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Monday, May 4, 2015
2005 Howe grad opens new restaurant in Sherman After his dreams of professional football and acting fell through, Nelson went to work. "I've worked everywhere. I've had a ton of jobs and mostly as a waiter." said Nelson. "I went in to broadcasting and tried to get in to radio. I've probably been to six different colleges and I've always been working as a waiter or a cook to make it through college because I don't come from a background of money."
One of the first customers of Texas Real Burger was none other than Dale Rideout. T.J. Nelson once had big goals as a Howe Bulldog football and basketball player, but now his biggest goal is making Texoma's best burger. "Being a hometown boy, it's my goal is to win Texoma's Best Burger." said Nelson. "I've got some backers that are supporting me financially and anything I need, they are jumping at the ideas." One of those ideas is for his business called Texas Real Burger is to have a state fair style of food menue items. He is looking at installing a kids funnel cake bar. Nelson says that the cost
Nelson says that he always wanted to be famous, and in the circle of Chilis Grill and Bar, he achieved that status by winning "Margarita Madness" twice in seven years which was a world-wide competition within the organization to sell the most margaritas. Nelson, a constant talker, salesman and pitchman easily found success in the company.
of the funnel cake bar is $8,000 but wants the After his Chilis career took him to locations in kids to have an experience of making their Hollywood, Lubbock, Austin, Bosier City, own funnel cakes. Shreveport as well as North Texas, Nelson says that his first break came in Anna, Texas when Nelson, a 2005 graduate of Howe High School Daddy Rex's Twisted BBQ offered him the says that he had promise in high school and position to head up marketing and sales. was involved in nearly every sport as well as drama, one act play and band. He says that he went through some hard times late in high school because of a split between his parents. "I got in some trouble my senior year and got kicked out of everything." said Nelson. "God does everything for a reason."
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