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Local club owner Chris Maunder recently resurrected his live music venue The Moon, moving it from its original perch next to the old Hop/Aardvark music club on West Berry to the Americado building at 2000 W. Berry St. Now, The Moon’s patrons have a place to eat.
Located inside the new club, in the form of a walk-up window, BirdieBop is a new fried chicken venture between North Texas chef Josh Harmon and Fort Worth musician and bona fide foodie Adrian Hulet.
To call it a fried chicken spot doesn’t do it justice, though. “It’s not your typical assembly line, three-pieces-tossed-on-a-paper-plate kind of joint,” Hulet says.
Rather, the restaurant’s recipes encompass both Southern and Asian flavors. “We’re doing Southern-fried chicken, wings, nuggets and chicken and waffles, along with Korean and Japanese-influenced fare like fried chicken steamed buns.”
A fried chicken necessity these days, there’s a Nashville-hot chicken sandwich, called the Night Ninja, made with housemade slaw and mayo on buttered toast.
Sides included a kimchee and mac and cheese mash-up called Mac N’ Kimcheese; warm potato salad; waffle fries; and Korean deviled eggs.
Hulet is a local musician who played in a string of well-known bands, including Oso Closo. He also gained a following in local foodie circles with a series of pop-up events called Frankenkitchen, in which local chefs used Hulet’s collection of vintage cooking wares to prepare unique dishes.
Harmon is a Dallas-based chef who ventured into Fort Worth with Butler’s Cabinet, a gourmet sandwich shop at the Fort Worth Food Hall. Butler’s Cabinet closed in December.
For now, BirdieBop is open evenings 5 – 11 p.m. and 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Brunch will soon follow, with dishes such as Katsu chicken-fried chicken and eggs and cream cheese waffles. Lunch hours will be added, too, Hulet says. birdiebop.com