When Janice and Wayne Edwards decided to buy a small barbecue restaurant on Texas Parkway in Missouri City 25 years ago, neither had any experience in running a business. Wayne was an engineer, while Janice worked in the restaurant as a cashier. When the owner decided in the early 1990s to sell the restaurant, which was called Grady’s BBQ at the time, the couple decided to take it over. The Edwardses used their savings to buy the business, and they renamed it The Greatest BBQ.
Today, the 1,100-square-foot barbecue restaurant enjoys a stream of regular customers, with the couple serving up brisket, ribs, sausage and chicken, among other meats, with a variety of side dishes as well.
In addition to good food, a good attitude goes a long way in the restaurant business, Janice said.
“It’s the way you greet the people, the way you treat the people that really keeps them coming back,” she said. “Treat them like you want to be treated or treat them like family.”
