0
<>




48 Million Americans are Food Insecure

That means roughly 1 of every 6 people live in fear of not knowing where their next meal is going to come from. Food insecure households often do not have access to enough food in order to live a healthy life.  It could be your neighbor, your co-worker, your family, or it could be you.  There is no reason that this needs to be the case and together we can create solutions to end the problem of hunger and food insecurity in America.

Get Involved

 

NOTE: We accept reservations from 11:00am – 1:00pm on weekdays and from 10:00am – 1:00pm on weekends for brunch.  If you do not receive a text confirmation in 24 hours, please contact us.  For parties larger than 8, please contact us at least 24 hours in advance. 

MOTHER’S DAY (5/12) NOTE:  We are no longer accepting reservations for Mother’s Day.  We will accept walk-ins on a limited basis.

The Feed

Summer Nights: Featured Chefs Announced

Taste Project announces today its second annual Summer Nights Dinner and Fundraiser series featuring several local Fort Worth chefs.  Fort Worth and surrounding residents are invited to join in the fun at each Summer Nights event.  Participants will enjoy a local chef prepared menu, donated by each chef, with proceeds benefiting Taste Project and Taste…

2019 Best of Fort Worth: Best Atmosphere

Fort Worth’s non-profit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, is named 2019 Best of Fort Worth for Best Atmosphere (Readers Pick). Fort Worth Magazine’s ‘Best of Fort Worth’ competition highlights the best food and drink, nightlife and entertainment, people and culture, services, and shopping in Fort Worth.  Readers vote, and Editors deliberate to determine both a ”Reader’s…

Taste Project is Brunching Out as its Nonprofit Restaurant Expands Service Hours

Taste Project announces today its expansion to serve brunch at Taste Community Restaurant on weekends starting Easter Sunday (April 21st).  Now you have no egg-scuses not to go and show your support for the underlying issue of food insecurity throughout Tarrant County. Expansion comes as a result of the Tarrant County United Way’s 2018 Kernel…

Taste Community Restaurant Launches NEW Vegetable-Forward Spring Menu

Fort Worth’s nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, springs into a new season this week as it launches its new Spring menu.  Chef Jeff Williams and the team, consisting mostly of volunteers, encourage all Fort Worth and surrounding area residents to come taste and see a new approach to serving our community. While its new spring…

Volunteer Run Non-profit Restaurant Listed #27 on Yelp’s All-Time Top 100 Places to Eat in Texas.

Taste Community Restaurant, Fort Worth’s non-profit restaurant, has earned Yelp’s status of ‘all-time Texas favorite’. According to the National Restaurant Association, there are nearly 50,000 restaurants across the great state of Texas.  But Yelp has narrowed down the all-time top 100 Texas favorites.  And, coming in at #27 is Fort Worth’s non-profit pay-what-you-can restaurant: Taste…

Fort Worth Non-Profit Serves 30,000 and Enlists Local Celebrities to Help Celebrate

Fort Worth’s nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, has officially served 30,000 meals.  To celebrate, the organization is partnering with local celebrities and notables to raise $30,000 and encourage all Fort Worth and surrounding area residents to become an active participant in building their community. “Everyone has the power to build community,” says Jeff Williams, Taste…

Taste Project and Taste Community Restaurant Receive Grant Award from Amon Carter Foundation.

The Amon Carter Foundation has rewarded the success of Taste Project and its Celebrity Server Program with a $30,000 matching grant.  The celebrity initiative engaged leaders and influencers in the community and brought increased visibility to Taste Community Restaurant and food insecurity in Tarrant County. In September, Taste Project partnered with local celebrities and notables…

Taste Community Restaurant Launches NEW Winter Menu

Fort Worth’s nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, will launch its new Winter menu TODAY, Tuesday, December 11th—just as the organization celebrates its first year of open doors.  Chef Jeff Williams and the team, consisting mostly of volunteers, encourage all Fort Worth residents to come taste and see a new approach to serving our community and…

Making Spirits Bright

It may look like it starts with a meal… One year ago, the vision God had given me years before came to life as we opened the doors to Taste Community Restaurant and served our very first meal.  It was the start to an amazing year.  I often get asked, ‘Is it working?’  Well… we…

Taste Project Competes for Funding to Support Breakfast

Breakfast Anyone? Taste Project is competing in this year’s KERNEL LIVE! for seed funding to support the expansion of its pay-what-you-can meal service to include breakfast.  “Currently, we are only open for lunch from 11:00am – 2:00pm which only utilizes a portion of our potential,” says Taste Project Executive Director, Jeff Williams.  “Adding breakfast service…

Taste Community Restaurant Launches NEW Fall Menu

Fort Worth’s nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, will launch its Fall menu on Tuesday, September 4th—just in time for Hunger Action Month!  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. “Our…

Fort Worth Celebrities to Help Non-Profit Restaurant

September is National Hunger Action Month and Fort Worth’s newest nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, is partnering with local celebrities and notables to help encourage its community to take action and end hunger. Throughout the month of September, Taste Project will host celebrity servers at Taste Community Restaurant to help encourage all Fort Worth residents…

Taste Community Restaurant Launches NEW Summer Menu

Fort Worth’s nonprofit restaurant, Taste Community Restaurant, will launch launches its Summer menu on Tuesday, June 19th.  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. “This is the menu I have…

Fort Worth Feeds A Multitude

10,000 meals, and they all ate and were satisfied… I’ve always been slightly consumed with the miracle of the loaves and fishes.  But I never really understood what goes into serving a multitude of people.  …that is until now. This week we will hit a huge milestone at Taste Community Restaurant as we serve our…

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…

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

WEEKEND BRUNCH

Taste Community Restaurant will expand to serve brunch on weekends starting Easter Sunday (April 21st).  Now you have no egg-scuses not to come and show your support for the underlying issue of food insecurity throughout Tarrant County.  Click here to read more about our weekend brunch service.

 

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)