A new restaurant in Benbrook near west Fort Worth shines at weekend brunch
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- Jakes Burgers and Tacos & Avocados in Benbrook open weekends at 9 a.m.
- Tacos & Avocados’ Tex‑Mex brunch includes birria chilaquiles and corn pancakes.
- Brunch is weekends 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; weekdays lunch/dinner begin at 11 a.m.
The best time to go to Jakes Burgers is mornings, and now the same is true for spinoff Tacos & Avocados.
The two restaurants are new in Benbrook, packing a full house at night for burgers, fajitas and drinks.
My advice is simple: Get up early and go Saturday or Sunday mornings to 9300 Benbrook Blvd. (U.S. 377).
For years, Jakes’ downtown Fort Worth location has been known for a good, local breakfast that draws hotel guests.
Now, Tacos & Avocados is serving a Tex-Mex brunch that achieves far above its burger-chain heritage,
No other chain Tex-Mex has a brunch menu like this:
- Birria chilaquiles with a sunny-side up egg;
- Sweet corn pancakes (arepas or cachapas) with caramelized pineapple and caramel;
- Migas with Shiner Bock brisket;
- Horchata with cinnamon king cake rum cream.
The result is a brunch comparable to a nicer restaurant menu. It’s not as genuine as the real-deal city restaurants like Tesoro, Esperanza’s or La Casa de Lina, but it’s good for a suburban corporate chain.
This is the first new-look Tacos & Avocados. The company also plans to open alongside another Jakes in North Richland Hills at 5301 Davis Blvd. (A Fort Worth deal on Montgomery Street fell through.)
And this newest Tacos & Avocados is far better than an older location in downtown Carrollton.
On a trip last weekend, the chips and salsa were fresh and the chilaquiles were a bowl full of salsa roja fun.
The most stunning dish was the pancakes. Only a few restaurants serves cornmeal pancakes at all, and then they sometimes come out as thick Southern hoecakes. Tacos & Avocado’s pancakes are light, fluffy and a perfect stage or the caramelized pineapple.
A vanilla flan was soft, creamy, and — well, it was half gone before I remembered to take a photo.
Tacos & Avocados’ online reviews indicate that there is a waiting line some nights and that the Tex-Mex can be run-of-the-mill.
My advice is to set your alarm.
Brunch is served weekends only from 9 a.m to 1 p.m., followed by dinner. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner weekdays from 11 a.m.
Jakes next door has a lively sports bar atmosphere and the burgers-and-fries tradition started by Dallas’ Keller’s Drive-In.
This Jakes also opens at 9 a.m. weekends for brunch. The Sundance Square location at 515 Main St. opens daily at 8 a.m. for breakfast, and the Aledo, Grand Prairie, Grapevine and Mansfield locations open at 10 a.m. weekends for brunch.
A 3-acre “backyard” and patio in Benbrook has live music and its own menu; jakesburgersandbeer.com, tacosandavocados.com.
