Houston-area restaurant chain closes location in Colleyville near Fort Worth
A Colleyville location of The Woodlands-based Black Walnut Cafe closed Monday, ending an eight-year run in the Town Center Colleyville area for the all-day, family-friendly restaurant.
The restaurant, 1205 Church St., is one of several owned by a Houston-area investment firm. The company announced the closing Monday on Black Walnut’s website and Facebook, thanking Colleyville for “unwavering support.”
Black Walnut Cafe locations in North Texas remain open at 775 N. Denton Tap Road in Coppell, 15 miles east of the Colleyville restaurant, and also in Allen.
The closing will cost the Lena Pope children’s service agency donations.
Black Walnut locations are participating in the regional DFW Restaurant Week business promotion and had promised to donate $5 of each $29 lunch or brunch sold through Sept. 1. The Dallas-area locations send their donations to that city’s food bank.
When Black Walnut opened, it was celebrated as a family-friendly all-day restaurant for the upscale suburb. Patrons’ favorite dishes included the cinnamon-roll French toast, chicken-and-waffles and pot roast or Wagyu chicken-fried steak.
In a 2016 review, the Star-Telegram praised the “Napoleon” French toast, waffles and Philly cheesesteak.
It was the second restaurant closing within days in Northeast Tarrant County. A North Richland Hills location of Enchiladas Ole closed to relocate nearby, owner Mary Patino Perez said.
This story was originally published August 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM.
