Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que

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Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que is a local chain of barbecue restaurants.

The orignal restaurant is located at 613 Old Springville Road in Huffman. It was founded in 1981 by Gus and Maria Kanellis. The business was bought by Ray and Rick Pate in 2003.

In 2005, the Pates opened two more locations. A large restaurant with a sports bar was opened in Trussville at 5893 Trussville Crossings Boulevard in the the Colonial Promenade. A smaller, "drive-thru only" restaurant was opened in Wildwood at 15 Lakeshore Parkway in a former Hot-N-Now location.

Other locations have included 2201 4th Place West.

The Huffman location closed in September 2008, but was re-opened on January 1, 2010 after merging operations with the Trussville location, which had closed in mid-2009. The day after the store re-opened a motorist suffered an apparent seizure at the intersection and crashed into the restaurant's parking lot, colliding with Rick Pate's BMW Z3 and damaging the drive-through menu and the exterior of the building.

References

  • Stewart, Sherrel (January 2, 2010) "Car smashes into Costa's restaurant, owner's BMW." Birmingham News

External links

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