NOTE: We accept reservations from 11:00am – 1:00pm. If you do not receive a text confirmation in 24 hours, please contact us. For parties larger than 8, please contact us.
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The Importance of Community Response at TEDxUTA
Jeff Williams, Executive Director of Taste Project, and Executive Chef for Taste Community Restaurant will speak about the importance of community response at this year’s TEDxUTA. Rosebud Theater in UTA’s University Center 300 West 1st Street Arlington, Texas 76010 Wednesday, April 11th (4:00pm – 7:00pm) About TEDxUTA Throughout the years, TED has taken the world…
Taste on the Green
Taste Project will be at this year’s Friday on the Green events! Friday on the Green is a FREE concert series at Magnolia Green park in the Near Southside Fort Worth. It is fun for the whole family, just bring a blanket or chair and enjoy the music! Admission is Free. We will be serving…
Near Southside Open Streets
Sunday, April 15th (12:00pm – 4:00pm). Join Taste Project at this year’s Open Streets in the Near Southside! West Magnolia, between 8th Avenue and Hemphill Street, will be closed to vehicle traffic and OPEN to kids and bikes in an effort to promote community. Taste Project will be there encouraging kids to get active while educating…
Chef Jeff is Cookin’ for Kids (Kids Who Care Fundraiser)
Join us as we watch and root for Chef Jeff as he competes with Fort Worth Notables against other local chefs to help Kids Who Care produce great kids through musical theater production. About the Event Cookin’ for Kids is a competitive, fast-paced, electric, scrumptious, sizzling, spicy hot party! Leave the kids at home, bring…
Mother’s Day Brunch at Taste
Mother’s Day Brunch Menu SMALL PLATES BRUNCH ADDITIONAL SIDES Choose half size (serves 2) or full size (serves 4) JUST FOR KIDS Bunny Pancakes | French Toast Sticks | Slider with Crispy Potatoes | Grilled Cheese with Crispy Potatoes DRINKS
Taste Community Restaurant Launches NEW Spring Menu
Fort Worth’s newest nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, launches its Spring menu today. Chef Jeff Williams and the team, consisting mostly of volunteers, encourage all Fort Worth residents to come taste and see a new approach to solving the issues of hunger in our community. Taste’s new menu includes spring items such as croquettes with…
Open Doors and Open Hearts
Opening day is just the beginning… As an organization, we have so much to be thankful for this year. God’s hand of provision rings through in every step that led to opening day on December 5th. The doors to Taste Community Restaurant finally opened! And we have begun creating an impact in our community. Each…
Taste Community Restaurant Welcomes You Home: Opening Day Details
Chef Jeff Williams encourages all Fort Worth residents to come show support for the underlying issue of food insecurity in our community. Here are a couple things to keep in mind for opening day…
Our Journey Continues…
Opening Date Update A Video Message From Chef Jeff We are so close to completion, but we are not yet where we need to be. And, as a result, we are pushing our opening day back one last time to December 5th. If you haven’t signed up to volunteer yet, now is the time. In…
Are You Ready to Eat ?
But don’t miss the best part of Taste Community Restaurant! Opening day is just around the corner! Construction is in its final stage, the kitchen is coming together, the tables and chairs are here, and the electrical power pole is in place! Chef Jeff is putting the finishing touches on a Fall Opening menu. ARE…
It’s Not What We Hoped For…
It’s Something Much Better August 22nd will come and go, and the doors to Taste Project will not yet open. With the interior near complete, we are simply awaiting new infrastructure to support our electrical power needs. It’s not what we hoped for. But as God reveals more and more to us, we’re realizing, it’s…
Opening Date Change for Near Southside’s Nonprofit Restaurant
FORT WORTH, Texas (August 10, 2017) – Fort Worth’s newest nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, has announced a change in the opening date of its pay-what-you-can restaurant located at 1200 S. Main Street. Taste Community Restaurant will now open on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 for lunch from 11:00am to 2:00pm. “The restaurant is nearly complete,…
Are Y’all Ready to See Your Fixer Upper?
Are Y’all Ready to See Your Fixer Upper? Near Southside, welcome to your new home. We picked the worst building in the best neighborhood and we’re turning it into a place everyone can call home. My husband is a chef and had crazy big vision to feed people. When he first told me his idea,…
Your new favorite restaurant (that’s really yours)
Have you ever wanted to own a restaurant? What if I told you, …you already do? Taste Project is new to the Near Southside and we are still meeting each of our neighbors on South Main Street. Everyone is extremely interested, encouraging, and supportive of Taste and the work we will be doing in Fort…
Near Southside’s Nonprofit Restaurant Announces Opening Date
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 2, 2017) – Fort Worth’s newest nonprofit restaurant, Taste, has officially announced its pay-what-you-can restaurant located at 1200 S. Main Street will open on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Taste Project, the nonprofit organization the restaurant is a part of, and its Board of Directors, encourage all Fort Worth residents to come…
Taste: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Taste is a friendly place that feels like you’ve just come home. I started Taste Project because God asked me to. But He didn’t ask only once. He spent years tugging on my heart showing me how He wants to reach people. He spent years showing me how He wants to love on people,…
Taste Menu Announced
We get asked all the time, “what kind of food will you serve?”. We used to answer, “new American” with a “local when possible” approach. But I noticed recently, Jeff, our founder, started responding differently. “We don’t exist to just serve food, so we will serve whatever food brings you through the door.” I was…
Taste the Change
Find out what it’s like to be a part of Taste Project. Meet Lindsey Goldsmith. Lindsey studies Strategic Communications at TCU where she focuses on learning and creating effective, innovating, and responsible stories about brands and organizations. Because of her hard work and commitment to Taste Project, Lindsey was awarded our 2016 Intern of the Year. …
We’re Saving A Seat for You!
Have you ever tried to start a fire without a match? You just rub two sticks together, right? Everyone makes it look so easy. And, in theory, it is easy… once you know what you need. It all starts with a few embers or a spark, that becomes a flame, and a flame that becomes…
Upcoming Events
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Taste on the Green (May)Magnolia Green (1201 Lipscomb Street; Fort Worth, Texas 76104)Friday, May 11th (6:00pm - 10:00pm)
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Mother’s Day Brunch at TasteTaste Community Restaurant (1200 South Main Street; Fort Worth, Texas 76104)Sunday, May 13th (10:00am - 2:00pm)
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Taste on the Green (June)Magnolia Green (1201 Lipscomb Street; Fort Worth, Texas 76104)Friday, June 8th (6:00pm - 10:00pm)
In the News
Fort Worth Restaurant Lets Customers Pay What They [Can] (ABC/WFAA 8)
Fort Worth ‘Pay What You Can’ Restaurant Helps Feed Hungry (NBC 5)
‘Pay What You Can’ Restaurant Opens In Fort Worth (CBS 11)
New Restaurant Wants to Feed Souls. You Decide What to Pay (Star-Telegram)
