Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom has closed its last North Texas restaurant.
The Presidio Crossing location in the Alliance area of north Fort Worth quietly shut down in October.
Yelpers reported the restaurant as closed, and Old Chicago’s website only shows one Texas location in Waco. Additionally, Business Liquidation was selling Old Chicago kitchen appliances and beer taps on Facebook.
The restaurant was open for 10-years and outlasted a Garland store and two Dallas locations that closed at the same time in 2020, pre-COVID, due to “business decisions.“
Old Chicago was known for an extensive beer collection and Chicago style pies — both the thick deep dish and thin, tavern style cracker crust. The menus also had calzones, wings and pepperoni rolls.
The restaurant chain was owned by SPB Hospitality before it sold its brewery brands in 2025. The new owner was never revealed. Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom now operates 47 locations across 17 states.
The closure of Old Chicago in Alliance Fort Worth follows news of other pizzerias opening in that area.
California-based Pizza Guys, will open early next year at 3529 Heritage Trace Parkway. This restaurant from Sacramento is a Yelp Top 100 pizza chain that serves high-quality pizzas, made with fresh dough, whole milk mozzarella and California-grown tomatoes.
Za Zoom drive-through pizza by the slice concept is on the docket for North Tarrant Parkway in Fort Worth. One of the founders, Tyler DiGiovanni, created his own pizza oven business, sold it to Solo Stove and spent years baking pizza pies for high-profile events. An opening date has not yet been decided, as construction has just begun.
Hideaway Pizza from Oklahoma has had success, still drawing crowds, since opening in August 2025. The two-story restaurant is popular in the Alliance area for fluffy-crusted specialty pizzas and fried mushrooms.
Mac & cheese with pesto, jalapeño and roasted peppers at Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom in far north Fort Worth
Beer taps at Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom in far north Fort Worth. The restaurant has some 25 beers on tap, including North Texas brews, and about 50 more in bottles.