On lunch safari at Zorro’s Buffet in south Fort Worth, we shoved everything from pot roast to pupusas to pea salad into our pie holes, and lived to tell.

Soda-shop kitsch rules at 5 & Diner in Arlington, where they serve all-day breakfast, burgers and shakes.

The restaurant on East Berry in south Fort Worth serves some of the most authentic Asian food around.

If your travels into town bring you up Interstate 35, chances are very good that you're pleased Burleson became "wet" recently.

We love breakfast for lunch, and this new spot in Haltom City hits the spot.

Piola Restaurant and Garden is one of those "best-kept secret" places.

Lonesome Dove Western Bistro may be the signature restaurant for which Fort Worth chef Tim Love has long been known, but when it came time to expand in the artsy new So7 complex, he chose to open a second branch of Love Shack, the burger joint that he first opened in the Stockyards in 2007.

It’s easy to assume, driving past the place, that Tequila Rain is simply a bar. The bright-blue exterior and name tell you nothing of the flavor and spirited charm waiting inside this humble Hurst hole-in-the-wall.

Roanoke’s Twisted Root hits the sweet spot

Three local sub shops do a lot to differentiate themselves from the big boy franchises.

Located in the shadows of the new Cowboys stadium, Southern Recipes Grill deserves the new boost of business it's likely to get.

There's a new boss now, and it's possible that Smokey's Barbeque is as good as ever - maybe better.

The search for New York-style pies is over – thanks to a new restaurant in west Fort Worth.

Can the sandwich, burger and cheese-steak joint reverse the curse of its Chapel Hill location?

Old Rip's seems a funny name for a modern Tex-Mex restaurant concept. Old and strange hardly fits this pretty new restaurant’s appeal.

Despite a few kinks, the TCU-area Tex-Mex spot Old Rip's stands poised to give Fuzzy’s some competition.

The location may be non-descript, but the food served up at Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine is heavenly.

With nine tables in a shoe box of a storefront and a tiny open kitchen in back, separated only by a shelf of olive oils, wineglasses and wine, it doesn’t get more casual than Urbano Cafe.

The menu aims squarely at the mainstream diner and tourist, and delivers decent if unremarkable meals.

Everything about the restaurant radiates grace, quiet confidence and balance.

The lovely new cafe tries its luck in a spot that hasn't been kind to previous restaurants.

The Dallas cafe rolls salads, sandwiches and crepes into one refreshingly light package.

Tapeo, tapeas, tapea. In Spain, tapas are so popular that "tapear" (to eat tapas) is a verb.

Vapiano, a sleek new fast-casual restaurant that opened at Mockingbird Station, has some pretty good salads, pizzas and pastas. You'll just need to jump through a couple of hoops to get them.

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Great value and a variety of meats hide behind a takeout facade at this suburban stop.

The Iowa-based quick-serve place offers unique regional specialties, including the burgerlike item called the "loose meat sandwich."

Bailey’s, Patrizio headed to West 7th

A tidy four-table operation near the Ryan Place neighborhood, La Original wows with fresh products, flavor and accessibility.

No matter where a Chuy's opens, crowds seem to form, and that's the case at the newest outlet in Arlington.