Dallas favorite Culpepper Cattle Co., known for its mix of old-school home cooking, Tex-Mex, and prime steaks, is riding into Arlington with a third location on the way. The company is planning a new, ground-up restaurant at 2300 East Lamar Blvd., with an early-2027 opening penciled in.
Where and when it will open
State project filings list the new spot as “Culpepper Cattle Arlington” at 2300 East Lamar Blvd., with construction scheduled to start next Saturday and wrap up on January 18, 2027. The plans call for a roughly 10,187-square-foot, single-story building and put the estimated project budget at about $1.5 million. The owner is listed as CP 2300 Lamar LLC, and the design firm as Hub City Productions, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
What you'll find on the menu
Culpepper's current menu leans into fresh Tex-Mex and classic steakhouse mains, backed up by Texas-style home cooking. Starters include queso and fried green tomatoes, followed by lunch plates and hearty steak entrées. The restaurant's published menu PDF shows lunch items generally priced in the high teens, with steaks running from roughly $25 for smaller cuts up to about $170 for large combination or “founders” feasts. These items and prices are listed on Culpepper Cattle Co.'s menu.
Brand comeback and local context
The Culpepper name dates back to a Rockwall steakhouse that opened in 1982, which later became a steakhouse under Bob Clements after 1993. The brand was purchased and revived by UNCO Management in 2023, then expanded to Dallas in 2024. Culpepper's creative director, Charmi Patel-Peña, told reporters the Arlington location will carry the same menu and that the team is "unsure about a live music stage" but still plans to host music. Those details were reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
UNCO lists Culpepper as one of its concepts and highlights several other hospitality brands on its company site, while local coverage of the Dallas Deep Ellum outpost has tracked how the group has been re-introducing the Culpepper name to new neighborhoods. For more on the Deep Ellum opening and UNCO's approach to the concept, see Advocate Magazine and UNCO.
