Death of a barbeque restaraunt

The Tuscaloosa News has a story today about the pending closure of Horne's Barbeque (right), the second-oldest restaraunt in the city. They're selling out to another local place (Mike & Ed's) which is in turn losing its location on Greensboro Ave. and Bryant Drive to a new condo development.

I ate at Horne's a few times during my stay at Alabama. It was decent barbeque, but nothing remarkable by local standards (although I'd kill for something that good here.) But it is still sad to see another place bite the dust. Joints like Archibald's with genuine barbeque pits are going the way of the dodo. Now it's all about flash-frozen pork reheated in electric smoker boxes. Blech.