A popular Texas barbecue restaurant that came back to life just a few years ago is now expanding with a new location. Tyler Risinger, co-owner of Dozier’s BBQ in Fulshear, announced Saturday he’s opening a second brick-and-mortar location of his smokehouse in Needville, a small city in Fort Bend County about 40 miles south of Katy.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Risinger said the move was personally important, as it brought his story “full circle.”<\/p>\n
“I’m a proud Needville High School graduate, and this community is a big part of who I am,” Risinger wrote Saturday. “My passion for restaurants actually started as I worked in the original Pier 36 in Needville, the same building where Keith Brochhausen and I are now bringing Dozier’s BBQ. For me, this isn’t just opening another restaurant. It really feels like coming home.”<\/p>\n
Risinger took over Dozier’s in July 2024, just four months after the restaurant closed during its 67th year of operation. Risinger’s great-grandfather Ed Dozier started the business back in 1957; ownership changed hands and left the family years later, leading to its abbreviated closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dozier’s has long represented a community center of sorts in Fulshear, with residents coming in on weekends to buy meat and eat barbecue. The smokehouse was known for its house-made sausage and its “Presidential bacon,” the prefered bacon of President George H.W. Bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In late 2025, Risinger and co-owner Brochhausen expanded Dozier’s into The Finn, a downtown Houston food hall. They also ran 2-M’s Malt N Burger Mart in Rosenberg, but they announced last month the closure of that longtime restaurant. 2-M’s closed permanently on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n
In the post Saturday, Risinger reflected on his childhood memories in Needville and contrasted them with the present-day city’s landscape, which he noted was evolving quickly.<\/p>\n
“I grew up here. I graduated here. And this is where my love for the restaurant business began,” Risinger wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Risinger only noted the new Dozier’s was “coming soon.” No opening date has been announced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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