Justin Timberlake sets his eyes on Austin barbecue scene
According to a story in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, a new barbecue restaurant is coming to Austin in 2013. And this is no ordinary barbecue restaurant; it’s backed by Justin Timberlake. Yup, that Justin Timberlake… The Austin restaurant is part of a 30-city nationwide expansion plan for Southern Hospitality, a Memphis-style barbecue restaurant that first opened in New York in 2007.
Southern Hospitality BBQ Sauce
Restaurant locations in Atlanta and Denver are currently in the works, and Chicago and Austin are planned to open in 2013.
A different story (published last August) in Rolling Stone claims Ryan Tedder, the frontman for OneRepublic, also has his hands in the project and intends to bring the restaurant chain to “Denver, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Phoenix, Palo Alto, and Washington, D.C.”
“I have been involved with Southern Hospitality BBQ in New York for some time, and I’m looking forward to taking this relationship to the next level,” Tedder said at the time.
Tagged: austin, barbecue, bbq, Houston, Justin Timberlake, Memphis, NSYNC, OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder, Southern Hospitality
Cory says:
Dead in the water.
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john says:
this place is going to suck.
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Liz says:
TEXAS is BEEF country! Nuff said.
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Brian says:
The rest of the country is full of places that either haven’t, or wouldn’t, make it in Texas. Take BackYard Burgers. They opened one near my house in Conroe some years back. This is the place that puts slaw on their burgers. Slaw! It lasted six months. This place will be the same. These folks would do better to save their money and not even try to open these restaurants here. We don’t want pulled pork with sweet barbecue sauce. We want beef brisket with spicy sauce, and some pickles and onions to go with it!
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Texas Born Reply:
December 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I wish people from other states would just leave barbeque alone.
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Petunia Pig says:
Texas don’t like pigs in their Barbecue and we don’t like little piggies who used to be in boy bands. Icks-nay to both.
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