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Welp, 0-1 on reviews. From a chick that’s a fellow WH alum. 

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I don’t know how you mess up a shrimp boil and shrimp and grits but they managed to do it. They spent so much money redoing the place to have bad food. Not a terrible place to grab a beer and maybe appetizer. 

Although trying it in the first two weeks was probably her bad. 

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9 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Up against Whitestone?

Just looked at a map of Benbrook for the first time in a few years and holy shit I cant believe they connected Team Ranch to Chapin School. Plus theres a few thousand houses off Jerry Dunn didn't used to be there

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https://fortworthreport.org/2025/02/12/new-hotel-mixed-use-development-could-replace-fort-worths-montgomery-street-antique-mall/

My mom: "What's going to happen to the Antique Mall?????"

Me: "It's going to stop existing." lol

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The designation request from owner Montgomery Corner LLC comes the day after the City Council approved a resolution to rezone 83.7 acres of land mostly on the west side of Montgomery from industrial to intensive commercial use. The strip includes churches, midcentury industrial buildings and retail shops. Special permits could be granted to some existing businesses, such as nut distributor Vending Nut and bar Ye Olde Bull and Bush, to adhere to the new guidelines. Automotive shops would be banned.

This is super aggressive.

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Funny line from the Malt Shop article.
Hart, owner of Hart HVAC, wrote that he and Allen are looking for painters, electricians and remodeling crews to help restore the Malt Shop, offering two years of advertising in trade. 
Bringing back the barter system!!!
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1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

I’ve never understood who buys that many nuts. Same with the popcorn joint on Vickery. 

Gotta be bulk orders/gift basket type shit. Only way I can imagine it working. Plus margins on popcorn gotta be insane.

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Ha, the bikini coffee shop off 80 got mentioned by the Startle-gram. Quite the contrasting locations.

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Can’t Resist Coffee has been open since July 2024, according to Texas State Health Inspection records. Owner Ocean Kaye has also opened up a west coast location, Vanilla and Honey Espresso, in Spokane, Wash., and another kiosk in Idaho. 

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Shit, why you scared of the dark there? Maybe the cheapest place to drink these days, still have $2 wells some nights.

Pool tourneys, Frisbee putt golf, trivia, bingo, karaoke, food trucks, outdoor theme movie nights when it's not freezing, they've definitely figured out their niche. Don't go to watch a game though. 

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4 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Shit, why you scared of the dark there? Maybe the cheapest place to drink these days, still have $2 wells some nights.

Pool tourneys, Frisbee putt golf, trivia, bingo, karaoke, food trucks, outdoor theme movie nights when it's not freezing, they've definitely figured out their niche. Don't go to watch a game though. 

Lololol Ms Monterey killing it on the juke box 

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On 2/19/2025 at 1:52 AM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Anyone been to the Portillo’s on S. Cooper yet? 

I love Chicago foods but everywhere I’ve lived the joints typically opened by Chicago expats just dont cut it.  So Portillo’s fills a void and I am glad we have in DFW now because it’s very good though not great.  It’s like I might not eat at Rudy’s in Texas much, but had there been one when I lived in the Bay Area or Portland I would have been thankful for it.

i eat at the one on Cooper about once a month.  I have found that eating it there is way better than takeout.  There are several things I get there that are really good.  Italian beef is exceptional.  I get it hot, sweet, half dip.  I sometimes get it as the combo with an Italian sausage tucked in there but I’ve about decided I like it best as just a beef sandwich.
 

the hot dogs are very good (I skip the tomato and pickle spear and double the sport peppers) but I usually go with the Maxwell Street Polish with sweet and sport peppers.  
 

the burgers should be great as they are charbroiled but both times I got them they were overcooked and ashy.  
 

next door are two awful joints.  Jolibee weirdass philipino fried chicken and weenie spaghetti, and Nations burgers which suck.
 

if you’re looking for other Chitown joints…Weinberger’s in Grapevine is a great Chicago deli and may be the best sandwich place in Texas.  In Venus, Biundo’s has perfect Chicago tavern style thin crust pizza. They have the deep dish and red gravy pasta but that thin crust pizza is killer. 

 

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On 2/18/2025 at 4:37 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Ha, the bikini coffee shop off 80 got mentioned by the Startle-gram. Quite the contrasting locations.

I’d like to see her taters at the Idaho store.

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10 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:
13 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:
But in Ft Worth 
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You get anything else? Someone was crapping on their food here a few weeks ago.

had it all. been great so far.  still byob so can get out on the cheap

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You get anything else? Someone was crapping on their food here a few weeks ago.

Spy had a friend? or someone similar that had not nice things to say about the place. Everything I’ve seen from several different people I know is it’s a nice spot. Bonnell made a post about it a week or two back as well. Funny enough when I saw the name I immediately thought it was a Bonnell venture
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Good lord that would be so perfectly Fort Worth for them to close Stripling MS just as a massive reconstruction comes down the home stretch, paid for by the ‘21 bond package. On par with the library dropping insane cash on a music CD collection ~5 yrs ago. 
 
This city’s leadership is so incredibly dumb, gullible, or on the take. Maybe all 3. 
FYI, my wife went to the Benbrook presentation last week and the slide talking about repurposing Stripling has been removed.
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Damn, she must have been bored as hell. 
North Hi Mount is going to be our elementary school in 2 years and it is high on the chopping block.
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49 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:
54 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:
Damn, she must have been bored as hell. 

North Hi Mount is going to be our elementary school in 2 years and it is high on the chopping block.

I'm betting the proactive parents at North Hi Mount will show up in numbers in front of the board and quash this insanity.  Having substituted at NHM and numerous other schools in FWISD, there are many other choices that make sense-which is scary because the board is not exactly known for sensible choices.

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My wife was offered a position in FWISD that would have been an almost $30k increase in salary with a reduction in responsibilities, and she declined. Initially I was not pleased, but holy fuck that place is a shit show.

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15 hours ago, wild_turkey said:


NHM is going to be our elementary in 3 years. Hopefully.

My wife just informed me that we are actually 3 years (Fall 2027) and that I'm an idiot.

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