In a small
garage next to Leon's Cafe in the Oak
Cliff section of Dallas, Leon's pit bar-b-que was created in 1946, becoming an
instant success and paving the way for quality products for the foodservice and
retail industry.
1954 was the
year Leon's built the first U.S.D.A.
inspected bar-b-que facility in the United States. This facility was expanded
in 1960 when Leon's began producing corn dogs for the foodservice trade.
The use of
top quality ingredients and special
attention to customer needs attracted a strong following and Leon's became a
leader in the foodservice and retail industry. This rapid growth created the
need for a larger facility.
In 1975,
Leon's Texas Cuisine built a new
facility and designed a new generation of processing equipment to better serve
their customers.
Jalitos,
mild, stuffed jalapenos, exploded
onto the scene in 1985 when Leon's Texas Cuisine became the first producer with
national distribution, to offer a line of stuffed jalapenos. So successful were
Jalitos, that soon after other companies began to copy the product using cheaper
ingredients.
The success
of Jalitos was so great that Leon's
decided to discontinue producing commercial bar-b-que products because of the
decline in demand nationwide for these type products and devote more space and
efforts to Jalitos and corny dogs.
Bulging at
the seams in its present facility,
Leon's constructed a new, state-of-the-art food processing facility in McKinney,
Texas, north of Dallas. Completed in 1996, this new facility gave Leon's Texas
Cuisine twice the production capability with additional room for expansion.
As the
largest independent producer of corny
dogs and stuffed jalapenos, Leon's Texas Cuisine, with over fifty years of
experience, is a shining star in a world surrounded by big corporate giants.
Producing
quality foods since 1946, Leon's is
dedicated to serving its customers with the finest products and top-notch
service.
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