A popular Texas barbecue shop is marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with a community meal giveaway on Thursday. Kafi BBQ on North MacArthur Boulevard normally doesn't operate on Thursdays, ...
Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi remembers traveling from his home in Columbia, Missouri, to Kansas City as a boy. As Muslims, his family kept to a strict halal diet at home, but when they traveled, the rules ...
Most barbecue pitmasters have a romantic backstory. They grew up with backyard family cookouts, or moved to Texas and fell in love after visiting a spot such as Franklin’s BBQ. Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi ...
“It took me five years to make the brisket rub,” says Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi, pitmaster behind Kafi BBQ, the new halal-certified spot that opened in Irving in December. “Five years to make the barbecue ...