Crystal Wise
One of Fort Worth's most anticipated new restaurants should be open early fall. Calisience, a food truck that draws sell-out crowds for its birria tacos, is set to open a brick-and-mortar location in October at 2707 Race St., just around the corner from where owner Jacqueline Anaya first started cooking. The restaurant is taking over the large space occupied by Dino's Live. It’s on the same street as La Onda and Tributary Café, two of the city’s most popular restaurants. Along with Birreria y Taqueria Cortez, a food truck that opened its own brick-and-mortar recently, Calisience helped usher in a local birria tacos trend. Birria, of course, has been served at restaurants such as Birrieria Los Chivos De Oro for years, but through social media and word of mouth, Calisience brought new attention to a classic Mexican dish. Anaya has also won acclaim for her birria ramen. In addition to her ramen and tacos, she’ll serve street tacos, pasta salad, quesadillas and her popular strawberry horchata drink, made fresh every day. Additional menu items will be added once the restaurant gets off the ground. calisience.com
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The revolving sushi trend has finally come to Fort Worth, courtesy of Akarii Revolving Sushi, which recently opened at 628 Harrold St. between downtown and the West Seventh area. The restaurant offers more than two dozen varieties of sushi, sashimi, and nigiri, all served on a conveyor belt that revolves around the restaurant’s seating area. Grab what you want, make requests via iPads, or order from the regular menu. This is Akarii’s second location. The original opened two years ago in Mansfield. The Fort Worth store was supposed to open soon after Mansfield; the pandemic led to a two-year delay. akariirevolvingsushi.com
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I’ve spent much of the past few months worrying that Fiesta Mexican Restaurant had permanently closed. But I breathed a big sigh of relief when their Facebook page lit up with news of a reopening. Whew! One of the very best restaurants in the city, the long-running Mexican restaurant closed for several weeks so owners could address some family issues. It’s one of the city’s oldest Mex/Tex-Mex spots; I’ve been going since I was a kid, when it was still located in a house. I’ll put their freshly made corn tortillas, bean and cheese nachos, and beef chimichangas up against anyone’s. Fight me, Fort Worth! 3233 Hemphill St. facebook.com/FiestaMexicanRestaurantTX
