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[JBB]

They have a grilled fish dish with a shrimp and crawfish topping that's decent, but the rest of the menu is fairly ordinary.

[elpingüino]

1. There's a For Lease sign in front of the Denny's at Hulen and 20. The restaurant appears to still be open, so I'm not sure if maybe the sign refers to another space in the shopping center behind it.

2. The lot at roughly 5011 S. Hulen has been cleared. That's next to Mexican Inn and across from Barnes and Noble. It was previously two strip centers: https://goo.gl/maps/GbivYdQUaQ62 Anyone know what's taking their place?

[Jeriat]

1. There's a For Lease sign in front of the Denny's at Hulen and 20. The restaurant appears to still be open, so I'm not sure if maybe the sign refers to another space in the shopping center behind it.

2. The lot at roughly 5011 S. Hulen has been cleared. That's next to Mexican Inn and across from Barnes and Noble. It was obviously two strip centers: https://goo.gl/maps/GbivYdQUaQ62 Anyone know what's taking their place?

The Denny's is still open, so it is for something else in the shopping center. 

But I'm still wondering what that other building is going to be. There's no sign or anything. 

[John T Roberts]

The old Casual Male store has closed, so that For Lease sign is probably for that space. 

[Mr_Brightside526]

The structure that is coming out of the ground looks like it is for another restaurant.

[cjyoung]

Cotton Patch had to be the most vanilla, non-descript comfort food restaurant ever.  There was absolutely nothing on their menu that stuck out.

I've never been more dissatisfied with a meal than my one visit to Cotton Patch.

[elpingüino]

Taco Cabana on Hulen is closing. http://fortworth.cul...len-weatherford

[Jeriat]

Taco Cabana on Hulen is closing. http://fortworth.cul...len-weatherford

 

I was wondering why the sign was off... 

[Doohickie]

 

Cotton Patch had to be the most vanilla, non-descript comfort food restaurant ever.  There was absolutely nothing on their menu that stuck out.

I've never been more dissatisfied with a meal than my one visit to Cotton Patch.

 

 

Old post I know, but I've been more dissatisfied with meals at other places.  But I was really dissatisfied with the Cotton Patch meal *even though* it was cooked to perfection.  Their best still really sucked.

Taco Cabana on Hulen is closing. http://fortworth.cul...len-weatherford

 

Too much competition from Torchy's?

[JBB]

Or competition from any number of places that are a whole lot better. A new Taco Cabana opened in my neck of the woods last summer and I took a chance on it for a quick dinner when I worked late one night. It was terrible. Food was overcooked and lukewarm. They've come a long way from the days when they were known as Two Pesos.

[george84]

Two Pesos and Taco Cabana are different restaurants. I actually learned about the lawsuit that Taco Cabana won against Two Pesos for violation of "trade dress" back in my business law class in college. Apparently Two Pesos restaurants were designed too similarly to Taco Cabana, and they were forced to shut down. I don't remember them, I guess they were before my time. 

[JBB]

I know they're different, but Taco Cabana evolved from Two Pesos for the most part. I frequented the Two Pesos in North Arlington back in my youth because it was one of the only places close to my work still open when we were off at midnight.

[John T Roberts]

Unfortunately, the food at Taco Cabana has gone down hill over the last few years.  It used to be one of my favorite places to get good and quick tacos and similar items.  The last couple of times I have stopped in, I have been disappointed. I have been hearing that they have been sporadically closing restaurants in the area.

[Big Frog II]

The one at Beach and 121 is always busy especially for breakfast.

[JBB]

The last few times I've gone to that one for lunch it was pretty good. The whole company is in trouble and I think most of that goes back to the failure of Pollo Tropical.

[elpingüino]

Uncle Daddy's B&B, a barbecue/burgers restaurant, has opened next to Schlotzsky's on Bryant Irvin.

Also in Cityview Centre, the former Loews theater has become Altitude Trampoline Park.

[elpingüino]

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

[renamerusk]

A Pennsylvania-based Cajun Cuisine Company is seeing its franchisees make their Texas debut in Wichita Falls and Fort Worth.

 

This is an interesting sign of the times.

[youngalum]

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

Neither will last a year 

[Jeriat]

 

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

Neither will last a year 

 

 

Why do you say that?

[Big Frog II]

 

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

Neither will last a year 

 

Have you eaten at their other restaurants?

[youngalum]

 

 

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

Neither will last a year 

 

 

Why do you say that?

 

1. Two seafood places near each other that serve basically the same food is one reason

 

2. FW barely supports the seafood places we have now outside the high end ones, and that is waning as well (I can almost every night, including during the stock show run, get a table with ease at Waters, Pacific Table, Eddie V's during the 7-8 pm hours when restaurants make their $)

 

3. The novelty of the new will wear off in a few months and the death spiral will start

 

4. The locations are not ideal.  The one near Lowe's will basically be hidden and the one at the Kroger will be lost in all the empty spaces that occupy the shopping center

 

5. Most restaurants fail in the first year

 

6. Gut instinct as a person who eats out for dinner 3 times a week and everyday for lunch 

[Jeriat]

 

 

 

Two new seafood places for the Southwest side. Near Bryant Irvin and I-20, Crab du Jour is moving in where The Keg used to be.

https://www.crabdujo...m/location.html

At Hulen and Granbury, Crawlin' Crab is moving into the corner of the old Kroger shopping center.

https://m.facebook.c...00824278058430/

Neither will last a year 

 

 

Why do you say that?

