{"id":464542,"date":"2026-10-13T07:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464542\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:33:53","slug":"heres-a-rooftop-restaurant-near-tcu-in-fort-worth-with-high-rise-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464542\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a rooftop restaurant near TCU in Fort Worth with high-rise views"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth has a lot of a great new sports bars.<\/p>\n

But none of them has a sixth-floor skyline view, and that’s the draw at Lot 12 TCU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lot 12 is the rooftop bar and patio at a TCU hotel. But it’s not some tourist hangout.<\/p>\n

It feels like a standalone restaurant. There’s a separate front door at 2512 W. Berry St., a dedicated elevator and a large menu<\/a> of sports-bar nibbles, burgers, tacos and flatbreads.<\/p>\n

Most of all, there’s a spectacular panoramic view of all the new construction at TCU and on Berry Street, with the downtown Fort Worth skyline in the distance.<\/p>\n

Lot 12 has become a popular gathering spot for pre- and post-game gatherings, reunions, receptions and holiday parties. It can serve groups the typical sliders-and-chicken-tenders “game day classics” menu.<\/p>\n

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A brownie dessert with ice cream at the Lot 12 TCU sports bar in Fort Worth, Texas, as seen Oct. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

But Lot 12 also now has a larger dinner and Friday-Saturday lunch menu. It’s worth going any night for the view and the Baja fish tacos, pear-goat-cheese flatbreads or any of the other items that are a half-notch better than your ordinary sports bar.<\/p>\n

There’s a brisket cheddarburger, for example. Also, there’s a blackened chicken chimichanga, along with rib-eye or chicken Philly cheesesteaks.<\/p>\n

Lot 12’s patio was surprisingly quiet on one recent football Saturday. The green chile queso with pico was a good nosh for game-watching.<\/p>\n

Lot 12 has always had a reputation for desserts. The current menu offers a rich, dark chocolate brownie with chocolate fudge sauce and a premum vanilla-bean ice cream, along with a cookie sundae, bread pudding “bites” with caramel or cheesecake.<\/p>\n

One note: The patio furnishings and landscaping are a little worn after five years of sun-baked, sultry summers.<\/p>\n

Also, the TVs are not bright enough for watching football on a beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon. And that’s when most sports bars are busy.<\/p>\n

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The patio in spring at the Lot 12 TCU sports bar in Fort Worth, Texas, as seen May 25, 2021.<\/p>\n

(But Lot 12 has plenty of great TVs \u2013 and plenty of air conditioning.)<\/p>\n

On Sundays, it’s not even open until 4 p.m., so no Cowboys-watching.<\/p>\n

It’s open at lunch Fridays and Saturdays, and for happy hour and dinner nightly.<\/p>\n

It’s on top of the Hyatt Place Fort Worth\/TCU<\/a> hotel, off Berry at 3029 Sandage Ave.; 817-353-2344, or the hotel number is 682-385-9743.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth has a lot of a great new sports bars. But none of them has a sixth-floor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-464542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464542","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=464542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}