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Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez restaurant in Fort Worth. (Steve\u00a0Nurenberg \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n
The Michelin-recommended\u00a0Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez<\/a>, known for its birria quesatacos, is launching another restaurant.<\/p>\n “As y’all may know, the\u00a0Cortez family, we know how to cook,” said Alejandro Soto as he pointed to their Michelin honors in an Instagram announcement post on April 15, 2026. “And I’m here to tell you right now we are opening a new sister restaurant, right across the street.”<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez can be found at 2108 E Rosedale St. The new restaurant, Mariscos Cortez, will be located across Rosedale, off Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway.<\/p>\n Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez started with $100 and a food truck in 2020. After only a year, they opened their brick and mortar. Then in 2024, the restaurant earned a Michelin recommendation<\/a>. Only two other Fort Worth eateries were recognized \u2013 Panther City BBQ and\u00a0Goldee’s BBQ.<\/p>\n Related: Fort Worth family started selling tacos from their home. Eventually, Michelin called<\/a><\/p>\n Make Dallas News a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What makes their restaurant so successful is the consistent quality on the one main menu item:\u00a0birria.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n “I tell everybody good food sells itself. It’s just good food and consistency,” owner\u00a0Rogelio Cortez Jr. said in a previous Fort Worth Star-Telegram interview.<\/p>\n While the menu is small, it contains variations of the beef\u00a0birria \u2013 quesa-birria taco, birria flautas, birria pizza. The limited options allow Cortez to ensure customers will always enjoy the same quality flavors and recipes.<\/p>\n And he plans to use the same philosophy at\u00a0Mariscos Cortez.<\/p>\n Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez restaurant in Fort Worth. (Steve\u00a0Nurenberg \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n What will be on the menu at\u00a0Mariscos Cortez?<\/p>\n Mariscos Cortez will not sell birria tacos. The new restaurant, from the same family and chefs, will serve exactly what its name means: seafood.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Cortez notes that like Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez, Mariscos Cortez will have a small menu with a maximum of 10 items, so they can focus on the quality of each dish.<\/p>\n The menu has not yet been released, however, a hint in the\u00a0Instagram comments revealed that there will be a “tostada de ceviche.”<\/p>\n Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez restaurant in Fort Worth. (Steve Nurenberg \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n When will\u00a0Mariscos Cortez open?<\/p>\n Cortez hopes to open the new seafood concept before summer.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n An official opening date has not been announced. The best way to check for updates would be through the restaurant’s social media accounts.<\/p>\n Updates at\u00a0Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez<\/p>\n Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez has added a few birria variations recently \u2013 the birria jalapeno poppers and birria ribs.<\/p>\n The\u00a0birria poppers are jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and birria and sold with housemade jalapeno ranch. They are only sold on Tuesdays.\u00a0Though the restaurant used to be closed on Tuesdays, it is now open for Taco Tuesdays, when they serve $3 margaritas and beer, and kids eat free.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez restaurant in Fort Worth. (Steve Nurenberg \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n Birrieria Y Taqueria Cortez also launched birria ribs. The rib meat is cooked in birria spices, making it tender to fall off the bone. It is served with tortillas, taco fixin’s and birria consomme.<\/p>\n The restaurant is located at 2108\u00a0E Rosedale St. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Monday.<\/p>\n By signing up, you agree to our Terms Of Use<\/a> and acknowledge that your information will be used as described in our Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Their original food truck still operates as a drive-thru window at 2220\u00a0E. Rosedale St. in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n And the new restaurant,\u00a0Mariscos Cortez, will be to the left of the Valero gas station off Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez restaurant in Fort Worth. 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