In patio season, this dog-friendly beer garden is favorite Fort Worth destination
Rogers Roundhouse, South University Drive ($)
- Where is this restaurant? 1616 Rogers Road
- What readers recommend about Rogers Roundhouse:
“Relaxed atmosphere, large tap list, great food, excellent and kind waitstaff, large patio — I go once a week.”
- What else to know:
Rogers Roadhouse calls itself an “American style beer garden ... designed to feel like an extension of your own backyard,” to include a dog-friendly patio with TVs, picnic tables, late-night menus and live music on Friday nights. Oh, and they also sell Curly’s Custard and shareable funnel cakes.
Nothing is better on a pleasant Texas afternoon than some Tex-Mex, loaded tots, wagyu burgers or bbq wings on a patio with a cold beer (30+ on tap).
Rogers Roundhouse opened about six years ago behind University Park Village, next to the sprawling railyard (and is named after a retired engine repair facility). The Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy wrote in 2019 how the joint “has refined the burger-and-beer patio” and “restored the fine art of the tater tot.”
Good to know: Happy hours are weekdays, 2-6 p.m., with $1 off beers, $5 glasses of wine and $6 wells. And weekend brunch (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) includes breakfast tacos and biscuits & gravy.
The hours are Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-midnight; Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 a.m.; and Sundays, 10 a.m.-midnight.
This story was originally published December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM.
