Houston’s Turkey Leg Hut owner arrested for assault with deadly weapon

TLDR : Turkey Leg Hut owner Lynn Price was arrested recently, next court appearance is set for June, and has a long criminal history that includes violence, theft, and fraud.

Lynn Price, the co-owner of the Turkey Leg Hut restaurant in Houston with wife Nakia Price, is awaiting arraignment for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Price was charged in February for attacking someone with a gun, resulting in bodily injuries (screenshot of charging document here and here ). Price, an ex-felon, was (and still is) on felony federal probation when the assault took place. He's out on bond and ordered to wear a court-mandated ankle monitor. His next court appearance is set for June.

The Price's Turkey Leg Hut has become a local sensation overnight. In less than 5 years, it's one of Houston's most publicized restaurants. The restaurant brings in over a million in net sales monthly, according to court documents and news reports.

Since its short time on the Houston restaurant scene, Turkey Leg Hut has received accolades from the local press and national press. In fact, last week, there was a puff piece about the Third Ward restaurant in the Washington Post. It also attracts local and out-of-town celebrities, as well as a legion of diehard supporters.

Nevertheless, the Turkey Leg Hut has its shares of problems.

Recent lawsuits include neighbors alleging the restaurant is a neighborhood nuisance to claims of fraud and theft from its business partner, Steve Rogers veteran nightlife promotor, former F.E.E.D TX Restaurant Group investor, bar owner). The media covered both fervently.

For all the press Turkey Leg Hut receives about its food & community outreach, strangely news publication haven't said a peep about this recent charge. It's strange because Lynn Price is propped up as a business and community leader.

What's troubling is this isn't Lynn Price' first run-in with the law or violent offense. Price's rap sheet includes theft, physically abusing his girlfriend-now current wife, choking his pregnant girlfriend in 2013, and a tax fraud scheme using stolen identities of Third Ward residents that landed him in federal prison in 2016.

But none of this is discussed when covering the couple or itheir restaurant's fame. Also not included in the Turkey Leg Hut's origin story, how Lynn Price stole a Third Ward business' food trailer to use for TLH's pop-ups held across from the Houston rodeo. By the time the case was taken up, Price began his federal prison sentence so the court dismissed the case. You can view a screenshot of the charging document for that case here.

Sources: Harris County court records & Lipstick Alley