When will Reata reopen? What about my Pulido’s? And more Fort Worth restaurant changes
Reata, Los Vaqueros move June 30
Hey, Bud! When exactly does [name] restaurant [close, open, move]?
—Lots of readers
All the answers I know:
▪ Reata will close at 9 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at 312 Houston St., and will move sometime after a July 16 preview to 530 Throckmorton St. Book tables through June 30 at opentable.com.
▪ Pulido’s is open again daily, including for Sunday lunch. It’s at 2900 Pulido St.
▪ The parent company of Pulido’s, JD’s Hamburgers and West Side Cafe will reopen Margie’s Italian Gardens later this year at 9805 Camp Bowie West Blvd.
▪ Then it will reopen Pulido’s in Hurst and Eastland. The locations in Cleburne and near Benbrook have deteriorated and will not reopen.
▪ Los Vaqueros will close at 9 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at 2629 N. Main St., and will move after mid-July to 2513 Rodeo Plaza. Book tables through June 30 at opentable.com.
Los Vaqueros West in Willow Park remains open daily except Monday at 4899 Interstate 20 East.
▪ Soy Cowboy, an Asian restaurant from the owners of B&B Butchers, is new and open for lunch and dinner daily in the Loews Arlington, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway.
▪ Wild Salsa is open again for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 300 Throckmorton St.
▪ King Tut will close July 31 at 1512 W. Magnolia Ave., and will move within days to 508 W. Rosedale St.
▪ Tres Amigos Tacos y Tequila is new and will open in early August at 909 W. Magnolia Ave.
Why don’t restaurants list a phone number?
Hey, Bud! Will [new restaurant] be doing to-go orders? Didn’t see a phone number.
—Reader at facebook.com/diningguy
Hey, Bud! Does [different new restaurant] have a phone for questions?
—Reader at instagram.com/budkennedy
Many restaurants no longer take phone calls at busy hours. Some don’t even list a phone.
New places get swamped at dinner with delivery orders that slow down the dining room. It’s easier if patrons order takeout on the website or app.
Or just go in. As Dorothy Hill of the long-gone Summerhill House diner on West Magnolia Avenue used to shout when she answered the phone, “Hi! Come on down and find out!” (Click.)