Fire Damages Jonesâ Bar-B-Q, a Historic Black-Owned Business
James Jones, the owner and pitmaster of the award-winning Arkansas restaurant, vows to rebuild.
A grease fire that started in the barbecue pit of Jonesâ Bar-B-Q Diner spread to the roof and burned 70 percent of the restaurant, according to the local fire chief.Credit.Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
March 1, 2021
Smoke doesnât normally concern James Harold Jones. It was the flames he saw in the barbecue pit at Jonesâ Bar-B-Q Diner, his familyâs restaurant in Marianna, Ark., that made him worry on Sunday morning.
âI donât usually have no flame,â Mr. Jones said of his time-honored technique for cooking pork shoulders over low heat. âI have coals.â
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