Common Grounds Coffee by TCU closed its doors, but the ministry that meets there every Sunday will remain.
Common Grounds was founded by a Baylor graduate in 1994 across the street from the school’s campus in Waco. The Fort Worth location opened in the thick of the pandemic in 2020 at 3110 Greene Ave., in a building owned by Christ Chapel Bible Church.
Customers were sad to hear about the coffee shop’s departure, noting they will miss owner Trey Lumley and the Cowboy Coffee made with the shop’s “secret sauce.”
Christ Chapel will continue its Sunday morning college-age services, weekly bible studies and other business as usual. The church said in an Instagram post, that they are getting new tenants: “New coffee shop announcement coming soon…”
Other TCU neighborhood changes 
A rendering of West Berry Street if fully developed under TCU’s campus master plan. The university is aiming to turn the corridor into Fort Worth’s “place to be.” Texas Christian University
A Chipotle is planned, along with three other retailers, as a ground-level tenant for the Morado on Berry development along Berry Street. The $82.9 million, mixed-use project will provide 780 student beds and 25,000 square feet of street-level retail space. It’s a part of a grander $500 million TCU campus expansion.
The Dallas-based Pine Isle poke restaurant hopes to open in time for the fall semester at the old Dutch’s Burritos Bar space on South University Drive. They serve Hawaiian-style poke bowls, spam musubi and poke nachos with crispy wontons. They are commonly praised on social media as “the best poke in Dallas.”
Megu French Japanese Cuisine in the copper building at 3113 S. University Drive recently closed, but, according to licensing documents, a new sushi tenant is already in the works. Picazo will serve Hawaiian style sushi rolls and poke.
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Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.