"One of our employees, they lost everything they had. Only thing that survived was the tractor that was in the yard." ...

Among the six honorees from across the country is the oldest Black-owned barbecue restaurant in Chicago, Lem’s Bar-B-Q. The South Side family-owned staple opened in 1954 when brothers Bruce and ...

The James Beard Awards this morning honored one of Chicago's longest-standing Black-owned barbecue ... his death and now runs the restaurant. "Lem's Bar-B-Q continues to be a cornerstone in ...