The founder of Fort Worth’s hot-ticket dumplings restaurant is out — but the chef is in
Restaurateur and developer Jeffrey Yarbrough, who turned a drab former 7-Eleven into Fort Worth’s top Chinese restaurant, has sold Teddy Wongs Dumplings & Wine to chef-partner Patrick Ru, he said this week.
Yarbrough built a restaurant and wine bar around Ru’s dumplings and dishes such as Peking duck, leading to lines of people waiting at the former convenience store at 812 W. Rosedale St.
Teddy Wongs has done “200 times the business” Yarbrough expected when it opened in late 2023, he said.
Ru, the chef at Bushi Bushi in Dallas and Frisco, was interested in opening a Fort Worth location to serve his pot stickers with lobster, wagyu beef, or traditional varieties.
“People questioned our location,” a convenience store and grill at Rosedale and LIpscomb streets, Yarbrough said, “but I was like, ‘We’ll make it fun.’ “
The restaurant serves specialty wines and has a separate wine market.
It’s open for lunch and dinner daily; 817-349-8965, teddywongs.com.
This story was originally published January 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM.
