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A barbecue joint praised by celebrity chef Guy Fieri has been forced to take its smoking operation on the road after a zoning crackdown in deep-blue California left its owners scrambling to keep the meat — and the business — cooking.
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meat → praise → owners
A&M BBQ in Sebastopol is now smoking its meat outside city limits and trucking the food back to the restaurant, a costly workaround that owner Kristopher Austin says cannot last.
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Austin → smoke → restaurant
The unusual arrangement follows a May 28 notice giving the restaurant 10 days to stop using its outdoor commercial smokers because they violated local zoning rules, SFGATE reported.
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SFGATE → follow → rules
Rather than shut down the operation, Austin and co-owner Finn Liss have moved the equipment beyond Sebastopol’s borders and are hauling the finished barbecue back to customers.
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Austin → shut → customers
But the logistical shuffle is taking a toll on the business.
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shuffle → take → business
The dispute is especially frustrating for the restaurant, which has already earned high-profile praise for its food.
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which → earn → food
Fieri singled out A&M’s confit smoked oxtail at last year’s Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience, raving about the dish’s creamy, silky texture.
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Fieri → single → texture
Austin and Liss opened the restaurant in June 2024 and are now hunting for a permanent solution that will let them expand without running afoul of city regulations.
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them → open → regulations
In a mid-May Instagram statement, the owners said they had spent nearly a year searching for a location better suited to the restaurant’s growth.
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they → say → growth
But relocating a commercial smoking operation is no easy feat.
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relocating → relocate → operation
Permits, infrastructure and financing can make an immediate move prohibitively difficult.
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move → make → ?
“Relocating a restaurant operation involving commercial smokers, permitting, infrastructure, and financing is a complex process that takes time, but we are committed to finding a responsible path forward,” the owners said.
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owners → relocate → path
City officials, meanwhile, have maintained that the smokers are not permitted at the restaurant’s Main Street location.
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smokers → maintain → location
City Manager Mary Gourley confirmed the zoning restriction to SFGATE, which reported that officials first asked Austin to remove one of the smokers around March.
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officials → confirm → March
Austin put that unit into storage, but an April notice and the subsequent deadline followed.
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notice → put → storage
The crackdown stems from complaints by nearby residents after A&M acquired larger commercial smokers last fall.
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A&M → stem → smokers
Dozens of complaints were filed, according to The Press Democrat, with residents raising concerns about smoke, air quality and traffic during a May 5 City Council meeting.
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residents → file → meeting
The smokers’ towering stacks also drew objections, SFGATE reported.
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SFGATE → tower → objections
Former Mayor Larry Robinson suggested high-tech filtration systems, but Austin has expressed concern about the expense.
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Austin → suggest → expense
The restaurant has also drawn a crowd of supporters as the dispute plays out.
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dispute → draw → supporters
Dozens attended a recent City Council meeting, including the president of the NAACP’s Santa Rosa-Sonoma County branch, which is representing Austin over concerns about fairness and transparency in the city’s handling of the case, The Press Democrat reported.
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Democrat → attend → case
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