 

1. Two seafood places near each other that serve basically the same food is one reason

 

2. FW barely supports the seafood places we have now outside the high end ones, and that is waning as well (I can almost every night, including during the stock show run, get a table with ease at Waters, Pacific Table, Eddie V's during the 7-8 pm hours when restaurants make their $)

 

3. The novelty of the new will wear off in a few months and the death spiral will start

 

4. The locations are not ideal.  The one near Lowe's will basically be hidden and the one at the Kroger will be lost in all the empty spaces that occupy the shopping center

 

5. Most restaurants fail in the first year

 

6. Gut instinct as a person who eats out for dinner 3 times a week and everyday for lunch 

 

 

I live right across the street from one of em, so we'll come back to this in a year... 

[elpingüino]

Uncle Daddy's Burgers and BBQ has closed in Cityview to find a larger space.
https://amp.star-tel...e239928513.html

The owner of Billy's Oak Acres is opening a new restaurant in that spot:
https://www.star-tel...e240883831.html

[Doohickie]

Never heard of Uncle Daddy's.

[Jeriat]

Never heard of Uncle Daddy's.

 

It was alright. 

[panthercity]

I drove by today and noticed the Quick Sak on Hulen, next to McDonalss, has been torn down. They were clearing the debris today, anyone know whats happening there?

[elpingüino]

Possibly related to the developments in this thread? QT had its eye on that site http://www.fortworth...?showtopic=5898

[txbornviking]

The quick  sak location in question is about 2 miles north on hulen from the 3400 st hulen address listed in the QT discussion.

 

I've watching over the last 2-3 weeks that Quick Sak be emptied and have also been curious.

 

The Quick Sak was the NW corner of Hulen and Diaz. The SW corner of this intersection was also recently bulldozed...

[george84]

One of those lots, possibly both are supposed to be small strip centers I think. I heard a while back smoothie king wanted to build there but changed their minds. This is all old info so maybe its something completely different now. As a resident of the tanglewood area, I wouldnt mind a gas station there. Strangely, there arent any north of Bellaire and south of 30.

[Jeriat]

The Taco Bueno on the corner of Hulen and Hulen Bend was demolished yesterday after sitting abandoned for about a year...

[Doohickie]

Let's see whether they put up storage units or a QT.

[Big Frog II]

It looks like Meso Maya has closed near Tom Thumb.

[george84]

Permanently? Theyve been temporarily closed throughout Covid. I have been pessimistic that they would reopen, but are they officially permanently closed? Thats a shame if so, I like that place a lot. Their pozole is great.

[Austin55]

I would love to see a list of Dallas restaurants that have failed to get a footing in the Fort Worth market.

[Doohickie]

The Taco Bueno on the corner of Hulen and Hulen Bend was demolished yesterday after sitting abandoned for about a year...

A poster on Nextdoor reports that an oil change place will be built on the site.

[Jeriat]

 

The Taco Bueno on the corner of Hulen and Hulen Bend was demolished yesterday after sitting abandoned for about a year...

A poster on Nextdoor reports that an oil change place will be built on the site.

 

 

...I'm okay with that.

If I have an issue with the car, I can leave it there and just walk home.

[elpingüino]

It looks like Meso Maya has closed near Tom Thumb.

The Hulen location is still on their website, listed as "temporarily closed." https://www.mesomaya.com/locations/#

[elpingüino]

Red Claws Hot Chicken is opening in the Hulen Fashion Center near Chili's. https://fortworth.cu...ken-hulen-mall/

[Big Frog II]

Meso Maya has a new sign up saying that they are reopening 10/8.

[RPLS]

Taco Cabana on Hulen is closing. http://fortworth.cul...len-weatherford

Reported on Nextdoor app Chipotle will be taking this space. A remodel permit was issued on 09/03/2020. Permit is PB20-12479.

[Jeriat]

 

Taco Cabana on Hulen is closing. http://fortworth.cul...len-weatherford

Reported on Nextdoor app Chipotle will be taking this space. A remodel permit was issued on 09/03/2020. Permit is PB20-12479.

 

 

 

I'd prefer Qdoba... 

[elpingüino]

The Twitter feed Fort Worth Development (does someone on the Forum run it?) reports that the former Pollo Tropical, next to Razzoo's on Bryant Irvin, will become Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill. https://hawaiianbros.com/menu/

https://mobile.twitt...443816272896000

[Stadtplan]

The Twitter feed Fort Worth Development (does someone on the Forum run it?) reports that the former Pollo Tropical, next to Razzoo's on Bryant Irvin, will become Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill. https://hawaiianbros.com/menu/

https://mobile.twitt...443816272896000

 

I think that's Austin55.  He's also working on a new website with related content on current / active projects.

[JBB]

That place has me at "Dole Whip".

[Austin55]

The Twitter feed Fort Worth Development (does someone on the Forum run it?) reports that the former Pollo Tropical, next to Razzoo's on Bryant Irvin, will become Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill. https://hawaiianbros.com/menu/

https://mobile.twitt...443816272896000

 
I think that's Austin55.  He's also working on a new website with related content on current / active projects.

That one isnt me.

[elpingüino]

FWTX writes about Delucca, which is moving into the old Bravo/Covey location on Hulen. Think Brazilian Steakhouse, But With Pizza

[Stadtplan]

FWTX writes about Delucca, which is moving into the old Bravo/Covey location on Hulen. Think Brazilian Steakhouse, But With Pizza

The set price also includes all-you-can-eat slices of dessert pizzas. So basically its an elevated version of Cici's. Count me in!

Would be funny if the headline read, Think Panchos but with Amazing Food.

[george84]

Im excited about Delucca, its walking distance from my house. Hopefully they offer take out for now, and once Ive gotten vaccinated Ill go check out the all you can eat situation.

[JBB]

My wife has been to the one in Southlake a few times and really likes it.  My daughter is a big fan too.  Their prices are really reasonable.