For generations of Charlotteans, barbecue restaurants have served as community gathering places, bringing along the kind of nostalgia built from decades of memory-making with family and friends.
But just as the city’s skyline and neighborhoods keep changing, many of those legendary smokehouses have since faded into history.
Bar-B-Q King closed last year, drawing lines in its final days of folks hoping for a few more bites of the iconic minced and sliced sandwiches they grew up with. Plans call for a First National Bank branch at the site.
‘God, this one hurts.’ Charlotte fans line up for one last taste of Bar-B-Q King…