Airport cafe known for burgers closes in northwest Fort Worth
Wing It Cafe, a restaurant with a view of the runway at a small private airport northwest of Fort Worth, has closed, according to the restaurant’s social media.
Eric and Kathryn Faulkner opened Wing It Cafe in 2022 at 171 Aviator Drive on Hicks Airfield. The space has been open 20 years as a breakfast-and-burgers place that is one of the few restaurants in the growing neighborhoods west of Haslet and north of Saginaw.
The cafe is known for its panoramic view of small planes taking off or landing but also for past concerns about customers wandering off the driveway into the path of taxiing planes.
The restaurant’s leaders announced closing Monday and apologized for “confusion” in recent days, saying that “things were changing quickly.” They also thanked a moving company for helping on short notice.
Runway conflicts led a previous tenant, Beacon Cafe, to move to 12721 Business U.S. 287 North.
Beacon is open for breakfast and lunch Wednesdays through Sundays but has lost its lease and will move as soon as the end of January, owner Christie Murrell has said.
