Longoria\u2019s made the magazine\u2019s state rankings in 2003 and 2013 for the beef sausage made with a recipe from Gonzales, the family\u2019s hometown.<\/p>\n
When brother Danny Longoria opened the restaurant in 1998 with parents, Angelita and Fidencio (\u201dFred\u201d), there were no small-batch craft barbecue restaurants in North Texas and few shops with housemade sausage.<\/p>\n
Years earlier, when Fred Longoria shined shoes in downtown Gonzales, he saw how many customers came for the sausage at that city\u2019s legendary Espinosa\u2019s, which closed in 2012<\/a>, and Gonzales Food Market.<\/a><\/p>\n Longoria\u2019s was one of the first Latino-owned barbecue restaurants recognized statewide.<\/p>\n The restaurant also sold some of the region\u2019s first brisket burgers.<\/p>\n \u201cHELLO, we are closing BBQ shop,\u201d David Longoria posted Thursday.<\/p>\n He proudly listed Longoria\u2019s prizes: 12 magazine articles. the top 50 and a Travel Channel episode.<\/p>\n \u201dI\u2019m closing the doors and cutting the light one last time,\u201d he wrote, adding that he\u2019ll go \u201con the BBQ trail taking on the visits I never had time [to] make.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cC U Guys then. W\/ much Love, Uncle Dave.\u201d<\/p>\n When Food Network host Guy Fieri wanted to feature Longoria\u2019s on :\u201dDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives,\u201d the Longorias turned him down<\/a> because they refused to give the network their sausage recipe.<\/p>\n Longoria\u2019s focus on sausage and burgers sometimes confused regular barbecue fans in brisket-crazed North Texas.<\/p>\n But the restaurant had a 4.2-star rating on Google.com and 4-star rating on Yelp.com.<\/p>\n Commenters on both sites praised the sausage and burgers and Yelp commenters also took note of the brisket chili,<\/p>\n Longoria\u2019s is the second regionally recognized barbecue restaurant in south Tarrant County to close in two months.<\/p>\n The Crowley location of Cousin\u2019s BBQ closed in September<\/a>. Two Cousin\u2019s<\/a> remain open in southwest Fort Worth.<\/p>\n Hickory Stick Barbecue<\/a> in Everman, a traditional wood-paneled Texas barbecue restaurant, is a readers\u2019 favorite in Star-Telegram polls. Jambo\u2019s Original BBQ Shack in Rendon has also been state-ranked, and the Texas-based Hard Eight and Rudy\u2019s BBQ chains dominate business along Interstate 35W.<\/p>\n A recent Michelin Star honoree, Goldee\u2019s BBQ, is about 5 miles east near Kennedale and has drawn barbecue fans to Jambo\u2019s, Longoria\u2019s, Hurtado in Arlington or Mansfield and other nearby restaurants.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Bud Kennedy\u2019s Eats Beat<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n 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.![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0473.jpg\" "\\"IMG_0473.jpg\\"")
A smoked brisket burger with pinto beans and potato salad, plus a whole barbecued chicken and pork ribs at Longoria\u2019s BBQ in Everman, Texas, as seen Nov. 22, 2000. Sallie Turner Special to the Star-Telegram <\/p>\n![\"Co-founder](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0474.jpg\" "\\"IMG_0474.jpg\\"")
Co-founder Danny Longoria of Longoria\u2019s BBQ in Everman, Texas, talked about the high price of brisket, as seen March 31, 2010. Paul Moseley Star-Telegram archives <\/p>\n
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