Fort Worth Convention and visitors Bureau Blog

Deah Berry Mitchell
Deah Berry Mitchell

Deah is a local writer who has two books, Cornbread & Collard Greens: How West African Cuisine and Slavery Influenced Soul Food (available online at Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble) and contributing author of Redesign Your 9-to-5: Advice and Strategies from 50 of the World’s Most Ambitious Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Berry Mitchell is also the founder of The Soul of DFW, a popular touring company that educates the community about Black culture through foodways and local history.

Spotlight: Rikki Kelly of Ego Tequila

At 27, Fort Worthian Rikki Kelly is already a force to be reckoned with. She's not at all what you might imagine an enterprising tequila proprietor would look like, in fact she’s just the opposite. Kelly is a young, Black woman educated as an accountant turned tequila entrepreneur. “I am actually a…

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A Look Inside Hotel Dryce

Just a short two-step away from Dickies Arena, a state-of-the-art event and performance venue, and nestled comfortably in the aptly named Cultural District is the newest hotel in the city of Fort Worth – Hotel Dryce…

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Fort Worth's Historic Stop 6 Neighborhood

Stop Six was founded by African-American pioneer Amanda Davis (1865-1960), who worked as a laundress and purchased a one-acre tract of land in the undeveloped area in 1896 for $45 when the Northern Texas Traction Co. streetcar ran through the community from 1902 to 1934. The sixth stop on the…

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Spotlight: Lady and The Pit

In 2017, then new restaurant Lady and the Pit was riding high with success. Owned by Fort Worth natives Natasha Smith, the Lady, and Kenneth Barton, the “Pit,”the barbecue joint was named one of the city’s best new restaurants by Fort Worth Magazine that same year…

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Viola Pitts: The Unofficial Mayor of Como

Ask residents of Fort Worth about Viola Pitts and you will likely hear about her tireless efforts to use voting to effect change. Ask people in west Fort Worth’s former resort community of Como who she was, and you will hear a more nuanced and personal description for the passionate activist known affectionately as “the unofficial mayor” of Como…

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Terrell Heights: Then and Now

Ask any Terrell Heights about their fondest memories growing up in the well-manicured,tree-lined tight-knit community and many will recall the juxtaposition of quaint hole-in-the-wall clubs with steepled red brick centennial churches off Rosedale. It's apparent that this first middle-class Black community in Fort Worth holds special significance to all who know its beautifully quilted history. …

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African American History Self-Guided Tour

Fort Worth history is a quilt with cowboys and cowgirls, the first African American millionaire in Texas, William “Gooseneck” McDonald, and jazz legends such as Ornette Coleman. Explore and learn more on this self-guided tour of the city's top heritage sites…

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History of Como Fort Worth

Somewhere in a not-so-distant former resort community nestled just west of Arlington Heights is theneighborhood of Como named for the idyllic seaside escape in Italy frequented by uber rich celebrities…

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A Look at the Historic Southside Today

Take a drive down Rosedale, Evans or Terrell Avenue and you are guaranteed to pass a piece of history. Although the neighborhood is comprised primarily of simple wood frame homes with a range of architectural styles and family-owned businesses - some old, some new - there are also a group of…

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