{"id":207651,"date":"2026-03-17T02:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207651\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T02:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:02:28","slug":"why-harrison-ford-has-been-spotted-at-fort-worth-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207651\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Harrison Ford has been spotted at Fort Worth restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth<\/p>\n

Harrison Ford<\/a> may be done with regularly visiting Wichita, but the famous actor still stops by Fort Worth from time to time.<\/p>\n

The Wichita Eagle reported<\/a> last week that Ford has not been publically seen in the city for the past two years, which is unusual for the actor. Like clockwork for years, Ford visited Wichita when he needed to train on a Cessna flight simulator and have his plane serviced.<\/p>\n

Ford, 83, an avid pilot, is known for flying and owning several planes and helicopters.<\/p>\n

The actor\u2019s Wichita absence is related to FlightSafety International moving its Cessna Citation Sovereign simulator out of the city. Now, the only two simulators are in Atlanta and Orlando, where Ford was seen last year.<\/p>\n

While Ford may be done with Wichita, he is still spotted regulalry in Fort Worth. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

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Harrison Ford\u2019s Fort Worth connection<\/p>\n

Ford visits Fort Worth regularly to update his helicopter pilot training at Bell Helicopter.<\/p>\n

His son, Ben<\/a>, is a celebrity chef. So, when Ford is here, he likes to sample the city\u2019s culinary delights<\/p>\n

Ford was last spotted<\/a> at the downtown-located 61 Osteria in 2023. The Italian restaurant is also a favorite of Taylor Sheridan-verse stars when they\u2019re in town filming \u201cLandman\u201d and \u201cLioness.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Actor Actor Harrison Ford, left, with chef Blaine Staniford, right, and owner Adam Jones at 61 Osteria in downtown Fort Worth. 61 Osteria <\/p>\n

Over the years, Ford has been spotted at Taco Heads, Istanbul Grill, Thai Terrace and Brewed.<\/p>\n

In 2015, he was seen at such Magnolia Avenue hangouts as Ellerbe Fine Foods, Shinjuku Station, cocktail bar The Usual and its sister pub The Chat Room, as well as Del Frisco\u2019s Double Eagle, downtown cocktail bar Thompson\u2019s, and at Woodshed Smokehouse.<\/p>\n

In 1999, he caused a bit of a tizzy when he and a couple of friends were seen dining at Angeluna, the restaurant that was then across from Bass Hall downtown, according to Star-Telegram archives. There happened to be a Brooks & Dunn concert at Bass Hall that night, and concertgoers were able to get a good view of Ford and his party, who were dining on the Angeluna patio.<\/p>\n

\u201cSisters Gloria and Adelaide Moncrief, along with their Country Day School friend Melissa Flory and J. Brooks, a student at Arlington Heights High, thought Harrison would surely want to see the Brooks & Dunn show,\u201d then-Star-Telegram writer Mary Rogers reported.<\/p>\n

The girls were given permission to approach Ford, who politely declined, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve got school in the morning\u201d \u2014 which most people interpreted as a reference to his taking flying lessons at the time.<\/p>\n

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Ford has seen a career resurgence over the last decade.<\/p>\n

In 2015, he reprised his role as Han Solo in \u201cStar Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens\u201d to much acclaim. A couple of years later, he stepped back into another famous role as Deckard in \u201cBlade Runner 2049.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ford also had one last hurray as Indiana Jones in \u201cDial of Destiny\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Ford entered the \u201cYellowstone\u201d world<\/a> as a Dutton descendant in prequel series \u201c1923.\u201d A year later, Ford starred in the therapist comedy series \u201cShrinking.\u201d If that wasn\u2019t enough, he appeared as Thaddeus \u201cThunderbolt\u201d Ross in Marvel\u2019s \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only upcoming project Ford has on the books is the fourth season of \u201cShrinking,\u201d which was renewed in January ahead of its season 3 premiere. Just a couple of weeks ago, Ford was awarded<\/a> a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild.<\/p>\n

Star-Telegram reporter Bud Kennedy contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.\n <\/p>\n