Big Time Barbecue Chain Gets Fired Up Locally

The Daily New Canaan:

If you’ve never heard of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, it’s probably because you live in Connecticut. Dickey’s is a Texas-based barbecue fast food chain that has been family run since its inception in 1941. Dickey’s began franchising in the mid-90’s, and has become the largest barbecue fast food chain in the country. Now the Texas chain is making a home in Bridgeport.

The new franchise, which opened Nov. 20, is owned by Alan Cohen. “I was born and raised in Texas,” Cohen said in a press release. “So good barbecue has always been a part of my life. I wanted to bring that to my new home in the Northeast.”

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