June Music Lineup
Woodshed at The Forge on Open Mic nights
Wednesdays 7-10 with JUNE HOST Shane Rendon
Weds 05/30 Woodshed Open Mic night with Heather Little 7:00-10:00
Thurs 05/31 Audrey Oliver 7:00 – 10:00
Fri 06/01 Southern Charm (Billie Jo Sewell & Shelby Ballenger) 7:00 – 10:00
Sat 06/02 Tanner Sparks (Birthday Celebration) 7:00 – 10:00
Sun 06/03 Ed Pardee in the Grist Mill 3:00 – 8:00
Weds 06/06 Woodshed Open Mic night with Shane Rendon 7:00-10:00
Thurs 06/07 Blue Louie 7:00 – 10:00
Fri 06/08 Rooney Pitchford 7:00 – 10:00
Sat 06/09 Vanessa Darien 7:00 – 10:00
Weds 06/13 Woodshed Open Mic night with Shane Rendon 7:00-10:00
Thurs 06/14 Kinfaux 7:00 – 10:00
Fri 06/15 Junior Clark 7:00 – 10:00
Saturday 06/16
Junebug Summer Fair
Inside:
3:00 – 6:00 Craig Wallace
7:00 – 10:00 Andie Kay
Outside:
11:00 Terie Lei Moore
12:00 Brian Lambert
1:00 Whitney Wills
2:00 Trey Rozenthal
3:00 Zach Pohl
4:00 Shelby Ballenger
5:00 Billie Jo Sewell
7:00 – 10:00 Meredith Crawford &
The Porters Bluff Band
Sunday 06/17
Junebug Summer Fair
Outside:
11:00 Brianna Straut
12:00 Heather Harper
1:00 Colton Mathis
2:00 Brigitte Mena
3:00 Joe Savage
4:00 Travis Bolt
5:00 Thawind Mills
Weds 06/20 Woodshed Open Mic night with Shane Rendon 7:00-10:00
Thurs 06/21 Jesse Kramer 7:00 – 10:00
Fri 06/22 Meredith Crawford 7:00 – 10:00
Sat 06/23 Trey Rosenthal 7:00 – 10:00
Weds 06/27 Woodshed Open Mic night with Shane Rendon 7:00-10:00
Thurs 06/28 Stephen K. Morris 7:00 – 10:00
Fri 06/29 Amanda Pruitt 7:00 – 10:00
Sat 06/30 Paul Renna 7:00 – 10:00
We are now accepting applications for artists and farmers market vendors for Junebug! Click here for more info!!!
OUR HOURS
Wednesday • 8:00 am – 11pm
Thursday • 8:00 am – 11pm
Friday • 8:00 am – 11pm
Saturday • 8:00 am – 11pm
Sunday • 8:00 am – 9pm
Full menu served until 10:00pm Wednesday through Saturday with our great pizzas available until 11:00pm
Try our amazing breakfast menu!
Come try our Eggs Florentine or The Hippy – an omelette that makes you just want to smack your lips (it has everything in it but the kitchen sink!)
Breakfast is served from 8:00am to 11:00am Wednesday through Saturday and until 3:00pm on Sunday
Check out our Dinner Menu,
now online for your convenience!
To-Go Orders Welcome!
Call 903.833.5970 for more info.
Musician Booking: email us at forgebooking@gmail.com
No reservations required. Just come on in!
We are located in the heart of Ben Wheeler, Texas, on Hwy 279
First time customer today but we will definitely be back! The Caesar pizza was amazing, and the big easy sandwich was delicious!
Thank you so much for visiting our establishment and then taking the time to tell us how you liked it. We hope you get to come back real soon. We are always adding new goodies to our menu. Thanks again!
Kerlan please put me on your mailing list as I missed Hog Fest again !
Thank you. Gregg Palmer
greggorypalmer@yahoo.com
214 417 7082
Hi Gregg, no worries, our Hog Fest was cancelled this year due to bad weather and mud. I will definitely put you on our mailing list.
Please add me to your mailing list, too!!! Dee & I had such a great time tonight. Thanks for the down home hospitality!
Peace, smiles & Light
~Carolyn Collins (the crazy artist)
Love it.. very crowded. Will be back, because we live fairly close. My only complaint is.. you need more waitresses. We sat for a long time and a few walked by, finally we stopped one and she helped us, but our table outside seemed to have no one attending to it. We were there Sat Aug 10 around 8:30 p.m. I also suggested someone to play at your place.. hope he signs up!
