Ryan’s Fine Grocer & Delicatessen

I really wanted them to be successful. I grew up in NYC and am used to the great Korean markets and bodegas gracing the city’s corners. I thought Ryan’s could be a great addition to Magnolia. It always seemed poorly executed, and now it appears they’ve closed their doors. The redesign of the grocery area made for chaos and really made it hard to find anything. The most frequently sold items were often out of stock, and sometimes never came back. The staff was mostly friendly, but sometimes snotty. A carton of chocolate milk ran $ 7.50.
I’ve heard secondhand that a McKinsey retail consultant, who lives in the neighborhood, offered free consultation for the sake of the fledgling Magnolia strip. He was rebuffed twice, with the final response «go f*** yourself».

While it’s probably not ‘fair’ to possibly skew the ratings with a 5 star review when all we did was look around, but I don’t even LIVE over here & I DESPERATELY want this place to succeed. If you’re local, please, please spend the extra $$ to shop here now & then so this place can stick around! We’ve never seen anything like this place in Dallas or elsewhere in the Metroplex. Gotta respect what these folks are doing. A very pretty gourmet urban grocer, with a thoughtful little beer selection & the neatest seafood & meats counter in a small corner (they are aging their own beef! wow!) I would break the bank to buy-​buy-​buy from here & support this place if I didn’t live an hour away. Good luck, Ryan’s– you are a darling gem of a place & I wish you every success!

Don’t let the word «deli» fool you. This is a Hip Trendy Deli which should have it’s own new word like HiTreLi.
We went for dinner. Husband ordered a lobster roll. This wasn’t like your normal lobster roll, which is a bunch of chopped up stuff with a little lobster in it. This was a TAIL of lobster, a pound and a half, not chopped and not with a lot of non-​lobster filler. The rest of the sandwich was dressed with some cool greens. He ordered the homemade potato chips. All were good, though he said he would have preferred more mayonnaise, but he always prefers more mayonnaise.
The have a selection of vegetarian and vegan dishes, and said that many of their dishes could have vegan «meat» substituted. I elected to get the chef’s choice, which was grilled fresh vegetables and included asparagus, mushrooms, peppers, zucchini and squash, and all were seasoned deliciously. Plus it was piping hot.
They also had a full selection of «deli» sandwiches but I have a sneaky suspicion that they would be above and beyond what you think of when you normally think of deli sandwiches. Husband also picked up some of their chicken salad to go. I definitely plan to go back and try a few more of their items.
Cute atmosphere, and has both inside and outside seating.
But we weren’t done yet. The other side of the venue has a little grocery full of a bunch of things I like to buy. Things you can’t easily find at the normal grocery store where I shop, plus a selection of vegetarian/​vegan meat substitutes, including regular and seasoned tofu, tofurkey, and seitan. This is not the type of store where I would go for regular staples, because since they don’t sell in bulk they will never be able to meet the prices of supermarkets which purchase multiple cases. But if you like local produce and eggs, farm fresh butter (I almost grabbed some of that!), and things like foreign specialties — including things like sushi and spring roll wraps, some of the slightly more exotic spices, and borderline health-​food store items, this is a great place to go. I saw spices and vinegars that I often have a hard time finding unless I drive to Whole Foods or Super HMart. None of those things cost more than I would pay for the same thing anywhere else. They also have some convenience items which is great for people who may live in the downtown area, and like any convenience item you may pay slightly more but you’re paying for that convenience, including hygiene and cleaning items, baby items, and such. Also have a small wine and beer section, which I didn’t happen to visit.
Definitely my new favorite store for some of those vegan and health-​food type items that I usually have to drive further to find, and I like that the food’s pretty awesome too!

Ryan’s is the perfect addition to Magnolia. Again, I am so spoiled having Ryan’s next door to me! Fresh produce, high quality food products, made to order and grab and go food, wine, beer, pet products, a butcher, omg I can go on and on about what Ryan’s has to offer.
The one thing I wish they would do it sell their salad dressings! The white balsamic is amazing.

I came to try the deli. I had the ham and brie sandwich with a side salad. It was great and a nice sized portion that I was able to eat half at lunch and the other half for dinner. The brie was melted perfectly and was a great combination with the ham, fig spread and arugula. The side salad had fresh greens, crumbled cheese, fancy grape tomatoes, cucumbers and caramelized onions I believe. The salad dressing was homemade too. It was $ 12 but it was great and I appreciated how fresh everything was. I will be back to try another sandwich next time. I would have tried a fresh juice but I didn’t like seeing it pre-​made in the deli case and the ingredients had settled to the bottom. If I am going to pay for fresh juice I better see and hear the juicer running and everything being made in front of me. I do understand that maybe they do that for people on the go who want to grab something and leave in a hurry.

Great addition to Magnolia! I love eating lunch at Ryan’s on the patio. The salads are amazing — I’ve had the grapefruit/​goat cheese one and the brie/​pear one, and they’re both fantastic. Sandwiches look great too. They have tempeh to substitute in any sandwich to make it vegetarian which I love — just gotta get around to trying it! Great atmosphere. The grocery side is still finding its niche, I think. Good beer selection. We like to get bread and cheeses here, but packaged foods are a bit pricy. Nice to have somewhere close to pick up that forgotten ingredient, though!

