Here’s a neighborhood steakhouse with juicy cheeseburgers in Fort Worth
Fort Redemption has everything you’d want in a neighborhood steakhouse and bar: a cozy setting with only 12 tables, a juicy half-pound cheeseburger, a 1-pound rib-eye and plenty of free parking.
Going into his second year running a stand-alone restaurant after four years in a popular food truck, chef Tony Chaudhry says Fort Redemption’s small size makes a big difference.
“Our customers come here to relax, have a nice meal and be treated well,” he said this week inside the casual steakhouse and bar, 5724 Locke Ave., at the quiet end of a 50-year-old strip shopping center off Camp Bowie Boulevard.
“There’s very few places where customers can get a big steak in a little neighborhood restaurant. ... We’re betting they want this as a day-to-day place.”
Fort Redemption is billed as a “restaurant designed for Fort Worth.”
In many ways, it’s also a restaurant designed for a tight economy,
The staff is small, the menu is simple and the setting is relaxed.
Customers wear polos and shorts, straight from the country-club golf course or pickleball court. They park at the door and grab a tenderloin with potatoes au gratin, a burger or a Caesar and a highball.
When the restaurant opened last year, it built on a history of burgers and brisket jalapeño-mac-and-cheese at parks like Truck Yard Alliance.
Brisket sandwiches and tacos are still on the lunch menu. But the star now is the cheeseburger, sold for $10 Wednesdays and $15-$18 other days including a side.
The burgers are fresh-ground from the same beef as the steaks, all from the herd at a small ranch near Glen Rose.
“It’s not like it’s from a huge corporation,” he said.
The steaks cost about $40, compared to a frightening $60-$70 at chain restaurants.
Chaudhry acknowledged that the restaurant business is tight.
Customers are “clutching their purse strings right now,” he said.
“I think ir’s a bigger problem than anybody wants to acknowledge. ... My job on my end is just staying consistent, making sure people know what they’ll get and that it’ll be a good value.”
Fort Redemption is open for lunch and dinner daily; 817-349-8516, fortredemption.com.
This story was originally published September 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM.
