About Chisholm Trail Bar-B-Que

Located at 1323 S. Colorado, is a young upstart as things go in the Lockhart barbecue business. The restaurant was opened in 1978 by Floyd Wilhelm who sold his fishing boat to raise enough money to open a restaurant. According to Wilhelm, 'sometimes I look back and think I must have been crazy.

Starting a barbecue place here was like putting a ballpark across from Yankee Stadium since Kreuz Market has been in business since 1900 and rated by some as best in the nation, and Black's Barbecue started smoking in 1932 and advertises itself as the 'Oldest in Texas-Same Family.