Thompson’s Bookstore, one of the most distinctive small businesses in downtown Fort Worth, is not a bookstore. Its owners, who opened up shop eight years ago in an atmospheric old building, borrowed the name from the bookstore that occupied the space from 1972 to 1993. What the new Thompson’s is is a bar, with stuffed bookcases and literary-themed cocktails. It has proved so popular that its owners just completed a $4 million expansion, adding an event space whose marketing touts “the aroma of aged books and the warmth of wooden shelves” and redoing the basement speakeasy (on a recent visit, the password was “Gatsby2023”). The bar’s owners have smartly tapped into our love for bookstores without having to weather the piles of remainders or the…
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