Country's Barbecue shuts down Montgomery, Prattville restaurants

Brad Harper | Montgomery Advertiser

Longtime Montgomery staple Country’s Barbecue plans to serve its final meals Thursday.

Larry Powell of Country’s posted a statement Wednesday on Facebook saying the Montgomery and Prattville locations would both permanently close at 8 p.m. the following day.

“Thank you for your patronage over the past 38 years! We wish you a happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas!” the statement read.

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Three years ago, Country’s closed its Zelda Road location and consolidated its Montgomery staff at its 5761 Atlanta Highway restaurant. Country’s Mark Powell said at the time that no employees lost their jobs because of that closure. “We’re going to try to make the best of it,” he said in 2016.

The menu featured Southern staples such as fried green tomatoes, Brunswick stew, lemon pie and sweet tea.

Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brad Harper at bharper1@gannett.com.