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F iller Up
In the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro-
plex, three service stations reinvent
themselves as fine restaurants
Text by TRACY BEGLAND
Ful service. A iorner1920s gas station in
Fort Worth has been reinvented as EHerbe
Fine Foods, a restaurant and market serving
seasonal, fare--table uisine.z
0RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF THREE REPURPOSED SERVICE STATIONS
n the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that have raised the bar on roadside din-
ing, boasting accolades from Food Network stars Paula Deen and Guy Fieri,
winning awards from D Magazine and Eon Appdrit, and generally amazing diners
with cuisine more often found at restaurants whose decor doesn't include self-serve
pumping bays. Too good to 3e true? My husband, Mike, and I
lit the highway to investigate.
The exterior of the Chef Point Cafe, north of Fort Worth
in Watauga, offers a mere hint of the gourmet gem within:
Next to the pumping bays, a Conoco sign lures in motorists
with "Regular, Diesel, and the Best Bread Pudding." But in-
side the bustling dining -oom. the evening's specials-whole red
snapper and New York strip stuffed wit- Canadian bacon and smoked cheese-stop
us in our tracks. Though it's early on a Wednesday night, diners fill every table.
Chef Franson Nwaeze is checking on customers, and he s-ops by to visit. A for-
mer chef trainer for Macaroni Grill, Nwaeze tells us that he had dreamed of open-
:ng his own restaurant for years, and when a partially constructed gas station came
up for sale, he jumped at the chance to roll the dice. With a million-dollar loan, he
opened his gas-station-restaurant witz only one modification-a kitchen. "I had
four tables," Nwaeze says. "Then I got a small newspaper write-up. The next day,
I had a line that wrapped around the building. We ran out and bought some
plastic tables and chairs. That was the creation of Chef Pcint Cafe." Wood has
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