Thank you so much for coming to our establishment! I apologize for the delay in your service, we are working on making sure we have more than enough people to take care of all our customers. We did have music scheduled that night, but perhaps they were on a break. We usually have live acoustic music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Be sure not to miss our music festivals, as they are really quite fun! Thank you once again for coming out and visiting us and too take it a step further by telling us about your experience. It is so very much appreciated. We look forward to seeing you again real soon!
Sincerely,
Kerian & The Forge
For months I had been hearing about the awesome Pizza at a place called The Forge in Ben Wheeler, Texas so I decided to take a friend and go over and check it out. WOW I was impressed to say the least. I’m not a huge Pizza fan but I am now. The Pizza was the tastiest Pizza I have ever eaten and trust me over the past 15 years of living between Orange County California to Seattle I can say it’s got to be the BEST!!!….. I will definately go back. One recommendation…..Seemed to be under staffed but overall was worth the wait….. Belinda Blackshear..Hideaway, Texas
Thank you so much for coming out and visiting us! We love to hear our customer feedback and this really makes us proud when we make our customers happy! I just found out that we made it into Texas Monthly and I am positive we would not have made it there without patrons like you. Thanks again and we hope to see you soon!
First time at The Forge on Saturday night!!! Met some really neat people and the food was fabulous…Will definitely be going back! And a special thanks to my new friends Mike and Phyllis, they asked me to join them at there table as i was waiting on the rest of my group to come in from Canton…Really nice people.
Everything about the place is great (love the Saturday acoustic blues), except for the service! For example, Saturday was the perfect example of how not to serve your customer. The place wasn’t busy, and it was just two of us at the table. Had to find the waitress to order a pizza. Then she stopped by 10 min later to ask if it was a Caesar Pizza (no, it wasn’t). Forty minutes later (I don’t mind waiting on the cook, that was OK) I flagged her down to ask if she would check on the progress of our pizza. She brought it immediately and it was cold. It had sat waiting for her. Asked if we wanted anything else I asked for another Lone Star and my wife asked for water. She brought the beer, we reminded her of the water, and she left shaking her head. Finally got tired of waiting for her to take our ticket and cash, put a salt shaker on it and left. EVERYTHING ELSE was wonderful, though, and so we’ll go again. I just want let the server run all over us next time.
I am so happy that you came out to our establishment and loved it here. I apologize that your server was not up to your standards or ours for that matter. There are times when our wait staff is super busy but that was not the case with your server. We have increased the amount of servers on the floor and are addressing individual servers on their quality of service so our customers get the attention and service one should expect. Thank you once again, and I hope that the next time you come in, you are delighted by the staff and if not, please ask for management and we will be sure to make it right. Happy Halloween!
Who will be playing Saturday night?
The Barefoot Hippies will be there this Saturday. Hope you can make it!
Best place around by far!! Has great talented musicians that play from all over. The food is unbelievable and has specials daily. Such a playa place to chill and have a beer or two or three!!! Whoop whoop!!
Hey Kerian
Its william H..
Today was our first time eating at the Forge..
We had great service everyone was great.
We had my mother with with us who has owned and managed restaurants for 60 plus years..
Normally she can find something that needs improvement but not tonight.
I must admit growing up with her owning and running restaurants I managed some myself so I can be a hard sell as well..
It was great..
Thanks
Will
Can you tell me who will be performing on 8/2/2014. Also, do you have a gluten free menu?
We have a Fish Fry that night with Ben Lowery and Texas Express in the Pavillion from 5-9. It’s a fish fry, so I’m pretty sure everything is breaded with the exception of the coleslaw and beer… lol But inside we will have Jimmy Wallace and Jerry Don Branch doing a great Blues/ Rock N ‘Rolll set and the menu includes some great salmon and rice dishes, you can bring your own gluten free dough and we can make you a pizza with it, or you can try our delicious fajitas… We have a large menu and can make any kind of change to suit your dietary need! Hope to see you there!
I’m glad I found this site because the original Ben Wheeler site with a drop down box for the Forge is not up to date. We’re local, but out of towners and others may get confused.
First time to visit The Forge with spouse and friends Wed, 27 th, for Birthday Evening on Friends. Chose quite night to make sure I could get ion with no problem with cane. Parking was fine by ramp..don;t do stairs. Set down at Picnic table waiting on spouse, waitress came out and ask was all okay..I answered Yes, just waiting ..friends coming. She said Come on in plenty of room. She was very helpful and check on table often. Meal was very good and Looked good. We will be back and on a night sometime with Music. We visit many places because love Music. Connie Giles and Stephen Giles of East Texas BackRoads Band an Plus and Kathleen and MIchael Jerch , ( Singer songwriter ) and owner of Show Place Ranch.
