Fort Worth Restaurants

[Kevin72]

I love taking day trips to Fort Worth but always get confounded trying to find new places to eat. My parents are visiting in the next few weekends and another day trip to Ft. Worth is a possibility on the itinerary. So what are good, dependable (non-chain type) places to eat out there? Lanny's is definitely in consideration.

[Richard Kilgore]

Thanks for asking, Kevin. People here may be better able to make suggestions if you can be a little more specific about the kind of restaurant you are looking for: type of cuisine(s), price range, area of the city.

[Kevin72]

It'd be a dinner place. Nothing too upscale, but probably not hole-in-the-wall unless the food's mind-blowing. Fun and interesting food helps.

Actually, while what got me to post this is the parents' visit, I've been wanting to do a thread on Ft. Worth eats for a while. Whenever we go that's where we get tripped up is finding places to eat. It seems like Dallas gets the limelight on restaurants.

[irodguy]

http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_page...L&item_id=25574 made the top 10 new restaurants of 2004.

Now if you are looking for kind of an interesting "dive" well maybe a little better than dive try Jazz Cafe. We meet there on Saturday's for breakfast frequently.

The owner / cook / jazz dude often gets up and blows the horn for a while then gets around to cooking your food.

http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_page...AL&item_id=5002

[Kevin72]

Thanks for the info!

Looks like Lanny's is a little more than I bargained for. I do want to go there, but probably more on a special occasion type thing.

What about the art museum's restaurant? Or which museum is it that has the cafe that gets notice? Anyone been there? Is it open for dinner?

You can see how little I know about the Ft. Worth dining scene . . .

[Richard Kilgore]

The new Ft. Worth Museum of Modern Art has a cafe that has had good reviews in the past. I have not been, but plan on going in the next couple of months.

[irodguy]

Of course you don't have to go to Lanny's. You can just go to Joe Ts. It's were I take may out of towners.

[Richard Kilgore]

Here's a previous topic on Dallas and Fort Worth Eats that has some information on dining in Fort Worth that may be helpful.

[Kevin72]

That was a good reference point, thanks Richard.

I should have mentioned that my parents live in Houston, so while Angelo's remains one of our "musts" for out-of-staters, its not so pressing to give my parents that experience. The Lone Star Bistro has been added to the pool though.