Moonlite BBQ Inn INC

(February, 1963) Catherine and Pappy Bosley bought the Moonlite for $50,000 from Sonnie and Sadie Bertram and J.C. & Betty Stinson. The Bosleys used the 5,000 dollar profit from selling their house to make the down payment, moved in with Catherines mother and entered the restaurant business with no experience, and little formal education. Then, the Moonlite was a fourteen year old barbecue joint with 30 seats including stools at the counter. He was 48 and she 42, they had five children. Pappy drove a cab for Veterans Cab Company, and worked at Fleischmans Distillery. Catherine was a foreman at Glenmore Distillery. It was Pappys layoff from Fleischmans that caused them to reexamine their opportunities. Their five children grew up working next door to the Moonlite at the Big Dipper (a local hamburger joint), Over the last forty-five plus years, Moonlite Bar-B-Q has grown into a very special business. In this time of large chains and merged companies Moonlite has grown as a ...