OUR STORY

When my father purchased Rickey's Restaurant in 1974, it had failed to turn a profit for almost four years. Arriving from Massachusetts with my mother and five children, he hoped that he could provide a stable living for us by reversing the business' position. 

At that time, Rickey's Restaurant served only drinks, cold sandwiches, and hamburgers. Struggling for four years thereafter, the business turned a small profit until October 13, 1978, when Rickey’s Restaurant sold its first order of chicken wings. By the end of 1979, chicken wings alone doubled Rickey’s Restaurant’s revenue. That experience led me and my father to realize that Rickey’s needed its own unique table condiment that delivered the perfect mixture of quality and taste. 

That’s when the idea for Rickey’s World Famous Sauce emerged.

My father and I launched Rickey’s World Famous Sauce from Rickey’s Restaurant in 1980. We started by merely wanting to provide Rickey’s Restaurant’s customers with the best hot sauce in the world at no cost. However, due to high demand in the local community, we decided to begin selling Rickey’s World Famous Sauce everywhere.

Since then, Rickey's World Famous Sauce has grown into an internationally recognized brand and featured in several Hollywood productions. To this day, my goal is still to provide you the best food condiments at the best prices on the market. 

Remember: It's no good without the sauce.

- Billy Mitchell