Cisco has a new eatery and entertainment center downtown: Muddy Mikes Bar & Grill, located at the intersection of Conrad Hilton Boulevard and W. 10th Street. It is owned by Mike and Jackie Belk, who have lived in Cisco for 10 years.
Where did the name Muddy Mikes come from? Co-owner Jackie Belk said “Muddy Mike is my husband. He has always dreamed of owning a bar and grill–it’s his lifelong dream.” Jackie had gone on a travel nurse assignment in East Texas, “and there was a Muddy Jakes there, and I thought . . . Muddy Mikes sounds way better, and that’s where the name comes from.”
Jackie is originally from Canada, and her husband Mike is from Kansas. He is a CPA and was recruited to work for the Wilks organization in Cisco. “We were originally planning to go to Africa because I’m a nurse practitioner, and we were going to Africa to be missionaries. But then we saw Cisco, and we said, Oh ~ here’s our mission field. Because there was no (medical) provider in Cisco then, so that’s why we did that.” Jackie still works as a nurse practitioner in Cisco and owns her own clinic, just two doors down from the Cisco Development Corporation. Muddy Mike’s is her “second job.”
