Brandon Hurtado’s menu at LOMA TXMX will offer “new age” Tex-Mex options, like short rib enchiladas. (Courtesy)
Spring has arrived, bringing a fresh wave of restaurant openings in Fort Worth and Arlington’s bustling Entertainment District. With an elevated Tex-Mex concept from a local barbecue pitmaster on the way and a new tenant stepping into the former home of Maiden: Fine Plants & Spirits, these are the latest developments in Fort Worth’s ever-growing dining scene.
LOMA TXMX to Open in Arlington’s Entertainment District
Owner of North Texas’ Hurtado Barbecue, Brandon Hurtado, and his team are putting the finishing touches on their newest restaurant, LOMA TXMX, to welcome Texas Rangers fans by Opening Day on Friday, April 3. After taking over the vacated El Tiempo Cantina space at Choctaw Stadium four months ago, Hurtado set to work repainting the space, remodeling booths, and adding dark-stained wood elements throughout.
“My wife and I have always wanted to open a Tex-Mex restaurant,” he tells PaperCity Fort Worth. “After being in the barbecue business for the last seven, eight years, we’ve grown to really know the fast casual environment. We have this great relationship with the Texas Rangers, thanks to our concession stand there in Globe Life. After talking to one of the owners of the Texas Rangers last fall, he invited us to dinner. That’s when he told us that this space had opened up.”
Loma is Spanish for mound and slang for pitcher’s mound…