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If your New Year's resolution is to try a new restaurant, you're in luck. There's little doubt Fort Worth has cornered the market on distinct and dichotomous nicknames (Cowtown, item509597856 Panther City, Funkytown, etc.), but after a slew of new and quality restaurants opened in the past two years, we might have to add another to the list: Flavortown.

Renowned for its relaxed, yet refined setting and exceptional cuisine, the Capital Grille serves an impressive menu of famous dry-aged steaks, succulent seafood, and handmade pasta, along with an award-winning wine list of over 5,000 bottles from around the world.

Established in Southside in 2010, the family-owned bistro is tucked away in the heart of the revived hospital district features a menu of award-winning steaks, chicken and ocean-fresh fish and lobster, along with homemade desserts and a variety of beverages, including specialty martinis.

Located near West 7th Entertainment Center and Fort Worth Botanical Garden, Eddie V's Prime Seafood Restaurant is renowned for serving a vast array of fresh seafood, including Pacific Ahi Tuna and raw oysters, along with daily-catch fish and salads prepared from the freshest ingredients.

Located on the ground floor of downtown's Kimpton Harper Hotel, in what used to be the XTO Energy building, il Modo is another modern Italian restaurant that goes light on the red sauce but heavy where it matters, such as with the pastas, which are made in house — sometimes as you watch, thanks to an all-glass pasta-making room.

Order this: The seafood tower appetizer, which gives you a little bit of everything: pickled and poached shrimp, seared ahi tuna, crawfish salad, plus fresh oysters; the crawfish mac and cheese, made with crawfish tails doused in Cajun seasonings; a big hunk of hummingbird cake.