Here’s a patio view of downtown Fort Worth, and chilaquiles too
Tinies has something no other Fort Worth restaurant has: both a patio and an upstairs terrace, offering a scenic view of the downtown skyline.
Now, it has the perfect menu for outdoor dining: brunch.
Tinies, under new management since it opened in 2020 as a tacos-and-margaritas restaurant, now serves dishes such as chilaquiles rojos, blue corn pancakes and steak-and-eggs for brunch Saturday and Sunday.
It’s a complement to Tinies’ new dinner menu of sizzling steaks, trout adobo and redfish tacos, part of a complete makeover by former Don Artemio part-owner Adrian Burciaga.
Tinies also has something else new: valet parking, almost a must these days in the South Main Village crowds.
The restaurant is at 113 S. Main St., one block from the Fort Worth T&P commuter rail station and a half-mile from downtown.
On a recent Saturday, a rummage sale filled the “micro park” alongside Tinies’ patio. Guests and a birthday party filled Tinies dining room, and the upstairs terrace offered a view of the park, the Omni Fort Worth hotel and the Texas & Pacific Lofts.
“We decided to open Saturdays because there is so much activity over here .... so many people walking,” Burciaga said, waving his hand at the busy shopping village.
Red or green chilaquiles have become something of a Fort Worth favorite. The simmered central Mexico dish came here in classic restaurants like Benito’s, and has become more popular than its Tex-Mex cousin, migas.
In recent years, new restaurants such as Cafecito, Tesoro Mexican and La Cabrona have developed a following for chilaquiles. Even B&B Butchers, a prime steakhouse, serves a credible version at brunch.
Tinies serves traditional chilaquiles with small, crisp chips in a choice of chipotle-guajillo salsa or green sauce, with eggs sunny-side up and refrieds.
Chef de cuisine Lupe Sanchez, a former private club chef de cuisine, said the huevos “BenedicTinies” with pico and green epazote hollandaise are a favorite, along with the blue corn pancakes.
(Be patient wading through Tinies’ too-formal menu. It has translations, but it almost takes a ChatGPT search to visualize “molletes con longaniza” or “molotitos de platano y queso seco.”)
Brunch is served from noon Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays.
Tinies is casual, but has fine-dining touches like a wide-ranging wine and cocktail list. It has the relaxed community atmosphere of South Main Village.
Lunch is now served Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m., with a new menu of tacos, ceviche, soups and salads.
The dinner menu was already revised to feature steaks and such dishes as octopus Veracruz or a pork chop adobo with roasted pineapple.
Tinies opens at 4 p.m. for dinner nights except Sundays; 682-255-5425, tiniesfw.com.
