Smokehouse 85 opened Saturday afternoon in its new location after months of work turning a former boot store into a restaurant.
According to owner Darrell Mathews, it was moved back a day to adapt to some problems with the fan and the live entertainment being forced to cancel because of an illness.
The business was filled with customers most of the evening and Mathews was also able to arrange for live entertainment while he and his crew worked in the kitchen to cook up his smoked menu.
Mathews credited Bill Fiegel of the Silver Dollar with helping to find a musical replacement in Brent Voigt and Trent Scott.
For Bill Fiegel, it is a bright orange âpumpkinâ with four-wheel drive and room for six.
It also is one of the latest changes that the owner of the Silver Dollar Bar and Grill has made since he purchased the business more than a year ago.
He used some of the time when the pandemic forced bars to close throughout the state as an opportunity to revamp the interior, with new signs, new heating and air conditioning, along with a new roof.
He also opened up a drive-up window on the north wall of the business during the summer, also for people to drive up and pick up meals.