Texans love eating out, but it’s nevertheless been a difficult year for Tarrant County restaurants, with a number of high-profile closings.
In the past few months, Fort Worth has lost places like Brix Barbecue, Cat City Grill, Maiden: Fine Plants and Spirits, Fitzgerald and the Taco Heads on Montgomery Street. Arlington has said goodbye to longtime favorites Bodacious BBQ and Campo Verde (though Campo Verde is changing to a different restaurant). And there have been others.
All these shuttered doors raise the question of why so many restaurants are having so tough a time right now.
Emily Williams Knight, CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, said restaurant operators are facing myriad headwinds, some of which are unprecedented…