I was super under-​impressed with Ryan’s.
I came by during the Art on Magnolia event last Spring and was excited to hear their business plan.
We stopped by around noon on a Sunday, hungry, but not sure where we wanted to eat. They didn’t have much in the way of prepared sandwiches and nothing looked particularly appetizing so we meandered into the grocery section.
MAN these prices are SKY HIGH! $ 3.49 for a can of Wolf Brand Chili without Beans!!! The sticker shock turned to sadness when we saw the small variety of fresh cheeses.

Went to Ryan’s yesterday for lunch. Great small restaurant
on Magnolia in Fort Worth. Food was very good and very
fresh. I wasn’t working that day so I pretty much could’ve
taken as much time to eat as I wanted, however if I had
been on a lunch-​hour it would have to have been a
lunch-​2 hour! I will go back but probably not if I’m on a time
crunch!

I had «The Pastrami» with coleslaw on the side and handmade chips. The coleslaw and chips were heavenly. The bread and cheese on sandwich were prefect. The meat however was overly fatty, quite grisly, and basically stringy. Really disappointing for this expensive of a sandwich. Nice place though, will have to try it again sometime.

Working and living on Magnolia, I was ecstatic about the opening of this little grocer. I first heard about it when Brittany Ryan spoke to our neighborhood group (Fort Worth Southside Neighbors Association) about her vision.
The boutique grocery store and deli concept is something new for our community. Every time I overhear folks amazed by the idea, I think to myself, «Kudos Ryan siblings. And thank you for bringing a touch of Brooklyn to Near Southside!» This said, there are a number of ways you can enjoy Ryans:
First, there is the standard grocery store. If you are looking for a handful of veggies, freshly baked bread from local bakers, superb meats and fish, a nice beer and wine select, and/​or an assortment of specially-​selected packaged goods (local and otherwise), come here.
Second, I recommend the sandwiches and salads in the deli. Some are a mile high (especially the turkey and ham club). And their house salad has a nice white balsamic vinaigrette.
But one of my favorite experiences has been an after-​brunch snack/​episode of bread and cheese on their backdoor patio. For this, just grab a loaf of bread, select a hunk of cheese and sit outside with nothing but the wind stopping you. Compliment with a bottle of wine if you’re feelin’ crazy. Either way, be sure to introduce yourself to someone new and thank the Ryans for adding to our Fort Worth culinary scene.

I’m a bit defensive about this place because I really, really like the selection of items in their grocery. They sell a lot of vegan brands and health food, which makes Ryan’s the perfect place for picking up pre– or post-​workout snacks. That being said, the prices are pretty ridiculous. Unless I did a little high-​end streetwalking on the side, I wouldn’t be able to afford shopping here regularly.
Unilocal will probably filter me for saying this, but I truly did have the best sandwich I’ve EVER tasted when I ventured over to the deli side. I ordered the mozzarella and prosciutto sandwich, which runs $ 12 and is dressed with arugula and pesto on kalamata olive bread. Good LORD, y’all. It was absurdly delicious. The mozzarella was gooey, the prosciutto was smoky, and the pesto and kalamata bread (lightly toasted to perfection) were salty and savory in the most satisfying way. My boyfriend ordered the roast beef sandwich and was equally crazy about it, even if it was piled a little too high to actually fit into his mouth. Despite the fact that we arrived near closing time, the staff was polite and utterly amicable, and seemed knowledgeable about the products.
I’ll definitely be coming back to enjoy the variety of mouth-​watering selections in their deli… and also to pick up wine, chocolate, and dog food from their grocery. What? A girl and her dog have to eat!

I have been really excited about Ryan’s opening for quite some time. Unfortunately it did not live up to expectations. I was hoping for something along the lines of Eatzi’s. instead this is truly a grocery store with very limited options. For the sake of the neighborhood I hope they do well but not sure how often I will be stopping in.

I ate the ham and brie sandwich at Ryan’s and I had the house salad as the side. It was just wonderful. The place is small and filled up quick with others eating inside. They have a small front outdoor dining area and the grocery part. The grocery reminded me of Roy Pope grocery. Yes, it’s not cheap but the items caught your attention and I bought a few things.

Ryan’s is cute on the grocery side, solid on the deli. Did not try any of the sandwiches but they look and smell outstanding. These folks clearly have some soft opening jitters but seem to have the will to get it together.
My rating is on the grocery portion, it gets an extra third star for effort. The selection is ho-​hum. A lot of the products you can find in the gourmet section of TJ Maxx/​Homegoods and just about any grocery store. The meats and refrigerated products are more unique but they do not seem to rotate much and i worry about freshness. Most importantly, the prices are ASTRONOMICAL. I did a number of price comparisons against the total ripoff that is Central Market. .. Ryan’s is a full 20 percent higher. .. Across the board. Even for silly, common items. I get that they are smaller without the buying power but they need to find items like Bolsa has that are not ubiquitous in the existing gourmet outlets.
Finally, no one really lives or works around Ryan’s, certainly not people who can afford the prices or may frequent it from convenience, sadly, i do not see the grocery portion surviving. It doesn’t offer a meaningful selection and the prices are ridiculous beyond convenience value.
So says El Lupo.