When is the sept line-up goin to get posted?
It has been updated!
Hows it going, miss the job and people
Having trouble finding a current music line up. What’s in store for November 2014? Also, is there a consistant web site to follow the music? Thank You
Bobby
There’s a running ticker on the right that has all current shows if they are not listed yet. We also have that same info on https://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=benwheeler&op=cal&month=11&year=2014#
There’s a running ticker on the right that has all current shows if they are not listed yet. We also have that same info on https://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=benwheeler&op=cal&month=11&year=2014#
Love this place. Wish you had TV’s to watch football.
I’m sorry, but we try to stay true to a more music based venue. We are so happy that you love our place and hope that in your time away from games you get to come up and enjoy some of our great food. Thank you so much for your patronage!
Love the Forge and love Ben Wheeler and Rese and our dear darling Brooks. What a wonderful legacy he has left us!
I’m glad you don’t have TVs for stupid football. I want to play there!
Love the food, the music, Amanda the bartendress, the atmosphere, the decor, the location….
HATE the flies! Last time we came with visiting friends, we had to eat with one hand and wave our other hand to keep the flies off the entire meal! HELP!
So sorry about the flies, unfortunately they come with the bucolic landscape. We do everything we can to repel, kill and prevent flies, but when our big doors are open it becomes impossible to keep them completely at bay. Please know that the season is almost over and as we cool down so too does our univited guests. The evenings also are unafflicted by the little buggars. We try everything we can to make your dining experience here the best possible and we will keep doing our best to relinquish these pests! Thanks again fo rvisiting!
Where is your menu. Planning on coming for dinner and music tomorrow. Do you have any paleo dishes? Our are omelets available for dinner?
Hi you might check Yelp it shows your hours open at 11am!
Thank you! We will try to fix it.
Is Eddie and the Forgers playing on Sundays??
not ,every Sunday, just the last Sunday of the month, so far as I know.
This is a wonderful restaurant. Eight of us met for lunch, and walked away thrilled with the food and service. The art and decorations are great. B
rava to the owner. Kim
I saw them in Santa Fe…I asked if they would come to lil ‘ol E Tx for a gig…they Will !!
Great award winning music!!
Do Yall have open kitchen on Sunday,also do Yall serve beer
yes we have a full bar and we are open Wednesday through Sunday. The kitchen is open from 8am-9pm on Sunday
Had a great time was there Sunday the 4th was with Randy James of 925 he couldn’t remember the name of your place he was going to give you guys a shout out on the air this morning sorry I got him the info to late plan on going back to have lunch we didn’t get to eat but the food we saw brought out to the table next to us and it looked real good
Great atmosphere! We enjoy coming when we have a night away from the kids 🙂 a few things on the food..we ordered a king pizza crust is good although a think a good brush with some garlic butter q round the edges would be good..also needed more sauce perhaps with a kick..razors nice big Jalapeños although the cremation cheese Cheddar cheese filling needed a little something in my opinion perhaps some seasoning and maybe a thick peppercrustwd bacon wrapping..again just my food opinions:) we will be back soon
Need t shirts. How do I get them? We were there last week and you were out
We will have t-shirts for the Junebug Festival and probably more Forge t-shirts during the Junebug Festival June 17th and 18th
PLEASE have Mike Booth amd jis buddy back they are awesome.
Thanks Scott
What a great place to eat and wait out a thunderstorm! A perfect night really, the blue chips, brisket tacos, spinach artichoke pizza and old school chicken tacos were excellent. The live music was great, Mirenda rocks and to boot she provided a live light show (complements of mother nature). Really…a perfect night indeed.
My 3rd time there – burgers are best I’ve had anywhere!!
Thanks! We try to do our best every day! Those are local grass fed cows from the Happy Cattle Company here in East Texas. We are dedicated to using only the most fresh, locally procured and ethically raised animals and ingredients. Thank you for your business!
Our Family is fairly new to Ben Wheeler. We went to the Forge today for Easter Brunch. The Staff invited our 2 year old to join in the employee Easter egg hunt and Party. They treated us like family. A special Thank You to Sarah, Lisa, Ed, Noah and Jackie! All we can say is Wow! This goes above and beyond customer service. The Forge encompasses an atmosphere of Community. Now when we return we will not just go to eat at the best Bistro in East Texas, we will be going to visit with friends.
What is a grist mill? It’s Open Mic with Eddie Pardee 3:00-8:00.