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#201 txbornviking

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Posted 08 June 2022 - 09:03 AM

And Margie's has survived out there for decades.

supposedly the oldest Italian restaurant in Fort Worth, right?



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Posted 08 June 2022 - 10:54 AM

Quoted from the Restaurant thread... probably should have posted it here to begin with:
 

Looking at the map, Westland is not exactly "in town" but it's freeway close- just off Loop 820, just off I-30, not too far from I-20. If I wanted to promote the area I'd put up a big ol' billboard at the eastbound I-20/I-30 split that says something like "Visit Fabulous Westland, Texas! Take I-30 to the Camp Bowie West exit; it leads right into town!" Or some such, and put a similar sign on westbound I-30 just before the Longvue exit. Then have a section of the sign showing JD's Hamburgers, Dayne's BBQ, and Margie's Original Italian Kitchen, Westland Gardens Nursery, the malt shop I suggested, and any other businesses that want in on promoting the strip and themselves. It could easily promote itself onto the map.

Maybe convert some of the divey bars into hipster divey bars ( :rolleyes: ), craft brew tap rooms and biergartens. I mean, you could build up a little district in as little as a year. I think that's what JD's has in mind.

(For a good example of a divey bar converted into a hipster divey bar, check out the former VIP's at 3237 White Settlement Road which now The Rabbit Hole Pub. It was a lazy little place as VIP's; now that place is always hoppin'.)


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Posted 08 June 2022 - 10:56 AM

One of the oldest, but I don't think it's the oldest.  Joe T.'s, Carshon's, Paris Coffee Shop, Bailey's BBQ, and probably a couple of others are older.  Margie's was a big staple in my family growing up.  My grandparents ate there every Sunday night in the 70s and early 80s and we visited any time my grandmother came to town after she moved to Houston.  I haven't been since before COVID, but we had made a habit of going a couple of times a year before that.  I still love the food even as it's been tweaked a bit over the years with changes in ownership.  The exterior looks exactly the same and the interior atmosphere hasn't changed at all.



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Posted 08 June 2022 - 12:28 PM

I believe the area was referred as Westland even before the City of Fort Worth annexed it, so there was a community there many years ago,.

 

I see it.

Thought it was just another sprawled out neighborhood at first.  


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Posted 09 June 2022 - 10:15 AM

One of the oldest, but I don't think it's the oldest.  Joe T.'s, Carshon's, Paris Coffee Shop, Bailey's BBQ, and probably a couple of others are older.  Margie's was a big staple in my family growing up.  My grandparents ate there every Sunday night in the 70s and early 80s and we visited any time my grandmother came to town after she moved to Houston.  I haven't been since before COVID, but we had made a habit of going a couple of times a year before that.  I still love the food even as it's been tweaked a bit over the years with changes in ownership.  The exterior looks exactly the same and the interior atmosphere hasn't changed at all.

The post you're replying to said oldest Italian restaurant.


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Posted 09 June 2022 - 10:33 AM

I believe the oldest restaurant in Fort Worth is the Original Mexican Eats Cafe on Camp Bowie.  It was founded in 1926 at the same location where it is currently located.  I think they have the Paris Coffee Shop beat by a few months.  I need to verify the date of opening for Carshon's Delicatessen.



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Posted 09 June 2022 - 04:15 PM

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Posted 09 June 2022 - 04:18 PM

I bet the oldest Italian restaurant is somewhere in Italy

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Posted 09 June 2022 - 04:20 PM

Now you're just trollin'.  :no:


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Posted 09 June 2022 - 06:14 PM

This diversion on the forum was brought to you by my inability to fully read a post (multiple times) and reply anyway.



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Posted 09 June 2022 - 08:59 PM

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Posted 26 December 2023 - 02:51 PM

More news from Westland: Fuel Stop 80 is one of the Dallas Morning News' most exciting new restaurants opening in 2024.

Gigi Howell is seeing up a full bar and a patio at the gas station where her grandparents once had a tab. Fuel Stop 80 customers will be able to order burgers from JD's Hamburgers, Howell's neighboring restaurant, or pizza from Margie's Italian Gardens, which she plans to resurrect in 2024.

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Posted 28 December 2023 - 09:04 AM

Maybe this thread should read the next area of Fort Worth that should be revitalized.  My choice would be the west Camp Bowie Boulevard strip from, maybe, Alta Mere to 820.  Of course, this kind of dismal-looking commercial strip is not unique in Fort Worth. But the same could have been said about West Seventh before its 2010-era renaissance.  What brought this to mind was the other day when my client and I had lunch in the vicinity.  My client owns commercial property in the area and he was looking to buy a building for sale.  I showed him the old Gentleman's Cabaret & Restaurant.  He wasn't impressed.



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Posted 31 December 2023 - 04:10 PM

Maybe this thread should read the next area of Fort Worth that should be revitalized.  My choice would be the west Camp Bowie Boulevard strip from, maybe, Alta Mere to 820.  Of course, this kind of dismal-looking commercial strip is not unique in Fort Worth. But the same could have been said about West Seventh before its 2010-era renaissance.  What brought this to mind was the other day when my client and I had lunch in the vicinity.  My client owns commercial property in the area and he was looking to buy a building for sale.  I showed him the old Gentleman's Cabaret & Restaurant.  He wasn't impressed.

It is interesting that Freds Texas Cafe and Magnolia Motor Lounge both decamped to roughly this area.

It was never built to be walkable, so a revitalization to its midcentury car-centric glory would be interesting.

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Posted 08 January 2024 - 03:30 PM

 

Maybe this thread should read the next area of Fort Worth that should be revitalized.  My choice would be the west Camp Bowie Boulevard strip from, maybe, Alta Mere to 820.  Of course, this kind of dismal-looking commercial strip is not unique in Fort Worth. But the same could have been said about West Seventh before its 2010-era renaissance.  What brought this to mind was the other day when my client and I had lunch in the vicinity.  My client owns commercial property in the area and he was looking to buy a building for sale.  I showed him the old Gentleman's Cabaret & Restaurant.  He wasn't impressed.

It is interesting that Freds Texas Cafe and Magnolia Motor Lounge both decamped to roughly this area.

It was never built to be walkable, so a revitalization to its midcentury car-centric glory would be interesting.

 

I never see traffic at MML ever. I really don't know how that place stays in buisness. 



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Posted 09 January 2024 - 07:37 AM

I think the 800 block of Houston might be the next area to revitalize.  :ninja:


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