Five Fort Worth-area restaurants to remember: They have tables for Valentine’s Day
Here’s something different: Restaurants are heavily booked for Valentine’s Day.
Maybe customers have been saving for the special day. But many restaurants are booked solid, and some have been since December.
Try your favorite. If you don’t have any luck, here are five good Valentine’s choices that still have tables available to make a sweetheart happy:
La Bistro: classic fine dining
La Bistro Italian Grill, 722 Grapevine Highway, Hurst, is a classic, old-fashioned Italian bistro, serving a variety of pastas and seafood.
It’s been around more than 40 years, an eternity by Hurst standards and long enough to serve two generations of Valentines; 817-281-9333, facebook.com/labistrotx.
Piccolo Mondo: like Italian used to be
Piccolo Mondo, 829 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, is another throwback Italian restaurant keeping the same traditions as when it opened 40 years ago,
This is the kind of restaurant where hundreds of local people had their first taste of escargot, mussels in angel hair pasta, lasagna or a steak-and-lobster combo; 817-265-9174, piccolomondo.com.
Soy Cowboy: Too pretty to pass up
Soy Cowboy, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington, is the flashy pan-Asian restaurant from the owners of B&B Butchers, with a superstar menu of sushi, soups, dumplings, stir-fry dishes and steaks.
For the best show, there’s a $175 chef’s tasting menu with 12 courses from China, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea and Japan; 817-766-6444, soycowboy.com.
Keller Chophouse: Solid, reliable and local
Keller Chophouse, 124 S. Main St., Keller, is a traditional prime steakhouse and bar serving steaks, chops and seafood.
Other restaurants come and go, but Keller Chophouse is open six nights a week. There’s even a mother-and-son kids’ Valentine’s dinner Feb. 5-6 and a father-daughter special Feb. 7-8; 817-431-5188, kellerchophouse.com.
Campisi’s: There’s love in those booths
Campisi’s Restaurant, 6150 Camp Bowie Blvd., is a family pizza favorite any night but also a special dinner option.
It’s dark. There are booths. And wine.
Order the Randy White Ravioli, the Soprano pasta or a steak Italiano, and ignore the loud kid at the next table demanding more barbecued chicken pizza; 817-916-4561, campisis.us.
This story was originally published January 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM.
