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Goodbye Billy’s, hello fried chicken

By Lexington Souers

lsouers@kykernel.com

After 32 years, Lexington is saying goodbye to the barbecue joint that started it all.

Billy’s Bar-B-Q, located at 101 Cochran Road, began as one of the first barbecue restaurants in the city.

Sarah Allen is a former manager. She worked at Billy’s for 11 years and said that’s where she made some of her closest friends.

“On Sunday night I closed the store and we had a meeting and I kind of had a feeling that that’s where it was going,” Allen said.