Early Saturday morning light hits the smoker area as pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz works at Snow’s BBQ in Lexington. So we missed — widely — when we predicted last month that Killen’s Barbecue in suburban Houston would be No. 1 on Texas Monthly’s list of the Top 50 joints in Texas. StartFragment But we applaud — loudly — the magazine’s decision this week to put Snow’s BBQ on top. In all the years the Posse has been touring, breakfast at the Lexington place on a Saturday morning remains our favorite trip. “It’s the ultimate Texas BBQ experience: great food, great people and the best setting in the state,” says Posse co-founder Chris Wilkins. Show Full Story And while we are eating a little crow
1. Snow's BBQ - Lexington It’s early morning and the air is not yet blistering, so you roll the car windows down. You turn off the highway onto a farm road and meander through pastures and farmland, anticipation growing with every mile. Thirty minutes later you arrive in the micropolis of Lexington (population 1,200) and head for a small red building. Joining the line, you turn to gaze at the big open-air shed out back. That’s where the magic happens. Moving deliberately amid an array of magnificently battered barbecue pits—which resemble something from the dawn of the industrial revolution—are three people oblivious to the gawkers fifty feet away. They consist of the dean of Texas pitmaster
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Sr. is bringing in former Cowboys Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach and former Cowboys player Robert Shaw to build a luxury high-rise at The Star in Frisco. Show Full Story StartFragment The 17-story luxury residential tower will be built in a joint venture between Jones and the two former players, who have a stake in Dallas-based Columbus Realty Partners Ltd. Jake Dean Jerry & Stephen Jones watch a video unveiling the Ring of Honor Walk that will be at the Star in Frisco. This will be Frisco's first high-rise tower. It is expected to further enhance The Star in Frisco, a 91-acre mixed-use development, and will sit within walking distance of the C
Dubai company opening The Gate in America. Facility is a master-planned development that will capita
When Dubai-based Invest Group Overseas (IGO) bought a piece of land in the city of Frisco, Texas, three years ago, little did they realise that it would end up being at the heart of one of the hottest areas of real estate in the whole of the United States. Show Full Story Frisco is the fastest growing city in America, and IGO’s The Gate Project, a mixed-use undertaking in the city’s “Five Billion Dollar Mile”, has kick-started a fruitful partnership — and friendship — between the real estate developer and the city of Frisco. Dr Anas Kozbari, CEO of IGO, says diversification was key behind The Gate Project, as he met with the mayor of Frisco Maher Maso in Dubai last month. “Part of the miss
