Our Story

A native Texan with proud Nepalese roots, Lini brings more than a decade of experience in hospitality, promotional marketing, beverage service and guest relations to La Pistola. Her path began in her parents’ restaurants — including washing dishes and helping her father, known around town as “the Pizza Man,” prepare pizzas — and later led to a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech and work across neighborhood bars, private country clubs, large-scale events and major sporting venues. Jeffrey Yarbrough discovered her guest bartending at a local Fort Worth dive bar in 2025; soon after, he and Camille McDonald invited her to become La Pistola’s Trail Boss and General Manager. Known for creativity, organization and a natural ability to connect, Lini also helped shape the cocktail program, bringing thoughtful ingredients, memorable names and storytelling to every pour. Outside the restaurant she paints, reads, catches live music, hikes and spends time with her dog, Remi.

A Peaster native, Austin has known since he was a teenager that he belonged in a kitchen. He began cooking professionally at sixteen and went on to earn both bachelor’s and associate degrees in culinary arts from The Culinary School of Fort Worth. He built his career in respected DFW kitchens, most recently as an executive sous chef, training under chefs Jason Harper and Josh Harmon, who helped shape his approach to cooking, leadership and the kind of kitchen he hoped to create one day. For Austin, the kitchen has always been about more than the food — he loves teaching his cooks, watching them grow and preparing family meals that bring the team together before service. At La Pistola he brings his creativity and classic technique to house-made pastas, steaks, roasted chicken, seafood and dishes with plenty of personality: a little Italian, unmistakably Texan and never too serious to have some fun. When he isn’t in the kitchen, his favorite role is being a husband and dad; he lives in Peaster with his wife and their two children.

Jeffrey Yarbrough has spent more than 40 years creating, operating and supporting restaurants and entertainment concepts across Texas. His hospitality career began in the Dallas nightlife scene with the iconic four-in-one club complex that included Art Bar, Blind Lemon, Club Clearview and Red. In 1998, Jeffrey partnered with Annie Wong to create Liberty Noodles, Dallas’ first pan-Asian noodle house. The whimsically chic Lower Greenville restaurant earned rave reviews and was named one of the Dallas Morning News’ “Top 10 Best New Restaurants.” His entrepreneurial path later led him into marketing and commercial real estate, where he founded bigInk Commercial Real Estate, a hospitality-focused real estate and business brokerage firm that helps restaurant, retail and entertainment clients with site selection, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and business brokerage. His firsthand experience as a restaurateur gives him a unique understanding of how the right concept, location and guest experience come together.

A TCU graduate and Certified Sommelier, Camille grew up in her family’s Arlington inn, The Sanford House, before spending a decade in restaurant operations, wine, and winemaking — including three years in Napa Valley with Patz & Hall and Celia Welch Consulting. She was the opening General Manager of Teddy Wong’s, where she met Jeffrey Yarbrough; their shared passion for hospitality and Fort Worth led to La Pistola. She serves on the board of the Tarrant County Texas Restaurant Association, the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival Beverage Committee, and the Junior League of Fort Worth.