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In One Small Town, Two Historic BBQ Joints Face Different Fates

DATE POSTED:February 18, 2026
Novosads-BBQ-Sausage-Market-Hallettsville-Nathan-NovosadIt is the best of times and the worst of times for two historic barbecue joints in Hallettsville, a city about halfway between San Antonio and Houston. On the south side of town, Kolacny Bar-B-Q is thriving and has a solid future, thanks to the second generation taking over operations last year. Up near the Lavaca County courthouse square, however, Nathan Novosad has given up hope of finding a buyer for Novosad’s BBQ & Sausage Market, and at 66, he’s ready to retire.“I was planning to retire at sixty-two, but that didn’t happen,” Novosad told me as we sat at a table in his restaurant’s small dining room. My three-compartment Styrofoam plate was loaded with a scoop of potato salad; a pool of pinto beans;…

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