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'''Moe's Original Bar B Que''' is a Vail, Colorado-based chain of barbecue restaurants, with 4 locations in Birmingham.

Moe's Original was formed in [[2001]] by three Alabamians living in Colorado:  Mike Fernandez from [[Tuscaloosa]], Ben Gilbert from Athens, and Jeff Kennedy from Huntsville.  The friends met in Tuscaloosa in [[1988]], and Fernandez had learned how to make barbecue from Tuscaloosa legend Moses Day.  By [[2000]], the three were working in separate restaurants around the Vail, Colorado area, and decided to team up to bring  Alabama barbecue to the ski resorts in the area.  By [[2006]], Moe's had 2 successful restaurants in Colorado, a restaurant in Orange Beach, Alabama, and had started a school lunch program in Vail.

In [[2007]], [[Kevin Witherington|Kevin]] and [[Eric Witherington]] opened Moe's Original's first Birmingham location in [[Vestavia Hills]].  On [[June 2]], [[2008]], the Witheringtons opened a lunch stand in the [[Massey Building]] in downtown [[Birmingham]].  In February [[2009]], a former [[Golden Rule BBQ]] location in [[Hoover]] was opened as a Moe's Original, and in April Kevin Worthington transformed his [[Lakeview Oyster House]] location on [[29th Street South]] into a fourth Birmingham location for the chain.

The Worthingtons closed the downtown location on [[January 27]], [[2012]].  In May 2012, the Hoover location relocated from [[Lake Crest Plaza]] to the [[Patton Creek Shopping Center]]. In [[2013]] Moe's opened in [[Trussville]]. In 2014 the Vestavia Hills location was moved to a larger space across Rocky Ridge Road. 

==Locations==
===Current===
* 2520 [[Rocky Ridge Road]], [[Vestavia Hills]] (January [[2014]])
* 731 [[29th Street South]], [[Lakeview]] (April 2009)
* [[Patton Creek Shopping Center]], suite 201, [[Hoover]] (May [[2012]])
*163 [[Main Street (Trussville)|Main Street]], [[Trussville]] ([[2013]])
* 1031 [[Brock’s Gap Parkway]], STE 191, [[Hoover]],  AL 35244

===Former===
* [[Massey Building]] (2025 [[3rd Avenue North]]), suite 104, [[Birmingham]] (June [[2008]]–[[January 27]], [[2012]])
* [[Lake Crest Plaza]] (2341 [[John Hawkins Parkway]]), suite 117, [[Hoover]] (February [[2009]]–May [[2012]])
* 2501 [[Rocky Ridge Road]], [[Vestavia Hills]] ([[2007]]–January [[2014]])

==References==
* Folse, Molly (n.d.) "[http://www.bhamweekly.com/article.php?article_id=00689 Moe’s Original Bar B Que makes its way back to the south]."  ''Birmingham Weekly''
* Cooper, Lauren B. (April 6, 2009) "Moe's Original Bar B Que opens Lakeview location." ''Birmingham Business Journal''
* Poe, Ryan.  (April 11, 2012)  "Moe's Original BBQ moving Hoover location to Patton Creek."  ''Birmingham Business Journal''
* Buttram, Scott (January 5, 2013) "Moe’s Original Bar B Que coming to Trussville." ''Trussville Tribune''
* Rodriguez, Ana (January 22, 2014) "Moe's Original Bar B Que set to move Vestavia Hills location to larger space by month's end". {{BN}}

==External links==
*[http://www.moesoriginalbbq.com/ Moe's Original Bar B Que] website

[[Category:Barbecue restaurants]]
[[Category:Rocky Ridge Road]]
[[Category:Massey Building]]
[[Category:John Hawkins Parkway]]
[[Category:Lakeview]]
[[Category:Main Street Trussville]]
[[Category:Village at Brock's Gap]]
[[Category:Lake Crest Plaza]]