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Once, it had the ‘best ribs in the world.’ Now, a
Fort Worth-area BBQ fave cuts back
BY BUD KENNEDY
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
UPDATED DECEMBER 19, 2022 1:55 PM
A 40-year barbecue landmark known long ago for its “best ribs” ranking is remodeling to
split its space with a Mediterranean grocery.
North Main BBQ, which once drew crowds and Food Network’s “The Best Thing I Ever
Ate” to Euless for a barbecue buffet that started in the offices of Green’s Trucking
Service, will share 406 N. Main St. with Al Baraka Mediterranean Food Store.
Current landowner Hassan Adawi said the restaurant will remain open and is dividing
space with the halal grocery.
When founder Hubert Green and his wife, Shari, died in 2017, the regionally famous
restaurant was passed down outside the original Green family and since has changed
hands again.
Don Green continues the family tradition at his barbecue trailer, open Saturdays at 414
W. Euless Blvd. It is on holiday but will reopen Jan. 7.
Green lamented the downsizing on his Facebook page: “It was only a matter of time.
Sad it ended the way it did but Green’s Texas BBQ would not have been started had
things not happened the way they did.”
The restaurant was under construction last weekend, but the serving line remained
untouched. The chalkboard still offers all you can eat for $23.99.
Plastic sheeting separated the restaurant and serving line from the south half of the
dining room, being remodeled for the food store.
In 1980, the Greens began serving their contest-winning “sweet meat” ribs from a shed
behind the family’s truck repair shop. They eventually moved into a vacant cafe next
door.
The restaurant hosted sports stars, celebrities, pilots and flight crews from DFW Airport
and early remote radio broadcasts for a brand -new all-sports radio station, KTCK/1310
AM “The Ticket.”
But North Main has struggled since the 2017 deaths of founder Hubert Green and his
wife, Shari. The restaurant was passed down outside the original Green family.
It changed hands again in 2020 and has operated under another name, BBQ & Burger,
in delivery apps.
Dallas developer eyes Euless industrial project
By Steve Brown | 9:01 AM on Jan 3, 2023
A Dallas developer that’s been expanding into the industrial sector is eyeing another
project.
Leon Capital Group has been in business since 2006 and made its mark in North Texas
building apartment communities.
The developer’s best known project is The Academic community on Ross Avenue just
east of downtown Dallas.
During the last year, Leon Capital aggressively expanded into warehouse construction.
The company plans to break ground in the next few months on an industrial project in
Euless.
The 187,000-square-foot warehouse is planned on Tarrant Main just west of State
Highway 360, according to planning documents filed with the state. The $15.5 million
project is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.
The Euless development follows plans Leon Capital filed in November for a 300,000-
square-foot business park in Forney.
And last summer, Leon Capital disclosed plans to build its Long Creek Industrial Park
on Long Creek Road near U.S. Highway 80 in Mesquite.
The growing builder hasn’t abandoned the apartment business. The firm recently
purchased a more than 18-acre development site on the Dallas North Tollway extension
in Celina with plans to construct 450 rental units.