In terms of the number of restaurants, and the breadth and variety of those restaurants, Arlington’s food scene is in a class of its own. Some might even argue that Arlington’s restaurant community bests that of Fort Worth’s. How many good Indian restaurants are there in FW? One, maybe two? Arlington has a dozen.  

But for all the great global cuisine the city has to offer, Arlington has struggled in one specific culinary art where Fort Worth flourishes: fine dining. Only a handful of fine dining eateries exist in Arlington — a couple steakhouses, the excellent Cafe Americana, Cut & Bourbon, and Restaurant 506. For a city the size of Arlington — nearly 395,000 and counting — that’s a little embarrassing.