{"id":120983,"date":"2025-08-05T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120983\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:35:28","slug":"gushers-and-grit-landman-strikes-black-gold-again-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120983\/","title":{"rendered":"Gushers and Grit: ‘Landman’ Strikes Black Gold Again in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Credit: Adobe Stock, Paramount+<\/p>\n

I\u2019m from Oklahoma. Tulsa, to be exact, which was once the \u201cOil Capital of the World. So I \u2018ve known a landman or two in my life. You can recognize those in the old bidness by their swagger and their ostrich-skin boots. They\u2019re slick talkin\u2019 with a parlance mixin\u2019 talk of mineral rights, title documents, maps, leases, and maybe a few cuss words and \u201cthank you, ma\u2019ams\u201d just for good measure.<\/p>\n

Some drama. Some salty characters. Fort Worth native Taylor Sheridan has tapped straight into the real-life soap opera of gushers, dry holes, and oversized egos with his streaming series \u201cLandman,\u201d where the drama flows thicker than crude. The Paschal High School graduate certainly scored some black gold with his TV series \u201cYellowstone,\u201d \u201c1883,\u201d \u201c1923,\u201d \u201cTulsa King\u201d and now \u201cLandman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Jon Hamm as Monty Miller at the Rivercrest Country Club (Credit: Paramount+)<\/p>\n

This popular TV series, which debuted in November 2024, is now producing its second season and again Fort Worth gets a starring role as a backdrop. That means lead actor Billy Bob Thornton has brought the swagger of his character Tommy Norris to the streets of Cowtown, tyin\u2019 up traffic and closin\u2019 down streets. Yes, Fort Worth hot spots like the Petroleum Club, of course, and Rivercrest Country Club are part of the Texas oil sagas. Street closings are posted weekly so regular commuters can avoid the resulting traffic drama. (Visit Fort Worth has a handy Google map of all the filming locations.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

No Complaints<\/p>\n

\"\"Parker County Peach frozen custard is one the specialties here this time of year.<\/p>\n

One person who is not complaining about street closures or traffic snarls is Bourke Harvey. Harvey is a Tarrant County restaurateur, and he says \u201cLandman\u201d crew filming around Cowtown has business booming\u2014and he\u2019s not mad about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been really good,\u201d he said. \u201cI know there\u2019s pros and cons with \u2018Landman\u2019 with the traffic and all. There\u2019s lots of people complaining, but not only do I not have any complaints, but it\u2019s been good for business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Bourke Harvey<\/p>\n

Harvey owns Westland Hospitality, the crew behind rescuing some of Cowtown\u2019s taste traditions. At least three of his eateries have had the pleasure of kicking it with the \u201cLandman\u201d crew.<\/p>\n

Curly\u2019s Frozen Custard at 4017 Camp Bowie Blvd. was serving up its cool specialties last summer when actor Jon Hamm, who played oil tycoon Monty Miller, strolled up for some of the stand\u2019s most popular summer specialty, the Parker County peach frozen custard. Evidently, he walked up, and the astonished staff got the confirmation he was exactly who they thought he was.<\/p>\n

\u201cYep, I\u2019m Jon Hamm,\u201d he said, according to Harvey\u2019s recounting of the story. \u201cThis is big-time Hollywood,\u201d Harvey said, \u201cand he was very nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second Season<\/p>\n

\"\"Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris and Ali Larter as ex-wife Angela Norris at The Patch Cafe (Credit: Paramount+)<\/p>\n

This year, many of the scenes that look like a West Texas bar have really been filmed at The Patch Cafe, 9840 Camp Bowie West Blvd, the location once home to Dayne\u2019s Craft Barbecue. Across the street is JD\u2019s Hamburgers. The hamburger joint is a laid-back spot with Southern-celebrated items like fried green tomatoes, burger baskets, banana pudding, and fruit cobbler.<\/p>\n

Both Hamm and leading man Billy Bob Thornton, who plays Tommy Norris, have turned up at JD\u2019s Hamburgers. A specialty of the house now is called the Jon Hammburger. Want to know the ingredients? It\u2019s beef, fried bologna, cheese, and the restaurant\u2019s signature \u201csister sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvey has one more restaurant rendezvous with the cast. His Magdalena\u2019s catering and events will be providing the food for the cast party when the series wraps its second season. Those not invited might have to settle on celebrating with a Jon Hammburger instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Adobe Stock, Paramount+ I\u2019m from Oklahoma. Tulsa, to be exact, which was once the \u201cOil Capital of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":120984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12046,75173,75174,7371,7372,75175,75176,37006,12044,75177,75178,12045,358,75179,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,75180,16544],"class_list":{"0":"post-120983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-billy-bob-thornton","10":"tag-bourke-harvey","11":"tag-curlys","12":"tag-fort-worth","13":"tag-fortworth","14":"tag-jds-hamburgers","15":"tag-jon-hamm","16":"tag-joy-donovan","17":"tag-landman","18":"tag-magdalenas","19":"tag-patch-cafe","20":"tag-taylor-sheridan","21":"tag-texas","22":"tag-the-petroleum-club","23":"tag-tx","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa","30":"tag-westland-hospitality","31":"tag-yellowstone"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114976425663409066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}