The 21 Best Places to Eat and Do in Fort Worth
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The best places to eat and do in Fort Worth, according to the experts: 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.
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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
Texas 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.
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- Food & Wine Food & Wine: Best New Chefs · Jonny White, Jalen Heard, and Lane Milne
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #3 · The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- 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
A large-scale mural by the restaurateur's wife anchors the moody dining room, which looks out onto a park while downtown Fort Worth closes in around it. This polished Italian osteria threads West Texas cooking through the menu, leaning on wild game and simple ingredients to blur the line between the Hill Country and the Apennines. The wine list skews Italian and smartly so.
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- 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
Central Texas 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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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Don Artemio
Mexican
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #7 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- 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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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #9 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 7. Sabar BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
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Rank 8. Zoli's Pizza
Pizzeria
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- D Magazine D Magazine: #29 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #2 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Thirty bar stations, live bull riding, and a floor big enough that two-steppers never have to negotiate for elbow room: Billy Bob's Texas is the kind of honky tonk that makes the word feel undersized. The building spent earlier lives as a cattle barn and an airplane factory before finding its calling as a live music and dancing venue. Willie Nelson's Fourth of July picnic has landed here. Wear boots; you'll feel underdressed without them.
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- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2025 · Best Breakfast Sandwich · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2024 · Best Ramen · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer Dallas Observer: 2024 · Best Mac and Cheese · Best of Dallas
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- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants