A new barbecue restaurant with a fun nod to James Bond has opened in Richardson: Called Secret Agent BBQ, it opened in December at 1980 Nantucket Dr. #103, off Campbell Road near the University of Texas at Dallas in a space that was previously home to Woody’s BBQ, which closed in 2023.<\/p>\n
Secret Agent BBQ started out as a food truck and will continue to make appearances at truck yards in Fort Worth and The Colony, at corporate occasions, and at city events, says owner Ian Fleming.<\/p>\n
Yep, that’s really his name. The food truck and restaurant nod to the iconic fictional secret agent James Bond, created by Fleming\u2019s namesake.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father actually named me after the author,\u201d Fleming says. \u201cIt just came to me \u2014 well, [it\u2019s] about time you use a famous name for marketing. And so Secret Agent barbecue was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secret Agent BBQ serves slow-and-low smoked craft-style meats. The brisket macaroni and cheese is a fan favorite, Fleming says. Proteins include brisket, pulled pork, ribs, smoked chicken, and turkey breast. The sides menu features cheesy potatoes and green beans.<\/p>\n
At the Richardson storefront, which is equipped with a 12-foot-long meat smoker, Fleming and his team serve meat by the pound; whereas the food truck is tailored to single-serve meals. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe pride ourselves on a few things, [and] food quality is the most important \u2014 the food that comes out […] has to be up to standard,\u201d Fleming says.<\/p>\n
Fleming, who learned to cook from his mother and has nurtured his cooking skills since childhood, entered the food service scene with catering and business events in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat really got to me was the first time somebody ate something that I made, and you could tell that they really enjoyed it. It just kind of hit a spot in them,\u201d Fleming says. \u201cThat is the motivator \u2014 for somebody to eat something I prepared and go, \u2018Oh my goodness, that is amazing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
He retired from his corporate project management job and purchased the Black Cherry BBQ trailer, which he rebranded in 2022 as the Secret Agent BBQ. <\/p>\n
Fleming, who has lived in Texas most of his life, has traveled from coast-to-coast and had a taste of the different regional barbecue flavors.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, I think Texas [barbecue] is the best,\u201d he says, but he also appreciates the opportunity to learn from other cooks and pass on knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve gotten some great tips from people that just wanted to help,\u201d Fleming says. \u201cIf I can learn something, great. But if I can teach somebody something that they didn’t know, even better.<\/p>\n
The Richardson brick and mortar is open for to-go lunch and dinner service Thursday through Saturday (or until sold out).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new barbecue restaurant with a fun nod to James Bond has opened in Richardson: Called Secret Agent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40154,5467,21372,160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-111712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-cooking-class","9":"tag-dinner","10":"tag-food-events","11":"tag-plano","12":"tag-plano-headlines","13":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}