{"id":216420,"date":"2026-03-23T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/216420\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:40:12","slug":"arlington-stadium-area-gets-british-pub-tex-mex-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/216420\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington stadium area gets British pub, Tex-Mex restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON<\/p>\n

A new location of the Londoner Pub<\/a> and a new upscale Tex-Mex restaurant will come to Arlington as the city prepares for the Texas Rangers<\/a>\u2019 baseball season and FIFA World Cup<\/a> soccer matches.<\/p>\n

The Londoner, a popular Dallas-area British pub and soccer hangout, will take over a former sports bar at 1409 N. Collins St. before Arlington hosts nine sold-out World Cup matches June 14-July 14 at AT&T Stadium, renamed for the matches as \u201cDallas Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loma TXMX<\/a>, a contemporary Tex-Mex restaurant from barbecue pitmaster Brandon Hurtado<\/a>, will open in two weeks at 1101 Nolan Ryan Expressway South, replacing a restaurant from Houston in the space under Choctaw Stadium across from the Loews Arlington hotel and Globe Life Field.<\/p>\n

The Rangers\u2019 first game is April 3 against the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n

\"Wagyu Wagyu beef enchiladas at Loma TXMX in Arlington, Texas. Courtesy of Brandon Hurtado <\/p>\n

The restaurants follow the new Arlington location of The Original Roy Hutchins Barbeque<\/a>, which opened March 13 at 1600 E. Copeland Road, on Interstate 30 a half-mile north of AT&T Stadium and 1 mile from Globe Life Field,<\/p>\n

All three restaurants mark a breakthrough around the stadiums, where concourse dining options have grown in recent years but surrounding eateries have suffered due to traffic, parking and a lack of neighborhood business in the city\u2019s well-worn Entertainment District.<\/p>\n

Pappadeaux Seafood remains busy, but two of the most popular nearby restaurants have been value-conscious dining options such as a recently remodeled Chili\u2019s Grill & Bar and an all-you-can-eat Asian Buffet.<\/p>\n

\"Inside Inside Loma TXMX, a new contemporary Tex-Mex restaurant opening in a corner of Choctaw Stadium opposite the Loews Arlington and Globe Life Field. Courtesy of Brandon Hurtado <\/p>\n

Loma TXMX lured highly regarded Dallas chef Humberto Lira from Ruins<\/a> in Deep Ellum to put together its opening menu of wagyu fajitas and enchiladas, tortillas made with beef tallow and dishes such as an achiote pork chop with green posole grits or snapper over a poblano risotto.<\/p>\n

Customers are already booking tables at Loma TXMX during the soccer matches, Hurtado said., He\u2019s considering longer hours.<\/p>\n

\"Chicken Chicken milanesa with elote velout\u00e9 at Loma TXMX. Courtesy of Brandon Hurtado <\/p>\n

At Zack\u2019s Bistro<\/a>, a cozy neighborhood steakhouse and wine bar at 900 E. Copeland Road, owner Zack Moutaouakil said he will open seven days a week during the World Cup and has heard from large groups booking lunch or dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat reataurants need to know,\u201d Moutaouakil said, \u201cis that these supporters don\u2019t go to a restaurants and ask for a table for two. It\u2019s usually a group of 10 or more traveling together and dining together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Londoner, open nearly 30 years in various Dallas-area locations and nearly 15 years in Colleyville, will replace an Arlington location of the unfamiliar Shakertins sports bar.<\/p>\n

England is one of the teams to play a Cup match in Arlington. It meets Croatia June 17.<\/p>\n

\"Beer-battered Beer-battered Atlantic cod and chips at the Londoner Pub location in Colleyville. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n

Online searches are increasing for \u201cBritish pub Arlington\u201d along with searches for stadium-area restaurants such as the historic Candlelite Inn, Pappadeaux, Roy Hutchins Barbeque and Pappasito\u2019s Cantina, 1\u00bd miles west of the stadiums.<\/p>\n

The Londoner is a dimly lit pub known for soccer on TV, but also serves a consistent menu of pub food such as fish and chips, haddock and chips, Scotch eggs, bangers-and-mash, a Reuben and an award-winning sticky toffee pudding.<\/p>\n

june 14<\/p>\n


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