Fort Worth Stockyards steakhouse is getting a 2026 remodel. What to expect
Hunter Brothers’ H3 Ranch, a landmark Fort Worth restaurant in the historic Stockyards Hotel, will go dark Jan. 31 for most of 2026 as the hotel begins a $22 million remodeling.
A new state permit application describes remodeling in H3 Ranch and the adjacent Booger Red’s Saloon, 109 E. Exchange Ave. H3 will get new lighting, electrical work and kitchen equipment as the hotel begins a months-long redo under a new owner, Stockyards developer Majestic Realty.
The hotel is not accepting reservations after Jan. 31, according to the website.
Hunter Brothers’ H3 Ranch has been a Stockyards anchor since it opened in August 1998, serving a generation of visitors hickory-grilled steaks, spit-roasted suckling pig and weekend steak-and-eggs breakfasts.
It is a favorite for visitors along with Booger Red’s Saloon, known for its Western saddle barstools and “Buffalo Butt” beer.
On a recent Saturday, families came for breakfast before the daily Fort Worth Herd cattle drive.
The weekend breakfast menu is Cowtown all the way: There’s a bargain sirloin-and-eggs platter for less than $22, chicken-fried sirloin and eggs, eggs with cheese enchiladas and H3’s signature huevos rancheros with wood-roasted salsa.
The lunch and dinner menus offer steaks, a flamed tenderloin and a tomahawk pork chop, along with affordable lunch sandwiches and burgers.
The Jan. 31 closing comes in the middle of the annual Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Jan. 16-Feb. 7 in the Cultural District at Dickies Arena.
The restaurant has been overshadowed in recent months by the flashy, remodeled Cattlemen’s Steak House next door, which underwent a $3 million remodeling under investors connected to “Yellowstone” and “Landman” creator Taylor Sheridan.
The hotel and restaurant were sold to Majestic in May 2022. Rooms are renting for $499-$599 weekends and as little as $129 during the week.
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The 121-year-old Stockyards Hotel is a National Register historic site and a former hideout for outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, among many.
The hotel will be extensively updated along with a new patio and front canopy, according to the filing Sept. 15 with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
The hotel began in 1904 as the Stock Yards Club in a wood frame building on the corner of Main and Exchange streets.
That was a year after the opening of Swift & Co. and Armour & Co. meat packinghouses and the nearby Live Stock Exchange Building.
The hotel was expanded in 1907 into a new three-story brick building at 109 E. Exchange Avenue, with a 1913 addition completing the building to the corner of North Main Street.
Later that decade, what is now Cowtown Coliseum opened and eventually hosted the first indoor rodeo.
The hotel later operated as the Club Hotel, Chandler Hotel, Planter’s Hotel and Right Hotel until it was bought and restored in 1984, according to architect and historian John Roberts’ fortwortharchitecture.com.
On the run during their 1930s crime spree, the Barrow gang kept watch from the top-floor corner room with a view of Main Street, then the primary north-south international highway across the U.S.
According to lore, Barrow rented the room while Parker stayed separately for safety at the Oasis Hotel, 2407½ N. Main St.
This story was originally published November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM.
