{"id":457923,"date":"2026-10-06T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457923\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:32:13","slug":"goldees-bar-b-q-near-fort-worth-adds-thursday-lunch-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457923\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldee\u2019s Bar-B-Q near Fort Worth adds Thursday lunch hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KENNEDALE<\/p>\n<p>Goldee\u2019s Bar-B-Q, ranked one of the best barbecue restaurants in Texas but also known for some of the shortest hours, has extended its work week by adding a Thursday lunch menu.<\/p>\n<p>Goldee\u2019s now opens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, expanding from its former Friday-Sunday schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The core menu is made up of traditional Texas barbecue classics: sliced or chopped prime brisket; housemade regular, jalapeno-cheddar or Lao sausages; beef, pork or lamb ribs; plus sides and house-baked bread.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant, in a nearly 60-year-old barbecue shack at 4645 Dick Price Road south of Kennedale, was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates from Arlington and was quickly named the No. 1 barbecue joint in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine,<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4813.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"893\" title=\"IMG_4813.jpg\" alt=\"A combo platter at Goldee\u2019s BBQ near Fort Worth.\"\/>                                                                                    A combo platter at Goldee\u2019s BBQ near Fort Worth.                                                                                            Jonny White                                                                            Courtesy of Goldee&#8217;s BBQ                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>That triggered statewide interest in Fort Worth as the \u201cbarbecue capital of Texas\u201d and led to other statewide rankings for restaurants such as Panther City BBQ in Fort Worth, Dayne\u2019s Craft Barbecue in Aledo, Smoke-A-Holics BBQ in Fort Worth and Hurtado Barbecue in Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas and Mansfield.<\/p>\n<p>Goldee\u2019s went on to win Michelin Guide \u201cBib Gourmand\u201d awards in 2024 and 2026 for food and value. Co-founders Jalen Heard, Lane Milne and Jonny White were listed among \u201cBest New Chefs\u201d in Food &amp; Wine magazine.<\/p>\n<p>White has gone on to open a New York restaurant, Kirbee\u2019s. He has been replaced at Goldee\u2019s by Texas Monthly top 10 pitmaster Zain Shafi, formerly of Sabar BBQ in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant has also added online advance ordering at goldeesbbq.com.<\/p>\n<p>Goldee\u2019s is 4 miles south of Interstate 20 off Mansfield Highway. From Interstate 35W, it is 6\u00bd miles east via Everman Parkway and Shelby Road; <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/goldeesbbq\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/goldeesbbq.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CT_goldees_08.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"837\" title=\"CT_goldees_08\" alt=\"A large tray of barbecue stacked with Lao sausage, pork ribs, beef ribs and freshly baked sliced bread at Goldee\u2019s BBQ south of Fort Worth on Friday, June 28, 2024.\"\/>                                                                                    A large tray of barbecue stacked with Lao sausage, pork ribs, beef ribs and freshly baked sliced bread at Goldee\u2019s BBQ south of Fort Worth on Friday, June 28, 2024.                                                                                            Chris Torres                                                                            Star-Telegram archives<br \/>\n        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/222388920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791286333_748_BudKennedy-Profile.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/222388920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Bud Kennedy is celebrating his 40th year writing about restaurants in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has written the \u201cEats Beat\u201d dining column in print since 1985 and online since 1992 \u2014 that\u2019s more than 3,000 columns about Texas cafes, barbecue, burgers and where to eat.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/star-telegram.com\/subscribe\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KENNEDALE Goldee\u2019s Bar-B-Q, ranked one of the best barbecue restaurants in Texas but also known for some of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-457923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457923","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=457923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}