LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – If you love a good brisket plate or a rack of ribs, it has been a rough stretch in the 925.
Over the past year, several barbecue spots (and BBQ-adjacent places that leaned heavily on smoked meats) have either shut down, gone dark, or been forced into sudden closures.
Based on the emails and comments we’ve received here at the Bay Area Telegraph, lots of locals are wondering “Are our BBQ places somehow cursed?”
Spoiler alert: probably not. But it’s a tough type of restaurant to run successfully here. That said, several local places have been pulling it off for years or decades…