Bullock's BBQ reopens after kitchen fire

Bullock's BBQ opened its doors Friday for the first time in a little more than a week after a fire forced the restaurant to close its doors.
Posted 4/30/2016, 3:17:03 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:16 PM

GARDEN.

>>>

THE RESTAURANT'S BACK OVER OPEN

TO BUSINESS AFTER A FIRE.

MOST BARBECUE OPEN FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN LITTLE MORE THAN

A WEEK, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS WAY

TO THE CUSTOMERS ALL RETURN --

WILL RETURN 12 FROM WELL

PLACED.

>>>

-- FAMILIAR PLACE.

>>> BULLETS BARBECUE DURHAM

PRIZE ITSELF IN SERVING GOOD

FOOD WITH THE SIDE -- A SIDE OF

GRATITUDE NOW MORE THAN EVER.

>>> I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO

EXPLAIN TO YOU THE HEART FAIL

THINGS I FEEL FOR THESE

CUSTOMERS AND PATRONIZING THIS

RESTAURANT.

>>> PERMEABLE AS FAMILY OPEN

THIS IN 1952.

OVER THE YEARS IT'S BECOME A

CULINARY LANDMARK, GO TO PLACE

FOR GENERATIONS OF FAMILY.

>>>

WE KNOW THE WAITRESSES ALWAYS

THE SAME WAITRESSES SO WE

ENJOYED COMING FEELS LIKE HOME

AND FAMILY WE ENJOY -- ENJOYED.

>>> A WEEK AGO A FIRE SHUT DOWN

THE INJURY, WITH OUR CUSTOMERS

FELT THE LOSS BECAUSE AS WE

FOUND OUT EVERYONE IS FAMILY.

>>> YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO

AREN'T WORKING AND BUILT THEIR

LIVES AROUND THE BUSINESS SO

IT'S REALLY SAD.

>>> AND NOW I'M EXCITED.

>> I CAN IMAGINE WHATEVER

HAPPENED HAPPENED AND I'M GLAD

IT'S BACK OPEN.

>>> EVERYONE HERE WE SPOKE WITH

SHARES THAT SENSE OF -- I WAS

SURPRISED HOW FAST AND TO MY

COMFORT.

I'M TELLING YOU.

I LOVE IT.

>>> THE BULLETS -- EVERYONE

FROM FIREFIGHTERS TO THE

DEDICATED STAFF TO GETTING THE

RESTAURANT BACK OPEN WITHIN

DAYS OF THE FIRE.

>>> 64 YEARS, I AM THANKFUL

TODAY.

>>> SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WHEN HIS FAMILY FIRST OPENED

BACK IN 1952, HIS MOM TOLD THEM

EVERYONE WHO COMES TO BOLETE --

BULLET AS AN INVITED GUEST AND

SHOULD BE TREATED THAT WAY HE

SAID THAT HE RENTS A RESTAURANT

WITH THOSE WORDS IN MIND.