Bud Kennedy

The Benson family has been opening restaurants and bars in Fort Worth for 82 years, and the latest is a modern sports bar with a chef-driven menu of steaks, chops, burgers and salads.

The iconic North Texas restaurants still have the old-timey crisp, oblong pizzas, garlic cheese bread and toasted ravioli. But the menu has grown so much, it might be tough to decide.

Fresh off a Food Network show with Guy Fieri, chef Tim Love will serve a 25th anniversary dinner featuring fish, quail, wild game and beef, including his signature garlic-stuffed tenderloin.

Try the original at the venerable J. Gilligan’s or a gonzo version with avocado mousse (no, really) at Social House.

A friend in Saudi Arabia told a Fort Worth restaurateur, “We gotta bring this to Riyadh.” Now, he’ll bring his heralded brisket back to Belknap Street.

Tandoor Wok was ordered closed Feb. 19 but reopened without permission, according to city records.

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Christmas lights will flicker again at an Arlington-area restaurant known as a holiday attraction.

The restaurant opened in 2006 in a historic building built in 1931 that was once home to a supermarket, pharmacy and five-and-dime.

John Berry’s friends told him his baked beans are so good, he should open a barbecue restaurant. He also offers giant baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, collards and house-made cornbread and peach cobbler.