Next to the Kimbell Art Museum, at the back of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, one block down from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. That location puts the Crescent Hotel in the epicenter of the Fort Worth Cultural District. Its 5* amenities make it the ideal place to stay when visiting. 

The 200-room hotel, in a modern building at Camp Bowie Boulevard and Van Cliburn Way, opened just over two and a half years ago. Eye the art all over the public areas, it is serious local work, a kind of respectful echo of the work on display at the surrounding museums.

The signature restaurant is Emilia’s, an Italian-inspired restaurant originally helmed, at the stoves, by Preston Paine. Paine trained in New Orleans and worked for a time at Michelin 3* Eleven Madison Park, among other fine dining establishments, so he should know his stuff. Recently, Sean Malek took over the execuchef role.