‘World’s largest spur’ coming to Fort Worth’s Rodeo Plaza despite cafe’s troubles
Plans for a new Lone Spur Cafe restaurant and 50-foot-tall sculpture of the “World’s Largest Spur” on Rodeo Plaza will continue despite the closing of other area locations, a company executive said Thursday.
Arizona-based Lone Spur, a breakfast-and-brunch restaurant chain, will open at 2513 Rodeo Plaza in the 112-year-old Exhibits Building and eventually will add other area locations, executive Cory Farley said.
Lone Spur closed locations in Bedford, Denton and Allen in recent days and removed the Fort Worth location from the company website.
At almost the same time, the Fort Worth City Council was approving plans to add the giant spur sculpture on the north side of the Exhibits Building facing Billy Bob’s Texas and visible from North Main Street.
“We were off with our [restaurant] locations a little bit,” Farley said by phone.
He added that all three suburban locations were “not the right fit.”
The Lone Spur in the Stockyards also will serve dinner, he said.
The restaurant will replace Mojito’s in a space overlooking Marine Creek that has been home to Tex-Mex restaurants and a brewing company.
“We’re a big fan of the Stockyards,” Farley said. And the spur sculpture “fits the overall appeal.”
The original Lone Spur opened in Prescott, Arizona, nearly 20 years ago. About 75 percent of the Spur’s business is breakfast, Farley said.
This story was originally published December 15, 2022 at 11:13 AM.
