A plan to transform Roy Pope Grocery into a full-service restaurant is off the table for now.
Westland Hospitality Group, a growing Fort Worth-based restaurant group, was denied a zoning exemption Wednesday as they seek to open a Southern-style eatery and bar at the shuttered neighborhood grocery store at 2300 Merrick St.
In an 8-2 vote, the Fort Worth Zoning commissioners denied their recommendation to city council members because the site lacks the required 72 parking spaces. On Oct. 13, the council will consider exemption requests to add alcohol sales and restaurant uses to the site as well as a reduction in parking requirements…