{"id":428957,"date":"2026-09-07T19:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428957\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:32:08","slug":"celebrity-chef-launches-neighborhood-restaurant-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428957\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity chef launches neighborhood restaurant in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH<\/p>\n

TV celebrity chef Graham Elliot<\/a>, who helped Fort Worth-based Far Out Hospitality<\/a> revamp menus and grow to a 15-restaurant company with locations across Texas, is starting his own company and will open Commodore Tavern & Terrace, he posted Monday on social media.<\/p>\n

Elliot did not identify the location. But Fort Worth city paperwork<\/a> shows a Commodore Tavern & Terrace will open at 1101 W. Magnolia Ave., a former wine bar.<\/p>\n

Elliot and another Far Out chef, Charlie Rushton<\/a>, will open Commodore this fall as a \u201cneighborhood restaurant,\u201d he wrote, with \u201cgreat food, great drinks, warm hospitality, and most importantly, a place we hope feels like it belongs here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d Elliot wrote.<\/p>\n

\"Chef Chef Graham Elliot at Le Margot in Fort Worth June 16, 2023. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

The Southside property was most recently home to The Magnolia<\/a> wine bar, which closed in April. It opened in 2014 as Kent & Co.<\/p>\n

Commodore joins a spate of recent openings near Magnolia including the Salt + Straw ice cream chain, Yoichi Omakase & Handroll, the Sweet Stacks Asian souffle pancake cafe and Beren Mediterranean, a nicer Turkish restaurant and bar.<\/p>\n

Elliot, a former judge on TV\u2019s \u201cTop Chef\u201d and chef at Michelin-honored restaurants<\/a> in Chicago, joined Far Out Hospitality in 2022 and revamped the menus for company founder Felipe Armenta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elliott fine-tuned menus at established Far Out restaurants like The Tavern and Pacific Table, and helped shape Cowboy Prime, the company\u2019s Midland steakhouse.<\/p>\n

He has been best known here for his work at Le Margot<\/a> in Fort Worth, ranked the No. 2 \u201cBest New Restaurant in Texas\u201d in 2024 by Texas Monthly magazine.<\/p>\n

Rushton, the former chef at the Crescent Court Hotel in Dallas, joined Far Out in 2023. He has a history as both a business executive and hotel chef.<\/p>\n

Far Out also operates Press Cafe, Towne Grill and Maria\u2019s Mexican Kitchen along with Felipe\u2019s Bar & Grill in Odessa, the Grill in San Angelo and Bosque Cantina in Walnut Springs.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published September 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM.<\/p>\n


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