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A variety of dishes at newly opened\u00a0Mariscos Cortez. The family that owns Birrieria Cortez, a Michelin Recommended restaurant, opened a Jalisco-style seafood restaurant on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
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From the same family behind Birrieria Cortez<\/a>, which has earned a Michelin Recommendation for two consecutive years, comes Mariscos Cortez<\/a>, a new restaurant specializing in Jalisco-style seafood from the western Mexican state.\u00a0<\/p>\n The restaurant, which opened on Sunday, July 12, puts aguachiles, ceviches, seafood cocktails, tostadas and a wide variety of shrimp and fish dishes at the center of its menu. It also offers a handful of beef and chicken options.\u00a0<\/p>\n The menu ranges from shrimp birria tacos \u2014 yes, you read that right \u2014 and Baja-style<\/a> battered fish tacos to green, red, black and mango habanero aguachiles, shrimp and fish ceviches, camarones a la diabla (deviled shrimp), whole fried tilapia, fish and shrimp soup, and even Cajun shrimp boils.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people had been asking us to open a seafood restaurant because there really wasn\u2019t one nearby,\u201d said Rogelio Cortez Jr., owner of both restaurants, to The News. \u201cPeople already knew we could cook seafood really well and that our dishes are full of flavor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Battered fish tacos at Mariscos Cortez, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n Every recipe at Mariscos Cortez comes from the family\u2019s kitchen. Rogelio Cortez Sr., the family patriarch, said cooking has always been one of their greatest passions, and seafood has long been one of their specialties.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAt the other restaurant, most of the recipes come from my wife Patricia, but here they\u2019re mostly mine and my sons\u2019. Some are family recipes, while others are dishes we\u2019ve created ourselves over the years,\u201d Cortez Sr. said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The two restaurants are located just steps from each other.\u00a0They both lie on Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway in Fort Worth, separated by Rosedale Street. Birriera Cortez is at \u00a02108 Rosedale St.; Mariscos Cortez’s street address is 1151 Martin Luther King\u00a0Jr. Freeway.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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