After 28 years in the Mexican restaurant business in Mason, Michael Zavala decided to get into the food service business here.
âIâve always wanted to just do barbecue,â said Zavala, who also did some barbecue and catering at his previous location. âI felt Fredericksburg would be a good fit for us to do a barbecue restaurant.â
Zavala, along with his wife, Jennifer; sister, Debra Rodriguez, and her son, Jonathon, opened Backwoods Barbecue on July 28, 2016.
Debra and her husband, Jabier, own the 7.5 acres the restaurant is at on FM 2093 (Tivydale Road).
The name âBackwoodsâ comes from its location.
âWhen we started clearing this out, this property was full of trees,â Debra said. âOriginally, the restaurant was going to be close to the road, but because of some issues that came up, we had to move the restaurant and we said weâd move it to the back of the woods. And we came up with âBackwoods.â
Zavala describes his barbecue as his own style of cooking, designed to give the customer a good product theyâll enjoy.
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