TITLE: Congratulating Vitek's BBQ in Waco on winning the Cooking Channel's 2013 Best College Eats competition.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Vitek's BBQ in Waco on winning the Cooking Channel's 2013 Best College Eats competition.

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WHEREAS, Vitek's BBQ in Waco has earned national recognition as the winner of the Cooking Channel's 2013 Best College Eats competition with its signature dish, the Gut Pak; and WHEREAS, This flavorful contest was staged to coincide with the 2013 NCAA Tournament, with 32 college towns pitted against each other in a "bracket battle" over their best game-time meal; and WHEREAS, Originally located in Granger, Vitek's was founded as a grocery and meat market in 1915 by William Frank Vitek; the business eventually moved to Waco, where his son, Willie, took it over, and in 1972, Willie's son, Bill Vitek and his wife, Susan, began serving barbecue sandwiches and sausage; and WHEREAS, Bill Vitek created the restaurant's famous Gut Pak in 1983, combining chopped beef, sausage, cheese, beans, pickles, onions, jalapenos, bread, and Fritos, and in the years since, this all-in-one feast has become a favorite with Baylor University students; and WHEREAS, Bill and Susan Vitek's daughter, Julie Vitek Keith and her husband, Jason, have managed the restaurant since 2007, carrying forward the family tradition of good food and friendly service and proudly putting the family name in the national spotlight; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Vitek's BBQ on winning the Cooking Channel's 2013 Best College Eats competition and extend to Julie and Jason Keith and their staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Vitek's BBQ as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Leach Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1775 was adopted by the House on May 8, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House