{"id":228956,"date":"2026-03-31T18:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228956\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:45:24","slug":"smithers-smokehouse-in-development-in-downtown-denton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228956\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithers Smokehouse in development in downtown Denton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarbecue restaurant Smithers Smokehouse is in development on East Hickory Street in downtown Denton, owner Cody Smithers confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026014427\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filing<\/a> with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, construction is scheduled to be complete on the 2,650-square-foot space in early October, though Smithers said he is aiming for a Sept. 4 opening to coincide with Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We plan to bring authentic Texas barbecue, a full bar and a spacious outdoor patio to the community,&#8221; Smithers said. &#8220;The addition of a full-service bar and a large patio space will create an environment perfect for everything, from casual lunches to evening gatherings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is located in the same space that housed <a href=\"https:\/\/shineitautodetail.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shine it Auto Detail<\/a> before the shop <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/denton\/business\/2025\/12\/08\/shine-it-auto-detail-to-relocate-to-west-parkway-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved<\/a> to West Parkway Street in December. The construction\u2019s $900,000 scope includes adding a walk-in refrigerator and two new patio overhangs.<\/p>\n<p>Construction scheduled to be complete Oct. 1300 E. Hickory St., DentonWebsite unavailableEditor&#8217;s note: this story has been updated with additional information from Smithers Smokehouse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barbecue restaurant Smithers Smokehouse is in development on East Hickory Street in downtown Denton, owner Cody Smithers confirmed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[910,1313,62,993,116,118,117,88555],"class_list":["post-228956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-business","tag-denton","tag-dining","tag-downtown","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-smithers-smokehouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}