A businessman, who knew nothing about feeding hungry Texans, and his behind-the-scenes partner, also new to the restaurant business, opened the first Pig Stand on the outskirts of Dallas on Apr. 15, 1922.
Jesse G. Kirby was a true visionary whose ideas revolutionized dining out not only in the Lone Star State but in towns across the country. His opinion that “people with cars are so lazy they don’t…
