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Dickey's Barbeque Pit ~ national chain : Colorado Springs, Colorado


Latest visit: Dec 2023 (Interquest)

First visit: sometime in the 1980s (Dallas - Northwest)

HQ: Dallas, TX

Locations: 41 states and 442 locations. There are 23 in Colorado with 5 in this area. Texas by far is their largest presence at 127. NE Tarrant has locations in Grapevine, Bedford, and a couple in far north Fort Worth. Our former location in Keller appears closed. According to Wikipedia they had 483 locations in 43 states, so they've also been impacted negatively in the last few years like most.

Dickey's is a lot like Schlotzsky's in my world. As with that sandwich mega-chain, its origins are in Texas, and in this case right where I grew up in Dallas. They started in 1941 but began to grow rapidly in the 90s. The biggest issue I've had with Dickey's is that it's middle of the road barbecue. I think they've gone to great lengths to try to distinguish themselves with more meat and sauce options than prior. In Texas it felt like we were merely settling on a barbecue restaurant rather than trying the myriad of better places around the area. Of course with any place run by a corporation such as this, the odds of a poor experience increase.

On this evening, it was the RJG's Official Mom's 85th birthday! She'd had surgery only a couple of months before (which is why we were in the city of the Springs quite a bit for dinner), and she's still recovering and didn't want to go out. So we brought it in! Barbecue sounded good to her, and Dickey's seemed like the perfect place to pick up a "family pack" or something like that. We ordered two meats (polish sausage and chopped brisket), three sides (potato salad, chips, and beans), regular sauce, and bread. We had a $5 coupon, but it's still not cheap at $65. However we figured after leftovers, we ended up with six full meals so maybe not such a bad deal at all.

Everything was very good. We reheated much of it in mom's apartment kitchen and we all enjoyed the meal. I figured I really should add Dickey's to the RJG rotation of places to go. It's not as good as Mission, but it's certainly a fine place to go. I was also very pleased with the young man who prepared our package. Very kind and went the extra mile to make sure we had everything for her birthday.

11/9/03; 1/17/07; 1/17/08; 1/29/16; 6/27/19; 12/21/23 (new entry)

Dallas (Northwest); North Richland Hills, Texas; Keller, Texas; Colorado Springs

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