Feedstore BBQ

Feedstore BBQ is Southlake’s oldest retail establishment as far as we can find. We’ve only been selling BBQ out of there since April 2001, but the Bailey family originally opened the Bailey Feed Store here in the late 1950’s. Miller’s Grocery was the name of the spot when we moved to the small town of Southlake, TX (population 900) in June of 1974 to escape the fast-paced life of the big city. Bill & Phyllis Lafavers figured that their four children: Mike, Eva, Mark, and Matt needed more room to grow, so they bought a little land on a two-lane road behind Miller’s Grocery.

There were no red lights, just a couple of blinking yellow lights on 114. Miller’s Grocery had two gas pumps (regular & ethyl) and Mr. Miller used to cut meat for us right behind the counter. It was always a great place to stop when you had an extra 25 cents burning a hole in your pocket because his candy selection stood up to anyone’s. Mr. Miller sold the store to Dee Hutchins in the late 1970’s and renamed the store Dee’s Hitchin’ Post where she ran a successful feed and tack store until she sold it to the Lemieux family in the mid-1980’s. The Lemieux family changed the name to Southlake Feed & Tack and did very well before deciding to sell in 1997.