In the family: How 3 D-FW restaurants are passing the baton to the next generation.
best barbecue joints in 2021. Kristopher calls the recognition a “huge blessing” that made his dad proud.Although he made some structural changes, he follows his dad’s parenting example. On weekends, Kristopher’s daughter Mckinley can be found working the register, and his 8-year-old son, Dallas, is already helping out in the pit room.
Three years later, he expanded with his second location on NW 25th Street, near a police station. The traditional Mexican fare with a Tex-Mex twist at an extremely affordable price was popular among police officers. Many officers unknowingly asked Adame Sr. if he’d enjoyed his vacation when he returned from being deported a couple of times. His answer was always yes, he says.
Jesse Adame Jr., co-owner of two locations and the eldest grandchild among “definitely more than 30,” admits it isn’t an easy business. But he enjoys it because it allows him to stay in touch with his close-knit Diamond Hill community and his family. He says even though they sometimes bicker, “family is everything.”
The advice was starkly different from his usual “work, work, work” mantra, and it caused Aziz and Elizabeth to wonder “what the hell he was talking about.” The next day, the phone call came. “Everybody has their day,” Aziz says, “and it was his day.” By 2009, Prince Lebanese Grill landed on Guy Fieri’s radar, which Aziz describes as “hitting the restaurant lottery.” Francis hung up on the Food Network several times before he finally believed the inquiries. The day after the show aired, he drove up to see the line at the door and famously kept driving. He was going to need more food.