Williams-Sonoma

I fancy myself a wannabe chef and this place is a mecca. It has gleaming copper pots and pans, every kitchen gadget you can imagine, Le Creuset galore and in every color you could possibly need to match whatever your décor is in your kitchen. They usually have someone who is doing a cooking demo and making delicious food. There’s also someone making cappuccinos in a Nespresso machine that taste glorious, but the machine is a easy 500 $. They used to carry a line of food prep, baking mixes etc by David Chang, but stopped. They also used to have cheeky things such as Star Wars pancake molds, spatulas and other geeky stuff but they’ve also stopped selling those. Now it’s all fancy pants and no geekery. I like to come here for gifts and always to browse to find something I didn’t know I needed.

The only location in Fort Worth and it is great. For the business, it is ideally located. It’s on University, in University Park. University is a busy street and parking at University Park is a nightmare. My advice, park in the first spot you see! All of those reasons are why it’s not ideally located for customers. I came here because I needed a Mother’s Day gift for my mom so it was worth the hassle. Any other day, if I just wanted to shop, I’d avoid this area on the weekends. Even during the weekdays during lunch time it is a mess.
I came here knowing exactly what I needed. I was buying a specific cast iron pan for my mom. Although I knew exactly what I needed and they did have it in stock, the selection was small. I thought I would arrive there and there would be many choices swaying what I would eventually buy. Oh well, at least I got what I came for. The staff members were helpful and knowledgeable too. There is a gift wrapping station at the back of this store which is a nice touch! You don’t actually wrap your gifts there but you cut the paper, ribbon, grab a gift box, or whatever they have and take it home to literally gift wrap at home. This store has so much so browsing around you will find many items you want to buy, that I resisted. Great store, just the other aspects of the location make it not perfect.
I went during lunch, which I do not advise (see above). I think because they know lunch time is a busy time, they actually had sample of food items prepared for sampling. This isn’t a food store but they do have a few sauces, drink mixes, and coffee items. They had small pizza slices which were good. They were promoting the pizza sauce that I cannot recall, but it didn’t blow my mind so I passed. I like my organic pizza sauce from CM. They also had a spicy margarita mix which was SO SPICY. I like spicy things and this took me by surprise. I had to drink some water afterwards as the spice lingered in my throat and was making me cough.

Exquisite store w\ speciality cookware, electronics, tools neatly displayed.
Karen M is store starlet executing cooking technique classes on Sunday. I honor Karen. She teaches how to cook, use cookware and gadgets and appliances and shares her broad range knowledge of selecting ingredients, baking & cooking while showcasing delicious & DOABLE recipes at home. This humble beauty knows her craft. Example was Farmers Market. Karen brought in local farmers, talked about selecting quality cooked and taught me too much to itemize here. Thanks Karen and after class participants get 20% off an item to shop the store.

If you love cooking, high-​end expensive kitchen appliances and dining plates… This is the place for you! They have everything you could possibly want and need for your home! Staff is friendly and helpful but I took off one star for the size of this location… It is rather small but still great to shop at.