Another prize grab for Mule Alley: Big-name Fort Worth chef to open two restaurants
Fort Worth celebrity chef Tim Love will open two restaurants in Mule Alley, the new Stockyards shopping and dining district anchored by the brand-new Hotel Drover.
Love’s new restaurants were announced Thursday with no additional details, but one is expected to open by fall at 122 E. Exchange Ave.
Love, owns three early Stockyards anchors, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, the White Elephant Saloon and Love Shack Burgers, along with a tapas bar, Ático, atop the SpringHill Suites hotel.
In Mule Alley, he joins a restaurant lineup that includes chef Marcus Paslay’s Provender Hall, Sarah Castillo’s soon-to-open Sidesaddle Saloon and chef Grant Morgan’s 97 West Kitchen & Bar, opening March 23 inside the Drover, 200 Mule Alley Drive.
A Shake Shack and Biscuit Bar are also open in the shopping center, a makeover of the former Stockyards horse and mule barns from the days when the street was the busiest livestock market in the Southwest and home to the local stock show and rodeo. An Avoca Coffee is planned, along with Second Rodeo Brewing Co. and Cowtown Winery.
The Love restaurants are “capping off” Mule Alley’s restaurant openings, according to the announcement.
The district has boomed in recent months with national and regional events bringing rodeo and Western crowds to the north side..
This story was originally published March 18, 2021 at 4:13 PM.
