Bay Area restaurant KC’s BBQ permanently closes after 55 years

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The owner of KC’s BBQ in Berkeley cited financial issues as the reason for the closure but said the decades-old restaurant could eventually return under a new format.

that the decision to close KC’s BBQ came earlier this month and cited the state of the economy, a dip in customers and problems retaining staff as concerns that factored into the reasons the family decided to close.

Kristen Davis, the owner of KC’s BBQ in Berkeley, Calif., stands in front of the restaurant on June 14, 2021. Davis cited financial issues as the reason for the restaurant's closure.KC’s BBQ first opened at 2613 San Pablo Ave. in 1968 under the first-generation family owner, Vernell Davis. Just before launching his famous restaurant, Vernell took a gig at a local restaurant, which also served Kansas City-style barbecue, after graduating from Berkeley High School.

The next Davis family owner was Vernell’s son Patrick, who ran the restaurant and manned the barbecue pit for 35 years until his daughter Kristen took over in 2017. That same year,

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