Too big? A restaurant closes in Fort Worth across from a coming H-E-B in Alliance
Tap In Grill & Pub has closed both the original location in Grapevine and a much larger second location in Alliance Town Center, a rare locally owned restaurant in a shopping district heavy with national chains.
The new expansion of the small Tap In pub was praised when it opened at 3351 Texas Sage Trail, a dauntingly large anchor space across Heritage Trace Parkway from a coming H-E-B supermarket.
Tap In opened in a 7,000-square-foot space that had been closed four years. It was originally built in 2014 for a Seattle-area pizza chain with an oldies-rock theme, The Rock.
But the immediate Alliance area alone now has about 40 restaurants. Next to open is a location of Austin-based Torchy’s Tacos, coming in June at 3330 Tracewood Way.
That total doesn’t count the Dallas-based Truck Yard, 3101 Prairie Vista Drive, an intensely crowded patio and bar with food trucks.
Business at Tap In had dropped off lately, and both locations had some mechanical problems, owner Will Chaisson wrote in an online message.
The original Tap In Grill & Pub closed Friday at 120 S. Main St., Grapevine.
This story was originally published May 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM.
