\u201cMy wife and I have always wanted to open a Tex-Mex restaurant,\u201d he tells PaperCity Fort Worth. \u201cAfter being in the barbecue business for the last seven, eight years, we\u2019ve grown to really know the fast casual environment. We have this great relationship with the Texas Rangers, thanks to our concession stand there in Globe Life. After talking to one of the owners of the Texas Rangers last fall, he invited us to dinner. That\u2019s when he told us that this space had opened up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loma is Spanish for mound and slang for pitcher\u2019s mound.<\/p>\n \u201cSo the pitcher is responsible for delivering to the plate, and so are we,\u201d he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n Hurtado\u2019s menu at LOMA will offer \u201cnew age\u201d Tex-Mex options like baked oysters with spinach and chorizo, topped with Oaxaca cheese. There will be house-made tortillas made using smoked beef tallow from his barbecue restaurants. Other options will include Wagyu mesquite-grilled fajitas, shrimp brochette, street tacos, and both poblano chicken and short rib enchiladas.<\/p>\n The restaurant will also have an expansive cocktail list, with several cocktails chilled with liquid nitrogen or tinged with mesquite smoke. Hurtado says he is excited to have his newest restaurant located in Arlington\u2019s entertainment district.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be serving guests from all over the world,\u201d he says. \u201cWe have the World Cup<\/a> coming this summer. I just think there are tons of opportunities for small businesses like ours in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n When Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits closed last year<\/a>, Fort Worth lost one of its most progressive restaurants \u2014 along with a striking dining space. With so much care put into shaping the interior, Fort Worth will soon have every reason to revisit 1216 6th Avenue.<\/p>\n Beren Meze & Grill House<\/a>, formerly Beren Mediterranean, will focus on Turkish cuisine, with signature kebabs and classic Mediterranean breakfast dishes, including the \u201cEmpire Delight,\u201d made with smoky eggplant puree. Last year, we reviewed Beren Mediterranean<\/a> and recommended the Ottoman Kavurma, a generous cut of braised beef shoulder plated on buttery rice mixed with sliced almonds.<\/p>\n With an April opening on the horizon, Beren Meze & Grill House arrives just after Chef Tim Love\u2019s Mediterranean-inspired Meraki<\/a>, adding its own take on skewered meats to Fort Worth\u2019s steak-heavy dining scene.<\/p>\n A national nonprofit recently expanded into Texas, allowing Lone Star State barbecue restaurants to raise funds for families of children battling cancer. Hogs for the Cause<\/a> has raised more than $14 million for hospital programs and charities nationwide. Already, several high-profile barbecue purveyors have signed on, including Fort Worth\u2019s Goldee\u2019s Barbecue<\/a>. Other participants include Rollin Smoke BBQ (Austin), Truth BBQ (Houston), and Burnt Bean Co. (San Antonio).<\/p>\n Hogs for a Cause marked the Texas expansion with a $2 million gift to Children\u2019s Health, with the donation earmarked for the expansion of Children\u2019s Medical Center Plano. Anyone wanting to support this worthy cause can visit any destination on the Trail of Barbecue<\/a>. Individual barbecue joints choose how they want to support Hogs for a Cause, from point-of-sale donations to fundraising events.<\/p>\n A trail that taps into two Texas passions \u2014 barbecue and helping others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring has arrived, bringing a fresh wave of restaurant openings in Fort Worth and Arlington\u2019s bustling Entertainment District.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-219977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Hurtado\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BBQ-Hurtados-Mexicue-take-includes-birra-tacos.jpg\")
<\/a>Hurtado Barbecue has a Mexicue take, which includes birria tacos.<\/p>\n![\"Beren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/482430766_17857834755383115_7292280905020761103_n.jpg\")
<\/a>Beren Meze & Grill House, formerly Beren Mediterranean, will focus on Turkish cuisine, with signature kebabs and classic Mediterranean breakfast dishes. (Courtesy)
\nBeren Meze & Grill House Relocates to Former Home of Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits<\/p>\n![\"Goldee's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Goldees-Barbecue-1-Named-best-in-Texas.jpg\")
<\/a>Award-winning Goldee\u2019s Barbecue is the first Fort Worth barbecue restaurant to join Hogs for a Cause. (Courtesy)
\nHogs for the Cause Launches Trail of Barbecue in Texas<\/p>\n