Shipping & Receiving is a venue unofficially etched in Fort Worth lore, perhaps best known as the place where now-superstar musician Leon Bridges launched his career. But when COVID-19 forced the Near Southside bar to shut down for good, many were left wondering what would become of the beloved space.
Enter Kyle Bryson and Wallace Owens — two-thirds of the Trident Restaurant Group that owns Wishbone & Flint and the recently opened Parker County Ice House (their third partner is chef Stefon Rishel). Trident offices at 201 S. Calhoun St., the Supreme Golf Warehouse building that Shipping & Receiving used to call home.
Outside Trident, Bryson and Wallace also develop dive bars through their company, Two Crazy Fellas. When Shipping & Receiving vacated its space, the duo decided to move in a new concept — Distribution Bar.
Shipping. Receiving. Distribution. Get it?
Bryson says Distribution Bar will be a separate venture outside Trident, taking on a more laid-back, dive bar feel in contrast to the Amber Room at Wishbone & Flynt. There won't be any food — just craft beer, cocktails, pool tables, and TVs playing sports.
"It's just going to be your local watering hole ... just a cool, chill, inexpensive place to catch a cocktail," Bryson says.