The H Mart Asian supermarket set to open at Loop 820 and North Beach Street in Haltom City is closer to reality for the throngs of anticipating foodies, as crews Friday installed the store’s sign on the building.
“They still are very confident that they’re going to open prior to Thanksgiving,” Robert Briggs, economic development director for the city, told the Fort Worth Report.
Supply chain issues delayed the store’s opening, but the shopping center where it will be located is already seeing 6,000-8,000 visitors daily to the restaurants and shops already opened this year, Briggs said. The city estimates the complex has received 634,000 visitors, he said.
“That data’s pretty compelling,” he said.
Workers put up the H Mart letters Sept. 18 in Haltom City. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
The numbers, which the city has collected using an artificial intelligence platform, bear out what Haltom City leaders predicted: The center will be a regional draw, bringing in customers from around the area, Briggs said.
Hao Tran, the Fort Worth restaurateur who owns Hao’s Grocery & Café on the Near Southside and is preparing to open Hao’s Duong DeVille restaurant in White Settlement, believes the H Mart center will expand the market for Asian foods in Tarrant County.
“It opens up an opportunity for everyone else to grow, culturally,” she said. “We’ve been wanting it, we’ve been needing it for our own community. We’ve always had to drive to Carrollton or Richardson.”
Tran doesn’t view the new center, which will have a total 45 restaurants and stores and is 100% leased, as a competitive threat.
“We’re talking about two concentric circles,” she said. “One is around Dallas, one is around Fort Worth. We didn’t always have that equilateral view, but now we do.”
It’s KBBQ & Shabu Shabu is open on the same strip as Cafe BomBom & XO Corndog and ClawZania in the H Mart center on Sept. 18 in Haltom City. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
Like Tran, Kevin Martinez, executive chef at Tokyo Cafe in Fort Worth, thinks the H Mart center can shift customer tastes in Tarrant County.
“I think it allows people to be exposed to things they don’t normally have,” he said. “They’ve seen it on travel shows, they’ve seen your food shows. Now there’s something out here closer by.”
The new center certainly will present familiar options like ramen, Korean barbecue and pho. But the selection goes beyond that.
“Different styles,” Martinez said.
Businesses open across H Mart center on Sept. 18 in Haltom City. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
He sees a key customer as being his age — 42 — and younger, including the ages of his children, 14 and 17.
“I could definitely see that age group being the primary group going,” Martinez said. “You can go to the shop and pick up a small amount of this, a small amount of that. You can go up there and have lunch.”
H Mart also offers a different range of fish than traditional supermarkets, he said.
Fort Worth chefs may be interested in expanding their menu offerings if they can pick up smaller quantities of certain ingredients at H Mart, Martinez said.
“I think it’s great for the chefs in Fort Worth, because they can grab some of those ingredients and don’t have to sit on a whole case of something,” he said.
The shopping center is already boosting the city’s financial picture. In its 2027 fiscal general fund budget, which goes into effect Oct. 1 and pays for most basic city services, Haltom City budgeted $15.9 million in sales tax, above the $15.468 million projected for this year.
The city budgeted property tax revenue at $17.13 million, higher than the $17.119 million projected for this year. Total general fund revenue is budgeted at $46.46 million.
“We adopted the lowest property tax rate in the last 20 years,” Briggs said.
According to the city, record economic growth and the city’s lowest debt rate in 25 years made the reduction possible.
Twenty-two tenants in the center are operating, including three that are in soft opening, Briggs said. Twenty-three are yet to open. Once it’s fully operating and stabilized, the city projects $1.1 million in gross sales tax collections annually from the center, he said.
The city also is experiencing a surge in interest in other development sites, Briggs said.
“I think this is going to be a catalyst for development.”
Store patrons stamp a cheesecake during Uncle Tetsu’s soft opening Sept. 2, 2026, in Haltom City. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
Open:
Uncle Tetsu, Japanese soufflé cheesecakes
85°C Bakery Cafe, Taiwanese bakery and café
Teso Life, Japanese lifestyle retail store
Wooga Korean BBQ by Chodang Village, server-grilled Korean barbecue
Hanabi, Japanese ramen and izakaya
Hui Lau Shan, Hong Kong mango desserts
Dal Pocha, late-night Korean pub
Bandai Gashapon, Japanese capsule toy shop
Kin Pho, Vietnamese pho, Lao-Thai dishes
The Kickin’ Crab, Cajun-style seafood boils
Cafe BomBom & XO Corndog, Korean corn dogs, boba
Bambu, Vietnamese dessert drinks, boba
Claw Mania Kingdom, claw machine arcade
ClawZania Fort Worth, claw machine arcade
McDonald’s, fast food burgers and fries
Our Hair, hair salon and head spa
Dia Dental Studio, multilingual general dentistry
Flossophy Dental Studio, dentistry with evening hours
SolidSight, eye care and eyewear
Kin Pho is open in the H Mart center in Haltom City, serving up pho and other Vietnamese specialties. (Scott Nishimura | Fort Worth Report)
Soft opening:
Feeling brave enough to try Lay’s Fish & Chips-flavored chips? Teso Life, an Asian-themed department store in the H Mart center in Haltom City, sells them. (Scott Nishimura | Fort Worth Report)
Coming soon:
H Mart, anchor
Kinokuniya, Japanese bookstore
Mensho, Japanese ramen
Somisomi, Korean soft serve taiyaki
Chicha San Chen, Taiwanese bubble tea
CoCo Ichibanya, Japanese curry rice
Miniso, lifestyle retail store
Maht Gaek, Korean home-style cooking
Sulbing, Korean shaved ice desserts
bb.q Chicken, Korean fried chicken
Tsaocaa, tea and desserts
Suka Omakase, sushi omakase
Nigori Sushi & Grill, all-you-can-eat sushi
Trung Nguyen, Vietnamese coffee
Ten Thousand Coffee, specialty coffee shop
Bada Golf, indoor golf simulator
Momo & Bun, Nepalese dumpling
Korean Seafood, Korean-style seafood restaurant
R&B Tea, Taiwanese bubble tea
Potobox, self-serve photo booth
Eiswelt Gelato, gelato shop
Hey Yogurt, frozen yogurt desserts
Tu Chilito, tacos
Wooga Korean BBQ by Chodang Village in Haltom City serves up a traditional barchan before the meal. (Scott Nishimura | Fort Worth Report)
Scott Nishimura is a senior editor for local government accountability and a Fort Worth City Hall reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Reach him at scott.nishimura@fortworthreport.org.
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