From a Kansas City soul food import to a 50-year-old barbecue time capsule, Bud Kennedy’s August Eats Beat columns tracked new openings and enduring favorites around Fort Worth. Here’s a roundup of what he covered:
A mini outpost of Kansas City’s famed Peachtree Cafe has opened at 8651 John T. White Road in east Fort Worth, serving Southern cooking rooted in founder Vera Willis’ Louisiana upbringing, as Kennedy details in his review of the new Peachtree Cafe. Standouts include large Mississippi Delta-style catfish fillets, mild Louisiana fried chicken and a cinnamon-and-nutmeg-spiced peach cobbler, with combo plates running about $14-$23.Panther City BBQ has signed a deal to open a second location in a 1913 building at 1540 N. Main St., three blocks south of the Fort Worth Stockyards, with co-owner Chris Magallanes targeting a winter opening in the former La Playa Maya space. The Michelin-recommended smokehouse plans to keep the historic look, add photos honoring vaqueros and expand the menu with new Tex-Mex dishes and coastal seafood alongside its brisket elote and barbacoa.Nearly 35 years in, La Tortilandia at 1112 W. Berry St. remains one of Fort Worth’s purest Mexican restaurants, with a menu that still surprises through dishes like “orejas de elefante” and chilaquiles en salsa morita. Kennedy highlights the tender double-stacked breaded Milanesa, roughly $10 chilaquiles platters and a roster of huaraches, molletes, fish tacos and oyster-bar dishes at the last surviving Dorado family location.Hickory Stick Bar-B-Q in Everman marked its 50th anniversary Aug. 12 with all-day specials, including a $6 chopped brisket sandwich, a $12.99 barbecue plate and $1.25 smoked chicken legs, at the old-school pit at 900 E. Enon Ave. Kennedy praises the soft, flavorful brisket, spicy pork ribs and double-cut pork chop platter at the wood-paneled restaurant. The Star-Telegram readers’ choice winner opens at 8 a.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. 
Brisket, ribs, sliced chicken breast with potato salad and peach cobbler, seen Aug. 8, 2026, at Hickory Stick Bar-B-Q in Everman, Texas. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com
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