Fort Worth’s Michelin-recommended Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez is getting ready to trade some of its trademark birria for shrimp and ceviche. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the family announced that Mariscos Cortez, a seafood-focused sister restaurant, is coming to a spot across Rosedale off the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway. It is the latest chapter in a rapid rise that started with a $100 food truck in 2020 and turned into a brick-and-mortar operation and national attention in just a few years. The new seafood concept is expected to stick with the same tight, quality-first playbook that made the taqueria a neighborhood staple.
Mariscos Cortez will be a small seafood menu
Mariscos Cortez will put seafood at the center instead of the taqueria’s signature birria, and the family is keeping the lineup lean. The menu will top out at about 10 items, according to The Dallas Morning News. The announcement, posted by Alejandro Soto on Instagram, also teased dishes in the comments, including a…..