Beverly’s Downtown
Fort Worth knows how to do boots, brisket, and big hats. But this fall, the city’s slipping into something a little sleeker: Beverly’s Downtown, a Mexican-inspired restaurant tucked in the basement of the historic Hogan Building at 901 Houston Street.
If you’re picturing sombreros on the wall and combo plates numbered one through twenty, think again. Beverly’s isn’t trying to imitate the taquerias or Tex-Mex institutions that Fort Worth already knows and loves. Instead, Jeff Payne and Jason Cross — the duo behind Cousin’s BBQ and the buzzed-about New American spot The Mont — are steering the conversation somewhere new.
“We’re not trying to replicate the traditional Mexican restaurant experience,” Payne says. “We’re moving the needle forward while respecting the roots of the cuisine — creating something unique, sexy, familiar, and entirely new.”
Translation: this isn’t your standard chips-and-salsa affair. At Beverly’s, tortillas made from heirloom flour and corn will be treated like art, arriving warm alongside cultured butter laced with pickled onion. The menu will pull from all corners of Mexico — the heavy, earthy dishes of the North, the citrus-bright flavors of the coasts — and land somewhere that feels both rooted and restless.
The setting matches the ambition. Designed by Fort Worth’s own Maven firm, the 7,000-square-foot space doesn’t shy away from its basement location. Expect low lighting, curved walls, rich textures, and enough reflective surfaces to make your mezcal cocktail look even better on Instagram. It’s a little mysterious, a little glamorous, and completely different from anything else downtown right now.
It helps that the Hogan Building itself has good bones. Long before it became home to Fort Worth’s newest underground dining spot, the Hogan Building had already lived a few lives. Built in 1900 at 901 Houston Street, the structure first served the city’s booming downtown as a commercial hub, back when Fort Worth was still shrugging off its frontier past and leaning hard into prosperity.
In 1937, as Art Deco fever swept through Texas, the Hogan got a glamorous facelift: sleek lines, geometric patterns, and all the chrome and concrete you could ask for. It was a style built for optimism, even if the Great Depression was still clinging to the country’s heels.
Over the years, the Hogan has seen tenants come and go, weathered economic swings, and watched Sundance Square spring up around it. Now, with a thoughtful restoration and a new lease on life thanks to Beverly’s Downtown, the Hogan Building is stepping into its next act — proving that in Fort Worth, the past and the future don’t just coexist. Sometimes, they party together underground.
Beverly’s Downtown is expected to open in Fall/Winter 2025 for lunch, dinner, and the kind of nights you don’t want to end too early.
