Two new Fort Worth-area restaurants to try this summer, and more on the way

Bud Kennedy
·3 min read

Want to know why so many restaurants are closing?

Look how many are opening.

Besides the 162% growth of delivery services — a godsend for some restaurants, a nightmare for others — the No. 1 reason restaurants close is simply because there’s somewhere else new.

Just look at the really good restaurants that have opened or are close to arriving:

Soy Cowboy: Pan-Asian near the stadiums

Soy Cowboy, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, is one of the best restaurants ever in Arlington.

The upscale pan-Asian restaurant across from Texas Live! and Globe Life Field features sushi, dumplings, kimchi burgers, steaks and lobster.

It’s all served in a flashy dining room on the corner of the Loews Arlington hotel.

It’s the newest restaurant from Houston-based Berg Hospitality of B&B Butchers in Fort Worth, and it offers the same quality.

Go at lunch when there’s no crowd; 817-766-6444, soycowboy.com.

Soy Cowboy at Loews Hotel in Arlington has a neon sign entrance across the street from Choctaw Stadium, Globe Life Field, and AT&T Stadium
Soy Cowboy at Loews Hotel in Arlington has a neon sign entrance across the street from Choctaw Stadium, Globe Life Field, and AT&T Stadium

The Sicilian Butcher: meatballs and more

The Sicilian Butcher, 3200 Tracewood Way, is the new Italian gourmet meatballs and charcuterie restaurant from the same Scottsdale, Arizona, company as Hash Kitchen.

Social media reviews in Arizona recommend the rib-eye steak/garlic “Tony’s” meatballs, the “Uncle Arthur’s” sausage meatballs and the chicken Parmesan platter.

The menu also offers pizzas, pastas and sandwiches. It’s near Alliance Town Square 682-253-5222, thesicilianbutcher.com.

Charred octopus with shaved fennel, poached potatoes, pickled red onion, Sicilian olives, calabrian chilies, and citrus oil at The Sicilian Butcher.
Charred octopus with shaved fennel, poached potatoes, pickled red onion, Sicilian olives, calabrian chilies, and citrus oil at The Sicilian Butcher.
A piadina with prosciutto and arugula at The Sicilian Butcher in Phoenix on April 5, 2018.
A piadina with prosciutto and arugula at The Sicilian Butcher in Phoenix on April 5, 2018.

The Seeker: venison and biscuits

Dallas chef Stephan Pyles is returning to his West Texas roots with a Stephenville restaurant. It’s not open yet, but the menu is posted.

Expect Pyles’ steaks and honey-fried chicken with buttermilk biscuits. But the menu also includes Axis venison, brisket tacos, ceviche and Shiner Bock beer bread.

Watch for it at 809 East Road, Stephenville.

Moving and reopening

Many of the Fort Worth area’s favorite restaurants are reopening, some in new locations:

▪ Del Norte Tacos, 101 Texas 171 East, Godley, returned to its charming original location from a larger space next door.

▪ El Tiempo Cantina, 1011 Nolan Ryan Expressway, is a return to Arlington for the Laurenzo family of Houston-based Ninfa’s restuarants.

▪ King Tut Restaurant, reopening in mid-August at 508 W. Rosedale St., is moving from its original location at 1512 W. Magnolia Ave. after 32 years. The Magnolia location is open through July 31.

▪ Los Vaqueros, 2513 Rodeo Plaza, is reopening after moving from its original North Main Street location. The Willow Park location is open at 4899 Interstate 20.

▪ Pulido’s Kitchen & Cantina, 2900 Pulido St., is updated and has reopened with some original menu items and sauces and a bright, welcoming margarita bar.

▪ Reata, 500 Throckmorton St., a return to its original Tower location but on the ground floor.

▪ Simply Divune, 2410 W. Abram St., Arlington, a lunch and brunch cafe and bakery that moved from Pantego.

▪ Terra Mediterranean, 2932 Crockett St., reopening in Artisan Circle across the street from where it closed five years ago.

▪ The Sour Boule, 3701 Southwest Blvd., will move next door to 3801 Southwest Blvd. in a former German restaurant.

▪ Tia’s on the Bluff, 1301 E. Bluff St., a homespun Tex-Mex restaurant downtown, is reopening under new ownership.

Opening

Among the dozens of new restaurants under construction or announced:

▪Belle Gente, 575 Taylor St.

▪Big Chicken by Shaquille O’Neal, 9755 North Freeway.

▪Bocado, 570 Throckmorton St.

▪Cowboy Prime and also il Capo, 9300 Team Ranch Road.

▪Fred’s Texas Cafe, 100 N. Texas St., Crowley, the restaurant’s third location.

▪Hideaway Pizza, from an Oklahoma company, 9800 North Freeway.

▪Holy Cue, 2420 Forest Park Blvd., from the owners of Enchiladas Ole.

▪Huckleberry’s, 110 W. Division St., Arlington, the second area location for a California-based chain serving Southern cooking.

▪La Cabrona, 2973 Crockett St.

▪La La Land Kind Cafe, 5733 Camp Bowie Blvd.

▪Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken, 7064 Blue Mound Road.

▪Son of a Butcher, 9649 Sage Meadow Trail.

▪Terry Black’s Barbecue, under construction at 2926 W. Seventh St.

▪The Chumley House, 3230 Camp Bowie Blvd., new from Dallas’ Mister Charles.

▪Whiskey Cake, 2849 Heritage Trace Parkway.

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