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Barney's Barbecue in Ellisville Hits 50th Year

The barbecue joint across the street from Ellisville City Hall opened for the 2012 season Friday.

in Ellisville turns half a century this summer, with the business's first slabs of sweet ribs and hot, smoked chicken served up in the summer of 1962.

Friday afternoon kicks off the 2012 opening, with the restaurant maintaining its usual summer hours of 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

about the evolution (or really, preservation) of the historic barbecue restaurant, which Toone said hangs on a southern-style, in last summer's feature about Barney's Bar-B-Q. While you're at it, check out what else is happening with summer barbecue and stir up some ideas for your own next go at the grill:

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