A weird thing happened on the Shanaa family’s way to reopening their beloved Mediterranean restaurant: they opened a Mexican restaurant.
Adam Shanaa had always planned to bring Terra Mediterranean back to Fort Worth. Open for a decade, the restaurant had long been a staple of the West 7th corridor, drawing huge crowds for its lunchtime buffet, served in an elevated setting — a concept new to Fort Worth at the time; it closed in 2019.
But as the family worked toward a return, another idea began to take shape…