UPDATE: Americado on Berry Street open again for dinner weeknights and Saturdays and brunch Sundays
Americado, the Mexican restaurant on Berry Street that closed in early November, reopened soon after with an expanded bar and greater emphasis on tacos.
A representative for Americado, a Mexican restaurant modeled after similar concepts in Mexico City, previously told the Star-Telegram in October 2017 that funds had run out and that the owners were unable to get the landlord to lower the rent.
But a post on Americado's Facebook page Nov. 7 said that the restaurant was giving it another go.
"We love Fort Worth and we want to bet on this town," the post stated. "So, we have raised more capital and decided to re-open and hope that we can get more traffic to this area."
According to its website, Americado is now open for dinner 5-10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday including brunch.
Americado, on the ground floor of a large, two-story building just west of the Cleburne Road intersection with West Berry Street, previously had its share of growing pains.
When it opened as a food hall in March 2017, it had several stations offering separate menus of rotisserie chicken, tacos, enchiladas, seafood, drinks and coffees. If you wanted, say, a chicken dish and a seafood dish, you had to stand in different lines for them.
“If there was ever a restaurant in need of a know-before-you-go guide, it’s Americado Mexi-Food Hall,” Malcolm Mayhew wrote in his Star-Telegram review. “First thing you need to know: This is no ordinary Mexican restaurant.”
Mayhew complimented the food but noted that the ordering concept was confusing: “The fast-casual restaurant is divided into five stations, three offering food, two drinks. For chicken, you go to the right. Fish, back left. Tacos, here. Horchata there.”
The ordering system was eventually consolidated so that diners could do all their ordering at one station, and then things became even easier as table service was added throughout the day.
The restaurant is also noteworthy for its patio, which managed to be serene despite being a short walk away from railroad tracks and a busy intersection.
Coeval Studio, designers of Dallas’ Stirr, Cedar Grove, Street’s Fine Chicken and more, had a hand in designing Americado, which in its previous incarnation was an auto-repair garage at 2000 W. Berry St. The firm is also behind La Zona, a Spanish tapas restaurant scheduled to open at 1264 W. Magnolia Ave. in Fort Worth.
The culinary team behind Americado is also involved with La Zona, and a representative tells the Star-Telegram that there are still plans to open La Zona, although funds are tight.
This report includes material from Star-Telegram archives.
This story was originally published October 31, 2017 at 12:45 PM with the headline "UPDATE: Americado on Berry Street open again for dinner weeknights and Saturdays and brunch Sundays."