Terry Black’s is open in Fort Worth. Now where’s dinner Christmas or New Year’s Eve?
Four new restaurants are opening this week, and holiday options are growing in the last week of 2024.
New this week:
▪ Terry Black’s BBQ, open at 2926 W. Seventh St., a Fort Worth location for the Austin-based Central Texas-style barbecue restaurants from a legacy Lockhart family known mainly for beef or pork ribs and sausage.
▪ World of Beer Bar & Kitchen, scheduled to reopen Dec. 21 at 3252 W. Seventh St., a Florida-based craft beer bar and pub known for German pretzels and burger specials.
▪ Los Vaqueros, scheduled to reopen Dec. 26 at 2513 Rodeo Plaza one block south after its old location closes after lunch Dec. 22. It’s the flagship of the Cisneros family’s 45-year Tex-Mex restaurant legacy, featuring brisket tacos along with basic Tex-Mex.
▪ Terra Mediterranean, scheduled to reopen Dec. 21 at 2932 Crockett St. a half-block east of its long-ago location in the Artisan Circle shops.
It’s a lunch buffet and dinner restaurant known for saffron chicken, kebabs and sides from the Chanaa and Shanaa families, who also own La Cardona across the street and Ali Baba Mediterranean in Dallas.
More Christmas Day dinners
Late additions to the restaurant menus for Christmas Day:
Mercury Chophouse, 525 Taylor St., and Wicked Butcher, 512 Main St., are the only local prime steakhouses open late Christmas Eve and all day Christmas Day from 10:30 a.m. through dinner.
▪ Mercury serves Christmas dinner alongside police on duty, a chance to thank them for serving. The menu includes turkey and ham with stuffing, prime rib or osso buco with green beans and sweet potatoes; 817-336-4129, mercuryfw.com.
▪ Wicked Butcher serves breakfast, lunch and dinner Christmas Day, with an a la carte menu featuring steaks, duck breast, sea bass and more. Dinner and a salad or side costs about $60-$80; 682-231-8214, wickedbutcher.com.
▪ Skillet N’ Grill, 1801 W. Division St, Arlington, joins the list of less expensive family restaurants open Christmas Day and serving a lunch special.
Consider it along with the Heaven’s Gate all-you-can-eat country buffet, 3820 N. Main St.; most Saltgrass Steak House locations; or the Iron Skillet Restaurant and truck stop at 2001 Santa Fe Drive, Weatherford.
▪ Ol’ South Pancake House will serve its regular breakfast and lunch menu at 1509 S. University Drive and also 225 E. Renfro St., Burleson.
▪ Both Del Frisco’s Grille locations in Fort Worth and Southlake and Tannahill’s Tavern in the Stockyards are among other restaurants that will be open.
For other Christmas choices, see past columns at star-telegram.com/eatsbeat.
Time’s running out for New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve reservations booked quickly this year.
Hurry to grab a table at your favorite prime steakhouse or restaurant.
A few tables are available at restaurants such as B&B Butchers & Restaurant, Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine, Campisi’s Italian, Caterina’s, Le Margot, Piola Restaurant or Waters Restaurant.
Quince Riverside in the WestBend shops is hosting a special five-course dinner with DJ for $150.
Many of the prime steakhouses are booked, but a few tables will open up if someone cancels. Try checking online at opentable.com, tock.com and resy.com.
This story was originally published December 18, 2024 at 5:30 AM.
