{"id":470727,"date":"2026-10-19T18:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470727\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:10:16","slug":"top-restaurants-in-fort-worth-2026-chumley-house-el-gallo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470727\/","title":{"rendered":"Top restaurants in Fort Worth 2026: Chumley House, El Gallo"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH<\/p>\n

The fancy dining guides pick their favorite Fort Worth restaurants: barbecue joints, taquerias, birrerias<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re fine \u2014 if you just landed from France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the rest of us, we need to know the best restaurant. Not just the best brisket.<\/p>\n

So these might be Fort Worth\u2019s two best restaurants right now. Write bud@star-telegram.com<\/a> and tell me about yours:<\/p>\n

The Chumley House<\/p>\n

Years ago, classic restaurants in Fort Worth were all named \u201chouse\u201d: the Old Swiss House, the Carriage House, Mac\u2019s House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the best restaurant in Fort Worth might be The Chumley House.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a London-style steakhouse in the Cultural District. It\u2019s decorated like a British hunt club.<\/p>\n

\"Mimi\u2019s Mimi\u2019s ice-box pie from the dessert menu at The Chumley House restaurant in Fort Worth. Manny Rodriguez Courtesy of Duro Hospitality <\/p>\n

Yes, the menu has plenty of steaks.<\/p>\n

But it has also more worldly flavors: a huge beef Wellington, or a tenderloin stroganoff, or a potpie with Indian butter chicken and saag paneer, or caramelized Georges Bank sea scallops with Lebanese tabbouleh.<\/p>\n

The desserts are worth a stop anytime: \u201cMimi\u2019s\u201d icebox pie with blackberry, or beignets with huckleberry. There\u2019s a British Biscoff cookie trifle and of course, sticky toffee pudding.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fun. Yes, it\u2019s expensive. And yes, it\u2019s loud.<\/p>\n

(Try the patio.)<\/p>\n

Chumley House opens nightly at 4:30 p.m. at 3230 Camp Bowie Blvd.; 469-960-6541<\/a>, thechumleyhouse.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A A mahogany-paneled \u201cstudy\u201d in The Chumley House restaurant in Fort Worth. Manny Rodriguez Courtesy of Duro Hospitality Almac\u00e9n El Gallo<\/p>\n

The best newcomer in Fort Worth might also be the best restaurant.<\/p>\n

Almac\u00e9n El Gallo is the new downtown restaurant by former Cafe Modern and Don Artemio executive Adrian Burciaga.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the interior Mexico restaurant Fort Worth has wanted.<\/p>\n

The menu is familiar, but it\u2019s also dialed up a notch: six tacos or quesadillas, chicken in mole sauce, duck carnitas, salads and tortilla soup plus a couple of steaks with shishitos and a beef short rib.<\/p>\n

Online commenters praise the chorizo-potato flautas, the tuna tostada and, the strawberry pavlova dessert.<\/p>\n

\"El El Gallo promises homestyle cooking with contemporary style. Courtesy of Burciaga Hospitality Group <\/p>\n

The menu is by Michelin-star chef Rodrigo Rivera-R\u00edo<\/a> of Monterrey, Mexico.<\/p>\n

Daily lunches cost $16-$24. A new Sunday brunch menu of old favorites \u2014 red and green huevos \u201cdivorciados,\u201d chilaquiles and enchiladas \u2014 costs $15-$22.<\/p>\n

One big plus: El Gallo, behind 61 Osteria at 500 W. Seventh St., has free parking. It\u2019s at street level in the driveway of the tower garage at 500 W. Sixth St.<\/p>\n

El Gallo is open for lunch weekdays, brunch Sundays and dinner nightly; 817-937-2997<\/a>, almacenelgallo.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

More to try<\/p>\n

Three new or newish restaurants worth your attention:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Beren Meze & Grill House, 1216 Sixth Ave., is an elaborate Turkish and Mediterranean restaurant with a full bar, clever craft cocktails and $20 lunches.<\/p>\n

It replaced a chef\u2019s table restaurant four blocks east of Eighth Avenue; lunch and dinner daily, 682-232-2403<\/a>, berentexas.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pink Pink Sultan red beet dip with yogurt at Beren Meze & Grill House. Courtesy of Beren Meze & Grill House <\/p>\n

\u2022 On the Rocks Italian Bistro, 135 W. Ellison St., Burleson, is a local steakhouse and wine bistro from the Benouared family, owners of the time-honored La Bistro restaurant in Hurst.<\/p>\n

But the twist here is the addition of Dallas\u2019 award-winning Kent Rathbun as executive chef. The whipped ricotta is a big hit. It\u2019s open for dinner nightly; 682-214-7782<\/a>, ontherocksbistro.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Yindee Thai, 3950 NE Loop 820, Haltom City, is one of several fun new Asian restaurants in the H Mart shopping center.<\/p>\n

Commenters talk about the lobster pad Thai, panang curry or khao soi coconut-curry noodles. Try a \u201ccoconut snowbend\u201d smoothie with peanuts; serving lunch and dinner daily, 682-250-4776<\/a>, yindeetx.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"On On the Rocks Italian Bistro in Burleson, Texas, has a piano bar and some equipment from cousin restaurant La Bistro Italian Grill in Hurst, Texas, as seen Sept. 8, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"Shredded Shredded chicken kaphrao (in spicy Thai basil) at Yindee Thai restaurant in Haltom City, Texas, seen Sept. 12, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"A A mango sticky rice dessert at Yindee Thai in Haltom City, Texas, as seen Sept. 12, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com
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