New beginnings on Race Street: The road leads to Cajun food, music and ice cream
Race Street is nearly done, and the anchor is Tributary Cafe.
The city’s newest “urban village” is finished off Riverside Drive, with new curbing, trees and back-in parking.
That’s where you find Tributary, known for scratch-made Cajun-Creole cooing.
In three years, Tributary has made its name for rich seafood gumbo, weekend brunch and huge plates with shrimp or seafood.
Chef Cindy Crowder-Wheeler has updated the menu with new dishes such as crawfish hoecakes, plus Louisiana pimiento burgers, fried chicken and blackened pork chops.
The original mainstays like shrimp Victoria (with mushrooms and creme fraiche) and crawfish etouffee are still around. But she’d added shrimp Clemenceau (with mushroom and beurre blanc) and a signature Key lime pie.
Tributary is open for lunch or brunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday, brunch Sunday; 2813 Race St, near Riverside Drive., 817-744-8255, tributarycafe.com.
Tributary is only one of several shops and cafes on that end of Race.
▪ Nearby, The Post at River East music club, 2925 Race St., is now serving its own sandwiches with house-roasted meats, soups and desserts.
The menu is served weeknights and at lunch on weekends, and for daily lunch and dinner beginning Aug,. 26. A weekend brunch will follow soon; thepostatrivereast.com
▪ Roasted, 2907 Race St., a custom coffee roaster, features cold brews, pourovers and spiced tea; facebook.com/roastedfw.
▪ Gypsy Scoops, 2905 Race St., is the neighborhood superpremium ice cream shop; gypsyscoops.coml.
Nearby Dino’s, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and Enchiladas Ole around the corner still await the finish of construction.
This story was originally published August 14, 2019 at 5:45 AM.
