A new location of Panther City BBQ, the top-ranked barbecue restaurant in central Fort Worth, is planned in the historic North Main Street location of La Playa Maya, co-owner Chris Magallanes said Friday.
La Playa Maya, a northside landmark serving coastal seafood since 1998, will close July 5 in a landmark building at 1540 N. Main St that dates to 1913. Three other La Playa Maya locations continue and will remain open in south and west Fort Worth and in suburban Hudson Oaks.
The two-story red-orange brick building was built as a city police substation. It later served as government offices including a Texas Department of Public Safety office and license bureau and a public library branch. After 1940, it was the North Side Lions Club…