Ate here for the first time today and absolutely loved it. I had the Apple and Blue salad with a house made while balsamic. I also has the strawberry banana fresca which was very refreshing. For a place that’s only been open a couple of weeks I was amazed how they’re were keeping up with line out the door. This is place is a hit.

Well, I want to love this place, but I don’t. yet. The grocery doesn’t seem to really have unique offerings. Kinda plain and normal. The meats look amazing, but I’m not in the market to buy meat there, really. I did buy an adorable valentine’s day card from my husband there. It was designed locally by a FW stationer, which I find appealing and special. I’ve not had the deli food, so I cannot speak to that. Additionally– the grocery had no price tags the three times I went in there in a two week span. That seemed a little excessive and to me, prices should be top priority and urgent.
I will for sure give it another shot, but at this point, Oliver’s downtown really shows Ryan’s up!

I was and I suppose still am excited about Ryan’s opening. It seems first-​week restaurant issues are normal and hopefully will wane with time. The place had been open a couple of days when we had lunch here.- full disclosure.
The prosciutto-​heirloom-​burrata salad was perfect with the exception of the prosciutto. The tomatoes were beautifully ripe and sweet and there was a generous amount of them as well as fresh burrata cheese. The stuff was oozing everywhere. It was gorgeous. The prosciutto, unfortunately, must have been shaven from an end because it had that over-​dried jerky texture that you encounter sometimes. This deficiency was magnified by the perfection of the other ingredients on the plate. In terms of value, it was still worth every bit of $ 10 even without the ham.
We also had the ham and brie sandwich which was again a near-​perfect picture except for the ham. Pork is supposed to make things glorious — it elevates. Not in either case here, unfortunately. The ham tasted cheap and funky. That being said, the other stuff on the sandwich (brie, arugula, and fig spread; yum) was well thought-​out and really sang.
I had to take a coupe points away for the following:
Me: Does that chardonnay have a lot of oak?
Cashier: Uh, excuse me?
Me: I mean, is it a big, oaky, chardonnay?
Cashier: I don’t really know anything about wine. Let me get someone for you.
Me: No bother, I’d like to try the pinot gris. That sounds great.
Cashier: That’ll be $ 9. I’ll bring it to you.
A while later, my glass of warm pinot gris arrived. I realize that whites aren’t supposed to be chilled all the way refrigerator cold but this was taken from a shelf and poured. What the hell I drank it anyway.
I have high hopes that Ryan’s will get it together.
EDIT: 8÷14÷2013 We have been back a number of times and are convinced that this one of the best Saturday lunch spots in Fort Worth if you don’t want something heavy. Ryan’s and Café Modern seem to be the only options. Will continue to return. Good food.

I had the Ruben for 2 reasons: first, I like ruben sandwiches, and two, this one boasted house made corned beef, dressing, and sauerkraut.
First the pluses: The bread was toasted, not sautéed. Some Ruben’s feature butter soaked bread that is sautéed on the griddle. This sandwich wasn’t soaked in butter and that’s a good thing.
Now the minuses: The house made corned beef was a little tough. Also the sauerkraut was really just coleslaw. In fact, it might have said coleslaw on the menu, instead of sauerkraut. I can’t be sure. But IMHO, slaw is never a good substitute for sauerkraut.
Overall, it was a good sandwich, but didn’t blow me away. I’ll be back to try another sandwich on the menu next time.

You can find Ryan’s Fine Grocer and Delicatessan by searching out the extremely large R in the front of the store, advertising it loud and clear. Right next to Brewed next door, which boasts a large B, this artisan shop fits right into the neighborhood, what with its cute atmosphere and sleek design.
The larger cities in Texas are playing right into the New York and California trend of offering smaller grocers in the midst of highly corporate dining options and the continual growth of mass production bread, meats, and cheeses.
As they continue to grow, I look forward to returning to see all that they have added. At this point, I very much appreciate their selection of Black Rooster Bakery goods and coffee from Avoca. Ryan’s follows suit of the booming Magnolia Avenue by keeping the food in the local chain. No sharks here.

Finally! Ryan’s opened today! I love the layout. The store super cute from the outside! I also love the window art along the sides of the building. The patio is spacious. There’s a little parking lot in the back. The grocery is wonderful. Boutique feel with high end items as well as staples. Fresh bakery items from Black Rooster Bakery, produce, wine & beer, coffee from Avoca. Finally there is a little place I can pick up essentials without dealing with CM :) The deli menu is superb! Total NY feel. Lobster roll!!? Melted ham and Brie… Mozzarella and Prosciutto… Grapefruit and Orange salad with blood orange vinaigrette. Yumm. They have share plates, soups and killer side items. Delivery coming soon too?! The staff on both sides of the store were very helpful. I’ve been anxiously awaiting this opening and I was not disappointed. I’m looking forward to daily deli specials :) This is a much needed addition to the area and I hope it thrives.