Fresh seafood restaurant to join lineup in Fort Worth’s Shops at Clearfork center

Plank Seafood, an oyster bar and seafood grill from the owners of Blue Sushi, is now scheduled to open by spring in the Shops at Clearfork center.

Plank will fill a vacancy at 5289 Marathon Ave. left by the 2020 closing of Twigs American Kitchen, the only outright failure among Clearfork restaurants since the upscale center opened in 2017.

Plank currently operates in the Old Market center in Omaha and in The Domain center in Austin, where it is known on social media for shrimp, calamari, oysters, redfish and mussels.

The Omaha location recently launched a new menu featuring snapper ceviche, yellowtail sushi, Thai clam chowder and other Asian-inspired dishes, along with its traditional fresh seafood.

The restaurant offers a grilled seafood platter with five shrimp, three scallops, a pound of mussels and 1½ pounds of lobster, according to a description in the Omaha World-Herald.

It’s a corporate cousin to Blue Sushi Sake, 3131 W. Seventh St. in Museum Place.

Plank Seafood will join a shopping center that continues to gain traffic despite the pandemic and business downturn.

Restaurant anchors B&B Butchers and Restaurant, a prime steakhouse and butcher shop, and Rise no 3 Salon de Souffle, a French bistro, are regularly among the city’s busiest.

Fixe Southern House’s fried chicken, Malai Kitchen’s Thai dishes and Mesero’s upscale Tex-Mex are all rated among the city’s best in their category.

Nearby at the trailhead, Press Cafe dominates patio dining and serves a well-rounded menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

City Works Eatery & Pour House, Cru Food and Wine Bar, Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen, Luna Grill and the NM Cafe inside Neiman Marcus draw regular crowds of shoppers or moviegoers. Pinstripes offers a busy Sunday buffet.