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GRIFF’S GRILL 10400 Wortham Bend Road, Waco. Mon-Sat 6 a.m.-8 p.m. 254-836-4622; griffsgrillwaco.com

An hour into a 2002 interview with Billy Joe Shaver, the late, great Texas singer-songwriter stood up, looked at me, and said, “Talking about myself makes me hungry. Let’s go to Griff’s.”

So, off we went on a 12-mile drive west from his house in northeast Waco. I remember thinking, Boy, this restaurant must be something special. It was a long way to go for lunch.

Nearly a half-hour later, Shaver pulled

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