DINING FEATURE
BY DESTINE GIBSON
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The cat sh po’boy ($10.75) includes fried, hand-breaded cat sh tenders on a toasted French baguette served with pico de gallo, slaw and house sauces.
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Kretzschy’s menu features the Big Easy ($9.50), which is a cheeseburger topped with Cajun fries and white sauce.
Brandon Kretzschmer owns Kretzschy’s Cajun BBQ with his dad, Steve, and brother, Andrew.
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Kretzschy’s Cajun BBQ Michigan natives bring Louisiana Cajun-Texas fusion to Lewisville K retzschy’s Cajun BBQ was started by a Michigan native- turned-Texas resident with restaurant uses Cajun seasoning in its rubs to achieve the fusion avor. “Everything’s made in house;
Smoked shaved brisket ($9.75-$19.00), which is rubbed with the restaurant’s secret Cajun dry rub, is slowly smoked for 12 14 hours over hardwood oak.
is rubbed with the restaurant’s secret Cajun dry rub and slowly smoked for 12-14 hours over hardwood oak. As a burger connoisseur, Kretzschmer’s personal favorites are the classic cheeseburgers and the cat sh. “That’s where it all started from,” he said. “We do ours di erent because we smoke them.” Kretzschmer said he hopes to acquire a Kretzschy’s Cajun BBQ food truck someday and is eyeing expanding to Denton. With so many barbecue and Cajun cuisine spots in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Kretzschmer said what makes Kretzschy’s di erent from the others is the love he puts into the food. “I like people to be happy with food,” he said. “That’s my passion.”
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an a nity for Louisiana cuisine. “I get asked 20 times a day, ‘Who’s the Cajun?’ But my dad, he visited Louisiana a bunch,” said Brandon Kretzschmer, one of the restaurant’s owners. Kretzschmer’s father, Steve, opened Kretzschy’s in Lewisville in August 2020. The locally owned, family-operated restaurant is owned by Steve and his two sons, Brandon and Andrew. Kretzschy’s merges Louisiana Cajun avors with Texas barbecue. Its menu features large portions of its o erings, including smoked meats, burgers, po’boys and Tex-Mex as a few of the featured dishes. The
everything’s made from scratch,” Kretzschmer said. “We trim our own meat, smoke our own meat [and] hand-cut the fries. It’s made with love.” The business’ origin story goes back to Kretzschmer’s college days, when he participated in a local cheeseburger festival in Michigan. Looking to make some money, he opened up a small shack and cooked burgers with his dad. The smoked burgers grew in popularity, which led to the opening of Kretzschy’s Smokey BBQ in Michigan in 2018. Kretzschmer named Kretzschy’s cat sh and brisket as the most popu- lar items. The smoked shaved brisket
Kretzschy’s Cajun BBQ 1301 FM 407, Ste. 103, Lewisville 214-513-9305 www.kretzschyscajun.com Hours: Mon.-Sun. 11:03 a.m.-8 p.m. or until sold out
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