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by Steven Doyle | April 17, 2026 · 10:18 am

Dos Mares Brings Mexico’s Coastlines to Fort Worth

Fort Worth already has one of the best Mexican restaurants in North Texas. Now it has two, and they share a wall.

Dos Mares opened last November at 3260 W. 7th St., right next door to Don Artemio in the Cultural District. Both restaurants come from the same family — chef Juan Ramón Cárdenas and his son Rodrigo, who serves as culinary director for both. Don Artemio, which opened in 2022 and earned a James Beard Award nomination the following year, draws from the interior and northeast regions of Mexico. Dos Mares goes somewhere else entirely: the coast.

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by Steven Doyle | April 16, 2026 · 3:01 pm

Fort Worth’s Dumpling Queen Is Finally Getting Her Own Restaurant

Fort Worth has been waiting on this one for a while. Hao Tran — the chef behind Hao’s Grocery & Café on the Near Southside and the closest thing Fort Worth has to a dumpling institution — is building her first full restaurant. It’s called Duong DeVille, and if the five-month construction timeline holds, it should open sometime this summer.

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by Steven Doyle | April 14, 2026 · 2:03 pm

7 Burgers Worth the Drive in DFW

Dallas and Fort Worth have never had a shortage of great burgers. What they do have is a shortage of people writing about the ones that aren’t already on every list. Here are seven worth knowing about — five in Dallas, two in Fort Worth — that run the full range from a 1950s drive-in to a Choctaw-owned window in the Stockyards.

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by Steven Doyle | April 13, 2026 · 3:06 pm

The Usual Has a Big April — New Cocktails, Weekly Gatherings, and a Dinner Worth Reserving Now

If you have not made it to The Usual on Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth lately, April gives you several good reasons to fix that. The bar — which opened in 2009 and has the quiet distinction of being the second oldest craft cocktail bar in Texas — is rolling out a new seasonal menu, launching a weekly creative gathering series, and hosting a dinner on April 26 that pairs sous chefs from Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine with one of Fort Worth’s best bartenders. Three different things happening in one month is more than most bars manage in a year.

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by Steven Doyle | April 9, 2026 · 5:10 pm

Jon Bonnell’s Waters is the Best Seafood Restaurant in Fort Worth

Jon Bonnell is Fort Worth through and through. Fourth-generation, born and raised, the kind of guy who hunted and fished growing up and never really stopped thinking about what ended up on the plate. He went to Vanderbilt, came home, taught science and math for a couple of years, and then had one of those moments — watching a cooking show, of all things — where something clicked. He enrolled at the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, did his internship at Mr. B’s Bistro in the New Orleans French Quarter, and came back to Fort Worth in 1997 with a plan already forming.

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by Steven Doyle | March 25, 2026 · 12:06 pm

FW’s Nonna Tata Celebrates 20 Years

There are restaurants that survive for twenty years, and then there are restaurants that endure without ever changing their DNA. Nonna Tata in Fort Worth belongs firmly to the latter category—a place and food that didn’t evolve with the industry so much as ignore it entirely, holding fast to a singular vision that feels almost defiant in today’s tastes.

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by Steven Doyle | March 3, 2026 · 4:37 pm

Let’s Talk about Fast Food Fish Sandwiches

Fast‑food fish sandwich is one of those things you order with modest expectations — comfort over complexity, familiar flavors rather than fine dining. In the Dallas–Fort Worth area, some live up to that spirit, some almost make it, and a few feel like they’re still figuring themselves out. Here’s a candid look at several you’ll encounter locally, with no sugar‑coating and no unnecessary hype.

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by Steven Doyle | March 3, 2026 · 11:43 am

Flying Saucer St. Patrick’s Day Celebration March 17

Fort Worth’s original beer emporium, Flying Saucer, is hosting a lively St. Patrick’s Day celebration in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday, March 17, bringing together Irish beer specials, festive food, and live music for one of the city’s most anticipated holiday gatherings.

As a longtime staple of the downtown bar scene, Flying Saucer is known for its extensive craft beer selection and energetic atmosphere — making it a natural destination for St. Patrick’s Day in Fort Worth. This year’s celebration features $5 local Irish drafts, including specialty brews from Peticolas Brewing Company, Manhattan Project Beer Co., and False Idol Brewing. Beer enthusiasts can explore seasonal and limited releases while raising a glass to Irish tradition.

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