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Jul 4, 1969
Red, white and gingham: Minnie Pearl fried chicken is served to servicemen and their wives at Dam Neck Naval Base in Virginia Beach
Jul 31, 1969
"There's a saucy delight in every bite": Hank Williams Jr.'s Barbecue Pit opens at 990 Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville. Bocephus greets patrons the first day. A barbecue sandwich is 50 cents, a soda costs 15 cents
Sep 20, 1969
The Tex Ritter Chuckwagon opens at 21st and West End Avenue in Nashville
Sep 25, 1969
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held at Hank Williams Jr.'s Barbecue Pit at 115 Opry Place in downtown Nashville. It's Bocephus' second Pit, following on the heels of a restaurant at 990 Murfreesboro Road
Jul 27, 1970
Minnie Pearl cuts the ribbon at Minnie Pearl's Country Dairy, a restaurant that serves burgers, shakes and ice cream. The business is located on Main Street in Nashville
Nov 12, 1970
The second Tex Ritter's Chuckwagon franchise opens at Harding Road in Nashville
Aug 26, 1973
Jerry Lee Lewis has his nose broken by a fellow diner at T.G.I. Friday's in Memphis, after The Killer calls the man's female companion a "redneck whore"
Jan 16, 1974
Lester Flatt and Tennessee Ernie Ford are on hand as Martha White Foods, one of the Grand Ole Opry's advertisers, celebrates its 75th anniversary at the Richland Country Club in Nashville
Jan 8, 1975
Liberace sends Elvis Presley his cookbook for The King's 40th birthday
Feb 1, 1976
Elvis Presley takes a midnight flight from Memphis to Denver for Fool's Gold Loafs, a glorified peanut butter sandwich that costs $49.95. He returns by 5 a.m.
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