{"id":163802,"date":"2026-02-13T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163802\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T22:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:31:21","slug":"dos-mares-rises-as-a-top-seafood-restaurant-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/163802\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos Mares rises as a top seafood restaurant in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH<\/p>\n<p>Two months into its first year, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/eats-beat\/article297725103.html\">Dos Mares<\/a> coastal Mexican seafood restaurant has floated to the top of Fort Worth\u2019s fine-dining restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>If any restaurant compares with the London-style <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thechumleyhouse.com\/\">Chumley House<\/a> prime steakhouse or the award-winning <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.donartemio.us\/\">Don Artemio<\/a>, it would be Dos Mares, 3260 W. Seventh St. in Museum Place.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Rodrigo C\u00e1rdenas and his team scoured coastal restaurants from the Pacific to the Gulf for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch menus featuring everything from sea bass tempura fish tacos and a variety of ceviches to lobster, snapper and shrimp.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\"  alt=\"The 30-hour homestyle flan at Dos Mares is topped with macadamia brittle; seen Feb. 8, 2026.\" title=\"IMG_9524.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                The 30-hour homestyle flan at Dos Mares is topped with macadamia brittle; seen Feb. 8, 2026.                                                                                            Bud Kennedy                                                                            bud@star-telegram.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>A sea bass Veracruz the other night was served with a just-right tomato-olive-bell pepper sauce atop garlic rice. On this night, Dos Mares (\u201dTwo Seas\u201d) offered wood-grilled shrimp on top.<\/p>\n<p>For an option, the sea bass is also offered in a creamy chipotle sauce.<\/p>\n<p>The menu highlights include a wood-grilled snapper adobo for a couple to share, lobster adobo or a 2-pound prime charcoal-cooked porterhouse.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\"  alt=\"The entryway and dining room at Dos Mares restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, seen Feb. 8, 2026.\" title=\"IMG_9523.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                The entryway and dining room at Dos Mares restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, seen Feb. 8, 2026.                                                                                            Bud Kennedy                                                                            bud@star-telegram.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>The evening ends with an eye-catching \u201c30-hour\u201d flan the size of a grapefruit, ostensibly for the table to share but easily consumed without further guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Before you drop $50-$70 on a dinner entree, visit at lunch or Sunday brunch and take a look around.<\/p>\n<p>The daily and Saturday lunch menu offers striped bass or shrimp in garlic sauce, duck carnitas enchiladas, a charcoaled prime-ribeye burger or quesadillas filled with octopus and shrimp (or squash).<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"Dos Mares restaurant is new in Museum Place, seen Oct. 21, 2025 on West Seventh Street in Fort Worth, Texas.\" title=\"IMG_9527.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Dos Mares restaurant is new in Museum Place, seen Oct. 21, 2025 on West Seventh Street in Fort Worth, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                        Courtesy of Dos Mares                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a daily lunch special for $18-$19, or fried striped bass with pico and chili-mayo on Fridays for $24.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Mares, dark and enticing at night, is completely different and sunny by day.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday brunch menu (about $20-$25) includes pancakes with dates, lobster tacos with pico and chili-mayo, or special chilaquiles with morita chiles and steak or chicken.<\/p>\n<p>An achiote steak-and-eggs breakfast is $39.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\"  alt=\"Pancakes with dates at Dos Mares restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, seen Feb. 8, 2026.\" title=\"IMG_9525.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Pancakes with dates at Dos Mares restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, seen Feb. 8, 2026.                                                                                            Bud Kennedy                                                                            bud@star-telegram.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not familiar with C\u00e1rdenas, he and his father, celebrated Saltillo chef Juan Ram\u00f3n C\u00e1rdenas, opened Don Artemio, the first Fort Worth restaurant to make the James Beard Award national finals.<\/p>\n<p>Don Artemio has recently updated its own menu of steaks, cabrito and seafood.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Mares has tables available for dinner Feb. 13 or Feb 15, or for lunch before 3 p.m. Feb. 13-14 and brunch Feb. 15. Book on resy.com; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/eats-beat\/tel:+18174802143\">682-480-2143<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dosmares.us\/\">dosmares.us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don Artemio has only a few tables available for dinner all weekend. It\u2019s at 3268 W. Seventh St., <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/restaurants\/eats-beat\/tel:+18174701439\">817-470-1439,<\/a> donartemio.us.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"Lobster, sea bass, snapper and shrimp are among the choices along with steaks at Dos Mares seafood restaurant in Fort Worth.\" title=\"IMG_9528.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Lobster, sea bass, snapper and shrimp are among the choices along with steaks at Dos Mares seafood restaurant in Fort Worth.                                                                                            JO Agency                                                                            Courtesy of Dos Mares                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/222388920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BudKennedy-Profile.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/222388920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Bud Kennedy is celebrating his 40th year writing about restaurants in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 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