A small-town family with a big dream has taken pride in giving back to their community, but there was something on the menu they weren’t expecting.
AAA Barbecue is a local business in Bishop that started off as a food truck. This August, they celebrated one year of becoming a restaurant.
“We tried to make it better where people eat in the air condition instead of in their car,” co-owner Abel Garcia said.
Garcia and his family are from Bishop. They grew up in the area and wanted to give their specialties on the grill back to their community. But as business started to slow down, the town of a little over 3,000 slowly seemed to might not be the best fit they thought it would be.
“I figured it’s not so much your location, it’s the product of your food. I always said going to King’s Inn, there’s nothing out there. You know I figured Bishop is the right spot. I thought Bishop was the hub of the area from Kingsville to Driscoll to Alice, these small little communities. If we do have to move it would be because of the population. You have to go where the people are to help try to support your small business,” Garcia said.