A buzzy burger concept from Florida has come to Texas: Called Burger Vault, it's a tiny chain that just opened its first Texas location in Keller at 841 N. Tarrant Pkwy. #101, in a former sushi restaurant at the northeast corner of Rufe Snow Drive, where it's serving burgers, fries, bowls, and shakes.

Their burgers are made from halal beef, which refers to the method in which the cattle are slaughtered, one that focuses on humane treatment of animals, cleanliness, and acknowledging the value of life — similar in concept to kosher food in Judaism. A growing number of halal places have opened around DFW in recent years, and there are also non-halal restaurants who use halal beef, such as Kincaid's.

Burger Vault also eschews pork; their bacon is made from beef.

Their burgers are thick, weighing 5.3 ounces, and come dripping in sauce and cheese. Menu options include:

• Vault Burger, topped with beef bacon, pickles, tomato, smoked cheese, vault sauce, caramelized onion, and lettuce
• Volcano Burger, with chili volcano sauce, jalapeños, lettuce, tomato, fresh onion, and cheddar cheese
• Mushroom Magic Burger, with mushroom sauce, mixed cheese, mushroom, and lettuce

Vault sauce is your standard Russian-dressing-style burger sauce, while Volcano is its spicy cousin.

Burger prices range from $13 to $17, with one exception: the Wagyu Burger for $30, featuring an 8-oz Wagyu patty on a Martin's potato roll, with vault sauce, lettuce, onion, American cheese, and tomato. It comes topped with a sheet of edible gold leaf and is served under a smoke-filled dome — tailor-made for Instagram.

You can substitute a vegan burger patty, and they also have three chicken "burgers" — chicken breast, really, either grilled or fried.

The three bowls are a little trippy, including a "Sydney Bowl" with grilled chicken, Sydney sauce, potato, corn, and Parmesan; and a Magic Mushroom Magic Bowl with grilled chicken, corn, elbow macaroni, mushroom sauce, and Parmesan cheese.

There's a big selection of fries, including regular, spicy — which have emerged as the crowd favorite — plus thick wedge-style, curly fries, and sweet potato fries. You can get them loaded with toppings of your choice for $5.

Milkshakes come in seven flavors, including the usual choc-van-straw, plus Oreo, pistachio, and Ferraro Rocher featuring the chocolate hazelnut confection, priced from $7 to $10. There is no soda fountain; beverages come canned.

On opening weekend March 27-29, they offered buy-one-get-one-free specials, which drew a huge crowd, and they've also been diligent about reaching out to the influencer crowd. The space is clean and slightly rustic with brick on the wall and wood-grain vinyl plank flooring. It 's counter service, and the food is served on paper.

Founder Adam Yassen opened the first Burger Vault in Tampa in 2025, followed by a second location in Orlando, which opened in 2026. The Fort Worth area made sense for expansion because he has family here.

"Also, we saw that the area didn't have anything like this," he says.