Bodacious Bar-B-Q, a 34-year-old Arlington restaurant in a 1950s barbecue landmark, will close in August, owner Fran Ruegsegger posted on Facebook.
“We’ve had so many wonderful people come through here — customers who became family,” she wrote, announcing the end of the only DFW location for a loose East Texas chain of restaurants with different owners but the same name and similar menus.
“We’ve watched folks grow up, and now they’re bringing in their own kids,” she wrote.
Bodacious was once considered one of Arlington’s best barbecue restaurants. Customers came to 1206 E. Division St. for the simple platters and inexpensive sloppy Joes made of chopped brisket and pork…