Tag Archives: Brisket for 10 cents: Looking back on Dallas’ oldest — and biggest — barbecue joint

Back then, brisket, sausage and ham sandwiches sold for 10 cents apiece. Those who wanted a vegetable got a bag of potato chips or hand-cut fries. Its beginnings were simple: Travis Dickey opened a barbecue restaurant “because he liked to eat it,” says Roland Dickey, the founder’s son. When Travis Dickey died in 1967 of a heart attack inside the …

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