Where to eat in Fort Worth right now: 5 new restaurants for July 2026

Snap out of the summer doldrums with this July edition of Where to Eat, CultureMap's monthly column with recommendations on restaurants to try. The list features five new places in a delicious array of cuisines — including pho, Korean food, tacos, burgers, and steak — in a range of price points. Two of the places on this list represent triumphant returns.

Here's where to eat in Fort Worth right now:

Kin Pho
New restaurant at the H-Mart complex in Haltom City at 3960 Loop 820 NE #300 is a spinoff of Asian Nights Lao Thai Cuisine & Bar, a family-owned authentic Laos and Thai restaurant that's been open in Haltom City since 2000. Kin Pho boasts some of the same dishes including their signature pork belly, featuring meaty chunks of pork coated in panko crumbs and fried. Plus: crying tiger beef, pork jowl, and Laotian soups such as kow poon kai, a comforting dish with rice vermicelli noodles and shredded chicken in a red coconut curry broth. Other menu musts include pho, stir-fry noodles, rice plates, and appealing starters such as egg rolls, pot stickers, and crab rangoon.

Sam Won Garden Korean Restaurant
Longtime restaurant at 5201 McCart Ave. that introduced Korean food to many locals recently reopened, following a closure in late 2025. Beloved founder Momma Chung has retired and the restaurant has changed hands, but the new owners are rolling out some of the same Korean favorites for which Sam Won was known, including stews, savory pancakes, and bibimbap, the hearty rice dish topped with veggies and meats, served with an assortment of "banchan" — the small flavorful side dishes that are a Korean signature. Note: They're in soft opening mode and do not have the full menu up and running, and have no plans to refire the tabletop grills.

Seared
Fort Worth's newest steakhouse — located in the former Pearl Snap Kolaches space at 4006 White Settlement Rd. — aspires to do an approachable, unstuffy version of a steakhouse, featuring a prix-fixe menu with Akaushi Wagyu steaks. The prix fixe dinner includes Romaine salad, bolillo bread made in-house, 10-oz New York strip, and unlimited hand-cut fries for $49. (You can also upgrade to a filet or Tomahawk for two.) Monday-Wednesday nights there's a burger and endless fries for $16, and on weekends, they host brunch with dishes such as BLT, loaded steak fries, burgers, and a classic breakfast — all served with endless fries.

Tommy's Hamburger Grill
The flagship location of this venerable local chain has reopened at 5228 Camp Bowie Blvd. one year after suffering a fire in 2025 that caused damage to their roof; the location had been open since 2002. Now they're back with a newly-designed space that includes a bar with multiple local beers on tap, as well as their fried catfish plates and signature half-pound burgers, made with Nolan Ryan beef. Burger options include a new limited-time patty melt with Gouda cheese, grilled onions, and spicy mayo on Texas toast — also available at their other two locations at the Ridgmar Mall and at 2455 Forest Park Blvd.

Valerie's Taco Shop NRH
Taco shop chain founded in 1992 in San Diego embodies a California-style approach with lighter, fresher ingredients. They debuted in Texas in 2021, and now have half a dozen locations across DFW including Euless, Plano, Frisco, and McKinney, and this newest location in North Richland Hills. Their signature is their California burrito, featuring carne asada, fries, cheese, and pico de gallo, all wrapped in a tortilla. (They're very into their fries, which you can order loaded, topped with carne asada.) They do soft and crispy shell tacos and creative burritos such as fried mahi or a surf & turf with Angus beef, shrimp, and Mexican. There are combo plates and breakfast all day, and prices are under $15.