Flower Mound - Highland Village - Argyle | April 2026

Dining

BY PATRICIA ORTIZ

Flower-mound based smokehouse, Harold Dean Smoked Goods, oers community

Flower-mound based restaurant, Harold Dean Smoked Goods, provides a place for community

for local organizations. What’s special about it?

Harold Dean, named after the grandfather of co-owner and husband Aaron Kramer, has a vari- ety of menu items inspired by family members. “A lot of the recipes come from hand-me- downs,” co-owner and wife Alejandra Kramer said. The food is made in-house aside from the fries, okra and onion rings, Alejandra Kramer said. The restaurant is also known for its homemade barbecue sauce, which is sold in jar portions too. The restaurant is sometimes used for local churches and other organizations as a meeting spot, Aaron Kramer said. “Some of [the organizations] are on rotation,” he said. “They come here, they’re comfortable, they act like family. We act like family to them.” The history Aaron and Alejandra Kramer were engineers who rst joined the restaurant industry with a food truck in 2018. They rst got the idea to open a restaurant after the pandemic in 2020, Alejandra Kramer said. “All these [homeowners associations] around the area were requiring food trucks to come along and we were just going from HOA to HOA to get food in the neighborhood,” she said.

The JD Sandwich is made with a meat choice and comes with a side of fries.

Harold Dean Smoked Goods has meats like brisket, sausage and pulled pork.

COURTESY HAROLD DEAN SMOKED GOODS

DIXON LN.

WAKETON RD.

5801 Long Prairie Road, Ste. 870, Flower Mound www.hdsmokedgoods.com

Aaron Kramer, left, and his wife Alejandra own Flower Mound barbecue restaurant Harold Dean Smoked Goods.

COURTESY HAROLD DEAN SMOKED GOODS

Harold Dean ocially opened its brick-and-mor- tar location in Flower Mound in 2023. One more thing Harold Dean celebrated its three-year

anniversary April 4. Aaron Kramer said the restaurant is also adding new menu items and lunch portions. “We’re trying to get everybody to be able to have lunch for $15 or less,” Aaron Kramer said.

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