This summer, there are a dozen new restaurants to try, and three old favorites are reopening or opening new locations.
Si Tapas, a popular Spanish tapas restaurant based in Dallas, is the first in a wave of new restaurant openings on Crockett Street in Fort Worth.
Flashy new restaurants have opened in Burleson, north Fort Worth and Arlington. And two longtime barbecue and burger favorites have opened new locations in Fort Worth and Arlington.
Here’s a look at what’s coming and going at restaurants this spring:
▪ Si Tapas, 2949 Crockett St., is a new Fort Worth location for an old Uptown Dallas favorite.
Spanish tapas king Ildefonso Jimenez, co-founder of the popular Cafe Madrid in Dallas, has a loyal following. Chef Jose Luis Lopez serves small plates such as garlic shrimp, Spanish fried potatoes with chorizo, paella, lamb chops or Spanish potato pancakes.
The Fort Worth location is located in Artisan Circle next to the soon-to-open La Cabrona and across from Mash’d! and the upcoming Terra Mediterranean on Crockett Street.
The prices at Si Tapas are remarkable: only about $10 for each perfectly prepared dish, or about $35 for paella for two. Desserts include Catalan-style crème brûlée and homemade ice cream.
It is open daily for lunch and dinner, and the parking garage is just steps away: 817-615-9977, sitapas.com.
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Station 330 new in Burleson
▪ Station 330, 210 S. Main St., Burleson, is a new restaurant and bar in this city’s Old Town with a mid-priced menu of entrees, burgers, tacos and bar items.
Management came from the Cotton Patch Cafe, but this is a much nicer steakhouse and bar. It quickly built a reputation for its pork chop, chipotle meatloaf, and a turkey bacon club with avocado and smoky aioli.
It is open daily for lunch and dinner; 817-330-6511, station330.com.
Chefs, Breakfast, Burgers and BBQ
Other new arrivals recently covered here:
▪ Cafe Americana, Arlington’s first chef-driven international restaurant, 403 E. Main St.
▪ Hash Kitchen, 3240 Tracewood Way, a bar and brunch cafe in Utah where you can mix your own Bloody Mary.
▪ Teatro Bistro, Texas debut of Vegas chef Carla Pellegrino, 120 S. Main St., Grapevine.
▪ Chef Kenny’s Chop House Burger, 821 NE Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington, marks the return of popular burger chef Kenny Mills after an 18-month absence.
▪ One of the state’s best known restaurants for homemade beef sausage, the Sausage Shoppe, has opened a second location near US 287 at 3914 Miller Ave.
Pulido’s return; Reata, Los Vaqueros move
The biggest news, however, concerns the relocation of three restaurants:
▪ Pulido’s Kitchen & Cantina, 2900 Spring St., will reopen its main location in mid-June after being purchased from the owners of JD’s Hamburgers and West Side Cafe.
A location in Hurst will follow at 1224 Precinct Line Road.
▪ Reata, 312 Houston St., will close June 30 and move to 500 Throckmorton St. in early July.
▪ Los Vaqueros, 2629 N. Main St., will close June 30 and move to 2513 Rodeo Plaza in mid-July.
