Fort Worth Weekly
By Edward Brown
The mix of puff pastry and rich dulce de leche made for a memorable post-dinner treat.
Photo by Edward Brown.
Beyond Malbec wine and tango, few vestiges of Argentinian culture make it to Fort Worth. That may be due to the dearth of an Argentinian ex-pat community on this side of North Texas. The Argentinian owners of Del Campo Empanadas, which opened in May, admitted the same on a recent visit. The cozy space that occupies a Northside strip mall boasts rows and rows of golden-baked empanadas. Each savory pie is hand-formed with unique shapes that denote the contents. The shrimp empanada is triangular while the ham and cheese is cylindrical, for example.
The truth of 2020: Fort Worth saw plenty of restaurant flops, but also a few finds
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/29/2020 Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Dec. 29 FORT WORTH If nothing else, 2020 proved that the bigger restaurants are, the faster they fall.
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A $3 million craft brewery was among the first and most expensive of a dozen Fort Worth restaurants to close as other eateries downsized to curbside pickup and drive-thrus during the COVID-19 recession.
But more restaurants still opened than closed, with new owners taking over leases at closeout prices and looking optimistically toward 2021 and a vaccine.
The demise of the Deep Ellum Funkytown Fermatorium is the biggest flop of 2020. But it was not solely the result of the coronavirus slowdown the West 7th area simply grew oversaturated with suds. A foolish $2.5 million location of now-bankrupt Punch Bowl Social had closed in 2019.