{"id":218404,"date":"2026-03-24T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/218404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:05:08","slug":"original-chop-shop-to-open-in-near-southside-of-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/218404\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Chop Shop to open in Near Southside of Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new, healthy restaurant option is opening soon in the Near Southside neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The area already has its share of Michelin-recognized brisket<\/a> and oily Neapolitan pizza,<\/a> but this national chain will focus on fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n

Original ChopShop<\/a> is a fast-casual chain focused on meals made from whole ingredients. Their main food is salads, but they also make sandwiches, bowls, fresh juices and smoothies.<\/p>\n

The first Original ChopShop in Fort Worth opened in Alliance in 2024<\/a>. Now the second will be at 105 E Pennsylvania Ave. in South Main, next door to Summer Moon Coffee<\/a> and neighbors with Panther City BBQ.<\/p>\n

The \u201chealthy food boom\u201d has become more common in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

HG Sply<\/a> on University Drive specializes in allergy-friendly, clean food options. Flower Child<\/a>, another chainon University, focuses on fresh, healthy food made from real ingredients.<\/p>\n

Most of these restaurants are targeted towards the TCU student population, which is made up of 55 percent of out-of-staters<\/a>. (Original ChopShop started in Arizona.) In fact, Original ChopShop will give TCU students $3 off bowls, salads and sandwiches until July.<\/p>\n

What is on the Original Chop Shop menu?<\/p>\n

The Original Chop Shop sells<\/a> all-day breakfast, smoothie bowls, yogurt parfaits, protein shakes, salad, sandwiches and bowls.<\/p>\n

Fan favorites include a Teriyaki Chicken bowl with avocado and brussel sprouts and the Spicy Korean Steak bowl with bok choy. There are also Thai-inspired, Mexican and Mediterranean-style bowls.<\/p>\n

The Muscle Malt protein shake with banana, peanut butter, chocolate protein powder is another popular option.<\/p>\n

And a Fort Worth Foodie recommended<\/a> the Brekkie Wrap with scrambled eggs, provolone, arugula, avocado pesto and choice of turkey, ham, prosciutto or bacon.<\/p>\n

Bowls are no more than $14, salads and sandwiches are around $11 to $12, breakfast is no more than $10 and shakes and parfaits around $8.<\/p>\n

\"Another Another location of the Original Chop Shop will open in Near Southside of Fort Worth. Courtesy photo by Champion PR When will the Original ChopShop on South Main open?<\/p>\n

The grand opening for the Original ChopShop<\/a> will be on Wednesday, March 25 at 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

The first 75 guests will receive a free ChopShop tote. And those who sign up for rewards on the ChopShop app<\/a> and spend more than $7 will receive 30 days of $3 off.<\/p>\n

ChopShop will also give 10 percent of the opening day proceeds to Mental Health America of Tarrant County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The store hours will be Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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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.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new, healthy restaurant option is opening soon in the Near Southside neighborhood. The area already has its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,2371,85189,49659],"class_list":["post-218404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-near-southside","tag-original-chop-shop","tag-south-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}