These barbecue joints may be long gone, but their memories live on.
The barbecue restaurant has been replaced by a Mexican eatery, but the old Twix 'n' Tween sign still stands atop the building in Centreville, Ala.But while those have lasted generations, many old Alabama joints that we thought would be here forever are no longer around, either because of a devasting fire or a downturn in the economy or simply because their owners finally decided to hang up their aprons.
We know there are dozens of others, but here are seven of those old Alabama barbecue restaurants that we miss the most. The Brick Pit operated out of this old house in Mobile, Ala., for more than 20 years until closed in 2017.-- The Brick Pit was a beacon to barbecue lovers on Mobile’s Old Shell Road for more than 20 years. Outside, the old white house with the bright red trim has framed by Spanish moss, and inside, the walls and ceiling were covered with graffiti from customers who signed their names and left personal notes commemorating their visits.
barbecue family tree, Gibson’s Bar-B-Q started in Huntsville in 1956, when Gibson’s daughter, Velma, and her husband, Paul Hampton, branched out to open a place of their own. In addition to pulled pork, smoked chicken, smoked turkey and ribs, Gibson’s also serves barbecue stuffed potatoes, barbecue salads and Brunswick stew.
Ollie McClung Sr. stands underneath the famous Ollie's "World's Best" Bar-B-Q sign on University Boulevard in Birmingham.While some places boasted of serving “Birmingham’s Best” barbecue or the “Best Barbecue in Alabama,” at Ollie’s Bar-B-Q in Birmingham, they skipped over all that and proudly claimed to serve the “World’s Best” barbecue. It said so on their sign outside the restaurant.
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