See the little hidden-gem restaurant in Fort Worth known for Grandma’s cooking
That homespun little interior Mexican food cafe in southwest Fort Worth is not so little anymore.
La Casa de Lina, an off-the-beaten-path hidden gem in the Wedgwood neighborhood, has added dinner hours, a new second dining room and a dessert counter with pastries, fruit cups and ice creams.
After six years, “Grandma Lina’s” recipes are a big hit, and the little cafe at 5216 Wedgmont Circle North might be one of the best interior Mexico restaurants in Fort Worth.
La Casa de Lina took over a barber shop next door. It now has more room for the growing breakfast, lunch and dinner crowds for chilaquiles verdes, green chile pork, sopes and pambazos, a fried chorizo-potato or chicken-potato sandwich dipped in guajillo sauce.
The cafe built a reputation for “Grandma Lina” Leonila Garcia’s and daughter Maria Lopez’s homestyle breakfasts, with extra touches like horchata and cafe de olla, the traditional sweet, cinnamon-spiced coffee, served in imported terra cotta cups.
It’s one of Fort Worth’s best little Mexican breakfast cafes along with Tesoro, Cafecito and Esperanza’s.
Chicken enchiladas with spicy salsa verde
The lunch and dinner menus don’t have either a combination plate or beef enchiladas. If that’s what you’re looking for, or a mesquite-grilled fajitas plate, Abuelo’s is down Interstate 20.
The only enchiladas are chicken, with first-rate mole sauce, spicy tomatillo-jalapeno salsa verde or sour cream sauce, or in a platter with all three.
The chips are thin and light. They go quickly.
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Green chile pork or red chile chicken adobo
The salsa is hot — on one recent day, it might have been the hottest south of Los Asaderos. When it comes to the table, your nose knows.
Tacos and burritos are the typical asada, pastor, chorizo and green chile pork combinations, but there’s also red-chile chicken adobo.
The new dessert counter also offers Lina’s flan recipe.
I know chefs who swear by La Casa de Lina. It’s genuine interior Mexico cooking for everyone who lives a long way from Hemphill Street or West Magnolia Avenue.
La Casa de Lina is now open for breakfast through dinner daily; 682-499-5884, facebook.com/lacasadelina.
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This story was originally published April 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM.
