Last weekend, after years of patiently waiting, I was finally ready to knock a name off my restaurant bucket list by visiting Billy Bob’s Texas.
Home to the “world’s biggest honky-tonk,” this country music club and restaurant is a legendary Fort Worth destination, planted smack-dab in the middle of the historic Stockyards and known for its prime cuts of steak, cold Lone Star beer, and all the boot-scootin’ boogying you could ever want or need.
Yee-haw, right?
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But when I arrived on Sunday night, my dreams were dashed — the lights were off, the doors were locked, and the parking lot was barren. Crushed, I dropped my head into my hands as it hit me: Billy Bob’s is closed on Sunday nights.
I guess I should have checked the website first, right?