[See, this is the business model they ACTUALLY needed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkMUU9tUqk)
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>When Melton Jenkins Jr and his wife, Willie Mae, opened a small barbecue stand on Kings Road in 1957, they built more than a restaurant — they created a Jacksonville institution. Nearly seven decades later, it is shutting down. It is the latest in a string of restaurants to announce closures amid high food prices and a decline in consumer spending on dining out. The family-owned chain, known for its oak-fired meats and mustard-based sauce, will close all three of its locations and its online store on September 30. With its yellow-painted walls, red mansard roof, and smoke billowing from a brick pit, Jenkins Quality Barbecue became one of Jacksonville’s longest-standing Black-owned businesses.
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From the post:
>>When Melton Jenkins Jr and his wife, Willie Mae, opened a small barbecue stand on Kings Road in 1957, they built more than a restaurant — they created a Jacksonville institution.
Nearly seven decades later, it is shutting down. It is the latest in a string of restaurants to announce closures amid high food prices and a decline in consumer spending on dining out.
The family-owned chain, known for its oak-fired meats and mustard-based sauce, will close all three of its locations and its online store on September 30.
With its yellow-painted walls, red mansard roof, and smoke billowing from a brick pit, Jenkins Quality Barbecue became one of Jacksonville’s longest-standing Black-owned businesses.
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