HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-05-26 Euless Articles New trouble for Texas BBQ restaurants: High beef
cost ‘the final nail in the coffin’
BY BUD KENNEDY MAY 13, 2020 05:45 AM FORT WORTH First, restaurants were staggered by an ongoing pandemic. Now, they can’t always find enough meat. Pitmasters shared stories last week of food supplies running out of brisket, the gold standard for a city emerging as the new hot spot for Texas barbecue. Heim Barbecue’s suppliers haven’t run short yet but wholesale brisket prices are going up, Travis Heim wrote by email. “When it rains, it pours,” he wrote. “Talking with our suppliers, it seems pretty bad.” Heim Barbecue is serving weekends in its patio and garden at its West Fork location, 5333 White
Settlement Road. That Heim is also open daily for take-out.
The other Heim, 1109 W. Magnolia Ave., is open for take-out. (It’s closed Mondays).
“I’m afraid these meat shortages are going to be the final nail in the coffin for a lot of independent
BBQ joints,” Heim wrote.
“We should still be able to provide all the normal BBQ staples, but there’s no way around raising
our prices.”
You’ll see more restaurants offering smoked chicken, loaded baked potatoes, and Heim Burgers
(if they can get ground beef). “We’re just hoping and praying that people will still continue to support our restaurants even if we have to raise prices or transition to a menu that’s less beef-heavy,” he wrote. Heim launched the craft barbecue scene in Fort Worth in a food trailer and has expanded to two restaurants and a busy catering operation; 817-882-6970 or 682-707-5772, heimbbq.com.
Green’s Texas Bar-B-Que, owned by Don Green of the family that founded North Main, now operates from a truck in Euless. COURTESY PHOTO GREEN’S BBQ TRAILER UPHOLDS FAMILY’S BARBECUE LEGACY For Don Green of Green’s Texas Bar-B-Que in Euless, carrying on the 40-year barbecue tradition of the Green family’s former restaurant, the higher prices may affect his food trailer more than the pandemic slowdown.
With a food truck, “I was carryout before all the sit-down brick-and-mortars were forced to change
their model,” Green wrote in a message.
His biggest problem at first was finding carry-out wrap. Wholesale brisket prices are up and he
expects them to go up more with panic buying, he wrote.
But Green’s lower overhead has helped his business thrive. He actually hired an extra worker to
serve customers faster.
“The city of Euless has done a fantastic job supporting local businesses,” he wrote.
“I’m pleased and will adjust to the supply chain if needed.” Green’s is open only at lunch Saturdays; 414 W. Euless Blvd., Euless, 817-233-1198, greenstexasbbq.com.
Texas Drivers Are Finding Dozens Of Screws In
Their Tires
by Austin Crosby May 19, 2020, 6:26 pm On Friday, Republic Tire & Supply, a tire company out of Euless, Texas, started finding an unbelievable number of screws embedded in the tires of at least four cars brought into their shop. It seems as if a contractor let a whole bunch of materials spill out of their truck, but it’s not out of the question that somebody could have done this on purpose. They seemed to narrow down the point where the screws littered the roadway, to the area of Trinity Blvd., and issued a warning to their Facebook followers to stay clear. However, you can imagine that if this one tire shop saw four cases of screw-riddled tires, many other drivers met a
similar fate and didn’t come into their shop.
Where one or two screws can be removed, and the holes plugged, dozens of screws is a different story. Fortunately, they didn’t seem to have their side-walls damaged, but that doesn’t necessarily
mean any could be salvaged.
One of the cars was a blue Tesla Model X, which had at least the front-left tire ruined. Others had all of their tires trashed, which could easily cost $1,000 to replace.
In the comments on Republic’s post, users are going off on the idea of suing whoever is
responsible. Of course, it’s very unlikely anyone will be found guilty of littering the screws,
deliberately or otherwise.
These sort of realistic accidents really make one wince. It’s one thing to see a crashed supercar, and realize the gigantic mess up that could lead to such an expensive crash. On the other hand, this can happen to anybody, regardless of if they were goofing off or driving carefully. My condolences to those who had their days ruined, we’ve all been there. Hopefully they find out who was responsible and send them a big bill!