John Strasser, Thom Racovitis, Marilyn Racovitis and Helena Ventrella (left to right) attend the A Toast to Thom gala at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor on Friday, October 10, 2014. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Thom Racovitis, centre, chats with chefs Vincenzo Del Duca and Glenn Blommesttein, right at the A Toast to Thom gala at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor on Friday, October 10, 2014. Members of the Windsor Chefs Guild, Windsor Regional Hospital, St. Clair College and past employees planned the event as a tribute to the owner of the former Tunnel BBQ. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Thom Racovitis, centre, chats with chefs Vincenzo Del Duca and Glenn Blommesttein, right at the A Toast to Thom gala at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor on Friday, October 10, 2014. Members of the Windsor Chefs Guild, Windsor Regional Hospital, St. Clair College and past employees planned the event as a tribute to the owner of the former Tunnel BBQ. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
WINDSOR, ON.: OCTOBER 10, 2014 — Thom Racovitis chats with chefs Vincenzo Del Duca and Glenn Blommesttein (right) at the A Toast to Thom gala at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor on Friday, October 10, 2014. Members of the Windsor Chefs Guild, Windsor Regional Hospital, St. Clair College and past employees planned the event as a tribute to the owner of the former Tunnel BBQ. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Tunnel Bar B.Q. owner Thom Racovitis discusses the sale of his business to the University of Windsor at City Hall Friday, May 2, 2014. The University of Windsor bought the property for $4 million and will use it as an alternative location for the arts programs. (DYLAN KRISTY/The Windsor Star)
Comedian Ron James poses with Thom Racovitis, owner of Tunnel Bar-B-Q in Windsor. Wednesday’s episode of The Ron James Show visits Windsor.
Thom Racovitis, owner of Tunnel Bar-B-Q, is pictured at his restaurant in this 2012 file photo. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Thom Racovitis, owner of Tunnel Bar-B-Q, is pictured at his restaurant, Friday, January 6, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Thom Racovitis, owner of the Tunnel Barbeque in downtown Windsor, poses next to his famous ribs in this 2010 file photo. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
In this photo from August 2010, Thom Racovitis, owner of the Tunnel Bar-B-Q in downtown Windsor, works on his restaurant’s famous ribs. (DAN JANISSE / Windsor Star files)
Tunnel Bar-B-Q owner, Thom Racovitis, is pictured in this 2009 file photo. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
TBQ Market Square owner Thom Racovitis is pictured in this 2007 file photo. Racovitis phased out the use of trans fats at his restaurant. (SCOTT WEBSTER/The Windsor Star)
Thom Racovitis, Owner Tunnel BBQ, is pictured in this 2005 file photo. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Martin J. Komsa, President and CEO of Windsor Family Credit Union receives a tray of tasty strawberry tarts from Thom Racovitis after he spoke to about 100 who gathered for a grand opening reception at their new building near the old TBQ Other Place restaurant at 3077 Dougall Avenue in this 2003 file photo. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Local restauranteur,Thom Racovitis, is pictured in this 2005 file photo. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
Chef John Kukucka used his best Elizabethian manners on a suckling pig while Thom Racovitis watches in this 1991 file photo. (TED RHODES/The Windsor Star)
