When Christopher B. “Stubb” Stubblefield returned home to Texas in 1968 after serving in the Korean War as a mess hall sergeant, the 2x Purple Heart recipient opened a bar-b-q joint in Lubbock.
The food was so good musicians reportedly would play for free in exchange for Stubb’s ribs, brisket and/or BBQ chicken topped with what would become a world famous sauce.
As the restaurant grew in popularity and prestige, Stubb sought out a proper new building in Austin where he could mix live music with his delicious plates of food, but he never achieved his goal.
It wasn’t until a year after his death in 1996 that his family secured a building at 801 Red River built in 1850 that for a few years in the ’70s was a biker bar called One Knite that boasted early performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Joe Ely.
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