Parks Old Style Bar-B-Que, a humble smokehouse in the North End that satisfied longtime customers’ appetite even as the neighborhood around it crumbled, quietly announced it would be closing after nearly 62years on February 8 with a handwritten note posted to its front door.
Word of Parks’ closure quickly spread on social media as customers began to line up at the one-story establishment at the corner of Beaubien and Custer that’s large enough for only three patrons at a time in its orange-washed lobby.
A busy clerk behind the counter on Tuesday fielded cash-only orders at noon with small stock, warning customers that some cuts like rib tips wouldn’t be available until two or three hours later, the store was no longer accepting card payments, and that online orders placed via Uber Eats and DoorDash would not be fulfilled this week…