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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Vitek's BBQ in Waco has earned national recognition |
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as the winner of the Cooking Channel's 2013 Best College Eats |
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competition with its signature dish, the Gut Pak; and |
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WHEREAS, This flavorful contest was staged to coincide with |
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the 2013 NCAA Tournament, with 32 college towns pitted against each |
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other in a "bracket battle" over their best game-time meal; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally located in Granger, Vitek's was founded |
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as a grocery and meat market in 1915 by William Frank Vitek; the |
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business eventually moved to Waco, where his son, Willie, took it |
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over, and in 1972, Willie's son, Bill Vitek and his wife, Susan, |
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began serving barbecue sandwiches and sausage; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Vitek created the restaurant's famous Gut Pak |
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in 1983, combining chopped beef, sausage, cheese, beans, pickles, |
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onions, jalapenos, bread, and Fritos, and in the years since, this |
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all-in-one feast has become a favorite with Baylor University |
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students; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill and Susan Vitek's daughter, Julie Vitek Keith |
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and her husband, Jason, have managed the restaurant since 2007, |
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carrying forward the family tradition of good food and friendly |
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service and proudly putting the family name in the national |
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spotlight; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Vitek's BBQ on winning the Cooking |
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Channel's 2013 Best College Eats competition and extend to Julie |
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and Jason Keith and their staff sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Vitek's BBQ as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |