelland, 79336
Wurzbach Rd. & Gardendale St. – 8746 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, 78240
Tanger Outlets Houston – 5885 Gulf Freeway, Texas City, 77591

"Every year we close some coffeehouses and open others as part of managing our portfolio," Grams says in the release. "And as we shared previously, we remain excited about the significant long-term growth opportunity ahead in North America."

In May, Starbucks said it would close some U.S. offices, including one in Dallas, and would lay off 300 corporate employees and as part of its ongoing turnaround.

Starbucks has been trying to reduce costs and complexity under Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last year, the company laid off 2,000 corporate employees and closed hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Niccol said last spring that the simplified structure would help the company innovate more quickly.

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This story contains material from the Associated Press.

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Sushi News

Picazo Sushi near TCU Fort Worth does innovative Asian-Mexican fusion

A new sushi restaurant has opened in Fort Worth with a special spice: Called Picazo Sushi, it's a mom-and-pop spot at 3113 University Dr., doing classic sushi plus a one-of-a-kind hybrid of Asian with a Mexican touch.

The restaurant is spinoff of Picazo Sushi in Dallas, opened by husband-and-wife Octavio and Renee Barriga in 2022 as a food stand inside a food hall, with a menu of sushi rolls, ramen, build-your-own poke bowls, and boba tea.

Fort Worth is their first brick and mortar, located on the ground floor of the Campus Office Tower at the corner of West Berry Street, in a space that was previously Megu French Japanese Cuisine, which closed in July after two years.

"It's a big step for us, but we're excited to be in Fort Worth," Renee says. "A friend told us that the previous owners were looking to pass it on, and we felt like it was the perfect neighborhood for what we do."

That neighborhood includes students from nearby TCU, who can appreciate Picazo's cool and unique fusion of Asian, Mexican, and American cuisines, with dishes such as:

sushi burritos, a clever cross between a burrito and a sushi roll — like a giant handroll filled with rice, crab, cucumber, corn, carrot, and choice of salmon or tuna
sushi tacos, an inventive creation with shells made from tempura fried rice, filled with choice of seafood such as crab, tuna, or salmon
sushi burgers, featuring crispy rice "buns" made two breaded flattened crispy rice patties, sandwiching a filling of spicy crab and avocado — all the ingredients you'd find in a sushi roll

One of their top foodie favorites is their mango tajin sushi roll, filled with avocado and topped with salmon, mango, and tajin, the ultra-trendy Mexican seasoning made from chili and lime. They've also become known for their sushi boat, a sprawling sampler with half a dozen rolls served in a boat-shaped wooden platter.

Other menu items include poke bowls, with a make-your-own where you assemble options such as rice, salmon, tuna, tofu, cucumber, ginger, sriracha, and more. Prices range from $8 to $20.

They've applied for a liquor license but have not yet started serving alcohol, which is just fine for now, as they are still in their soft opening phase.

Octavio, who serves as head sushi chef, brings more than 15 years of experience from working at sushi restaurants such as Kona Grill, Oishii, Blue Sushi, and Sushi Sushi in San Antonio. Renee worked at a taqueria where she gained insight on how to run a business. She also helped steer them onto their ground-breaking path.

"We originally started with traditional sushi, but it wasn't long before we expanded that into adding Mexican flavors," she says. "I always loved the creative sushi we had when we'd go to Oaxaca, and suggested we recreate that kind of fusion here."

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