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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Locally owned businesses play an important role in |
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the economy and culture of Texas communities, and in 2025, the |
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Kapchinskie family is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Martin's |
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Place in Bryan; and |
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WHEREAS, One of the oldest family-run barbecue |
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establishments in the State of Texas, Martin's Place traces its |
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origins to 1925, when Martin Kapchinskie opened it as a travel stop |
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on a one-lane country road that connected the city of Bryan to Texas |
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A&M University; the store sold barbecue alongside groceries and |
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gas, and it operated out of a simple wooden structure throughout the |
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Great Depression; in 1939, its present-day building was constructed |
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out of red brick, and it includes an indoor kitchen, a dining space |
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with a tall bar, and a barbecue pit attached at the back; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the conclusion of World War II, |
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Mr. Kapchinskie was joined by his son, Albin, who had served as a |
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butcher in the U.S. Navy; Martin's Place subsequently added a meat |
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market in 1951, and Albin Kapchinskie went on to purchase the |
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business from his father four years later; and |
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WHEREAS, As Bryan and College Station grew, Martin's Place |
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attracted a devoted clientele from the surrounding community; many |
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of its longtime patrons frequented the establishment for daily pool |
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and domino games, and it also came to be a source of fond memories |
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for generations of Texas A&M students; its ownership was later |
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passed down to Albin Kapchinskie's son, Steve, who had cooked |
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barbecue alongside his father in his youth; and |
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WHEREAS, Martin's Place was recognized by the Texas |
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Historical Commission as an Official Texas Historical Landmark in |
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2005; today, its building, heirloom family recipes and techniques, |
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and circa-1939 barbecue pit continue to be preserved by Steve |
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Kapchinskie, who has operated the restaurant for five decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past century, Martin's Place has won the |
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loyalty of countless area residents while contributing to the |
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prosperity of the local economy, attaining the status of a |
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treasured community institution; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Martin's |
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Place and extend to all those associated with the business sincere |
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best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Kapchinskie family as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |