This downtown Fort Worth restaurant already had a great view. It’s adding a bar, too

Bud Kennedy
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Branch & Bird, a 12th-floor office-tower restaurant with a scenic view of downtown Fort Worth, is remodeling into a dinner restaurant and bar.

The restaurant in a bank tower, 640 Taylor St., is adding dining-room tables and booths to make indoor dining as pleasant as the outdoor patio, general manager Raymond De Armas said.

Branch & Bird opened in 2017 with a beautiful view and a busy wine happy hour, but the dining room felt cold and institutional.

“The renovations will definitely change that,” De Armas wrote in a message.

Rounded booths and dining tables will replace the stark interior at Branch & Bird.
Rounded booths and dining tables will replace the stark interior at Branch & Bird.

Booths will give guests more privacy, he wrote. The restaurant will be separated from the elevator and “sky lobby.”

The remodeling also adds a bar and cocktail area.

Branch & Bird’s menu will be expanded, De Armas wrote.

The restaurant currently serves a $13 lunch special daily with choices such as a carnitas burrito bowl, lasagna or pasta arrabbiata.

The view from Branch & Bird, an all-day restaurant high in the Frost Tower on Taylor Street.
The view from Branch & Bird, an all-day restaurant high in the Frost Tower on Taylor Street.

Branch & Bird serves coffee and pastries weekday mornings from 8 a.m., followed by lunch weekdays and dinner Tuesday through Saturday nights. (Take the elevators up from the bank lobby.)

It remains open during remodeling; 682-785-8888, branchbirdfw.com.

The new interior of Branch & Bird will have a softer look.
The new interior of Branch & Bird will have a softer look.
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