{"id":316111,"date":"2026-05-31T02:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316111\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:45:25","slug":"its-last-call-for-two-west-fort-worth-foodie-landmarks-heres-when-they-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316111\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s last call for two west Fort Worth foodie landmarks. Here\u2019s when they close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A pair of longtime west Fort Worth institutions are shutting their doors this weekend, ending decades of history in the Cultural District and nearby neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">J&amp;J Oyster Bar and Roy Pope Grocery are both closing as new development and new ownership reshape the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">J&amp;J Oyster Bar<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The giant bull statue in front of J&amp;J Oysrer Bar, seen May 23, 2026, will move to Fred\u2019s Texas Cafe.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"719\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780195524_989_61fe6ea2d7ea967c643819a6cfb0b8d8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The giant bull statue in front of J&amp;J Oysrer Bar, seen May 23, 2026, will move to Fred\u2019s Texas Cafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roy Pope Grocery<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Roy Pope Grocery in Fort Worth was a finalist of this year\u2019s Star-Telegram Readers Choice poll for best places to shop local for Christmas gifts.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"568\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9ea5becc30e933bd4982d18026370b52.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Roy Pope Grocery in Fort Worth was a finalist of this year\u2019s Star-Telegram Readers Choice poll for best places to shop local for Christmas gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of longtime west Fort Worth institutions are shutting their doors this weekend, ending decades of history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5490,116,118,117,102597,102596,113579,107541,108200],"class_list":["post-316111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-cultural-district","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-jj-oyster-bar","tag-jim-schusler","tag-nearby-neighborhoods","tag-roy-pope","tag-roy-pope-grocery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316111","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=316111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}