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This roundup of Fort Worth restaurant news has quite a few openings and closures including a trendy new revolving sushi place, a longtime steakhouse dive in the Stockyards and a bistro that was serving tea. Other tidbits include winter menus and holiday fares.

Here’s what’s happening in Fort Worth restaurant news:

Revolving Sushi is the name of a new restaurant now open at 3088 Basswood Blvd. #250, in far north Fort Worth near I-35. They do the trendy revolving sushi concept, in which a conveyor belt circulates through the restaurant, allowing diners to snatch up the items of their choice as they trundle by. They’re coming on strong, serving revolving sushi all day, and will be hospitable through the holidays, open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The restaurant is a sibling to Takara Japanese Restaurant and is located right next door; in fact the two restaurants are adjoining. Takara opened three years ago, and does more traditional Japanese food and sushi.

Fork In The Road, an American/burger restaurant in Arlington at 1821 S. Fielder Rd., is closing after nine years in business, with its final day on Saturday December 3, or until supplies last. According to a Facebook post, the restaurant said that it was unable to stay open with increased prices, shortages, and increased rents, and it was time to retire.

M & M Steak House, a longtime steakhouse in the Stockyards at 1109 NW 28th St., is officially closed. The restaurant, which first opened in 1965 as a Czech-style steakhouse called Papa Joe’s, has not reopened since the pandemic. Owner Keith Kidwill, who also owns Margie’s Original Italian Kitchen on Camp Bowie Boulevard, told the FWST the space is now for rent.

Boho Bistro will no longer be the on-site caterer for The Woman’s Club of Fort Worth. According to an email sent out to Woman’s Club members, Boho will also no longer be serving food in the Tea Room, and will no longer be renting the kitchen. Boho is out!

Blue Mesa Grill has a new Holiday Fajita Party Pack To-Go, with queso, guacamole, chicken taquitos, steak & chicken fajitas, adobe pie, black beans, coconut lime rice, toppings, tortillas, and brownies with a cajeta swirl. $195 serves 8 people. It’s available through December 31; order at bluemesagrill.com.

Blue Goose Cantina is offering its annual homemade Box O’ Tamales in pork, chicken, jalapeño, and cheese options, with three sauces – Salsa Verde, chili con carne, and queso. The boxes are $30, and require a 24-hour minimum advance order on BlueGooseCantina.com. Click ‘Order Now,’ and select the nearest restaurant and date needed.

Snooze an AM Eatery has a limited-edition Cranberry Orange Pancake, a buttermilk pancake topped with orange crème anglaise, cranberry coulis, cranberry mascarpone, and almond streusel, available through December 31. Proceeds from the purchase will be donated to World Central Kitchen.

BoomerJack’s Bar and Grill has a new winter menu with $8 items including Brown Bag Burger, Bottomless Soup & Salad, BLT, and a Grilled Chicken Sandwich. The Fat Jack Sampler is a sampler for the table with Boneless Wings, Mozzarella Bites, Brisket Quesadillas, Fried Pickles, and Jack’s Skillet Queso with tortilla chips, for $35. Holiday items include Boozy Hot Chocolate and Tableside S’mores.

Aw Shucks and Big Shucks Oyster Bar now have whole Key lime pies for preorder only, through the month of December. The pies are made in-house daily and 24-hour minimum notice is required. A 9-inch pie is $30.

Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe has introduced a new holiday cocktail called the Berry Blitzen, served in a Hurricane glass with Jack Daniels, Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur, Finest Call Raspberry, honey syrup, and lemonade, topped with a Red Bull. They’re also bringing back Angry Balls, a pint of Angry Orchard Hard Cider paired with a shot of Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey.

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Stephanie Allmon Merry contributed to this story.

Wonderkid, the Memorial Drive restaurant owned by Darren Carr and Eric Simpkins (Bon Ton, The Lawrence), closed over the weekend after nearly three years at Atlanta Dairies in Reynoldstown.

Rumors of its impending closure began circulating earlier in November, with one reader telling Eater that their server stated the restaurant’s last day was set for December 1. However, Wonderkid instead closed following dinner service SundayNovember 27.

“There just comes a time when you either lick your wounds and move on or just keep battling,” Carr said of the decision to close Wonderkid. “We felt the best move was to admit defeat. I could make a lot of excuses about the pandemic being the only reason, but it was a combination of the last three years and not being good enough. I don’t think we conceptually nailed it.”

Wonderkid opened in December 2019, just three months prior to the start of the pandemic. During its first year, the restaurant sported a food menu from chef Justin Dixon that included everything from chili-spiced sticky wings and pan-roasted duck with red cabbage spätzle to a diner-style cheeseburger, deviled eggs topped with bacon and pickled okra, and a falafel waffle served with sides of tabouleh and roasted eggplant. Brunch featured familiar comfort dishes like steak and eggs, eggs in hell, and bagels and lox.

Dixon left Wonderkid in 2021 to focus on his critically acclaimed sandwich pop-up Humble Mumble, currently in residence at Collective at Coda food hall in Midtown.

Like both Bon Ton and the Lawrence, Wonderkid quickly became known for its happy hour specials and cocktails, including takes on classics like the pisco sour with overproof rum and a Hanky ​​Panky made with Japanese gin, Cocchi Torino, and Ramazzotti amaro.

In 2020, the restaurant played host to holiday bar Miracle, a move which offered more outdoor seating and social distancing during the height of the global health crisis that year. In addition to seating on Wonderkid’s covered patio, Atlanta Dairies allowed Miracle bar to expand into the green space beyond the restaurant to create an outdoor “Christmas district” at the complex.

For now, Carr says he and Simpkins are focused on their next venture together. The pair plan to open the Waiting Room at the end of December, a cocktail lounge with live music taking over the former Top Flr space above their Midtown restaurant Bon Ton.

Wonderkid

Wonderkid

Wonderkid

Atlanta Dairies is currently home to Three Taverns Brewery’s Imaginarium, Cold Brew Bar coffeehouse, and the Eastern’s concert hall and rooftop bar, from the owners of the Variety Playhouse.

Fishmonger owners Skip Engelbrecht, Nhan Le, and chef Bradford Forsblom open counter-service restaurant Small Fry next year at Atlanta Dairies, serving fried chicken and fish sandwiches, falafel burgers, fish nuggets, and shrimp baskets from a takeout window. A rum bar called El Malo and Spina Pizza from Anthony Spina Jr. are also expected to open in 2023 at the Memorial Drive complex.