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Thom Racovitis, Former Owner of Tunnel Bar-B-Q in Windsor, Dies at 72

January 30, 2015, 3:27 PM

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Thom Racovitis

Thom Racovitis, a well-known Windsor chef, and former owner of the now-defunct, legendary Tunnel Bar-Q eatery, died Thursday at age 72, the Windsor Star reported. He had been battling multiple health issues.

The Windsor restaurant was popular among Windsor residents and Detroiters.

Mary Caton of the Windsor star wrote:

His parents opened Tunnel Bar-B-Q in 1941, the year before Thom was born. After studying marketing and culinary arts at Oklahoma State, Racovitis joined the family business famous for ribs, chicken and mouth-watering desserts and helped it expand into multiple locations employing close to 600 people.

“Knowing his talent and abilities and how he took care of the brand as an executive chef, the thing that always comes to the forefront is he wanted to give back and be part of the community,” said friend John Fairley, the vice-president of college and community affairs for St. Clair College.

The paper reported that he was currently writing a family cookbook and just had cataract surgery last week.

The paper wrote that Racovitis and his family closed the doors on Tunnel Bar-B-Q at 58 Park St. E. last year when they sold the building and property for $4 million to the University of Windsor for a future art school.

 


Read more:  Windsor Star


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