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    BBQ News

    Big brisket smokeout benefits Dallas bartenders and frontline workers

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 20, 2020 | 6:08 pm
    Ferris Wheelers BBQ Doug Pickering
    Using BBQ to do good.
    Photo courtesy of Ferris Wheelers

    Since coronavirus hit town, Dallas has seen much generosity in the food & beverage industry, and The Great Texas Bar-B-Que Pickup is the latest greatest example. This initiative uses smoked brisket as a way to benefit bartenders who are out of work.

     

    Seven Dallas-area pitmasters will join forces to smoke a heap of briskets and transform them into family meals, featuring 2 pounds of sliced prime brisket, garlic mashed potatoes, green beens, and a loaf of bread, enough to serve four, for $50.

     

    You can help by ordering a meal for your family, or by donating a meal to a worker on the front line; order here.

     

    Participating pitmasters/restaurants include:

     
       
    • Leo Morales/ Derek Parker, Barrel & Bones Craft Bar and Smokehouse, The Colony
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    • Chad Sessions, Smoke Sessions, Royse City
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    • Michael Sharp, Ferris Wheelers Backyard & BBQ, Dallas Design District
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    • Hurtado BBQ
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    • Bryan Clarity, 407 BBQ
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    • Kenneth Cunningham, North Texas BBQ Addicts
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    The idea came from Leo Morales of Barrel and Bones Craft Bar & Smokehouse and Bryan Townsend of Trigger's Toys, with Brian McCullough of Specs offering an assist.

     

    Founded by Townsend and his wife Stacey, Trigger's Toys is a nonprofit dedicated to helping hospitalized children, and has had a longtime association with the bartender industry through an annual charitable event, The Ultimate Cocktail Experience. (Trigger's Toys was also the charitable recipient for the 2018 version of CultureMap's annual Tastemaker Awards.)

     

    "Bartenders have been there since day one for Trigger's Toys, and have raised over $1 million," Townsend says. "Stacey and I wanted to be there for them. I called Brian McCullough and said I wanted to put up some cash and help as many bartenders as possible."

     

    "Out of nowhere, somebody tagged me on a Facebook post from Leo Morales of Barrel and Bones who wanted to do a barbecue event and was looking for a 5013c," he says. "We immediately decided that instead of doing the same thing separately, we could do something together."

     

    Their priority is to make sure that the money goes to people who will benefit the most: bartenders, and also first responders.

     

    "We wanted to find a way to help not just those in the industry bu also help feed people working on the front lines, fire and police and hospital workers," Townsend says.

     

    To that end, you can help in 3 ways:

     
       
    • Buy a meal for your family. Proceeds go to the bartenders, and your family gets fed.
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    • Buy a meal for someone on the front lines. Proceeds go to the bartenders, and a nurse gets fed.
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    • Buy a virtual meal for $50 donation. Proceeds go to the bartenders.
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    Townsend says that nobody involved is taking a dime. "The only money spent is to buy the meat for the briskets," he says. "If we're able to sell 750 meals, that'll allow us to help 100 bartenders with a significant payout. There are things going on nationally, but I was determined to help people in our community. And with so many bartenders out of work, it's enough to put some decent money in a lot of people’s hands."

     

    They also got participation from eight area breweries who will serve as pickup spots around DFW:

     
       
    • Oak Highlands Brewery​
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    • Bitter Sisters Brewing
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    • Pegasus City
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    • Deep Ellum Distillery
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    • Turning Point
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    • Shannon Brewing
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    • On Rotation
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    • 3 Nations
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    The smoking event begins April 24, and the meal pickup takes place on Monday April 27.

     

    The application process is open to members of the unemployed service industry who were laid off or lost work due to COVID-19. They're using a third party to oversee the process and make sure the money situation runs smoothly. Recipients will be selected prior to April 29 and will receive their grant on the following day.

     

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    Bar News

    Dudley's Sports Grill to open on Dallas' hot-hot Henderson Avenue

    Alex Gonzalez
    Jul 9, 2025 | 5:20 pm
    Dudley's Sports Grill
    Dudley's Sports Grill
    Dudley's Sports Grill

    A new sports bar is joining the mix on Dallas' hot-hot Henderson Avenue: Called Dudley’s Sports Grill, it'll open at 2927 N. Henderson Ave., in the space previously occupied by Smithy, a gastropub that closed in June after seven years.

    According to a spokesperson, Dudley's will open at the end of the summer — "we're only making a few cosmetic changes," the spokesperson says.

    Dudley’s is the brainchild of three Dallas bar veterans — Gabriel Rhodes and Jordan Carson (Christie’s), and Patrick Gorman (Ill Minster Pub). The trio debuted the concept in 2024, when they opened the first location in Rockwall.

    The bar is named after Carson’s grandfather, Floyd Dudley Hitt, who owned land in Rockwall and Royse City. Carson and Rhodes graduated from Rockwall High School in 2006 before coming to Dallas for other restaurant ventures — including working at Christies while it was still in Uptown. (It closed in 2020, then Carson partnered with Ashton Christie to reopen it on Greenville Avenue.)

    Their menu — devised by Dallas chef Eric Freidline, winner of CultureMap's 2019 Tastemaker Awards for Rising Star Chef — is elevated with a barbecue twist, with dishes like queso made with aged white cheddar, thick-cut bacon with fig glaze, brisket flatbread, and brisket grilled cheese.

    Cocktails include the mule served in a boot-shaped glass, and an old fashioned garnished with cinnamon and cloves. Dudley’s also boasts a variety of beers on tap, as well as an assortment of margaritas, all of which are served in ice-cold schooners.

    Dudley’s prides itself in maintaining an unpretentious ambiance, a place where regulars and newcomers alike feel comfortable and welcome — something they thought would work on Henderson Avenue.

     Dudley's Dudley'sAlex Gonzalez

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