{"id":401275,"date":"2025-11-24T12:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/401275\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:18:20","slug":"dos-mares-debuts-in-fort-worth-adding-to-cultural-districts-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/401275\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos Mares Debuts in Fort Worth, Adding to Cultural District’s Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dos Mares has joined the wave of restaurants dotting Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a boom happening in Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District. It\u2019s not an oil boom but definitely a business boom.<\/p>\n

It was 11 years ago that Fort Worth voters approved a new multipurpose arena. That arena, which opened in November 2019 as Dickies Arena, sits just off Montgomery Street and north of I-30. Dickies Arena hosts concerts, sporting events, and every January, the iconic Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.<\/p>\n

The $540 million arena was the newest addition to Cowtown\u2019s cultural district with an existing lineup of museums within boot-scootin\u2019 distance of each other. Parking just once, visitors can see the Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.<\/a> and Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Next door? The Fort Worth Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n

The area is practically vibrating with activity. There\u2019s commercial momentum centered on this area of Tarrant County, which likely is stimulated by the fact that Fort Worth\u2019s population now tops one million.<\/p>\n

Two New Hotels<\/p>\n

The swanky Crescent Fort Worth opened in November 2023. The $275 million luxury hotel, part of billionaire businessman John Goff\u2019s development, includes not only the hotel but also a high-end office space. Then just a month later, Bowie House opened on the historic bricks of Camp Bowie. The five-star, four-story hotel brought modern luxury to Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District with a decidedly Western flair to this Cowtown location.<\/p>\n

Nearby restaurants are the beneficiaries of this. Just try and find a parking place at Hudson House which opened in early 2024 at the bustling corner of Hulen and Camp Bowie, on the edge of the Cultural District and the lovely Arlington Heights neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Dos Mexican Restaurants<\/p>\n

Another Cowtown site that\u2019s taken a star turn is Don Artemio<\/a>, the swanky Mexican restaurant that opened in 2022. Fort Worth native Taylor Sheridan, known for putting Texas stories on screen, chose the restaurant as a filming location for the first season of Landman. With its bold flavors and cinematic flair, Don Artemio also landed a finalist spot for the 2023 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant.<\/p>\n

The father-son duo of Chef Juan Ram\u00f3n C\u00e1rdenas and Chef Rodrigo C\u00e1rdenas is behind the restaurant\u2019s success, but evidently, they have more ideas. The pair will continue its legacy with another new upscale eatery, Dos Mares. The upscale Mexican seafood restaurant opened two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\"\"Located in the back of the restaurant, Dos Mares\u2019 bar is a lively spot.<\/p>\n

Located just next door at 3260 W. 7th St, the new sister restaurant takes its name \u2014 Spanish for \u201ctwo seas\u201d \u2014 from the bodies of water surrounding Mexico. Seafood in the style of Veracruz, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco is on the menu, along with a variety of tortillas, beef, wine, and cocktails.<\/p>\n

The new restaurant\u2019s entrance is almost hidden, but inside, it was pulsating, even during its soft opening. Sea-colored tiles line the walls of the interior designed by Luis Gonz\u00e1lez de Le\u00f3n of Coahuila, Mexico, and Javier Lucio of Fort Worth. Loud and lively, the restaurant is sure to pull in the tourists ready to try the margaritas. The bar, lined with seating, was alive at the back of the restaurant with a Cowtown party vibe.<\/p>\n

With fine dining, museums, and events like the rodeo, the area around Camp Bowie and University Drive is quickly becoming one of Fort Worth\u2019s most lively destinations. The boom is real, and it\u2019s reshaping the city\u2019s commercial landscape, especially since Sundance Square is dwindling in energy.<\/p>\n

Popular Destination<\/p>\n

Other restaurants such as Eddie V\u2019s Prime Seafood, Hudson House, and Piola Italian Restaurant & Garden anchor a buzzing dining scene that also draws steady crowds. Not only are the museums a magnet for the area, but the addition of The Crescent and Bowie House keeps these watering holes busy. Even so, it seems there\u2019s room for one more\u2026which would include the newly opened Dos Mares.<\/p>\n

Dos Mares is open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner, with brunch served on Saturday and Sunday. For reservations, visit DosMares.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the traffic remains a mess in this Fort Worth neighborhood. So just park the car, visit the museums, take a trip to the botanical garden, then order dinner. Forget about the traffic and the parking. Just enjoy the food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dos Mares has joined the wave of restaurants dotting Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District. There\u2019s a boom happening in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":401276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,189992,84685,189993,82768,52457,118043,184258,7371,77732,46574,189994,7372,33581,37006,40401,189995,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-401275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-amon-carter-museum","10":"tag-bowie-house","11":"tag-crescent-fort-worth","12":"tag-cultural-district","13":"tag-dickies-arena","14":"tag-don-artemio","15":"tag-dos-mares","16":"tag-fort-worth","17":"tag-fort-worth-botanic-garden","18":"tag-fort-worth-museum-of-science-and-history","19":"tag-fort-worth-stock-show-and-rodeo","20":"tag-fortworth","21":"tag-james-beard-award","22":"tag-joy-donovan","23":"tag-kimbell-art-museum","24":"tag-modern-art-museum","25":"tag-texas","26":"tag-tx","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-of-america","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115604641023476572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}