Dallas bar veterans to debut innovative new concept in Fort Worth

Mar 26, 2026 | 9:05 am

A Dallas hospitality trio is expanding to Fort Worth with an innovative new bar: Called Bronc’s Tack Room, it’ll open in the Fort Worth Stockyards in a former women’s clothing store at 115 W. Exchange Ave., with an opening slated for summer 2026.

Bronc’s is a new concept from Matt Peterson, Devan Pharis, and Sam Wynne, who first collaborated on Lawnie’s, an old-school Texas ice house on Dallas’ buzzy Henderson Avenue, which they opened in 2024. (Wynne is also well known in Dallas’ food & beverage world as a co-founder of Mike’s Gemini Twin, a dive bar in the Cedars District; and Braindead Brewing, the pioneering craft beer bar in Deep Ellum which closed in 2021.)

Bronc’s will cater to the Stockyards neighborhood, filling a niche currently unfilled: a casual place to grab an affordable bite and beer, open 7 days a week, including weekday lunch…

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