Fort Worth fondue shop dipping out of Sundance Square for new downtown location
November 17,2025
See full Fort Worth Star-Telegram article by Harrison Mantas here.
Another Sundance Square tenant is leaving the entertainment district.
Simply Fondue, which has occupied a space at 111 Fourth St. since 2008, is moving to a ground-floor space in the city of Fort Worth’s parking garage across from the convention center, according to city documents.
The move is the latest in a series of departures of Sundance Square tenants who occupied spaces before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reata moved out of its location at 300 Houston St. to a ground floor space at the Tower in July 2024. Melt Ice Cream, which opened its location in Sundance Square in 2019, moved to 700 Main St. in September 2024.
The Four Day Weekend improv troupe moved to the Near Southside after it lost its lease May 2024. It had been downtown for 27 years.
Roughly a quarter of Sundance’s ground floor commercial spaces were empty in August 2024, according to a Star-Telegram survey. The 37-block business and entertainment district brought in outside help in July 2025 to lease up some of its vacant office space.
It has also filled some of its empty storefronts with art galleries and small businesses — some supported by a Sundance Square small business program and others managed by Sundance directly.
Representatives from Sundance Square management did not respond to an email from the Star-Telegram requesting comment on Simply Fondue’s departure. The company has a policy of not commenting on tenant relations.
Representatives for Simply Fondue declined to comment when reached by the Star-Telegram.
The Fort Worth City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to approve a 12-year lease agreement with the spear and dip restaurant to occupy the roughly 8,000-square foot space at the base of the city-owned parking garage at 1200 Houston St.
The restaurant will pay the city a base rent of $18 per square foot, or roughly $143,208 per month, for the first three years of the lease, according to city documents. The rent will go up by $2 per square foot per month every three years until the lease expires, according to city documents.
As part of the agreement, the city will pay $62,300 to cover the restaurant’s real estate broker fee, and credit the restaurant $75 per square foot, or nearly $596,700, for renovation, according to city documents.
The city will use parking revenue funds to cover those costs, the documents said.
If approved, Simply Fondue would be the first tenant in that ground floor commercial space since the city opened the parking garage in 2009.
The council will vote on the agreement as part of the consent agenda at its 10 a.m. meeting on Nov. 18 at city hall.
Locations Mentioned: Reata Restaurant, Simply Fondue