Barbecue’s Heim family to open pizza tavern in Fort Worth’s Near Southside
Emma and Travis Heim, who set off the craft barbecue explosion in Fort Worth and then retired from pit chores, will open a cocktail tavern with pizza in a historic landmark in South Main Village, Travis Heim said.
One Trick Pony Pizza Tavern will open in a former biscuit and brunch restaurant at 313 S. Main St., he said.
The restaurant, at the corner of East Broadway Avenue, has large picture windows that overlook Main Street passersby. It is in the north corner of a 1926 building that has been home to a tire store, a plate glass company and, before that, a dairy supply in the days when South Main was home to several major dairy companies.
“It’s such an awesome building with exposed brick, steel beams, this super cool layout,” Travis Heim said.
“We’ve wanted to do a pizza restaurant. When we saw the space, we thought this would be a good place for a bar and late-night hangout.”
Heim said he always experimented with pizzas — “I’d get bored with barbecue.” He plans for One Trick Pony to serve a thin-crust, crispy New York tavern-style pizza, he said.
The bar will also have a small menu with a few pastas and a burger, he said.
The Heims founded Heim Barbecue in 2015 as a food trailer on East Hattie Street. The site is now the patio of state top-10-ranked Panther City BBQ.
The Heims teamed up with the Churchill family to open the first standalone Heim restaurant in 2016. The Heims left the partnership in 2024, and the Churchills now run three Heim locations in Fort Worth and Dallas with another under construction in Weatherford.
“I loved barbecue — I’m proud of my accomplishments,” Travis Heim said.
“This is an interesting new deal. We know restaurants and how to create a fun environment.”
They hope to open by the winter holidays, he said.
This story was originally published July 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM.
