David Beckham and Victoria Beckham visited this Dallas barbecue joint for brisket

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Blu’s Barbeque is a small restaurant that opened in a shipping container off of Preston Road.

Former European player and Inter Miami’s co-owner David Beckham and his fashion designer...
Former European player and Inter Miami’s co-owner David Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham were in Dallas-Fort Worth for the Leagues Cup Round in Frisco on Aug. 6, 2023. This photo captures them at a different Leagues Cup soccer match in late July 2023 in Florida.(Lynne Sladky / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Employees at Blu’s Barbeque in Far North Dallas got the surprise of a lifetime when retired footballer David Beckham and fashion designer and singer Victoria Beckham showed up at their walk-up window for Texas brisket and turkey.

“You are David. David Beckham,” said the man at the window, manager Rahul Bagchi, grinning.

David Beckham is co-owner of Inter Miami, the soccer club that traveled to Frisco this weekend and beat FC Dallas in a sold-out “thriller” of a game. Soccer superstar Lionel Messi was the talk of the town all weekend — though the Beckham family’s presence in Dallas-Fort Worth is making international news, too. The Daily Mail says People magazine’s 2015 “sexiest man alive” David Beckham was “mobbed by supporters” in Frisco after the game on Aug. 6, 2023.

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Former European player and Inter Miami’s co-owner David Beckham waves to fans as he settles...
Former European player and Inter Miami’s co-owner David Beckham waves to fans as he settles into his suite. He and Victoria Beckham visited Blu’s Barbeque earlier in the day, then traveled to Frisco to see Miami face FC Dallas in a Leagues Cup Round of 16 match at Toyota Stadium.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)

Both David Beckham and Victoria Beckham have said in the past they enjoy plant-based foods, though Bagchi says they both seemed to enjoy the turkey and brisket sandwiches.

David Beckham ordered brisket, pork ribs and pork belly burnt ends.

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“What are we doing here?” says an off-camera Victoria Beckham.

Her footballer husband replies, “We’ve just landed in Dallas for the game tonight, and our first stop is barbecue. Blu’s Barbeque. Brisket.”

“I am shaking right now,” Bagchi said.

Rahul Bagchi, left, was surprised when professional football player David Beckham walked up to Blu’s Barbeque and ordered brisket sandwiches, turkey sandwiches and other smoked meats on Aug. 6, 2023. Beckham was in Dallas-Fort Worth for the Leagues Cup Round in Frisco between FC Dallas and Inter Miami. (Courtesy of Rahul Bagchi)

In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Bagchi says the Beckhams were hungry when they landed in Dallas on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. They asked their driver to find a restaurant close by and he took them to Blu’s.

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“It’s a tiny hole in the wall,” Bagchi said about Blu’s. He’s still pinching himself from the experience.

The restaurant has been open on Preston Road between Frankford and Campbell roads since 2019. It’s a small place with no indoor dining. Whereas some Texas barbecue joints keep menus simple — smoked meat, a few sides — Blu’s has extensive daily specials. (On Sunday, the day the Beckhams stopped by, the specials are prime rib, beef ribs, smoked chicken salad, sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs and more.)

In 2020, the restaurant advertised a rare shipment of 14 alligators that went straight into the smokers.

Blu’s founder Zach Bergenholtz, a Plano native, was named one of the country’s “15 young leaders to watch” by QSR Magazine.

Bagchi says David Beckham was generous with his time. “When I brought the food out to the car, David Beckham came out and said, ‘I want to do a video with you,’” he says.

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Bagchi called the afternoon “amazing.”

Blu’s Barbeque is at 17630 Preston Road in Dallas. We expect to see an influx of barbecue fans headed their way, but note: Blu’s is closed Mondays.