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'''Double "LL" Bar-B-Q''' was a [[List of barbecue restaurants|barbecue restaurant]] at 1371 [[Bessemer Road]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Central Park]] neighborhood. It was founded in [[1950]] by [[Louis Lovoy]] and later operated by his son and daughter-in-law, [[Joe Lovoy|Joe]] and [[Fanny Lovoy]]. | '''Double "LL" Bar-B-Q''' was a [[List of barbecue restaurants|barbecue restaurant]] at 1371 [[Bessemer Road]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Central Park]] neighborhood. It was founded in [[1950]] by [[Louis Lovoy]] and later operated by his son and daughter-in-law, [[Joe Lovoy|Joe]] and [[Fanny Lovoy]]. | ||
A second Double LL Bar-B-Q was located | A second Double LL Bar-B-Q was located at 3009 [[Lomb Avenue]]. The Central Park location was demolished by an [[1967 West End tornado|F2 tornado]] on [[May 6]], [[1967]]. It was rebuilt and continued to operate into the 1980s. The company, incorporated on [[July 7]], [[1977]], was dissolved on [[September 9]], [[1984]]. | ||
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. | 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== | ==References== | ||
* Nicholson, Gilbert (February 3, 2002) "Expansion of Royal Olds nudges out Ranch House." {{BBJ}} | * 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:Former barbecue restaurants]] | ||
[[Category:1950 establishments]] | [[Category:1950 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:1984 disestablishments]] | |||
[[Category:Bessemer Road]] | [[Category:Bessemer Road]] | ||
[[Category:Lomb Avenue]] | [[Category:Lomb Avenue]] | ||
[[Category:Columbiana Road]] | [[Category:Columbiana Road]] | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 21 September 2015
Double "LL" Bar-B-Q was a barbecue restaurant at 1371 Bessemer Road in Birmingham's Central Park neighborhood. It was founded in 1950 by Louis Lovoy and later operated by his son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Fanny Lovoy.
A second Double LL Bar-B-Q was located at 3009 Lomb Avenue. The Central Park location was demolished by an F2 tornado on May 6, 1967. It was rebuilt and continued to operate into the 1980s. The company, incorporated on July 7, 1977, was dissolved on September 9, 1984.
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.
References
- Nicholson, Gilbert (February 3, 2002) "Expansion of Royal Olds nudges out Ranch House." Birmingham Business Journal
- "Double L L Bar B Q Restaurant, Inc." at sos.state.al.us - accessed September 21, 2015