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Hickory River opens in Tipp City

By Joyell Nevins, Tipp City Herald

(excerpt) What started as a hole-in-the-wall in Illinois is now a burgeoning franchise and the newest business in Tipp City. Thirteen years ago, Brad and Krista Bowman were both working on a cruise ship and wanted to move back home to Illinois to be with family and go to school. When they came to Urbana, Krista realized there was a serious lack of barbecue. “There were plenty of steakhouses, but no barbecue,” she laments. Read the full article at the Tipp Herald.