Even though other barbecue joints have come and gone, Billy’s Bar-B-Q in Bastrop is still thriving today on Highway 71. The highway overpass deflected traffic, and many commercial venues have folded over the years, but Billy’s survived. Billy Reid started out working with his father, Willard Reid, in downtown Bastrop in Alley A at his restaurant called Briegers Cafe in the 1960s. He left that business for the construction business, but the 1970s were tough times and he decided to open a new place where his uncle had once operated on March 21, 1982. This week, he celebrates 37 years in ...