A new cafe just bloomed at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fort Worth has a new lunch spot, and it's sitting inside one of the prettiest places in the city. Flora House Cafe just opened at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, run by local group Westland Hospitality — the folks behind Margie's Italian Gardens, Pulido's, JD's Hamburgers and Curly's Frozen Custard. It took over the old Rock Springs Cafe space, opened quietly in early November, and had its official ribbon cutting on Wednesday, November 11. The menu is garden food done right: a Green Goddess Salad with Brussels sprouts, avocado and baby kale, a Flora Smash Burger with a double smashed patty and garlic aioli, shrimp tacos with mango pico, a shareable mezze platter with lemon-herb hummus and muhammara, and scratch desserts like a baked apple galette and Curly's lavender custard you can only get here. Most plates run $5 to $15, and there's a kids menu too. One catch: you need garden admission to eat there — $14 to $15 for adults, $8 to $9 for kids — but members get in free and take 10 percent off at the cafe. This weekend is a good time to go: for Texas Recycles Day, November 13–15, bringing one single-use plastic bag or bottle gets you free admission for the day, courtesy of H-E-B.
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