A year to the day that Billie Dean’s Restaurant and Motel in Matador, Texas, took a direct hit from an EF3 tornado, owner Pat Smith will be back up and running his eatery at full throttle for the first time. Friday, June 21, 2024, Smith said, they’ll be open all day with barbecue brisket, then all-you-can eat fish that evening.
While Smith’s establishment was only one of many businesses and homes d…