Houston's co-founder Joe Ledbetter dies at 81 Local restaurateur worked with Tom Brunnberg to launch West End dining establishment, now BrickTop's, in 1977 William Williams William Williams Author twitter Author email Sep 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email BrickTop's on West End Avenue Photo: Nashville Scene Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Joseph "Joe" Ledbetter Jr. — the co-founder of Houston’s Restaurants and BrickTop's — has died following an undisclosed illness. He was 81. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmp ?2E:G6 @7 }2D9G:==6 H9@ 3682? 9:D 42C66C 2D 2 DE@4<3C@<6C[ {6536EE6C 4@\7@F?565 w@FDE@?’D 2E b___ (6DE t?5 pG6?F6 :? `hff[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 AC6DD C6=62D6] %96 4@?46AE =2E6C 6IA2?565 :? G2C:@FD >2C<6ED :? E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D]k^AmkAm{6536EE6C 96=A65 C6:?G6?E w@FDE@?VD H:E9 qC:4<%@A’D :? a__e 2E E96 D2>6 7=28D9:A (6DE t?5 pG6?F6 =@42E:@?] %@52J qC:4<%@A’D :?4=F56D `` C6DE2FC2?ED =@42E65 :? D:I D@FE962DE6C? DE2E6D]k^AmkAm“~FC E62> :D 962CE3C@<6? E@ =@D6 @FC 7C:6?5 2?5 7@F?56C y@6 {6536EE6C[ H9@D6 7=2H=6DD 4F=:?2CJ ;F58>6?E 2?5 :?96C6?E 4@??64E:@? E@ @FC 4FDE@>6CD 2?5 E62> 567:?65 E96 qC:4<%@A’D 3C2?5[” %@> qCF??36C8[ w@FDE@?VD 2?5 qC:4<%@AVD 4@\7@F?56C[ D2:5 :? E96 C6=62D6]k^AmkAm“(6 H:== 2DDFC6 E92E qC:4<%@A’D DE2JD ECF6 E@ y@6’D G:D:@? @7 6I46==6?46 2?5 9@?@CD 9:D 2AAC@24923=6 DA:C:E @7 9@DA:E2=:EJ]”k^AmkAm$6CG:46D 7@C {6536EE6C H:== 36 96=5 AC:G2E6=J 7@C 72>:=J 2?5 4=@D6 7C:6?5D] pE 9:D C6BF6DE[ 4@?EC:3FE:@?D :? 9:D 9@?@C >2J 36 D6?E E@ 6:E96C r9C:DE E96 z:?8 $49@@= @C |@?E8@>6CJ q6== p4256>J]k^Am Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Houston William Williams Author twitter Author email Follow William Williams Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Recommended for you Trending CoreCivic CEO resigns due to cancer diagnosis Site of former Dalts building set for work Birmingham developer buys raw land in Bellevue Nashville Symphony ‘facing a significant financial challenge’ Titans must incorporate Carnell Tate, deep pass in offense
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