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'''Double "LL" Bar-B-Q''' was a [[List of barbecue restaurants|barbecue restaurant]] founded in [[1950]] by [[Louis Lovoy]], who also operated the [[LCL Restaurant]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. The original location was at 3009 [[Lomb Avenue]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Central Park]] neighborhood. 

The business was destroyed by an [[1967 West End tornado|F2 tornado]] on [[May 6]], [[1967]]. It remained on Lomb Avenue until at least [[1974]]. The restaurant later moved to the former [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]] at 1371 [[Bessemer Road]], and continued to operate into the 1980s under the management of Louis' sons [[Vincent Lovoy|Vincent]] and [[Joseph Lovoy|Joseph]], and Joseph's wife [[Fanny Lovoy|Fanny]]. The company was incorporated on [[July 7]], [[1977]] and dissolved on [[September 9]], [[1984]].

In [[1985]] Double "LL" opened at second location, at 2084 [[Valleydale Road]] in [[Riverchase]], near Joseph and Fanny Lovoy's home in Northern [[Shelby County]]. The new restaurant had two dining rooms seating up to 240, as well as space for Fanny to operate an antique shop. Long-time head cook [[Carlene Lewis]] led the kitchen staff. [[Clark Johnston]] at [[Beacon House]] designed the interiors.

Another location in [[Vestavia Hills]], formerly operated as [[Lovoy's Italian Restaurant]] at 2931 [[Columbiana Road]], was succeeded by [[Tony Alexander]]'s [[Ranch House Bar-B-Q]] in the early 1980s.

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==References==
* "Barbecue restaurant moves to county." (c. 1985) ''Shelby County Reporter''
* Nicholson, Gilbert (February 3, 2002) "Expansion of Royal Olds nudges out Ranch House." {{BBJ}}
* "[http://arc-sos.state.al.us/cgi/corpdetail.mbr/detail?corp=736976&page=agent Double L L Bar B Q Restaurant, Inc.]" at sos.state.al.us - accessed September 21, 2015 

[[Category:Former barbecue restaurants]]
[[Category:1950 establishments]]
[[Category:1984 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Bessemer Road]]
[[Category:Lomb Avenue]]
[[Category:Columbiana Road]]