Taste of Europe<\/a>, an Eastern European restaurant praised by TV host Guy Fieri as one of Arlington\u2019s \u201cbest treasures\u201d; Pulido\u2019s Kitchen & Cantina<\/a>, the Hurst location only; and Loco Coyote Grill<\/a>, a landmark on a winding farm road southwest of Glen Rose, lead a list of at least nine restaurants closing or already closed.<\/p>\n Four restaurants have already closed: CiBi Italian in Willow Park, Cindy Sue Cafe in Arlington and Paul\u2019s Donuts Subs & Gyros in Fort Worth, plus Jon\u2019s Grille in Fort Worth, announced last weekend by owner Jon Bonnell. Los Girasoles Mexican Food in Sansom Park will close any day now.<\/p>\n A look at the restaurants and when they will close:<\/p>\n A Taste of Europe: July 31<\/p>\n An Arlington restaurant known for stuffed potato cakes, borscht and pierogi<\/a> will close July 31 after 24 years.<\/p>\n Mikhail Frumkin, an engineer from Minsk, Belarus, opened Taste of Europe as a Russian restaurant and European gift shop at 1901 W. Pioneer Parkway. The restaurant eventually dropped the Russian theme when war broke out in Ukraine and also added German, Hungarian and Polish dishes.<\/p>\n On \u201cDDD,\u201d Fieri called Taste of Europe an \u201cEastern Bloc bonanza extravaganza\u201d and praised the kalduny (potato cakes.)<\/p>\n The restaurant also serves blintzes, goulash, beef stroganoff, chicken Kyiv and a wide range of traditional European items.<\/p>\n Co-owner Alexandre Tsalko\u2019s social media announcement expressed thanks to loyal customers. Taste of Europe\u2019s fans convinced the Tsalko family to remodel and reopen the restaurant in 2024 after it announced a closing.<\/p>\n The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Wednesdays through Sundays until July 31.<\/p>\n The rustic restaurant with a long history in Texas barbecue is closing after lunch July 19.<\/p>\n Loco Coyote, in a landmark shack at 1795 County Road 1004 southwest of Glen Rose, has drawn more praise recently for chicken-fried steak.<\/p>\n It opened in 2003 under original owners Linda and Tom Hammond, part of the family that opened the original Hammond\u2019s BBQ there in 1966.<\/p>\n The Coyote has changed hands a couple of times, but remains a throwback. The restaurant\u2019s social media announcement blamed rising food, labor, and operating costs.<\/p>\n In its final week, the restaurant is open for dinner Thursday and Friday, lunch and dinner Saturday and lunch Sunday.<\/p>\n Pulido\u2019s Kitchen & Cantina \u2013 Hurst: July 16<\/p>\n The strong comeback of the 60-year-old Pulido\u2019s restaurants in Fort Worth and Willow Park has not spilled over to Hurst, and that location will close July 16.<\/p>\n The Pulido\u2019s at 1224 Precinct Line Road reopened in a 46-year-old building that was originally Mi Hacienda and became a Pulido\u2019s about 2002. It drew a strong turnout at first from customers in what is now an older neighborhood, but struggled like many businesses in south Hurst.<\/p>\n Pulido\u2019s is open for lunch and dinner daily at 2900 Pulido St. near Interstate 30 and South University Drive in Fort Worth; at 104 S. Ranch House Road in Willow Park; and at 10051 Interstate 20 in Eastland.<\/p>\n Los Girasoles, a little family restaurant and bar at 5601 Jacksboro Highway, will close any day now after five years of struggles and social media pleas that kept bringing it back from the brink.<\/p>\n The social media message July 10 announced the \u201cstart of a new beginning\u201d and added that Los Girasoles would close in less than a month but \u201cif you\u2019ve ever wanted to visit us, now is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n The restaurant opened against very tough competition from Mezcales across the street, a large and traditional Tex-Mex restaurant in a former steakhouse, and El Paseo, a longtime Fort Worth favorite celebrating its 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n CiBi, the small, family-owned restaurant at 119 S. Ranch House Road, is closed.<\/p>\n The restaurant was originally founded in 2021 by Matteo and Sarah Clivati. But the management had changed, and it was surrounded by new competition in the Aledo-Wllow Park market.<\/p>\n It was particularly known for Bergamo-style stuffed pasta Bergamo-style and for desserts such as cannoli and vanilla panna cotta.<\/p>\n CiBi\u2019s farewell message on social media thanked customers for being a \u201csmall part of so many special memories.\u201d<\/p>\n Cindy Sue Cafe: closed<\/p>\n The most common word in online comments about Cindy Sue Cafe is \u201chuge.\u201d<\/p>\n Cindy Evans\u2019 chicken-fried steak is hefty, served with old-time pan gravy. But she has closed her cafe at 6204 S. Cooper St. near Good Day Cafe to switch to catering.<\/p>\n Evans\u2019 breakfasts and lunches were fresh and homestyle, but her talent as a caterer didn\u2019t translate into the boxy space.<\/p>\n Paul\u2019s Donuts Subs & Gyros: closed<\/p>\n A sandwich shop and restaurant in a historic building on Hemphill Street closed without announcement in recent days.<\/p>\n Paul\u2019s Donuts Subs & Gyros, a southside favorite from 1970 to 2017, mostly under longtime owners Barbara and Paul Raby and then Hany Sharaf, is empty and dark at 1324 Hemphill St.<\/p>\n The red brick building has stood on Hemphill since 1958, when it was built as an insurance office. Paul\u2019s originally started in 1960 on East Berry Street.<\/p>\n Sharaf sold the building in 2017 and family members now own Mousa Donut, 201 W. Rosedale St.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Bud Kennedy is celebrating his 40th year writing about restaurants in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has written the \u201cEats Beat\u201d dining column in print since 1985 and online since 1992 \u2014 that\u2019s more than 3,000 columns about Texas cafes, barbecue, burgers and where to eat. An eight-layer Napoleon cake, one of several dessert cakes and crepes at Taste of Europe in Arlington, seen Aug. 3, 2024. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com Loco Coyote Grill: July 19<\/p>\n
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