Here’s a life hack to start 2025 off right:
Joe T. Garcia’s opens at 11 a.m. New Year’s Day. It’s a great day to beat the crowd for chiles rellenos, tamales or a fajitas lunch before the TV football games.
In fact, New Year’s Day is a great day to go anywhere that usually has a line. Say, Hudson House. Or Teddy Wongs. Or the Hotel Drover. Or one of the busy barbecue restaurants like Dayne’s in Aledo, Panther City or Terry Black’s.
Now, as for New Year’s Eve, try:
▪ Ruth’s Chris in downtown Fort Worth is serving its regular menu and has the best availability of the prime steakhouses. Tables are also available at Perry’s in Grapevine ($99-$149).
▪ The very intimate Blue Room at the Crescent Fort Worth hotel in the Cultural District has a five-course, $250 dinner at 6 p.m. or 9 p.m. featuring a filet or lobster tail.
▪ Clay Pigeon, chef Marcus Paslay’s recently remodeled steakhouse, has later tables for its $100 dinner featuring prime eye of rib-eye, salmon, short rib and a chocolate pot de creme dessert.