Two celebrity chefs from Tarrant County are opening new restaurants in downtown Dallas.

TV chefs Graham Elliot and Carla Pellegrino, both relatively new to the growing North Texas restaurant market, will open new locations but keep their current restaurants in Tarrant County:

▪ Elliot is about to open a new branch of Far Out Hospitality’s Pacific Table seafood restaurant in Southlake and is already planning a fourth branch in a new Dallas apartment tower at 405 N. Ervay St.

▪ Pellegrino, known for her work in Las Vegas, will keep her restaurant Teatro in Grapevine and open an as-yet-unnamed Italian restaurant in Victory Park at 3030 Nowitski Way.

Both follow famed Arlington barbecue pitmaster Brandon Hurtado, who just announced that the fourth Hurtado Barbecue will open at 900 S. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas.

Elliot, a former “Top Chef” judge, joined Fort Worth-based Far Out Hospitality two years ago and revamped the menus of all 11 of the company’s restaurants, founded by owner Felipe Armenta.

Here he is best known for his work at Le Margot in Fort Worth, which was voted #2 on Texas Monthly magazine’s “Best New Restaurants in Texas” in 2024.

Elliot also left his mark on Cowboy Prime, the company’s steakhouse in Midland, which is now set to open a second location at 9300 Team Ranch Road.

Pacific Table: New in Southlake, coming to Dallas

Pacific Table opened in 2013 as a West Coast-style restaurant and takes its name from the Union Pacific distribution facility behind its location, 1600 S. University Drive.

Since then, however, the restaurant has added seafood and sushi to the menu and is pursuing a “Pacific Northwest” theme for the new locations at 5238 N. O’Connor Blvd. in Irving and, by mid-August, at 2221 E. Southlake Blvd. in Southlake.

In the Fort Worth market, where it competes with Florida’s Eddie V’s and Dallas’ Hudson House, Pacific Table is best known for fried oysters, grilled artichokes, crab cakes, miso salmon and a plant-based pecan burger.

The company’s other restaurants are F1 Smokehouse, Fort Worth; The Grill, San Angelo; il Capo, planned in Fort Worth; Maria’s Mexican Kitchen, Fort Worth; Press Cafe, Fort Worth and Aledo; the Tavern, Fort Worth; and Towne Grill, Fort Worth.

Armenta also has an interest in Cork & Pig Taverns in Southlake, Irving and five other locations, including one planned in Willow Park at 460 Shops Blvd.

Teatro: Steaks, Seafood, Italian and Brunch

Pellegrino opened Teatro in May, serving steaks, halibut, pasta and arancini at 120 S. Main St., Grapevine.

For Pellegrino, it’s a big change from Vegas, where she once cooked at the former Rao’s at Caesars Palace. From Rio de Janeiro to Italy, Pellegrino competed in “Top Chef: Seattle” (season 10) alongside Dallas star John Tesar. She was also the winner of “Throwdown with Bobby Flay.”

The Teatro is open for dinner Wednesday through Saturday and brunch on Sundays; 682-223-1194, teatrobistrotx.com.