Hubert Brown acted as a mentor to 26 young people who worked in his East side restaurant this summer. Even during the year, he hires youth from the community to run the barbecue business.
– As they carefully placed racks of ribs in the outdoor smoker behind Ballhogg’s Barbecue, Byron Delane, Jr., and Marcus Calloway kept in mind all the pointers they had learned about cooking this summer.“Not to play around as much, to take work seriously, because I used to play around a lot,” Calloway said.
Ballhogg's is known for its barbecue. Brown opened the restaurant in late 2019, just ahead of the global pandemic that shut down businesses everywhere.That is Brown’s goal in a program he runs each year with help from the Texas Work Commission and basketball legend George “The Iceman” Gervin. Eventually, though, he said he felt the need to return to San Antonio to give back to the youth in the East Side neighborhood.“It’s because I was those kids,” he said. “I grew up in the Lincoln Court projects. My mom was on crack.”One wall features a mural depicting Hubert Brown in front of the Spurs' Fiesta-themed logo.While avoiding trouble wasn’t exactly easy for him, Brown decided to help pave the way for others.
The basketball-themed restaurant features pictures of past Spurs legends, including Gervin. There’s even a portrait of Brown in front of the team’s Fiesta-themed logo.
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