Brass Door Restaurants' famous pork chops started in 1982 when then-owner Don Davidsmeyer wanted to increase business at the small-town restaurant he had purchased a few years earlier. He knew volume was a key to his success and wanted to use pork in this formula. He also wanted to utilize the family-style dining concept which he had seen as successful at other restaurants across the country. The steaming bowls of mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, biscuits, and award-winning golden fried pork chops became popular with the locals immediately. Soon customers were coming from outside of Greene County from all over west central Illinois and the St. Louis metro area to enjoy “those good pork chops.”
