Finding good banana pudding in Fort Worth restaurants: It’s where you’d least expect
Searching for banana pudding
Hey, Bud! Where can I find some really good banana pudding?
—Friend over Sunday breakfast at River Oaks Cafe
For starters, River Oaks Cafe has a good banana pudding for a little mom-and-pop cafe. It’s open for breakfast and lunch daily except Monday at 4837 River Oaks Blvd.
The famous banana pudding here is at Reata, 310 Houston St. But don’t miss the huge frosted beer mug full of banana pudding at Fred’s Texas Cafes, 7101 Camp Bowie West Blvd. or 2730 Western Center Blvd.
No, that restaurant just took a break
Hey, Bud! Is [restaurant] out of business? We went and it was closed.
—Several readers
Many restaurants take a vacation or long holiday the week of July 4. Some will stretch it another week.
Generally, don’t say a restaurant might be out of business until you’re sure. Bad rumors are tough to stop.
Terry Chandler, Grady Spears back in kitchen
Hey, Bud! Did you hear about Terry Chandler?
Hey, Bud! Did you hear about Grady Spears?
—Chuckwagon cookout fans
Two former Fort Worth chuckwagon chefs are starting new steakhouse ventures.
Terry Chandler, whose family founded Fred’s, is launching Goodnight Steakhouse and Saloon in Albany. That’s two hours west of Fort Worth in a landmark location at 517 U.S. Highway 180, the former Beehive.
Grady Spears, Reata’s co-founder and lately of Horseshoe Hill, is opening the Pitched Fork in Bellville, a three-hour drive south between Houston and Austin.
