If you follow Texas Rangers baseball in North Texas, you know Evan Grant’s name. If you listen to 96.7/1310 The Ticket, you definitely know his voice. And if you love a good burger — well, April just got a lot more interesting.
Rodeo Goat has made all of April a month-long celebration of Mercy Street Sports, a Dallas-based nonprofit supporting youth in underserved communities, and Grant is right at the center of it. The centerpiece is the Evan Grant Burger — a 44 Farms beef patty stuffed with Gouda and bacon, topped with in-house smoked brisket, bull’s blood microgreens, french fried potato salad, and a house aioli, all on a black sesame seed bun. For every one sold across all 9 locations throughout April, Rodeo Goat donates $1 to Mercy Street. It’s the kind of burger that could only be named after a man who openly requests barbecue be sent to him.
Grant has covered the Texas Rangers for The Dallas Morning News since 1997 — nearly 30 seasons on the beat, through championships and rebuilding years, through the 2023 World Series title and everything in between. He’s a Baseball Writers’ Association of America member and a Hall of Fame voter, and he is by most accounts one of the best beat writers in the sport. He’s also a genuine fixture in the Dallas sports community — the kind of journalist fans actually root for, not just read. His role as ambassador for Mercy Street reflects that standing: someone who uses his platform to mean something beyond the box score.
The biggest day of the month is Friday, April 10, and it’s worth marking on your calendar. The Ticket will broadcast “The Invasion” with Matt McClearin and Donovan Lewis live from Rodeo Goat’s Arlington location at 333 East Division Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grant will be there as an honorary server before heading to the Dallas Design District location on Market Center Boulevard for a happy hour hangout later that evening. A three-day online raffle (April 10–12) featuring premium local sports prizes rounds out the event.
It’s worth knowing what Rodeo Goat is if you’ve somehow missed it. The Texas-born concept has grown to 11 locations across DFW and Houston, built on house-ground patties from 44 Farms, an honest craft beer program, and a laid-back icehouse vibe that feels genuinely local no matter which location you walk into. The burger menu rotates through its celebrated “Battle of the Burgers” — two burgers competing for dominance over a few weeks — and the Evan Grant has been a crowd favorite every time it’s made an appearance. The Arlington patio faces a koi pond. The Design District location has a back patio strung with lights that’s hard to leave on a warm April evening.
Good food, live radio, and a reason to feel good about showing up. That’s a Friday worth planning around.
