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Nominated for: BEST Barbecue
In 1911 Polish immigrant Joe Riscky came to Fort Worth and went to work at Armour Packing Company in the Stock Yards for $9 a week. In 1912 he married fellow immigrant Mary Bunkervitch, and in 1927 they opened Riscky's Grocery & Market a few miles from the Stock Yards. When they began offering lunches featuring their homemade barbeque, “Cowtown” loved it, and the Riscky family has been in the business ever since. Serving only the best quality meats, today the Riscky family operates six great BBQ restaurants, a fine dining Steakhouse, Trailboss Burgers and full-service catering.
