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The 1907 Stockyards Hotel on East Exchange Avenue is closed for a major renovation, and the Stockyards website lists it as returning in 2027. The H3 Ranch restaurant next door is part of the work. If you were counting on a stay in the old hotel, confirm the reopening before planning around it. Other hotels in the…
Cowtown is a late-winter race weekend with 5K and 10K runs on Saturday and the half marathon, marathon and ultra on Sunday. The course runs through the Cultural District, the Stockyards, downtown, the Near Southside and Trinity Park, and finishes at Will Rogers Memorial Center. Even if you do not run, expect road…
Mayfest takes over Trinity Park, on the Trinity River west of downtown, on the first weekend of May. It brings live music on several stages, festival food, carnival rides, performing arts and an art and gift market with well over a hundred vendors. Senior and military discounts are offered. Check the official site for…
Sundance Square Plaza hosts live music on Wednesday to Sunday evenings, right in the middle of downtown. It is an easy first stop before dinner, with restaurants on every side of the plaza. A recent guide advises arriving early to get a seat. Check the Sundance Square event calendar for the week's acts, since the…
Scat Jazz Lounge is a basement jazz club at 111 West Fourth Street downtown. Look for the colorful neon sign in the alley off Fourth Street and take the elevator down. Expect mainly straight-ahead jazz from local, regional and touring musicians, in a room with no TVs. The official page lists Thursday to Sunday…
M.L. Leddy's has made boots and saddles by hand since the 1920s, and the fourth generation of the family runs it today. The Fort Worth shop is on North Main Street in the Stockyards. Its own site now lists only two stores, this one and San Angelo, since the Sundance Square store closed years ago and moved inventory…
Inspiration Point Shelter House is a 1927 limestone pavilion on a bluff in Marion Sansom Park, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The bluff looks out over Lake Worth, and the rustic stonework gives you a frame for wide shots. Go in late afternoon for softer light, and bring a picnic since the…
The Sid Richardson Museum at 309 Main Street is a small downtown gallery of Western art, with exhibitions built around Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Admission is always free, and it is open on Mondays, when the big Cultural District museums are closed. Allow about an hour. Friday hours run later into the…
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art states that admission is free, so you can drop in for an hour without planning a ticket. It keeps longer hours on Thursdays, open until 8 pm, which suits a late afternoon visit after the Stockyards or the zoo. It sits on Camp Bowie Boulevard in the Cultural District, within…
Most toll roads in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have no booths, so cameras read your license plate and a bill follows by mail. Unpaid tolls can bring late fees, and a rental car adds its own question about who bills you. Ask at the counter how tolls are charged before you drive off, and ask whether you can opt out. In a…
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art are both closed on Mondays, so a Monday museum day in the Cultural District ends at locked doors. The Sid Richardson Museum downtown is the exception and keeps Monday hours. Plan the Cultural District for Tuesday to Sunday, and remember…
The Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge covers about 3,700 acres with more than 20 miles of hiking trails. The prairie section has bison and black-tailed prairie dogs, and the bison are often seen grazing in the sun. Pay at the gatehouse, then follow the signs to the visitor center and ask for a trail map. Operating…
Tandy Hills Natural Area is a remnant of native Fort Worth prairie that has never been plowed or developed, a few minutes from downtown. Spring is the highlight, with a wildflower show that its friends group calls unsurpassed in the Metroplex. It is foot traffic only, dogs must be leashed, and visitors are asked to…
Heim Barbecue calls itself the original home of bacon burnt ends, which are smoky pork belly bites sold by the quarter pound. The River District restaurant on White Settlement Road is much bigger than the first Magnolia Avenue shop, with indoor seating, an open-air patio and a full bar. Order a quarter pound of burnt…
Kincaid's on Camp Bowie Boulevard began in 1946 as a neighborhood grocery, and the burger grill grew out of the butcher counter. The restaurant still has its neon signs and concrete floors, and customers eat at counters cut from the old store shelves or at picnic tables. Order a half-pound burger at the counter and go…
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