The Top 20 Places to Eat in Fort Worth
The best places to eat in Fort Worth, by the professional record: Food & Wine, Michelin Guide, and Texas Monthly have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Goldee’s BAR-B•Q comes out on top.
61 Osteria and Panther City BBQ hold the next two places. Texas Monthly shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Dallas Observer next.
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Rank 1. Goldee’s BAR-B•Q
Barbecue
Post oak from nearby farms fuels the pits at this Fort Worth BBQ shop, open just a few days a week until the meat runs out, which it does. The young crew behind Goldee's earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and landed at number three on Texas Monthly's 50 Best BBQ Joints, so the line forms early and long. Black Angus brisket, cooked low and slow, is the draw; the sweet-tart mustard sauce alongside it is quietly non-negotiable.
- Food & Wine Best New Chefs · Jonny White, Jalen Heard, and Lane Milne
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly #3 · The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 2. 61 Osteria
Italian
- Texas Monthly #4 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Eater Best New Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
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Rank 3. Panther City BBQ
Barbecue
Fort Worth's nickname spawned this BBQ shop, which started as a food truck before graduating to a spot with both indoor and outdoor seating. Central Texas-style offset smoking is the foundation, but the menu slides comfortably into Tex-Mex territory with brisket burritos and street tacos. Arrive early, because the lines are not theoretical. Texas Monthly named it among the 50 best BBQ joints in the state.
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Rank 4. Don Artemio
Mexican
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Texas Monthly #7 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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The menu has exactly one protein, and the place is named after it. This casual taqueria built its following on birria, the slow-braised beef that started on a food truck before the team landed a brick-and-mortar spot on Rosedale. Tacos, quesatacos, flautas, tortas, burritos, and quesadillas are all on offer, but it's all birria all the time, served to a lunch crowd that already knows what it's ordering.
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Rank 7. Sabar BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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Rank 8. Zoli's Pizza
Pizza
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