Success in the restaurant industry can take many forms, from national acclaim to long lines out the door. But after spending more than a decade helping build Heim Barbecue from a food trailer into a multi-location restaurant chain, Travis Heim is enjoying the more manageable pace of running One Trick Pony, the neighborhood pizzeria on Fort Worth’s South Main Street that he co-owns with his wife, Emma.
“A big part of this for us was finding the next chapter,” he tells PaperCity Fort Worth. “We are having a lot of fun.”
Throughout the polished yet unpretentious space are family photographs, books collected over years of studying the craft of pizza-making, and other personal mementos that reflect the couple’s journey. There are also references to sports throughout, but this isn’t a sports bar.
“We have the aesthetic of a sports bar,” but without all the screens, he says. “The other night we had 80 covers, and half of them I’d say were on dates. We’ve had birthdays and anniversaries celebrated here.”…