Opening date set for new Heim BBQ in Parker County
The new Heim Barbecue location in Weatherford is nearly finished and will tentatively open the weekend of Nov. 8, co-owner Will Churchill said Thursday.
The fourth Heim, the restaurant that brought Central Texas-style craft barbecue to the Fort Worth area, will replace a 25-year-old cowboy steakhouse and saloon at 1910 S. Main St, a half-block north of Interstate 20.
Churchill’s company bought the property in January and remade the former Montana Steakhouse into a line-service barbecue restaurant with a large patio and bar.
Heim, popular for candied pork belly “bacon burnt ends,” joins a Parker County barbecue market that has become known for Dayne’s Craft BBQ in Aledo, ranked among the state’s top 10.
Heim’s 6,000-square-foot restaurant will be large enough to host and cater dinners and gatherings in the fast-growing county, Churchill has said.
Founders Emma and Travis Heim opened their first barbecue stand in 2015 in a food trailer near Interstate 35W at the current Panther City BBQ location. Then they partnered with Churchill for locations in near south and west Fort Worth and near Love Field in Dallas.
Churchill took over the restaurants two years ago. He closed a much larger Burleson location to move the equipment to Weatherford.
The former Burleson space, 139 W. Ellison St., is near reopening as a Buffalo Bros sports grill and bar by chef Jon Bonnell.
This story was originally published October 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM.
