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Restaurant Reviews

Paco and John’s Mexican Diner

June 12, 2009
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Paco and John’s Mexican Diner is the unlikely hybrid of French and Mexican culinary traditions housed in a converted gas station.  This nouveau taqueria fills the need for a taqueria that won’t leave you wondering about the fortitude of your intestinal system. Paco and John opened this spring to a receptive lunch following and have [...]

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Aventino

April 30, 2009
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UPDATE: Aventino closed January 15, 2010. We wish the Paez Family the best. The words Cucina, Enoteca, and Salumeria usually are reserved for spots tucked away in the beautiful rolling hills of Tuscany or the moped mobbed streets of Milan.  Fort Worth may not contain all the same charms of Italy, but we can be [...]

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King Tut

April 10, 2009
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King Tut may conjure up ancient images for some.  In the landscape of Fort Worth, King Tut is more of an “original gangsta”.  King Tut’s longtime presence in an otherwise deserted spot on Magnolia earn it some serious street cred.  Thankfully, Magnolia has experienced a resurgence beyond the Mad Hatter’s heydeys of the early 90′s [...]

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Lambert’s Steaks, Seafood, and Whiskey

March 6, 2009
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I was recently invited to a media dinner at Lambert’s, on Fort Worth’s Westside bordering downtown.  Many Fort Worth and Dallas food and freelance writers attended the event – you are basically given a sampling of the menu and drinks (for free – nice).  This review is a recap of the event.  For the record, [...]

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Winslow’s Wine Cafe

February 27, 2009
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The Vibe Finally, a place for uppercrust Fort Worth Westsiders to gather other than the Rivercrest Country Club.  Just kidding, Winslow’s Wine Cafe serves folks from both sides of the bricks.  And judging from the constant crowds I think a few people from nowhere near “the bricks” have discovered Winslow’s as well.  The smoothly contemporary [...]

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