A Cleveland, Tenn., native will be featured on tonight’s episode of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” when host Guy Fieri rolls into San Francisco to stop at Cathead’s BBQ. The Food Network episode airs at 10 p.m.
Richard Park, a graduate of Bradley Central High School class of 1993, and his wife, Pamela, opened Cathead’s BBQ in 2008 as a catering company then expanded to a weekly pop-up three years later. Southerners will recognize that business name as a nod to homemade biscuits that “are as big as a cat’s head.”
Within six weeks after starting the pop-up, Cathead’s was named by San Francisco Weekly as one of the five best new mobile barbecues in the Bay area. As demand for their Michigan- and Tennessee-inspired fare increased, the couple opened a restaurant in 2012. Pamela is the pitmaster; Park works the front of the house.
He says he has no idea who submitted their restaurant’s name to the producers of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” also called “Triple D.”
“They just called out of the blue and said they wanted to feature us on the show. Guy is very funny, very friendly and was really accommodating to us. He’s just like he comes across on TV,” says Park.