The latest Fort Worth restaurant openings and closings — and free hot dogs.

The Fort Worth dining scene is shifting fast this summer, with bakery debuts, steakhouse soft openings and a Botanic Garden cafe overhaul all in motion. Here’s a quick look at the latest restaurant news from across Tarrant County.

Here are key takeaways:

• The cafe inside the Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s 91-year-old Rock Springs building will close June 30 and reopen this fall as Flora House, a reimagined concept from Westland Hospitality with a new menu by chef Juan Rodriguez. Bud Kennedy reports on the garden’s restaurant overhaul.
• Two Grapevine bakeries — JudyPie and Legacy Cakes — landed in USA Today’s national rankings again this year, with JudyPie ranked No. 8 for pies and Legacy Cakes ranked No. 6 for cake shops, according to Ella Gonzales’ report.
• A new steakhouse called Seared quietly soft-opened on White Settlement Road with a prix fixe menu, bottomless fries and craft cocktails — but not before two Dodge Challengers crashed into the building during renovations, Gonzales reports.
• Curly’s Frozen Custard will hand out 250 free hot dogs on July 4 to mark America’s 250th birthday, with the giveaway starting when the Camp Bowie Boulevard stand opens at 11 a.m.
• Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse has posted “Coming Soon” signs at the former On The Border building in Lake Worth, moving into the nearly 6,000-square-foot space the Tex-Mex chain abandoned when it shuttered all company-owned locations June 12.
• Self-taught baker Gretchen Seegel opened her first brick-and-mortar store, Sunrise Scones, on June 19 at 309 W. Daggett Ave. in South Main Village, serving rotating seasonal flavors such as peach cobbler and lemon lavender alongside three staples.
• The Eagle Tavern, a spin-off from the team behind the Goat Tavern concepts, opened June 8 in Keller with burgers, flatbreads and new additions like shrimp ceviche, plus multiple screens for World Cup, Rangers and Cowboys games.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.