{"id":222919,"date":"2026-03-27T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:34:11","slug":"inside-look-at-felina-fort-worths-hot-new-pizza-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222919\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside look at Felina, Fort Worth\u2019s hot new pizza restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes new trendy restaurants focus more on the aesthetic than the food. But Felina<\/a> in Fort Worth\u2019s Near Southside has both a charming atmosphere, and even better pizza.<\/p>\n

When you enter the white-brick building off South Main Street, the interior feels like a homespun restaurant. Green can lanterns and mismatched chairs make the environment casual, but the menu feels more elevated for its affordable prices. The space reminded me of Soma Winery<\/a>, another South Main gem.<\/p>\n

\"Felina Felina restaurant in Near Southside at 401 Bryan Ave. Unit 117 serves Roman style pizzas with Latin and Mediterranean flare. Ella Gonzales egonzales@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

Bocca Italian<\/a>, its sister restaurant across the street, offers an upscale environment. Those who love Bocca can visit Felina to enjoy pizza and wine at a more reasonable price point \u2013 which is what brothers Alfonso and Alessandro Salvatore envisioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They first opened Bocca Osteria Romana in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10 years ago. The success there pushed them to open a second Bocca in Near Southside<\/a> at 411 S. Main St. in late 2024.<\/p>\n

Their third concept, Felina, just opened in February and is inspired by the summers they spent in Rome, eating Roman style pizza.<\/p>\n

Bocca serves pastas like carbonara and lasagna, gnocchi and grilled dishes like steak and chicken. Felina serves unique appetizers and eight different thin-crust, six-slice pizzas.<\/p>\n

For a 4:30 dinner on a Wednesday, Felina had about a third of the restaurant full.<\/p>\n

\"The The Emilia Romana pizza has a margherita base with prosciutto and arugula at Felina in Fort Worth. Ella Gonzales egonzales@star-telegram.com What we tried at Felina<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always a good sign when the menu<\/a> is small. That tells me the restaurant is focused on the quality of each dish. And, for all those who are indecisive, it\u2019s a bonus when there is less to choose from. Despite a small menu, there is a dish for everyone.<\/p>\n

\"Hummus Hummus served with pizza bianca at Felina in Near Southside of Fort Worth. Ella Gonzales egonzales@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

I started with the hummus. I\u2019ve never seen hummus at a pizza place, so this intrigued me. The fresh, oily, herby and nutty hummus was served with a garlicky \u201cpizza bianca,\u201d which is just naked pizza dough baked without sauce and toppings. This is a great dish to start with, but it does fill you up fast.<\/p>\n

The starters are where you can get adventurous. There\u2019s calamari fritti and Mediterranean octopus. Next time, I want to try either the amatriciana suppli (fried tomato-based spaghetti), or the mortaza (burrata and mortadella sandwich). And there are also lamb lollipops in a mint vinaigrette and pressed pork belly in a chipotle glaze.<\/p>\n

The pizzas really stay simple with options like margherita, pepperoni, romana or vodka. But there are also some unique flavors like la Felina with poblano crema, ragu and raisins, or the Middle Eastern za\u2019atar spice sprinkled on the marsili.<\/p>\n

\"Felina\u2019s Felina\u2019s Hot Mess pizza has tomato sauce, mozzarella, pecorino, basil, soppressata, whipped ricotta and hot honey. Ella Gonzales egonzales@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

I went with the hot mess pizza because I love the combination of sweet and spicy. This pizza has soppressata, whipped ricotta and drizzles of hot honey.<\/p>\n

The pizza\u2019s crust is extremely thin and charred, yet chewy. The dough is topped moderately so the sauce and toppings don\u2019t make the crust soggy or floppy. The crust is truly what makes the pizza so scrumptious.<\/p>\n

Felina also has a full bar with spritzy cocktails options like Aperol, Hugo, Campari or Limencello. To adapt to a Texan\u2019s palette, they also serve margaritas and old fashioneds. Wine options serve glasses for $12 to $16 and bottles for $40 to $60.<\/p>\n

\"The The margarita at Felina in South Main. Ella Gonzales egonzales@star-telegram.com More about Felina<\/p>\n

Felina is located inside the old Funky Picnic brewpub at 401 Bryan Ave., unit 117. The neighborhood features other hit restaurants like Ichiro Izakaya<\/a>, the Japanese yakitori bar, and Tinie\u2019s,<\/a> which was newly revamped by a Mexico \u201cTop Chef\u201d finalist.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t miss the white building with a green panther cat slapped on the side. Felina means cat-like and was inspired by Fort Worth\u2019s nickname of \u201cPanther City.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant is bright inside, decorated with leather seating, wooden tables complete with utensils and napkins in mason jars. There are large garage-door windows that can open on days with nice weather. The staff is friendly.<\/p>\n

They are open for dinner only from Tuesday to Saturday, 3:30 to 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Ella Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

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":"Sometimes new trendy restaurants focus more on the aesthetic than the food. But Felina in Fort Worth\u2019s Near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[86736,86734,116,118,117,86735,49659],"class_list":["post-222919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-bocca-italian","tag-felina","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-roman-style-pizza","tag-south-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222919","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=222919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}