{"id":403387,"date":"2026-08-11T08:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403387\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:58:26","slug":"tcu-neighborhood-businesses-closing-and-upcoming-openings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403387\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU neighborhood businesses closing and upcoming openings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Common Grounds Coffee<\/a> by TCU closed its doors, but the ministry that meets there every Sunday will remain.<\/p>\n

Common Grounds was founded by a Baylor graduate in 1994 across the street from the school\u2019s campus in Waco. The Fort Worth location opened in the thick of the pandemic<\/a> in 2020 at 3110 Greene Ave., in a building owned by Christ Chapel Bible Church.<\/p>\n

Customers were sad to hear about the coffee shop\u2019s departure, noting<\/a> they will miss owner Trey Lumley and the Cowboy Coffee made with the shop\u2019s \u201csecret sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christ Chapel will continue its Sunday morning college-age services, weekly bible studies and other business as usual. The church said in an Instagram post<\/a>, that they are getting new tenants: \u201cNew coffee shop announcement coming soon…\u201d<\/p>\n

Other TCU neighborhood changes \"A A rendering of West Berry Street if fully developed under TCU\u2019s campus master plan. The university is aiming to turn the corridor into Fort Worth\u2019s \u201cplace to be.\u201d Texas Christian University <\/p>\n

A Chipotle<\/a> is planned, along with three other retailers, as a ground-level tenant for the Morado on Berry development along Berry Street. The $82.9 million, mixed-use project will provide 780 student beds and 25,000 square feet of street-level retail space. It\u2019s a part of a grander $500 million TCU campus expansion.<\/p>\n

The Dallas-based Pine Isle<\/a> poke restaurant hopes to open in time for the fall semester at the old Dutch\u2019s Burritos Bar space on South University Drive. They serve Hawaiian-style poke bowls, spam musubi and poke nachos with crispy wontons. They are commonly praised on social media as \u201cthe best poke in Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Megu French Japanese Cuisine in the copper building at 3113 S. University Drive recently closed, but, according to licensing documents, a new sushi tenant is already in the works. Picazo<\/a> will serve Hawaiian style sushi rolls and poke.<\/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