Diners hoping for a chance to win free Bubbaâs 33 food for a year lined up outside Killeenâs newest eatery early Wednesday morning, hours before the establishmentâs grand opening.
Bubbaâs 33, 3701 E. Central Texas Expressway, officially opened the doors to its 7,500 square-foot Killeen location at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Bubba s 33 restaurant opened Wednesday in Killeen to a crowd of a about a hundred people wrapped around all four sides of the 7,500 square-foot building. The restaurant is located at 3701 E. Central Texas Expressway. Lauren Dodd | Herald
About a hundred people stood outside in the Texas heat in advance of its formal opening.
With the consolidation of the Killeen-Harker Heights Horny Toad Harley-Davidson store into the Temple location, there is only one franchise store in Killeen or Harker Heights for residents to buy brand new motorcycles.
The final day of business for the dealership in Harker Heights was Feb. 27 and the first day of business with everything in Temple was on March 1.
George Lee, the owner of the Temple Horny Toad location, outlined some of the reasons for the consolidation of the two stores during a phone interview on Wednesday.
âA big part of it was real estate and taxes. The city of Harker Heights had raised our taxes four- or five-fold in the last few years,â Lee said. âThat dealership is on 2.2 acres and it was bound in all ways and there wasnât enough land for me to add to that building to accommodate the business there.â
A new restaurant is currently being built in Killeen. The building that formerly housed Killeen Power Sports â which sold motorcycles and ATVs â has been torn down and is being turned into a new place for Killeen residents to grab a bite to eat.
A Bubbaâs 33 restaurant will be constructed next to the Texas Roadhouse building on East Central Texas Expressway.
Bubbaâs 33 serves pizza, wings, burgers and more and has nearly 30 different locations nationwide, 13 of which are in Texas, according to the Bubbaâs 33 website.
The founder and chief executive officer of Texas Roadhouse, Kent Taylor, is also the owner of Bubbaâs 33.