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Thomason’s Barbecue plans an expansion so that it can properly package its famous baked beans for greater distribution, and the restaurant will give a portion of its fundraising for the project to the East End’s Audubon Kids Zone.
Thomason’s owner Kevin Gibson said the plan will occur in two phases. The first will be expanding the current restaurant building back to a garage behind it, he said.
The extra space provided once the building is extended to the garage will allow the restaurant to put in place machinery to package beans according to regulations, Gibson said. The 20-foot-long machine will weigh and package, and will use plastic containers, instead of the Styrofoam containers that Thomason’s currently uses for beans, Gibson said…