Keller - Roanoke - Northeast Fort Worth | March 2023

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Truck Yard Alliance opens three years after plans announced

BY CODY THORN

plans to open that fall. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the timeline, and construction started late in 2021. A rotation of dierent food trucks park in the yard, while music is performed on the weekend for the rst-come, rst-served seating venue. It has been dubbed a come-as- you-are adult playground and beer garden, but this venue also has areas for families with a game area and a dog park. A historic windmill and a drilling rig from the early 1900s adorn the property along with old trucks. “This location will be more live music forward with a Fort Worth honky-tonk beer hall ambiance,” Jason Boso, the CEO of Truck Yard, told Community Impact in 2020. This is the company’s second branded location in Fort Worth; the other is Second Rodeo Brewing, in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.

The Truck Yard Alliance, a devel- opment three years in the making, has brought another attraction to the Alliance Town Center in Fort Worth. “I think one of our visions is to become a community landmark, and I think that is the most important thing,” said Jim Saunders, president of Brain Storm Shelter, a company that operates four dierent restau- rant brands in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. “We pick communities we feel we can add value, and bring some- thing unique and totally dierent than they have ever seen.” Truck Yard features a bar, two areas for bands to play and a variety of food trucks—including the company’s own cheesesteak and nacho truck opened on March 17. The plans for the 2-acre property at 3101 Prairie Vista Drive were announced in January 2020 with

Alex Aguilar plays a set at The Truck Yard Alliance on March 15 in Fort Worth. Plans for the entertainment venue were rst announced in early 2020. (Cody Thorn/Community Impact)

TRUCKING TO ALLIANCE The Truck Yard is open seven days a week in the Alliance Town Center.

Truck Yard features a concept for each location. While most are for age 21 and over only after 9 p.m., this one will keep a portion of the yard open for the under age-21 crowd to allow families time to stay longer. Another unique facet is the lack of televisions. “We want people to really unplug from life and sit there with a buddy or loved one or kids,” Saunders said. “Unplug from life; just enjoy the music, and enjoy the dierent sights you will see as you look across the yard. You will see things the second and third times you didn’t see the rst time.”

Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-midnight; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

For information on show times, visit https://bit.ly/3JnCdHi

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