Grady Spears is back, doing chicken-fried steak specials at a Fort Worth brewery
Grady Spears to serve specials at the Fort Brewery
Hey, Bud! What ever happened to Grady Spears? Sure miss his chicken-fried.
—Guy waiting for chocolate pie in Carshon’s Delicatessen
News bulletin: Grady Spears is back. Spears, the founding chef at Reata and now-gone Horseshoe Hill, will serve $55 chicken-fried steak dinners and $65 rib-eye dinners on Wednesday nights beginning Nov. 30 at the Fort Brewery and Pizza, 2737 Tillar St. Then, he’ll cook dinners nightly and Sunday brunch Jan. 18-Feb. 4 as a short-term gig during the Stock Show.
Spears’ career is a melodrama, sometimes a dark one, but “a lot of people were craving his food,” brewery owner Will Churchill said.
The event is limited to 65 diners each night; fkevents.com.
The Brand Room steakhouse expanding kitchen
Hey, Bud! What happened to that other chicken-fried steak place? Was it the Brand Room?
—Same guy after his pie
The Brand Room, 212 W. Exchange Ave., split from Horseshoe Hill months ago and is open as a bar while the kitchen is being expanded. Watch for the return of full dining service in the cozy cowboy saloon that was a centerpiece of “Yellowstone” filming.
Fort Worth schoolteacher on ‘Chopped’
Hey, Bud! Can you write about the local teacher on “Chopped”?
—Fort Worth ISD friend
“Chopped” will star schoolteachers instead of chefs in a special “Thankful for Teachers” episode that airs beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the Food Network. Fort Worth science teacher Kathleen Cluchey of Young Women’s Leadership Academy is among those featured.
This story was originally published November 9, 2022 at 2:16 PM.
