Italian restaurant from Aspen to open west Fort Worth location
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- Acquolina’s managing partner files zoning change for 9,020‑sq‑ft restaurant and parking
- Acquolina will replace Bella Italia at 5139 Camp Bowie; Bella will reopen 1 mile west
- Zoning Commission reviews Feb. 11; City Council hearing Feb. 24 (application ZC-26-006)
An Italian restaurant from Aspen, Colorado, will replace Bella Italia on its landmark corner at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Merrick Street, according to a city zoning application.
Acquolina, one of several Aspen restaurants owned in part by energy executive John Sellers of Fort Worth, has applied for a zoning change to build a 9,020-square-foot restaurant and parking at 5139 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Acquolina is one of Aspen’s highest-rated restaurants. According to an Aspen Times review, it “feels like Italy, minus the jet lag. ... It’s Aspen with a Roman soul.”
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It replaces Bella Italia, a 38-year west side mainstay. It moved and will reopen in its new location 1 mile west in the Village at Camp Bowie shopping center at 6115 Camp Bowie Blvd.
The zoning application shows a new building on the boulevard with a parking lot on adjacent space on Merrick Street.
The request will be considered by the city Zoning Commission on Feb. 11 and goes before the City Council on Feb. 24 . Acquolina had to request the change for more parking space.
The application is filed by managing partner Carlos Solorzano-Smith of Aspen Hospitality Group, which owns Acquolina along with Duemani and Angelo’s, all Italian restaurants.
Sellers is a co-founder of Fort Worth-based Double Eagle Energy and Double Eagle Development.
This story was originally published February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM.
