‘Sharp dressed man’ in town for concert glides into a west Fort Worth taco restaurant
Billy Gibbons drops into Taco Heads
Hey, Bud! Did you see who went by Taco Heads the other day?
—Instagram informant
With Facebook and Instagram down for most of a day, it took a while for people to learn about Billy Gibbons’ visit to Taco Heads before ZZ Top’s Dickies Arena show. He came riding across Montgomery Street on a scooter, owner Sarah Castillo said, and “at first they thought it was a guy dressing up.”
50-year Angelo’s BBQ cashier retires
Hey, Bud! Do you know about Lisa at Angelo’s?
—BBQ regular
Lisa Wiley will retire Oct. 16 after 50 years at Angelo’s barbecue, mostly running the register (and shouting “one large” when a customer orders a beer). She was there when the late Angelo George presided over a sprawling beer hall with sawdust on the floor and no A/C. Her favorite order: the pork rib ends.
Time travel to 1978
Hey. Bud! What was the name of the French restaurant on West Vickery Boulevard in spring of 1978? My husband and I had our first date there.
—Priscilla, Fort Worth
Had to check newspapers.com and go back more than 40 years for that name: Peyron’s. (Our archives are there and also available through libraries. For photos, ask UT Arlington Special Collections.)
