From automobiles to zoo happenings, our Classifieds section includes listings for everything imaginable. Well, almost everything. For the Best Of 2025 edition, we present to you the Best in Class. Below is a selection of this year’s winners from the front of the book. Enjoy these resources!
Antique & Vintage Finds
Readers’ Choice: Montgomery Street Antique Mall, 2601 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-735-9685.
Critic’s Choice: Flipstone Vintage & Thrift, 2702 White Settlement Rd, Fort Worth, 682-431-1456.
While Flipstone is the newest addition to the local thrifting and vintage landscape, this small store is already making a significant impact in the marketplace. Its “two-room” concept offers two distinct sections for shoppers to choose from: thrift items usually priced at $10 or less, and a curated vintage section featuring higher-end and more unique pieces, including furniture, accessories, and home decor. The store is also Native American-owned and operated, promoting Indigenous culture through its business.
Apartment Community
Readers’ Choice: The George at Clearfork, 4900 Gage Av, Fort Worth, 888-415-8131.
Critic’s Choice: Dane Park Grapevine, 2701 Grapevine Mills Blvd N, Grapevine, 866-479-0264.
Dane Park is not just the most dog-friendly apartment complex in Tarrant County. This Grapevine community has been named one of the most dog-centric in the entire United States. It’s no mystery why, with a list of canine-focused features that includes doggy doors in every unit, private fenced yards on all ground-floor units, the country’s biggest covered dog park, on-site doggy daycare, adoption events, and much, much more. And if you think they have breed or size restrictions, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
Place to Buy CBD or THC
Readers’ Choice: Thrive Apothecary, 126 S Main St, Fort Worth, 817-480-7098.
Critic’s Choice: Emerald City Dispensary + Lounge, 937 Woodward St, Fort Worth, 817-238-3025.
Like the fictitious metropolis for which it is named, Emerald City sounds like a fantasy: a Fort Worth hemp dispensary and consumption lounge — from which you can take your unused purchases home with you, along with a “doctor’s note” of sorts that identifies the products’ source and legality — that is also within sight of a police training facility. If that feels like a pretty unreal thing to experience in the Fort Worth of 2025, you can ponder that and other thoughts while puffing on Emerald City flower out of an in-house gravity-hookah-thing. The product selection is plentiful, and the budtenders are happy to guide you. They also have some nice alcohol-free THC-cocktails.
Day Spa
Readers’ Choice: Perfect Touch Day Spa, 2525 Weisenberger St, Fort Worth, 817-870-3610.
Critic’s Choice: Ash Spa, Bowie House, 3700 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 855-683-4092.
Along with the Deep West Treatment, which combines deep tissue work, cupping, pressure point release, and stretching to provide a distinct therapeutic experience, Ash Spa offers a variety of massage options and skincare sessions. Guests can create custom products for an even more personalized experience at the Made-to-Measure Apothecary. Sounds like the best spa day ever!
Place to Buy Gifts
Readers’ Choice: Higher Purpose Emporium, 505 W Northside Dr, Fort Worth, 682-207-5351.
Critic’s Choice: Roadrunner Stop, 1455 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 361-816-7622.
Roadrunner Stop began as an online resale business and introduced itself to the community at pop-up markets around town. Now, it’s a thriving shop IRL with an adorable storefront on the Near Southside. The boutique features custom jewelry and trendy clothing with a vintage flair, plus a variety of eclectic items perfect for gift-giving.
Metaphysical Shop
Readers’ Choice: Higher Purpose Emporium, 505 W Northside Dr, Fort Worth, 682-207-5351.
Critic’s Choice: Maven’s Moon Apothecary, 8341 White Settlement Rd, White Settlement, 817-367-9235.
If your chakras are out of line or your crystal collection needs an upgrade, find friendly experts at Maven’s Moon, a soothing supplier of herbs, teas, and oils as well as spa services for those who prefer a more natural way of living. More than just a store, Maven’s Moon hosts events on their property to heal and help bring the community together, especially during the full moon, with drum circles, sound therapy, and meditation.
Smoke or Vape Shop
Readers’ Choice: Smoke & Vape DZ Bloom, 1411 W Magnolia Av, Ste 101, Fort Worth, 682-707-9229.
Critic’s Choice: World of Smoke & Vape, 2401 W 7th St, Ste 114, 817-386-2720.
Good vibes, plenty of flower, a ton of pipes and other glassware, and all the vape flavors from your favorite elves and geeks.
