Redheads not responsible for Rooster’s name
Photo by Preslie Cox
“I had a lot of redheaded kids. One of the boys, when he was born, his hair was orange. I mean bright, bright orange. The boy running the place now was a redhead until he was 30, and then his hair started changing. Now it’s changing again. Fast.
“And my wife was redheaded until she was 30. I mean beautiful red hair. Then it started turning brown. I told her, ‘Hey, I married a redheaded girl. Quit dying your hair.’ She said, ‘I’m not dying it. It’s turning on its own.’ She had never died her hair before, so I believed her.
“Everybody thought because we had so many redheads in the family, that’s why we named it Rooster’s. Didn’t have anything to do with it. But let them believe what they want.”
— Lowell Cox
Lowell and Freda Cox bought Rooster’s Steakhouse in Baytown in 1977. It was already called Rooster’s when they took it over.
(Note: Lowell Cox passed away on Nov. 5, 2018)
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