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Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine lives up to its name

Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine lives up to its name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Like the smoke that wafts from a burger grill or the steam you inhale from a bowl of pho, the smells associated with Indian cuisine have the might to make mouths immediately water, knees buckle and foreheads sweat in anticipation. Those scents are the second thing you'll take note of at Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine.

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Tommy's Burgers & Brews refreshes a beefy Fort Worth mainstay

Tommy's Burgers & Brews refreshes a beefy Fort Worth mainstay

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — When you talk about great burger joints in Fort Worth, sooner or later Tommy's Hamburgers is bound to come up. It may not precede Charley's or Dutch's or Fred's or Rodeo Goat, but over the course of 30 years, Tommy's has certainly found a niche for its half-pound burgers and cheese-drenched fries, in the process outliving innumerable other burger spots that have come and gone.

Petro's Chili and Chips finds many ways to slice the Frito pie

Petro's Chili and Chips finds many ways to slice the Frito pie

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — The main thing you need to know about Petro's Chili and Chips, aka Petro's Frito Pie, is that it lives up to its name. It does, in fact, serve Frito pie. Your feelings toward this particular genre of food will greatly affect your experience at this hot new fast-food spot in Bedford.

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Fort Worth Food & Wine Fest comes to a meaty close

Fort Worth Food & Wine Fest comes to a meaty close

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Despite our city's ongoing culinary evolution, we're still a town that likes a good burger - a point hammered home Saturday night at the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival's finale, a love letter to what is undoubtedly Fort Worth's very first culinary crush.

20 top restaurant finds in east Fort Worth

20 top restaurant finds in east Fort Worth

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — When we think about the culinary pride and joy of Fort Worth, we often look to the Near Southside, where award-winning restaurants line Magnolia Avenue. Or our thoughts race west, to where some of the city's finest restaurants call home, Le Cep and Piola among them.

Smokin' hot BBQ showdown kicks off Fort Worth Food & Wine Fest

Smokin' hot BBQ showdown kicks off Fort Worth Food & Wine Fest

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Any lingering thoughts that Fort Worth will never support a yearly food festival went up in flames last night, literally, as the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival kicked off its fourth year with a sold-out barbecue celebration. The first of the festival's five planned events, "BBQ Showdown" was, like usual, both a showcase and a competition.

New BBQ joint in Keller not worth getting fired up for

New BBQ joint in Keller not worth getting fired up for

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Keller seems determined to make a barbecue joint stick on its restaurant-lined Main Street - besides Spring Creek Barbeque, that is. Two 'cue joints have opened at a primo spot on Main Street in Old Town Keller, and both have fallen: first Up in Smoke Barbecue, then Feedstore BBQ, an offshoot of the still-open original in Southlake.

Cajun food comes to Fort Worth's east side

Cajun food comes to Fort Worth's east side

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Tributary Cafe is the latest restaurant to open in Fort Worth's River East district, a gentrifying-as-we-speak area, on the east side's Race Street, that many are hoping will evolve into the city's next hip urban development, a la the Near Southside. Opened in January, this new venture from chef Cindy Crowder-Wheeler is certainly a step in that direction.

Best new DFW restaurants 2016

Best new DFW restaurants 2016

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Dallas-Fort Worth had a fun year in dining, with lots of great new restaurants, from the inexpensive taqueria to the fine-dining spot with $50 entrees. We also welcomed new concepts and cuisines. Here are the 10 best new places that opened in 2016 - and most of our picks are in Fort Worth.

Best new restaurants in DFW in 2015

Best new restaurants in DFW in 2015

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — If there's a recurring theme to this year's list of best new restaurants in DFW, it's creative chefs and restaurateurs taking something traditional - even as trad as chicken-fried steak - and putting their own spin on it. Here's our annual salute to our favorite newcomers.

Boun Bistro brings tasty Laotian fare to North Texas

Boun Bistro brings tasty Laotian fare to North Texas

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Good food sometimes involves a good hunt. To find good Laotian food in Fort Worth, for example, you'll definitely need more than just mad Googling skills. With any luck, your search will lead you to Boun Bistro in north Fort Worth.

Chicken fight: El Pollo Loco vs. Pollo Tropical vs. Pollo Regio

Chicken fight: El Pollo Loco vs. Pollo Tropical vs. Pollo Regio

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — As election time draws near, I am still weighing my options, still going over what I like and dislike about each candidate, mulling over their pros and cons, in a seemingly nonstop battle with myself. I am at war with me; I cannot decide who to vote for.

Varsity Tavern's 'Return of the Mac' burger is a mac (and cheese) daddy

Varsity Tavern's 'Return of the Mac' burger is a mac (and cheese) daddy

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — A good sign you may not be in for the greatest meal in the world: beer-holders in the men's room. A great place to drink your weight in beer, sure. Evidence was right there, in the form of a handy-dandy beer-holder. They make it very convenient for you to drink here.

Namaste greets east Fort Worth with quality Indian food

Namaste greets east Fort Worth with quality Indian food

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Despite the culinary leaps and bounds Fort Worth has made over the past several years, certain types of restaurants remain in short supply here, Indian restaurants being one of them. A charming new spot on the city's east side called Namaste helps fill this niche nicely.

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 hottest new restaurants for April

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 hottest new restaurants for April

CultureMap Fort Worth — Things are cooking in Fort Worth. So many new restaurants have opened in the past few months, we need a list to keep track. But which are the hottest? So glad you asked. For our April edition of Where to Eat, we offer our guide to the 10 hottest restaurants to open in and around Fort Worth.

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 best new restaurants in the 'burbs

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 best new restaurants in the 'burbs

CultureMap Fort Worth — No matter which direction you look, you can find restaurants opening all around Fort Worth. That means the suburbs, too, where new dining options are opening fast and furious. For this chapter of Where to Eat, we look outside the loop, for the best new restaurants in the 'burbs.

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 most underrated restaurants

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 most underrated restaurants

CultureMap Fort Worth — Many of us approach restaurants in the same way others approach music or books or films, with a certain amount of trepidation toward anything trendy. Bored by or uninterested in culinary rages or those who follow them, we instead seek out the opposite: restaurants whose worth isn't based on their popularity.

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 best dive restaurants in town

Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 10 best dive restaurants in town

CultureMap Fort Worth — Holidays are made for the fancy meal in a spiffy setting. But when January comes, our thoughts - and wallets - head for the flipside: the dive. We're talking about the hole-in-the-wall where you can get good food for a pittance, atmosphere be damned.