The Pok-E-Joe's BBQ marketing material says "Pok-e-Joe's Bar-B-Que opened its first location in Austin Texas on July 4, 1979. Traditional, slow cooked Bar-B-Que is as big a part of Texas as bluebonnets, longhorns, and long windin' country roads."
<font face=arial>CM</font> sent in this photo, along with information from their brochure.