A Sacramento-based pizza chain that has cracked the top of Yelp’s national rankings is putting down roots in north Fort Worth. Pizza Guys has signed a lease for a restaurant at 3529 Heritage Trace Parkway, Suite 119, in the Alliance area, with an opening targeted for early 2027.
The lease marks Pizza Guys’ second restaurant in Texas, following its debut in Plano, according to franchising.com. The new shop will be owned and operated by business partners Kapil Pantha and Tara Rai, who plan to hire at least five employees once the restaurant is up and running. It will also be the chain’s first location in Tarrant County, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Pantha and Rai are described as business partners and best friends, and the Fort Worth restaurant marks the beginning of their journey toward a multi-unit operation, according to QSR Magazine. The address sits within Heritage Trace Plaza, which sits in the Alliance Corridor of north Fort Worth, an area its property manager, Whitestone REIT, calls one of the fastest-growing submarkets in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
A Chain Riding a Growth Streak
Pizza Guys has been on something of a roll. The company expanded past 100 locations systemwide and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2026, the same outlet reports, capping a stretch that also included its first push into Texas the year before. Pizza Guys opened its 101st restaurant and surpassed the 100-location mark in 2025, with new units in California, Nevada and its first Texas location, according to the chain’s own press materials…