A bit of history

"6 years before we opened in 2011, I started accumulating old pine and tore down an old house because I wanted it to look old. It took me 6 years to put it together as a self made entrepreneur with my personal income flow. Most of the original decor I have accumulated over the course of my life. 1/4 of it was donated from patrons of Hillbillyz. I built Hillbillyz as a retirement project for me and my wife, Anne, and it just grew and grew and grew - that soon I realized it was no longer a retirement project anymore. We were in business 11 years until the fire on October 25, 2022. I believe that the fire was a lightning strike the night before and it took until the next day to ignite. Hillbillyz 2.0 is aimed to be an inclusive destination in the Texas hill country." - Billy Lieck