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Headed to a World Cup match in Arlington? No need to pack a lunch

KERA | By Ron Corning
Published June 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM CDT
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If you’re headed to Arlington Monday to see Argentina take on Austria in the World Cup, you could grab a bite at the stadium ... or better yet, stop into one of the city’s many excellent restaurants.
Lauren Drewes Daniels is the food editor for the Dallas Observer, and she’s put together a handy list of Arlington’s best restaurants and she joins us to talk through it.
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Ron Corning
Ron Corning is a television journalist whose career has taken him from small‑town studios to major-market newsrooms, and he joins NTX Now as co-host. For eight years, Ron anchored Daybreak at WFAA in Dallas, becoming a trusted presence for North Texas viewers. He also anchored the station’s midday newscast and later helped launch Morning After, a video podcast-turned-daily show where he served as co-host and Executive Producer.
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